Croft (Warrington)

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 13° / 8° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:32

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Glazebury, United Kingdom

• 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

4 reported · August 2026▼ 20% YoY

• Public order2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft · Cheshire

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

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)

136 food businesses within 2 miles

• 106 rated 4–5 ★ (93 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Birchwood (3.1 km)
• 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£259,224 average▲ 2.8% YoY

Across Warrington · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · BP (5.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · BP (5.9 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

63 charging locations within ~8 km

• 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Birchwood Park (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches13
• Golf courses3
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

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

£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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Warrington

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

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

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

233 applications decided

82% granted · 191 granted, 42 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Charlotte Nichols

Labour

Warrington North

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 40
• Con 2
• LD 11
• Oth 5

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,325 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

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

72% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 40% · Wind 29% · Gas 19% · Imports 9%

77 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

16 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in WA3

• Culcheth Medical Centre
• Birchwood Medical Centre
• Braithwaite Rd Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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

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  Croft, Cheshire · 0.1 km

  Croft is a village and civil parish in Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England, about four miles north of Warrington town centre. At the 2001 census it had a population of 2,920. It is a semi-rural, residential distr…

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  Christ Church, Croft · 0.6 km

  Christ Church is in Lady Lane, Croft, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Winwick, the archdeaconry of Warrington, and the diocese of Liverpool. Its benefice is united with that…

• Universities Research Reactor · 1.7 km

  Universities Research Reactor, also known as Universities' Research Reactor or University Research Reactor, was a small Argonaut class nuclear research reactor in Risley, Warrington, England that went critical on 7 J…

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  HM Prison Risley · 1.8 km

  HM Prison Risley is a category C men's prison, located in the Risley area of Warrington, Cheshire, England, operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.

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  Culcheth railway station · 2.1 km

  Culcheth railway station served the village of Culcheth, Lancashire, England. It was west of the bridge where Wigshaw Lane crossed the railway.

• Culcheth Linear Park · 2.1 km

  Culcheth Linear Park is a park in the district of Culcheth, Warrington, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)