StreetDossier

Benton Drive Chester

53 addresses across 1 postcode (CH2), about 220 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 6902835.

  • Sales: 153 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £301,000 across 1 sale.
  • Prices and rents: A typical home in Cheshire West and Chester cost £270,534 in August 2026 (+3.7% on a year); private rents averaged £1,000 a month.
  • Energy: 42 homes have an energy certificate (B: 3, C: 27, D: 12).
  • Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
  • Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
  • Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Littlers Playing Fields, is 420 m (0.3 miles) away.
  • Storm overflows: 4 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 34 times (54 hours) in 2025.
  • Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, City Road - Solar panel, is 1.2 km (0.8 miles) away.
  • Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A5116, carries 16,191 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
  • Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Cheshire West and Chester costs £2,517 a year in 2026-27.
  • Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 77% of premises.
  • Transport: The nearest railway station is Bache, about 760 m (0.5 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: There is a small park or garden about 70 m away, and Countess of Chester Country Park (23 hectares) is about 680 m (0.4 miles) away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 22 to 25 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 30 of its 53 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Elms Medical Centre, about 780 m (0.5 miles) away, with 10 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
  • People: About 350 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 53% of households owned their home and 43% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 85 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
  • Road safety: 6 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.

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House sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20261£301,000£301,000£301,000
20257£300,000£147,500£330,000
20241£293,000£293,000£293,000
20222£212,000£139,000£285,000
20213£197,000£135,000£280,000
20205£242,000£140,000£247,000
20191£232,500£232,500£232,500
20182£250,000£235,000£265,000
20171£187,000£187,000£187,000
20163£217,000£209,950£220,500
20152£183,000£146,000£220,000
20143£215,000£206,000£250,000
All 153 sales, by house number
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
26 Feb 20021 CH2 2RDFlat or maisonette£87,500Leasehold.
11 Oct 20001 CH2 2RDFlat or maisonette£71,500Leasehold.
31 Jul 19981 CH2 2RDFlat or maisonette£58,950New build. Leasehold.
12 Nov 20042 CH2 2RDDetached£201,000
21 Apr 19982 CH2 2RDDetached£89,950New build.
3 Jan 20203 CH2 2RDDetached£140,000Leasehold.
22 Aug 20063 CH2 2RDDetached£139,500Leasehold.
12 Nov 20043 CH2 2RDDetached£134,000Leasehold.
30 Mar 20013 CH2 2RDDetached£83,500Leasehold.
23 Jul 19983 CH2 2RDDetached£58,950New build. Leasehold.
7 Apr 19984 CH2 2RDDetached£94,950New build.
5 Nov 20255 CH2 2RDFlat or maisonette£147,500Leasehold.
22 Jun 20075 CH2 2RDFlat or maisonette£134,000Leasehold.
28 Jul 20055 CH2 2RDFlat or maisonette£125,000Leasehold.
26 Jan 20015 CH2 2RDFlat or maisonette£85,000Leasehold.
23 Jul 19985 CH2 2RDFlat or maisonette£58,950New build. Leasehold.
12 Feb 20266 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£301,000
18 Dec 20206 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£247,000
27 Sep 20166 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£217,000
18 May 20126 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£217,000
24 Aug 20066 CH2 2RDDetached£190,000
24 Apr 19986 CH2 2RDDetached£83,950New build.
7 Feb 20227 CH2 2RDFlat or maisonette£139,000Leasehold.
6 Feb 20047 CH2 2RDTerraced£123,500Leasehold.
22 May 20008 CH2 2RDDetached£106,000
3 Jun 19988 CH2 2RDDetached£79,950New build.
12 Jul 200211 CH2 2RDDetached£92,000Leasehold.
31 Jul 199811 CH2 2RDDetached£60,000New build. Leasehold.
31 Jan 201812 CH2 2RDDetached£235,000
28 Feb 200112 CH2 2RDDetached£106,500
15 Jun 199812 CH2 2RDDetached£79,950New build.
25 Nov 201314 CH2 2RDTerraced£187,500
6 Jan 200414 CH2 2RDDetached£179,950
5 Jun 199814 CH2 2RDDetached£82,950New build.
31 Jul 199815 CH2 2RDDetached£59,950New build. Leasehold.
4 Feb 200416 CH2 2RDDetached£140,500
17 Jun 199816 CH2 2RDDetached£40,000New build.
14 Dec 200717 CH2 2RDFlat or maisonette£135,000Leasehold.
31 Jul 199817 CH2 2RDFlat or maisonette£58,950New build. Leasehold.
21 Jul 201718 CH2 2RDDetached£187,000
13 Apr 200618 CH2 2RDDetached£150,000
21 Aug 200018 CH2 2RDDetached£82,000
24 Jul 199818 CH2 2RDDetached£59,950New build.
5 Jul 202119 CH2 2RDDetached£135,000Leasehold.
31 Jul 199819 CH2 2RDDetached£58,950New build. Leasehold.
15 Jan 202120 CH2 2RDDetached£197,000
29 Jun 200020 CH2 2RDDetached£82,800
21 Jul 199820 CH2 2RDDetached£59,950New build.
1 Apr 202521 CH2 2RDFlat or maisonette£150,000Leasehold.
17 May 201321 CH2 2RDFlat or maisonette£121,000Leasehold.
18 Jun 200921 CH2 2RDDetached£119,000Leasehold.
18 Jul 200321 CH2 2RDDetached£126,000Leasehold.
31 Jul 199821 CH2 2RDDetached£59,995New build. Leasehold.
22 May 202422 CH2 2RDDetached£293,000
24 Mar 200022 CH2 2RDDetached£139,950
21 Jul 199822 CH2 2RDDetached£112,950New build.
3 Aug 201523 CH2 2RDFlat or maisonette£146,000Leasehold.
17 Jun 200523 CH2 2RDDetached£142,500Leasehold.
31 Jul 199823 CH2 2RDDetached£59,950New build. Leasehold.
30 Oct 202024 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£245,000
7 Mar 201424 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£206,000
20 Feb 200924 CH2 2RDDetached£91,000
12 Dec 200124 CH2 2RDDetached£125,000
31 Jul 199824 CH2 2RDDetached£89,950New build.
31 Jul 199825 CH2 2RDFlat or maisonette£58,950New build. Leasehold.
6 Aug 201026 CH2 2RDDetached£183,000
29 Jun 199826 CH2 2RDDetached£85,950New build.
26 Jan 200427 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£222,500
22 Feb 200127 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£138,000
4 Sep 199827 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£112,950New build.
29 Nov 201328 CH2 2RDTerraced£212,000
10 Mar 200828 CH2 2RDDetached£204,500
24 Apr 200228 CH2 2RDDetached£130,000
22 Jun 199828 CH2 2RDDetached£84,950New build.
10 Jul 199829 CH2 2RDDetached£89,950New build.
30 Jul 201030 CH2 2RDDetached£225,000
22 Feb 200830 CH2 2RDDetached£225,000
16 Jun 199830 CH2 2RDDetached£80,950New build.
31 Jul 199831 CH2 2RDDetached£112,950New build.
15 Aug 200732 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£226,000
16 May 200232 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£134,000
24 Jun 199832 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£92,950New build.
12 May 202233 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£330,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
13 Jun 201433 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£250,000
4 Dec 200733 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£235,000
24 Feb 200533 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£220,000
24 Jan 200333 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£187,000
28 Jan 200033 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£133,000
4 Sep 199833 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£113,950New build.
30 Sep 200434 CH2 2RDDetached£193,000
22 Jun 199834 CH2 2RDDetached£88,950New build.
11 Sep 202535 CH2 2RDDetached£300,000
18 Sep 199835 CH2 2RDDetached£89,950New build.
10 Jun 202537 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£302,500
28 Apr 200637 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£225,000
26 Jan 200137 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£137,000
28 Jul 200037 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£134,950
28 Oct 199837 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£113,950New build.
15 Dec 202539 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£330,000
9 Mar 201839 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£265,000
10 Oct 201139 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£255,000
3 Nov 200639 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£235,000
28 Aug 199839 CH2 2RDDetached£115,950New build.
4 Feb 202041 CH2 2RDDetached£225,000
25 Sep 199841 CH2 2RDDetached£92,950New build.
13 Mar 202043 CH2 2RDDetached£242,000
12 Oct 200543 CH2 2RDDetached£217,950
6 Dec 200143 CH2 2RDDetached£149,000
4 Sep 199843 CH2 2RDDetached£106,250New build.
7 Jan 202245 CH2 2RDDetached£285,000
29 Jul 200545 CH2 2RDDetached£215,000
25 Apr 200245 CH2 2RDDetached£154,000
4 Aug 199845 CH2 2RDDetached£106,250
6 Jun 200347 CH2 2RDDetached£160,000
11 Jun 200147 CH2 2RDDetached£124,000
2 Sep 199847 CH2 2RDDetached£89,950New build.
9 Oct 201249 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£195,000
10 Apr 200249 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£156,950
8 Sep 199849 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£115,950New build.
20 Oct 202551 CH2 2RDDetached£230,000
8 Jun 201851 CH2 2RDDetached£185,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
18 Mar 200251 CH2 2RDDetached£93,000
3 Aug 199851 CH2 2RDDetached£60,000New build.
5 Nov 200253 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£145,000
18 Dec 199853 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£89,950
6 May 201555 CH2 2RDSemi-detached£220,000
18 Dec 199855 CH2 2RDDetached£117,950New build.
12 Aug 201657 CH2 2RDDetached£209,950
17 Dec 201057 CH2 2RDDetached£220,000
25 Apr 200357 CH2 2RDDetached£175,000
27 Nov 199857 CH2 2RDDetached£92,950New build.
6 Jun 201459 CH2 2RDDetached£215,000
26 Apr 200559 CH2 2RDDetached£205,000
27 Sep 200259 CH2 2RDDetached£148,250
1 Dec 199859 CH2 2RDDetached£90,950New build.
19 Dec 201961 CH2 2RDDetached£232,500
5 Jun 200161 CH2 2RDDetached£126,000
10 Nov 199861 CH2 2RDDetached£89,950New build.
16 May 200863 CH2 2RDDetached£224,950
20 Sep 200163 CH2 2RDDetached£155,000
12 Nov 199863 CH2 2RDDetached£106,950New build.
30 Jul 202165 CH2 2RDTerraced£280,000
29 Jul 201665 CH2 2RDTerraced£220,500
12 Apr 200765 CH2 2RDTerraced£210,000
18 May 200465 CH2 2RDTerraced£190,000
5 Oct 200167 CH2 2RDDetached£127,000
23 Oct 199867 CH2 2RDDetached£91,950New build.
30 Oct 202569 CH2 2RDTerraced£315,000
15 Aug 201269 CH2 2RDTerraced£202,000
4 Jul 200369 CH2 2RDDetached£168,000
29 Oct 199869 CH2 2RDDetached£89,950New build.
9 Oct 200671 CH2 2RDDetached£237,500
16 Oct 199871 CH2 2RDDetached£89,950New build.

House prices and rents in Cheshire West and Chester

A typical home in Cheshire West and Chester cost £270,534 in August 2026, 3.7% more than a year before. That is 21% more than five years earlier and 49% more than ten years earlier.

HomeTypical price, Aug 2026
Detached£439,091
Semi-detached£268,826
Terraced£211,455
Flat or maisonette£135,806
Bought by a first-time buyer£223,667

Private renters in Cheshire West and Chester paid £1,000 a month on average in September 2026, 6.7% more than a year before. That is 46% more than five years earlier.

HomeAverage rent a month, Sep 2026
One bedroom£731
Two bedrooms£922
Three bedrooms£1,132
Four or more bedrooms£1,627

Sources: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, with the ONS and the Welsh Government), to August 2026; ONS Price Index of Private Rents, to September 2026. Figures for the whole council area, not this street. The typical price is adjusted for the mix of homes that sold, so it is not the value of any one home; the street's own sales are above. Rents are the average paid on all private tenancies, new and existing, so they move more slowly than rents being advertised.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from March 2009 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

42 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 78 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (11); Flat (10); House, semi-detached (9). Built: 1996-2002 (30); 2003-2006 (8); 1991-1995 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (19); rented (private) (15).

Each home's certificates and sales (42 addresses)

Gas and electricity use

Homes with gas used 10,259 kWh of it on average in 2024, 7% less than the district's 11,037 kWh, and 2,475 kWh of electricity, 21% less than the district's 3,146 kWh. There are gas meters for about 78% of the homes.

These are all the homes on the postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is CH2.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, postcode level domestic gas and electricity statistics for 2024 (gas from mid-May to mid-May), Open Government Licence: domestic meters on each postcode, from the gas and electricity industry's meter readings. A postcode with fewer than 5 meters of a fuel has no figures for it.

Council tax

What each band costs in Cheshire West and Chester in 2026-27: Band D £2,517 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,678£1,958£2,238£2,517£3,077£3,636£4,196£5,035

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (33% of about 890 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

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: no.

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Energy projects nearby

1 energy project near the street's postcodes, 1 of it not yet operating.

ProjectKindSizeStageDistance
City Road - Solar panel Cheshire West and Chester 22/02101/P14 Solar farm 1 MW Permission granted, not yet built Jul 2022 1.2 km (0.8 miles)

Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q2 2026 extract, Open Government Licence: renewable electricity and storage projects over 150 kW, operating, being built, permitted or applied for. Shown: wind turbines and plants that burn or digest waste within 5 km (3.1 miles), other projects of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles); refused, withdrawn and abandoned projects are left out. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each project's grid reference.

Roadworks

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 31 October 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.

Recorded floods

No recorded flood covers the centre of this street's postcodes.

Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.

Sources: Environment Agency Recorded Flood Outlines; Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Coastal erosion

No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Sources: Environment Agency, National Coastal Erosion Risk Mapping 2024 (England), and Natural Resources Wales, National Coastal Erosion Risk Management (Wales), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each zone; where a postcode centre is inside a zone, some homes on it may not be.

Storm overflows

4 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 34 times, for 54 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Bache Brook, Finchetts Gutter.

OverflowIntoSpillsHoursDistance
Bache Tanks Cso Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Bache Brook 0 0 480 m (0.3 miles)
West of Wealstone Lane Cso Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Bache Brook 27 51 480 m (0.3 miles)
Chester Parkgate Court Sps Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Bache Brook 3 1 550 m (0.3 miles)
Unknown Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Finchetts Gutter 4 3 740 m (0.5 miles)

A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.

Source: Environment Agency, Event Duration Monitoring storm overflow annual return for 2025, from the water companies' monitors on each overflow in England, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each overflow's outlet. A year's figures are published the following spring; a monitor that worked for less of the year undercounts.

Coal mining

No postcode centre here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.

Source: Mining Remediation Authority (formerly the Coal Authority), development high and low risk areas, Open Government Licence. Checked at each postcode's centre, so a home near the edge of an area may differ. It covers coal mining only, not other mining (such as tin, lead, iron or chalk), and is no substitute for a coal mining search. About the risk areas.

Radon

The postcode is in a 1 km square in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.

Source: British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency, Indicative Atlas of Radon in Great Britain, Open Government Licence. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026. Each 1 km square is classed by the highest radon potential found anywhere in it, so a square's figure can overstate it for much of the square; the detailed map is not open data.

Historic landfill

1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 420 m (0.3 miles) away.

SiteWaste went inWasteDistance
Littlers Playing Fields Chester College, Cheyney Road, Chester, Cheshire 1988 to 1991 Inert 420 m (0.3 miles)

Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.

Sources: Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales, historic landfill sites (places where waste was put into or onto the land and no environmental permit is now in force), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each site as mapped; the outlines and dates come from old records and can be approximate. Landfill still operating is not included.

Height above sea level

The street's 53 addresses are between 22 m and 25 m above sea level (24 m on average).

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
CH2 2RD100%77%77%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsBache 495,000 journeys in 2024–25760 m (0.5 miles)
Chester 5.3 million journeys in 2024–251.1 km (0.7 miles)
Capenhurst 206,000 journeys in 2024–257.2 km (4.5 miles)
Bus stops14 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 49 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Waterloo Road Chester110 m
Bus or coach stationChester Bus Interchange870 m (0.5 miles)
Car parks2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Morrisons Car Park - Chester680 m (0.4 miles)
EV charging points6 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Osprey Charging Station550 m (0.3 miles)
Airport with scheduled flightsLiverpool John Lennon Airport LPL15.1 km (9.4 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Ratings and care homes: Care Quality Commission, latest ratings as at 2 November 2026 (England only; the CQC does not rate dental practices, and Wales's inspectorates give no ratings). Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeries10 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Elms Medical Centre Good Feb 2016780 m (0.5 miles)
Pharmacies8 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Well780 m (0.5 miles)
NHS dentists10 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Liverpool Road (Dental Surgery)440 m (0.3 miles)
HospitalCountess Of Chester Hospital (Coc NHS Trust) Requires improvement Jul 2026800 m (0.5 miles)
Care homes14 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Fern Lodge Care Home Good Dec 2018220 m
Police stationChester Town Hall Police Station1.1 km (0.7 miles)
Cash machines2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Morrisons Daily - Chester Brook Lane Cashzone620 m (0.4 miles)

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or garden3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,540 m²70 m
Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles)Countess of Chester Country Park 23 ha680 m (0.4 miles)
Play area5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 60 m²90 m
Playing field1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Dicksons Drive Field 1.6 ha500 m (0.3 miles)
Allotments3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6,500 m²520 m (0.3 miles)

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 25 hectares in all.

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is Chester College Chapel, a listed building (Grade II*), 400 m (0.2 miles) south-west. 68 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 8 of them Grade I and 3 of them Grade II*.

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Chester College ChapelListed building, Grade II*400 m (0.2 miles) south-west
Bluecoat School and Former Chapel of St John BaptistListed building, Grade II*890 m (0.6 miles) south
Part of City Wall From Northgate to Phoenix TowerListed building, Grade I900 m (0.6 miles) south
Phoenix TowerListed building, Grade I900 m (0.6 miles) south
Abbey Green Roman siteScheduled monument1 km (0.6 miles) south
The Little Abbey Gateway, Northgate StreetScheduled monument1 km (0.6 miles) south
St Nicholas' ChapelScheduled monument1.2 km (0.8 miles) south
Grosvenor ParkRegistered park or garden, Grade II*1.5 km (1 mile) south-east
Overleigh Road CemeteryRegistered park or garden, Grade II2.3 km (1.4 miles) south
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Donkey FieldWood1.4 km (0.8 miles) north-east
Gallows HillHill1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-east
Gamon's RoughWood2.1 km (1.3 miles) south
Gorse HillHill2.2 km (1.4 miles) west
The DaleValley2.2 km (1.4 miles) north
Sealion PoolLake or reservoir2.9 km (1.8 miles) north

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)9.54010
Fine particles (PM2.5)6.3205
Particles (PM10)9.84015

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

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailways
65 to 69140
60 to 6420
55 to 59140
Under 552353

30 of the street's 53 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 West and Chester: see them on the Cheshire West and Chester page.

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 5 November 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspectionExam results
Chester Blue Coat Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary3–11510 m (0.3 miles) Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 61% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 59% in 2024 and 46% in 2023)
Newton Primary SchoolPrimary4–111 km (0.6 miles) Report card (Jul 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met 53% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 67% in 2024 and 62% in 2023)
Mill View Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.2 km (0.8 miles) Outstanding (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 90% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 27% at the higher standard (2025; 82% in 2024 and 83% in 2023)
The Grosvenor Park Church of England AcademyPrimary4–111.4 km (0.9 miles) Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 63% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 81% in 2024 and 66% in 2023)
St Martin's Academy ChesterPrimary4–111.5 km (0.9 miles) No overall grade (Dec 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding 96% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 32% at the higher standard (2025; 84% in 2024 and 71% in 2023)
St Werburgh's and St Columba's Catholic Primary School Roman CatholicPrimary5–111.5 km (0.9 miles) No published inspection 84% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 8% at the higher standard (2025; 76% in 2024 and 83% in 2023)
Upton Westlea Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.8 km (1.1 miles) Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Early years: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met None published
Hoole Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary4–111.9 km (1.2 miles) No published inspection None published
St Theresa's Catholic Primary School Roman CatholicPrimary3–111.9 km (1.2 miles) Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 48% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 38% in 2024 and 54% in 2023)
Highfield Community Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.9 km (1.2 miles) Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met 50% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 9% at the higher standard (2025; 56% in 2024 and 41% in 2023)
Chester International SchoolSecondary14–191.9 km (1.2 miles) Good (Feb 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 38.5 (34.5 in 2025 and 34.9 in 2024); 27.6% grade 5+ in English and maths
Upton Heath CofE Primary School Church of EnglandPrimary4–111.9 km (1.2 miles) Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 52% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 59% in 2024 and 47% in 2023)

Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.

Nurseries and childcare

The ten nearest nurseries, pre-schools and clubs are all within 1.2 km (0.7 miles); the nearest is 230 m from the middle of the street.

ProviderKindPlacesLatest inspectionDistance
Little Learners Nursery School CH2 1AQ Full day care 76 Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 230 m
Buddies Out of School Club CH1 4HG Out-of-school day care 40 Not inspected yet 620 m (0.4 miles)
Bright Horizons Countess of Chester Day Nursery and Preschool CH2 1UL Full day care 72 Good (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 800 m (0.5 miles)
Earlyworld Kids Club CH2 2LA Out-of-school day care 74 Not inspected yet 1 km (0.6 miles)
Newton Park Pre School CH2 2LA Sessional day care 24 Good (Sep 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 1 km (0.6 miles)
Chester Day Nursery and Nursery School CH1 3ND Full day care 90 Good (Apr 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.1 km (0.7 miles)
Fir Cones Day Nursery CH2 2HJ Full day care 35 Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.1 km (0.7 miles)
S4YC Holiday Club - The Firs School CH2 2HJ Out-of-school day care 30 Not inspected yet 1.1 km (0.7 miles)
Chester Hopscotch CH1 4BE Full day care 76 Outstanding (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.1 km (0.7 miles)
The Nursery in Belong CH1 3AD Full day care 32 Outstanding (Dec 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.2 km (0.7 miles)

Ofsted also registers 109 childminders and 13 home childcarers (nannies) in Cheshire West and Chester. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.

Source: Ofsted, childcare providers and inspections management information, as at June 2026, Open Government Licence: providers on the Early Years and Childcare Registers on non-domestic premises, placed at their postcode. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard for each of six areas (Exceptional, Strong, Expected, Needs attention, Urgent improvement) rather than one overall grade; older grades stand until a provider is inspected again. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street.

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 5 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Little Learners Nursery CH2 1AWHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises130 m5 Very good2 Sep 2025
Total Fitness Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen130 m5 Very good25 Jul 2026
Zippy's Playworld CH2 2ANRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen170 m5 Very good21 Jul 2025
Fern Lodge CH2 2AJHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises190 m5 Very good21 Jul 2025
Space CH2 2ANRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen190 m5 Very good9 Mar 2026
Eversley CH2 2AJHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises200 m5 Very good28 Oct 2024
University Of Chester CH1 4BJSchool/college/university460 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good17 Sep 2024
University Store CH1 4BJRetailers - other460 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good8 May 2026
Granola Kitchen CH1 4BJRetailers - other460 m (0.3 miles)4 Good18 Nov 2021
Sam Joseph Chocolates CH1 4BJRetailers - other460 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good25 Mar 2024
ROOT2GINGER CH1 4BJRetailers - other460 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good10 Nov 2025
Baked and Churned CH1 4BJManufacturers/packers460 m (0.3 miles)Awaiting inspection
Chunky Bakehouse CH1 4BJRetailers - other460 m (0.3 miles)Awaiting inspection
The Hammond School, Hampton Lodge Boarding House CH2 1AFSchool/college/university460 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good12 Jun 2025
Lesley's Bistro CH2 2FERestaurant/Cafe/Canteen490 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good1 Jun 2026

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

85 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences39
Other theft14
Anti-social behaviour9
Drugs6
Public order5
Vehicle crime5
Burglary4
Criminal damage and arson3

Most of these are attached to: On or near Eversley Park (43); On or near Heathcote Close (12); On or near Heathfields Close (9); On or near Dawson Drive (8); On or near Ash Lawn Court (4).

Road safety

Source: Department for Transport, road safety data (STATS19), collisions in 2021 to 2025, as published by November 2026. Collisions in which someone was hurt and which were reported to the police, within 150 m of the middle of any of this street's postcodes, or of the street. Severity is the worst injury as the police recorded it.

6 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 6 slight. 3 involved a cyclist; 1 involved a child under 16. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.

By year
YearCollisionsFatal or serious
202110
202220
202310
202410
202510
The most recent
DateSeverityWho was hurtRoadConditions
16 Jun 2025 08:15 Slight 1 person A5116, 30 mph Daylight
3 Nov 2024 14:40 Slight 1 person: 1 cyclist, 1 child A5116, 30 mph Daylight
25 Jul 2023 12:00 Slight 1 person A5116, 30 mph Daylight
9 Aug 2022 19:13 Slight 1 person: 1 cyclist A5116, 30 mph Daylight
24 Apr 2022 11:26 Slight 1 person A5116, 30 mph Daylight
10 Jan 2021 14:00 Slight 1 person: 1 cyclist A5116, 30 mph Daylight

Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.

Traffic on nearby roads

The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A5116 between A5480 and A5268, with 16,191 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 50 m from the street's postcodes.

RoadBetweenVehicles a dayLorriesTen years beforeDistance
A5116 A5480 to A5268 16,191 counted 2025 0% -14% since 2015 50 m
A540 A5268 to A5480 10,124 estimated; counted 2018 2% -6% since 2015 420 m (0.3 miles)
Minor road Not recorded 10,042 counted 2025 0% 480 m (0.3 miles)

Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.

Source: Department for Transport, road traffic statistics, annual average daily flows to 2025, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each count point.

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the Output Area (a small census area of about 125 households) that this street's postcodes are in: 347 residents in 157 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age3640
Children under 1511%17%
Aged 65 and over11%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)53%61%
Owned outright24%33%
Shared ownership1%1%
Social rented14%17%
Private rented33%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work54%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)7%6%
Retired (of adults)13%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)12%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)30%32%
Travel to work by car or van45%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tram3%4%
By any public transport, including bus6%8%
On foot or by bicycle16%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)71%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away9%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)43%34%
No qualifications14%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification4%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)91%91%
Cannot speak English well or at all3%2%

Deprivation

The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 9 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.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

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.

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Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

  • CH2 2RD: 53 addresses of 57 in the postcode

Nearby streets

Waterloo Road · Heathcote Close · Williams Close · Barons Court · The Heywoods · Bailey Bridge Close · Yerburgh Street · Deanery Close · Deanery Close · Grange Road · Eversley Court · Dawson Drive

All the streets in CH2 and across Cheshire West and Chester.

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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
  • 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.