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Culcheth

Culcheth is a town in Cheshire, England, with a population of around 6,708. It has around 1 pharmacy, 1 supermarket, and around 6 restaurants and cafés, along with 18 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Birchwood, 4.6 km away. There were around 32 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 Culcheth area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Warrington area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 210,974 residents at roughly 1,168 people per km².

Council
Warrington
County
Cheshire
Constituency
Warrington North
Police force
Cheshire
65/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 41st of 294 English council areas — better than 86% of them.

Low crime55
Home affordability80
Affordable rents89
Good schools95
Life expectancy35
Low deprivation67
Employment64
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

10°CPatchy rain nearby

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:32

9h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

35 reported · August 2026▲ 25% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences15
  • Shoplifting5
  • Anti-social behaviour3
  • Other theft3

1 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft · Cheshire

Local policing priorities

  • Speeding in Culcheth and Croft

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

79 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 65 rated 4–5 ★ (51 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Birchwood (4.3 km)
  • 17 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Birchwood (4.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£259,224 average▲ 2.8% YoY

Across Warrington · to 2026-08

Detached£443,902
Semi-detached£269,053
Terraced£207,583
Flat£135,874

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 (3.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · BP (3.5 km)

19 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

47 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Emerson Management Services Ltd (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches16
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds1

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)

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

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
  • 11 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:

  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
  • AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas

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

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

10,325 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

21 jobs advertised · £53,701 avg

e.g. Senior Estimator (Power T&D - Civils and Building), Estimator, Assistant Quantity Surveyor

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

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

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

16 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in WA3

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

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Warrington North:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Culcheth · 0.1 km

    Culcheth is a village in the civil parish of Culcheth and Glazebury, in the Warrington district, in Cheshire, England, six miles (10 km) north-east of Warrington.

  • Culcheth and Glazebury · 0.1 km

    Culcheth and Glazebury is a civil parish in Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 8,534.

  • Culcheth Methodist Church · 0.4 km

    Culcheth Methodist Church is in the village of Culcheth, Warrington, England, at the corner of Ellesmere Road and Burton Close, a short walk from the village green.

  • Culcheth railway station · 0.6 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 · 0.6 km

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

  • A574 road · 0.7 km

    The A574 is a road in England, running through the borough of Warrington before terminating at the end of Butts Bridge in Leigh. The route covers a distance of approximately 13 miles (21 km) and links Warrington town…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Culcheth?
Culcheth is a town in Cheshire, England, in the Warrington local authority.
What is the population of Culcheth?
Culcheth has an approximate settlement population of 6,708.
How deprived is Culcheth?
The Warrington local authority, which includes Culcheth, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.