Willaston (Cheshire East)

9°COvercast

• Today: 12° / 6° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:35

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stoke-on-Trent Centre, United Kingdom

• 6.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

16 reported · August 2026▼ 45% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour9
• Violence & sexual offences4
• Public order2
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Shavington, Willaston and Rope · Cheshire

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

578 reported road collisions (2025)

170 killed or seriously injured · 696 casualties · 14.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

174 food businesses within 2 miles

• 152 rated 4–5 ★ (137 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Nantwich (2.5 km)
• 28 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£311,897 average▲ 4.5% YoY

Across Cheshire East · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£985 average monthly rent▲ 6.6% YoY

• 1 bed £696
• 2 bed £898
• 3 bed £1,106

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

7.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.6 times median annual pay (6.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

6,340 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: 156.9p · Esso (3.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (3.5 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

23 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons Nantwich (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches19
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

398,772 residents in Cheshire East · 342/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK21,219
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,144
• Net moves+5,075

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 231 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,455 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (21% of 190,830)

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

182 schools · 59,906 pupils

125 primary · 23 secondary · 34 other

Ofsted: 61 of 70 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

157 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cheshire East

414 CQC-registered services

• Care homes105
• GP practices72
• Dentists104
• Homecare agencies94
• Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Cheshire East

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

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

553 applications decided

85.7% granted · 474 granted, 79 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Connor Naismith

Labour

Crewe and Nantwich

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Independent coalition

• Lab 28
• Con 32
• LD 1
• Grn 1
• Ref 1
• Oth 19

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Parks & greens3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

22,390 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£808 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,202 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 195,088 certificates

9.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

62% low-carbon electricity

Wind 38% · Gas 36% · Nuclear 24% · Imports 2%

142 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 80.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 66 women · 64.5 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

5 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in CW5

• Nantwich Health Centre
• The Kiltearn Medical Ctr.
• Tudor Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Crewe and Nantwich:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND749 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth228 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills183 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK162 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately123 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Willaston railway station · 0.3 km

  Willaston railway station was located on the eastern side of Wistaston Road, in Willaston, Cheshire East, England. The station was opened by the London and North Western Railway in 1858, and closed to passengers in De…

• Willaston Hall · 0.4 km

  Willaston Hall is a country house in the village of Willaston, near Nantwich, in the unitary authority of Cheshire East, England.

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  Church of St Mary the Virgin, Wistaston · 1.2 km

  The Church of St Mary the Virgin is in the village of Wistaston, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It is an active Anglican p…

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  Rope, Cheshire · 1.4 km

  Rope is a scattered settlement and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies immediately to the south of Crewe, with the centre of the parish being…

• Newcastle Crossing railway station · 1.5 km

  Newcastle Crossing railway station co-served the hamlet of Stapeley, Cheshire East, England, from 1911 to 1918 on the Crewe and Shrewsbury Railway.

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  Willaston, Cheshire East · 1.5 km

  Willaston is a civil parish and village in the unitary authority of Cheshire East, Cheshire, England. It had a population of 3,104 at the 2011 census, up from 2,973 in 2001. It lies 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Nantwich,…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)