Kingsley (Cheshire West and Chester)

22°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 24° / 14° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:31

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Liverpool Speke, United Kingdom

7 reported · July 2026▲ 600% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Burglary1
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Kingsley and Gowy · Cheshire

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

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)

28 food businesses within 2 miles

• 27 rated 4–5 ★ (22 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Delamere (4.4 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£269,039 average▲ 6.9% YoY

Across Cheshire West and Chester · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (4.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (4.4 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Best Western Forest Hills Hotel (3.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

£2,517 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

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

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 8 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

409 applications decided

88.5% granted · 362 granted, 47 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sarah Pochin

Reform UK

Runcorn and Helsby

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

16,170 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

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

84% low-carbon electricity

Wind 53% · Nuclear 27% · Gas 11% · Imports 5%

47 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Runcorn and Helsby:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office417 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership379 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s329 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test259 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth228 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Kingsley, Cheshire · 0.3 km

  Kingsley is a civil parish and a village in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Situated approximately 5 miles south east of the town of Frodsham and 2.5…

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  St John the Evangelist's Church, Kingsley · 0.6 km

  St John the Evangelist's Church is in Hollow Lane, Kingsley, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Frodsham, the archdeaconry of Chester, and the diocese of Chester. Its benefice…

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  Warburton's Wood Nature Reserve · 1.4 km

  Warburton's Wood Nature Reserve is a nature reserve near Kingsley, Cheshire, England, managed by the Cheshire Wildlife Trust.

• Hunter's Wood Nature Reserve · 1.5 km

  Hunter's Wood Nature Reserve is a nature reserve near Kingsley, Cheshire, England, managed by the Cheshire Wildlife Trust.

• Crewood Hall · 1.8 km

  Crewood Hall is a country house to the northeast of the village of Kingsley, Cheshire, England. It dates from the 16th century, and has a porch dated 1638. Initially timber-framed, the building was encased in brick a…

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  St John the Evangelist's Church, Norley · 2.1 km

  St John the Evangelist's Church stands to the west of the village of Norley, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an acti…

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