CH8 7LP Flintshire
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Holywell Central.
Streets
- Cross Street, Treffynnon / Holywell: 31 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Flintshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,376 a year on average, including the police and community council charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,584 | £1,848 | £2,112 | £2,376 | £2,904 | £3,432 | £3,960 | £4,752 | £5,544 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band B (38% of about 1,120 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Holywell. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 28.
- Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and green belt: Wales has no national record of these; the council's planning department holds them.
Listed buildings
- 1, grade II
- 1 Pen-y-Ball Street, grade II
- 1 Well Street, grade II
- 12, grade II
- 12A (including D.W. Roberts & Son), grade II
- 15 (Threshers), grade II
- 17, Midland Bank (including Bank chambers), grade II
- 1A, grade II
- 2, grade II
- 2, grade II
- 23, grade II
- 25, grade II
- 27, grade II
- 29, grade II
- 2A, grade II
- 3 (Frank Beech), grade II
- 4 (Exchange House), grade II
- 5, grade II
- 6 (Exchange House), grade II
- 7, grade II
- 8 (Harris & Rushton), grade II
- 8 Well Street, grade II
- 9, grade II
- Facade of Former Town Hall, grade II
- Feathers Inn Public House, grade II
- Maggies Kitchen, grade II
- Pillar Box on Pavement (outside no. 6 High Street), grade II
- The Red Lion PH, grade II
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: of the 31 address points in this postcode, 0 at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 2 at low risk. Each counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: none is in an area at risk. Surface water and small watercourses alone: 0 at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 2 at low risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. The map allows for flood defences. Address points are every property record (UPRN) in the postcode, each counted if it is in an area or within 5 m of one (the maps stop at building walls); a few are not homes, such as garages, business units or caravan pitches. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3. Welsh zones include an allowance for climate change.
Broadband
Superfast 92%, ultrafast 39%, gigabit 39% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Cross Street.