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Warrington

Warrington is a town or village in Cheshire, England, with a population of around 9. It has around 1 school, 3 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and around 9 restaurants and cafés, along with 39 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Padgate, 0.7 km away. There were around 194 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. Covers 11 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, Warrington is around the average in England (IoD2019). It is home to around 210,974 residents at roughly 1,168 people per km².

64/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 47th of 294 English council areas — better than 84% of them.

Low crime55
Home affordability80
Affordable rents89
Good schools95
Life expectancy39
Low deprivation55
Employment62
Low council tax47

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

17°CLight rain shower

  • Today: 19° / 10° · 86% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:35

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Glazebury, United Kingdom

Crime

168 reported · July 2026 14% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences86
  • Anti-social behaviour20
  • Public order18
  • Other theft13

5 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Poulton South · Cheshire

Local policing priorities

  • Parking outside Bruche Primary.

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

Road safety

270 reported road collisions (2024)

52 killed or seriously injured · 340 casualties · 12.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 354 rated 4–5 ★ (275 top)
  • 36 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Padgate (0.7 km)
  • 39 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Padgate (0.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£259,398 average 6.5% YoY

Across Warrington · to 2026-06

Detached£445,181
Semi-detached£269,155
Terraced£207,190
Flat£136,251

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£894 average monthly rent 5.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £670
  • 2 bed £831
  • 3 bed £1,010

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

Affordability

6.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.2 times median annual pay (6.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · BP (9.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (11.7 km)

24 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

46 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Bentleys Toyota (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres5
  • Sports pitches75
  • Playgrounds23

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

210,974 residents in Warrington · 1,168/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 63%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 175 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,448 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (29% of 97,380)

A £1,632
B £1,904
C £2,176
D £2,448
E £2,992
F £3,535
G £4,079
H £4,895

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

Schools

95 schools · 31,467 pupils

69 primary · 13 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 39 of 39 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

86inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Bridgewater High SchoolGood
  • Cardinal Newman Catholic High SchoolGood
  • Lymm High SchoolGood
  • Padgate AcademyGood
  • Penketh High SchoolGood
  • Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High SchoolGood
  • St Gregory's Catholic High SchoolGood
  • Beamont Collegiate Academy
  • Birchwood Community High School
  • Culcheth High School
  • Great Sankey High School
  • King's Leadership Academy Warrington
  • UTC Warrington

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Warrington

Care & health services

215 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes56
  • GP practices36
  • Dentists44
  • Homecare agencies49
  • Hospitals & hospices10

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Warrington

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

197 applications decided

81.7% granted · 161 granted, 36 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Charlotte Nichols

Labour

Warrington North

Recent votes:

  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 40
  • Con 2
  • LD 11
  • Oth 5

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools17
  • GPs & clinics8
  • Pharmacies6
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens23
  • Restaurants & cafés21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

10,295 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

3,056 jobs advertised · £42,791 avg

e.g. Roadside Technician - North West, Out of Hours Utilities Scheduler, Commissioning Engineer

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£782 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,255 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

51% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 103,149 certificates

9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

88% low-carbon electricity

Wind 60% · Nuclear 26% · Gas 8% · Imports 5%

32 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.2 yrs women · 79.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 63.3 women · 62.1 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Health services

12 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in WA1

  • Holes Lane Medical Ltd.
  • Springfields Medical Centre
  • Helsby Street Med/Ctr

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Warrington North:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Bruche, Warrington · 0.2 km

    Bruche is a large suburb of Warrington, in the Warrington district, in the traditional county of Lancashire, England.

  • Warrington North · 0.4 km

    Warrington North is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2019 by Charlotte Nichols of the Labour Party. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP)…

  • Padgate railway station · 0.7 km

    Padgate railway station is a railway station in the Padgate area of the east of the town of Warrington, in North West England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Trains. It is 14 miles (2…

  • Warrington Rylands 1906 F.C. · 1.0 km

    Warrington Rylands 1906 Football Club is a football club based in Warrington, England. The club currently plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division, is an FA Charter Standard Club and its nickname is the B…

  • Cardinal Newman Catholic High School, Warrington · 1.2 km

    Cardinal Newman Catholic High School is a coeducational Roman Catholic secondary school. It is graded by Ofsted as a 'Good' school, and educates approximately 855 children between 11 and 16 years of age. It is in the…

  • Padgate · 1.2 km

    Padgate is a suburb of the town of Warrington, in the civil parish of Poulton-with-Fearnhead, in the Warrington district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)