Chester

16°CMist

• Today: 21° / 14° · 48% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:34

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Liverpool Speke, United Kingdom

479 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences176
• Shoplifting77
• Public order73
• Other theft41

65 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Chester City · Cheshire

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

122 reported road collisions (2024)

51 killed or seriously injured · 176 casualties · 7.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 414 rated 4–5 ★ (355 top)
• 24 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Grosvenor Park Miniature Railway (0.7 km)
• 91 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£213,930 average▲ 1% YoY

Across Flintshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£803 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

• 1 bed £588
• 2 bed £749
• 3 bed £883

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

5.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.4 times median annual pay (5.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Morrisons (3.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (3.2 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

26 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Chester (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres6
• Gyms7
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches24
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

154,962 residents in Flintshire · 352/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in Wales

3% of neighbourhoods are in Wales’s most deprived 10%; 11% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019

Property band mix

Most homes here are Band C (29% of 71,570)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27 · £ figures England only

2 CQC-registered services

• Homecare agencies2

CQC ratings: 100% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Flintshire

Samantha Dixon

Labour

Chester North and Neston

Source: UK Parliament

Labour (minority)

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

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics10
• Pharmacies6
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens43
• Restaurants & cafés208

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,135 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2,277 jobs advertised · £40,284 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Paid per Shift Car Required, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, SEMH Teaching Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£771 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,426 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 68,585 certificates

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics

97% low-carbon electricity

Wind 48% · Nuclear 43% · Biomass 7% · Gas 3%

19 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

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

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership375 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office297 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership285 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s249 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test192 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  St Peter's Church, Chester · 0.0 km

  St Peter's Church is in Eastgate Street in the centre of the city of Chester, Cheshire, England, immediately to the north of Chester Cross. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grad…

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  Chester City Club · 0.0 km

  Chester City Club is at 1 Northgate Street, Chester, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

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  Chester High Cross · 0.0 km

  Chester High Cross is in Chester, Cheshire, England. It stands in front of St Peter's Church at the junction of Watergate Street, Eastgate Street and Bridge Street, a site known as Chester Cross. The cross is recorded…

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  Chester Cross (junction) · 0.0 km

  Chester Cross is a junction of streets at the centre of the city of Chester, Cheshire, England.

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  Chester Rows · 0.0 km

  Chester Rows are a set of structures in each of the four main streets of Chester, in the United Kingdom, consisting of a series of covered walkways on the first floor behind which are entrances to shops and other prem…

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  1 Bridge Street, Chester · 0.0 km

  1 Bridge Street is located at the junction of Bridge Street and Eastgate Street at Chester Cross in the centre of the city of Chester, Cheshire, England. Its architecture is that of the black-and-white revival, it inc…

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