Cheshire West and Chester

17°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 13° · 35% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:33

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Liverpool Speke, United Kingdom

5 reported · July 2026▼ 29% YoY

• Public order3
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Tarvin and Kelsall · Cheshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

512 reported road collisions (2024)

128 killed or seriously injured · 628 casualties · 14.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

39 food businesses within 2 miles

• 32 rated 4–5 ★ (27 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Mouldsworth (3.3 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£269,039 average▲ 6.9% YoY

Across Cheshire West and Chester · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£986 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

• 1 bed £721
• 2 bed £909
• 3 bed £1,115

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

6.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.9 times median annual pay (6.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (10.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (10.6 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Ashton Hayes Community Centre (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches5
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

357,150 residents in Cheshire West and Chester · 388/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 183 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,517 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (23% of 166,820)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

180 schools · 54,323 pupils

126 primary · 20 secondary · 34 other

Ofsted: 67 of 75 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

158inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cheshire West and Chester

357 CQC-registered services

• Care homes85
• GP practices72
• Dentists77
• Homecare agencies78
• Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cheshire West and Chester

• Not in the Green Belt
• 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

409 applications decided

88.5% granted · 362 granted, 47 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Labour (minority)

• Lab 35
• Con 20
• LD 1
• Grn 3
• Ref 3
• Oth 8

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

16,170 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2,332 jobs advertised · £40,100 avg

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Source: Adzuna

£798 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,803 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 168,339 certificates

10.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 80.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 62.9 women · 61.6 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Chester South and Eddisbury:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office418 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership331 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s311 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills268 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership253 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Kelsall · 0.6 km

  Kelsall is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is located around 8 miles (13 km) east of Chester, 8 miles (13 km) west of…

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  St Philip's Church, Kelsall · 0.7 km

  St Philip's Church is in the village of Kelsall, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester. The church is recorded in…

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  Kelsborrow Castle · 1.1 km

  Kelsborrow Castle is an Iron Age hill fort in Cheshire, northern England. Hill forts were fortified hill-top settlements constructed across Britain during the Iron Age. It is one of only seven hill forts in the county…

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  Prior's Heys · 1.2 km

  Prior's Heys is a former civil parish, now part of the parish of Tarvin in the Cheshire West and Chester district and ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. As of 2001, it had a population of 10. Originally an extra-…

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  Boothsdale · 2.0 km

  Boothsdale is a village in Cheshire, England. It is part of the civil parish of Willington.

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  Willington Hall · 2.1 km

  Willington Hall is a former country house in the parish of Willington, Cheshire, England. It was extended in 1878, but reduced in size in the 1950s, and has since been in use as a hotel.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)