Bronte Close Winwick, Warrington
5 addresses across 2 postcodes (WA2), about 60 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 42260029.
- Sales: 7 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £610,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 2 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 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 D; Band D in Warrington costs £2,448 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Newton-Le-Willows, about 2.9 km away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 340 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 11.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 24 m above sea level.
- Noise: 4 of its 5 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Parkview Medical Centre, about 2.7 km away.
- People: About 640 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 89% of households owned their home and 51% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 21 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £610,000 | £610,000 | £610,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £420,000 | £420,000 | £420,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £310,000 | £310,000 | £310,000 |
| 2001 | 3 | £280,000 | £193,750 | £344,950 |
| 2000 | 1 | £310,000 | £310,000 | £310,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2025 | 4 WA2 8XD | Detached | £610,000 | |
| 4 Aug 2003 | 4 WA2 8XD | Detached | £420,000 | |
| 18 Sep 2002 | 2 WA2 8XD | Detached | £310,000 | |
| 30 Aug 2001 | 3 WA2 8XD | Detached | £193,750 | New build. |
| 27 Apr 2001 | 4 WA2 8XD | Detached | £344,950 | New build. |
| 17 Jan 2001 | 1 WA2 8XD | Detached | £280,000 | New build. |
| 25 Jul 2000 | 2 WA2 8XD | Detached | £310,000 | New build. |
Energy performance certificates
2 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 211 m². Most common: House, detached (2). Built: 1991-1995 (1); 2003-2006 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).
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 street: most are in band D (23% of about 980 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, Warrington.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- The Old Rectory, Rectory Lane, Winwick, WA2 8LE, not permissioned (260 m)
- Delph Farm, Delph Lane, Winwick, Warrington, WA2 8RW, permissioned (430 m)
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
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.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| WA2 8XD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WA2 8XA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 24 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WA2 8XA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| WA2 8XD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Newton-Le-Willows 1.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km |
| Earlestown 331,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.6 km | |
| Padgate 118,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.7 km | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m, 17 within 800 m; nearest St Oswald Church Winwick | 270 m |
| Bus or coach station | Earlestown Bus Station | 4.0 km |
| Car parks | Gemini Retail Park Car Park | 2.4 km |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 820 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 19.6 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Parkview Medical Centre | 2.7 km |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Orford Pharmacy | 1.2 km |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Cotswold Dental Care | 1.2 km |
| Hospital | Hollins Park Hospital | 550 m |
| Police station | Newton-le-Willows Police Station | 4.0 km |
| Cash machines | Payzone | 1.9 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 6.4 ha | 340 m |
| Play area | 8 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 130 m² | 170 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 3,510 m² | 1.1 km |
| Allotments | Unnamed 5,450 m² | 2.6 km |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 6.4 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Oswald, a listed building (Grade I), 320 m north. 9 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Oswald | Listed building, Grade I | 320 m north |
| Battle of Winwick (also known as Battle of Red Bank) 1648 | Registered battlefield | 1.3 km north |
| Bowl barrow west of Highfield Lane | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km north-east |
| St Oswald's Well, 150m south of Woodhead | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Coney Grove Woods | Wood | 490 m west |
| Asps Wood | Wood | 760 m north-west |
| Alder Root Wood | Wood | 1.5 km north-west |
| Radley Plantation | Wood | 1.7 km south-east |
| Houghton Green Pool | Lake or reservoir | 2.0 km east |
| Golborne Dale | Valley | 3.7 km north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.7 | 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 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 1 | 5 |
4 of the street's 5 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winwick CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 350 m | No published inspection |
| Sandy Lane Nursery and Forest School | Nursery | 2–4 | 1.6 km | No published inspection |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.6 km | Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Stephen's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.7 km | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rileys Diner WA2 8RD | Mobile caterer | 350 m | 5 Very good | 21 Nov 2024 |
| Cheshire Day Nursery @ Winwick WA2 8RS | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 350 m | 5 Very good | 12 Aug 2026 |
| Myddle ground coffee & Co WA2 8LG | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 360 m | 5 Very good | 16 Jun 2026 |
| Thorougoods WA2 8NJ | Retailers - other | 390 m | 2 Improvement necessary | 14 Mar 2025 |
| St Oswalds Care Home WA2 8SZ | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 450 m | 5 Very good | 23 Jun 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 13 |
| Public order | 5 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Drugs | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Rectory Lane (7); On or near Beckett Drive (4); On or near Crompton Drive (3); On or near Alcott Place (2); On or near Austen Drive (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 42 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 21% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 11% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 89% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 28% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 69% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 15% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 45% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 49% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 51% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 51% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 6 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
Nearby streets
Sheridan Place · Winwick Park Avenue · Austen Drive · Marryat Close · Alcott Place · Rectory Close · Rectory Lane · Beckett Drive · Chesterton Drive · Fleming Drive · Crompton Drive · Hollins Drive
All the streets in WA2 and across Warrington.
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 aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.