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Mollington (Cheshire West and Chester)

Mollington (Cheshire West and Chester) is a village in Cheshire, England, with a population of around 3,000. It has 11 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Bache, 2.8 km away. There were around 10 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly other theft. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Mollington (Cheshire West and Chester) 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
City of Chester
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

19°COvercast

  • Today: 19° / 9° · 72% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:37

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Liverpool Speke, United Kingdom

Crime

5 reported · July 2026 71% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour3
  • Burglary1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Saughall, Mollington and Elton · Cheshire

Local policing priorities

  • Ongoing issues with speeding on the main roads throughout the village.

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

116 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 105 rated 4–5 ★ (94 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Bache (2.8 km)
  • 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Bache (2.7 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: 165.9p · Morrisons (5.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (5.4 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

38 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 75 kW
  • Nearest: RAW GREENE KING OAK TREE 1 (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches3
  • Playgrounds1

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

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 15 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

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

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

16,170 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

39 jobs advertised · £34,069 avg

e.g. Admin Assistant - Care Home, Online Spanish Tutoring Job in Mollington – Flexible Schedule, Night Nurse (RGN)

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

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Chester North and Neston:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Mollington, Cheshire · 0.1 km

    Mollington is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is two miles north of the city of Chester, with the A41 Liverpool–Chest…

  • Crabwall Manor · 0.9 km

    Crabwall Manor is a former country house, later a hotel, in the village of Mollington, Cheshire, England. The present building dates from the 18th century. It replaced an early 17th-century house built for the Gamul f…

  • Mollington railway station · 0.9 km

    Mollington railway station was on the Chester and Birkenhead Railway near to the village of Mollington in Cheshire, England. The station opened on 23 September 1840 at the same time as the railway line and closed to p…

  • Lea-by-Backford · 1.1 km

    Lea-by-Backford is a hamlet and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is situated between Chester and Ellesmere Port, west of the A41 tru…

  • Moston, Cheshire West and Chester · 1.6 km

    Moston is a small village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is in the north east of Chester, close to the Shropshire Union Canal…

  • Dale Barracks · 1.8 km

    Dale Barracks is a British Army base at Moston near Chester, England. It is home to the 2nd Battalion, Royal Yorkshire Regiment.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

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