Barnshaw Blackden Heath, Cheshire East
10 addresses across 4 postcodes (CW4,WA16), about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) long. USRN 9101015.
- Sales: 4 recorded sales since 1995; in 2013 the median was £308,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 1 homes have an energy certificate (F: 1).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band G; Band D in Cheshire East costs £2,455 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 57% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Goostrey, about 2.3 km (1.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, University of Manchester Botanical Experimental Grounds, is about 1.6 km (1 mile) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 61 to 78 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 10 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Chelford Surgery, about 4.1 km (2.6 miles) away.
- People: About 560 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 73% of households owned their home and 42% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | £308,000 | £308,000 | £308,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £150,000 | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £105,676 | £105,676 | £105,676 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jul 2021 | (DUTTON), BARNSHAW HALL FARM CW4 8DE | Other | £325,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 19 Jul 2013 | 3, BROOKSIDE COTTAGE CW4 8DE | Semi-detached | £308,000 | |
| 10 Feb 1999 | 2, BROOKSIDE COTTAGE CW4 8DE | Semi-detached | £150,000 | |
| 25 Mar 1997 | ROADSIDE FARM CW4 8DE | Detached | £105,676 |
Energy performance certificates
1 home with a current certificate; median floor area 334 m². Most common: House, detached (1). Built: before 1900 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (1 address)
Council tax
What each band costs in Cheshire East in 2026-27: Band D £2,455 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,637 | £1,909 | £2,182 | £2,455 | £3,000 | £3,546 | £4,091 | £4,910 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band G (27% of about 1,840 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 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: yes, Cheshire East.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 10 addresses are between 61 m and 78 m above sea level (70 m on average); the ground rises about 17 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CW4 8DB | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| CW4 8DE | 86% | 57% | 57% | 0% |
| CW4 8DG | 100% | 33% | 33% | 0% |
| WA16 9HR | 0% | 0% | 0% | 50% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Goostrey 40,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Chelford (Cheshire) 46,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4 km (2.5 miles) | |
| Holmes Chapel 244,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Knutsford | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 5.1 km (3.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 12.2 km (7.6 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Chelford Surgery | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Goostrey Pharmacy | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Holmes Chapel Dental Practice | 5.2 km (3.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Knutsford Community Hospital | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) |
| Police station | Sandbach Police Station | 11.3 km (7 miles) |
| Cash machines | Tower Lab Cashzone | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | University of Manchester Botanical Experimental Grounds 3.8 ha | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,220 m² | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.3 ha | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Crook Hall, a listed building (Grade II*), 310 m north-west. 6 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Crook Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 310 m north-west |
| Jodrell Bank Observatory | World Heritage Site | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| Bowl barrow 50m south of Jodrell Bank Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Bowl barrow 500m south-south-west of Home Farm | Scheduled monument | 2 km (1.2 miles) east |
| Two bowl barrows 390m and 320m south-south-west of Home Farm | Scheduled monument | 2 km (1.2 miles) east |
| Peover Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Poolfield Wood | Wood | 800 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Bomish Wood | Wood | 810 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Foxfield Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north |
| Dingle Bank Quarry | Lake or reservoir | 2 km (1.3 miles) east |
| Pigeon House Clough | Valley | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) south |
| Broad Hill | Hill | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.4 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is 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 | 8 | 10 |
2 of the street's 10 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Cheshire East: see them on the Cheshire East page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peover Superior Endowed Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (cheshire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 73% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 46% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 8% | 17% |
| Private rented | 19% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 29% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 54% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 42% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 41% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 42% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 6 to 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- CW4 8DB: 6 addresses of 16 in the postcode
- CW4 8DG: 2 addresses of 7 in the postcode
- CW4 8DE: 1 address of 11 in the postcode
- WA16 9HR: 1 address of 9 in the postcode
All the streets in CW4, WA16 and across Cheshire East.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.