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 less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). It is home to around 210,974 residents at roughly 1,168 people per km².
My Area Score
Excellent
Ranked 41st of 294 English council areas — better than 86% of them.
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
10°COvercast
- Today: 12° / 7° · 20% rain
- Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:16Sunset 16:30
9h 14m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
17US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Glazebury, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 6.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
176 reported · August 2026▼ 2% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences70
- Anti-social behaviour21
- Public order19
- Other theft18
7 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs
Neighbourhood team: Poulton South · Cheshire
Local policing priorities
- Residents are concerned with the use of illegal E-bikes.
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
328 reported road collisions (2025)
80 killed or seriously injured · 412 casualties · 15.5 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
500+ food businesses within 2 miles
- 352 rated 4–5 ★ (271 top)
- 34 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500
Flood risk
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
£259,224 average▲ 2.8% YoY
Across Warrington · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£899 average monthly rent▲ 5.3% YoY
- 1 bed £673
- 2 bed £835
- 3 bed £1,016
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
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
Property sales
2,777 property sales in the last 12 months
12 months to May 2026
A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.
Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · BP (9.8 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · BP (9.8 km)
14 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)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,559
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,031
- Net moves+528
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
Less deprived than the average in England
Ranked 199 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
6% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£2,448 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band A (29% of 97,380)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
96 schools · 31,467 pupils
69 primary · 13 secondary · 14 other
Ofsted: 40 of 40 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)
88 inspected 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
- Aldridge UTC Warrington
- Beamont Collegiate Academy
- Birchwood Community High School
- Culcheth High School
- Great Sankey High School
- King's Leadership Academy Warrington
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Warrington
Care & health services
214 CQC-registered services
- Care homes57
- GP practices37
- Dentists44
- Homecare agencies47
- Hospitals & hospices10
CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding
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
233 applications decided
82% granted · 191 granted, 42 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Your MP
Charlotte Nichols
Labour
Warrington North
Recent votes:
- AyeRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
- NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8
- NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6
- NoSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1
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
- Schools16
- GPs & clinics8
- Pharmacies6
- Supermarkets3
- Parks & greens23
- Restaurants & cafés18
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
10,325 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
2,817 jobs advertised · £43,185 avg
e.g. HGV Driver, Class 1 Driver, Industrial Mechanical Estimator
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
78% low-carbon electricity
Wind 50% · Nuclear 28% · Gas 18% · Imports 3%
72 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:
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth263 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK142 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND139 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases132 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Review & amend immigration rules for Hongkongers with political convictions128 local signatures · 11,120 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
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 kmWarrington 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 kmPadgate 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 kmWarrington 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 kmPadgate 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)