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Barnton

Barnton is a village in Cheshire, England, with a population of around 1,800. It has around 1 school and around 2 restaurants and cafés, 32 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Greenbank, 2.7 km away. There were around 64 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Barnton area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Cheshire West and Chester area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 357,150 residents at roughly 388 people per km².

Council
Cheshire West and Chester
County
Cheshire
Constituency
Tatton
Police force
Cheshire
58/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 99th of 294 English council areas — better than 66% of them.

Low crime61
Home affordability71
Affordable rents64
Good schools53
Life expectancy57
Low deprivation58
Employment68
Low council tax28

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°COvercast

  • Today: 21° / 13° · 27% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:33

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Glazebury, United Kingdom

Crime

37 reported · July 2026 35% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences26
  • Public order4
  • Burglary2
  • Other crime2

2 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Marbury · Cheshire

Local policing priorities

  • Concerns regarding speeding in various locations.

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

225 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 186 rated 4–5 ★ (154 top)
  • 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Greenbank (2.3 km)
  • 35 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Greenbank (2.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£269,039 average 6.9% YoY

Across Cheshire West and Chester · to 2026-06

Detached£437,424
Semi-detached£267,395
Terraced£209,368
Flat£135,450

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (11.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (11.4 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

11 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Park Street Car Park (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Sports pitches16
  • Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,517 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,678
B £1,958
C £2,238
D £2,517
E £3,077
F £3,636
G £4,196
H £5,035

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Bishop Heber High SchoolGood
  • Chester International SchoolGood
  • Christleton High SchoolGood
  • Ellesmere Port Church of England CollegeGood
  • Hartford Church of England High SchoolGood
  • St Nicholas Catholic High SchoolGood
  • Tarporley High School and Sixth Form CollegeGood
  • The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High SchoolGood
  • The Whitby High SchoolGood
  • Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports CollegeRequires improvement
  • Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary AcademyRequires improvement
  • Helsby High School
  • Neston High School
  • Queen's Park High School
  • The Catholic High School, Chester
  • The County High School, Leftwich
  • The Rudheath Senior Academy
  • The Winsford Academy
  • Upton-by-Chester High School
  • Weaverham High School

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

409 applications decided

88.5% granted · 362 granted, 47 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Esther McVey

Conservative

Tatton

Recent votes:

  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens6
  • Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

16,170 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

2 jobs advertised · £27,892 avg

e.g. Kitchen Assistant, Catering Supervisor

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

53% low-carbon electricity

Gas 41% · Nuclear 33% · Solar 14% · Imports 6%

165 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

3 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in CW8

  • Firdale Medical Centre
  • The Weaverham Surgery
  • Oakwood Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tatton:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Christ Church, Barnton · 0.3 km

    Christ Church is in the village of Barnton, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Great Budworth, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester. The church is recorded i…

  • Barnton, Cheshire · 0.4 km

    Barnton is a civil parish and village, just outside the town of Northwich, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies north and east of the Trent & Me…

  • 1874 Northwich F.C. · 0.5 km

    1874 Northwich Football Club is a football club based in Northwich, Cheshire, England. Established in 2012 by supporters of Northwich Victoria, they are currently members of the Northern Premier League Division One We…

  • Barnton F.C. · 0.5 km

    Barnton Football Club is a football club in the village of Barnton, near Northwich, in Cheshire. They are currently members of the North West Counties League Division One South and play at Townfield Lane, known as the…

  • Battle of Winnington Bridge · 0.7 km

    The Battle of Winnington Bridge, often described as the last battle of the English Civil War, took place on 19 August 1659 during Booth's Uprising, a Royalist rebellion in north-west England and Wales.

  • Northwich Woodlands · 0.8 km

    Northwich Woodlands is an area of 373 hectares of publicly accessible countryside near Northwich in Cheshire, England. It comprises nine separate woods, country parks, lakes and parks, many of which are connected to e…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Barnton?
Barnton is a town in Cheshire, England, in the Cheshire West and Chester local authority.
How deprived is Barnton?
The Cheshire West and Chester local authority, which includes Barnton, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.