WA5 3HL Warrington
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall. Region: North West.
Streets
- Mill Avenue, Warrington: 20 addresses
- Unnamed street near Mill Avenue, Lingley Green: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Warrington in 2026-27: Band D £2,448 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,632 | £1,904 | £2,176 | £2,448 | £2,992 | £3,535 | £4,079 | £4,895 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band B (55% of about 640 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Land Bounded by Lingley Green Avenue to the South and Sophia Drive to the East (Phase 2 - Zone 6), permissioned (640 m)
- Omega Zone 6 (Phase 3), Land Bounded by Lingley Green Avenue to the South and by, Sophia Drive to the East, (Phase 3 (Zone 6) Omega South), Warrington, permissioned (780 m)
- Omega South Zone 6 - Phase 1, Land adjacent to Lingley Green Avenue, Warrington, permissioned (810 m)
- Front of Former Hewden Tool Hire, Junction of Laburnum Lane/Liverpool Road, Gt Sankey, WA5 3LF, not permissioned (830 m)
- Rear of former Hewden Tool Hire, Laburnum Lane, Gt Sankey, WA5 3LE, not permissioned (880 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 6 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 5 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 19 homes the Environment Agency counts, 5 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 6 low and 0 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 21 addresses are between 13 m and 15 m above sea level (14 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Sankey For Penketh 1,200 journeys in 2024–25 | 820 m |
| Warrington West 389,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.5 km | |
| Warrington Bank Quay 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.0 km | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m, 26 within 800 m; nearest Philips Drive Lingley Green | 260 m |
| Bus or coach station | Warrington Bus Interchange Stand U | 4.3 km |
| Car parks | Co-Op Hawthorne Avenue Car Park | 940 m |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest Chapelford Farm (Great Sankey) evyve | 1.4 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 14.5 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Penketh Health Centre | 1.3 km |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Click Chemist | 360 m |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Lingley Road (Dental Surgery) | 480 m |
| Hospital | Warrington Hospital | 3.3 km |
| Police station | Cheshire Police - Penketh Police Station | 1.2 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Stanley Wines, Great Sankey | 610 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 3.1 ha | 90 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Unnamed 17 ha | 90 m |
| Play area | 7 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 580 m² | 360 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Tim Parry Recreation Ground 1.9 ha | 310 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,860 m² | 1.6 km |
Within 800 m: 5 parks and gardens, 21 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Barrow Old Hall moated site, Great Sankey, a scheduled monument, 410 m north. 5 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Barrow Old Hall moated site, Great Sankey | Scheduled monument | 410 m north |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Lingley Mere Pond | Lake or reservoir | 910 m north-west |
| Finch's Plantation | Wood | 1.3 km north-west |
| South Park Plantation | Wood | 1.5 km west |
| Duck Wood | Wood | 1.7 km north-west |
| Penketh Reach | Tidal water | 2.7 km south-east |
| Penketh Bank | Wetland | 2.7 km south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.5 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 19 | 21 |
2 of the postcode's 21 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 9% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 64% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 42% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 32% | 17% |
| Private rented | 5% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 0% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 9% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 17% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 64% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 13% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 71% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 22% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 7 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Mill Avenue.