Cherry Tree Close Elton, Cheshire West and Chester
22 addresses across 3 postcodes (CH2), about 130 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 6902854.
- Sales: 32 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £285,000 across 2 sales.
- Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (C: 7, D: 3).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas 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 A; Band D in Cheshire West and Chester costs £2,517 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 33% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Ince and Elton (Cheshire), about 70 m away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 370 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 15 to 23 m above sea level.
- Noise: 5 of its 22 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Helsby Health Centre, about 3.1 km (1.9 miles) away.
- People: About 500 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 79% of households owned their home and 26% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 17 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 | 2 | £285,000 | £260,000 | £310,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £215,000 | £215,000 | £215,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £197,500 | £197,500 | £197,500 |
| 2017 | 1 | £195,000 | £195,000 | £195,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £205,000 | £205,000 | £205,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £184,500 | £184,500 | £184,500 |
| 2012 | 1 | £170,000 | £170,000 | £170,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £179,950 | £179,950 | £179,950 |
| 2005 | 1 | £234,000 | £234,000 | £234,000 |
| 2004 | 3 | £183,000 | £175,000 | £200,000 |
| 2003 | 2 | £169,000 | £160,000 | £178,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £114,000 | £114,000 | £114,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Sep 2025 | 9 CH2 4NH | Detached | £260,000 | |
| 17 Jan 2025 | 7 CH2 4NH | Detached | £310,000 | |
| 12 Nov 2021 | 4 CH2 4NH | Detached | £215,000 | |
| 5 Oct 2018 | 2 CH2 4NH | Detached | £197,500 | |
| 21 Aug 2017 | 5 CH2 4NH | Detached | £195,000 | |
| 26 Aug 2016 | 7 CH2 4NH | Detached | £205,000 | |
| 10 Jul 2014 | 5 CH2 4NH | Detached | £184,500 | |
| 6 Nov 2012 | 8 CH2 4NH | Detached | £170,000 | |
| 12 Jul 2007 | 5 CH2 4NH | Detached | £179,950 | |
| 24 Jun 2005 | 16 CH2 4NH | Detached | £234,000 | |
| 6 Dec 2004 | 17 CH2 4NH | Detached | £175,000 | |
| 12 Oct 2004 | 1 CH2 4NH | Detached | £200,000 | |
| 16 Feb 2004 | 4 CH2 4NH | Detached | £183,000 | |
| 31 Oct 2003 | 3 CH2 4NH | Detached | £160,000 | |
| 10 Oct 2003 | 1 CH2 4NH | Detached | £178,000 | |
| 26 Oct 2001 | 4 CH2 4NH | Detached | £114,000 | |
| 18 Jul 2000 | 5 CH2 4NH | Detached | £92,500 | |
| 4 Feb 2000 | 4 CH2 4NH | Detached | £92,145 | New build. |
| 3 Dec 1999 | 8 CH2 4NH | Detached | £91,995 | New build. |
| 30 Nov 1999 | 12 CH2 4NH | Detached | £75,995 | New build. |
| 12 Nov 1999 | 6 CH2 4NH | Detached | £84,995 | New build. |
| 5 Nov 1999 | 16 CH2 4NH | Detached | £115,995 | New build. |
| 4 Nov 1999 | 14 CH2 4NH | Detached | £94,995 | New build. |
| 22 Oct 1999 | 7 CH2 4NH | Detached | £85,995 | |
| 19 Oct 1999 | 2 CH2 4NH | Detached | £89,495 | New build. |
| 18 Oct 1999 | 17 CH2 4NH | Detached | £109,245 | New build. |
| 5 Oct 1999 | 18 CH2 4NH | Detached | £80,745 | New build. |
| 29 Sep 1999 | 11 CH2 4NH | Detached | £84,995 | |
| 24 Sep 1999 | 9 CH2 4NH | Detached | £74,995 | New build. |
| 22 Sep 1999 | 3 CH2 4NH | Detached | £80,745 | New build. |
| 17 Sep 1999 | 5 CH2 4NH | Detached | £79,995 | New build. |
| 17 Aug 1999 | 1 CH2 4NH | Detached | £98,995 | New build. |
Energy performance certificates
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 100 m². Most common: House, detached (10). Built: 1996-2002 (7); 2007-2011 (2); 2003-2006 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (6).
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.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £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 A (36% of about 830 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 West and Chester.
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, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2 4NH | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CH2 4ND | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CH2 4NQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 22 addresses are between 15 m and 23 m above sea level (20 m on average); the ground rises about 8 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH2 4ND | 100% | 33% | 33% | 0% |
| CH2 4NH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CH2 4NQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Ince and Elton (Cheshire) 100 journeys in 2024–25 | 70 m |
| Stanlow and Thornton [note 1] | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | |
| Helsby 124,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3 km (1.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 25 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Orchard Park Lane Elton | 110 m |
| Bus or coach station | Ellesmere Port Bus Interchange | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Gridserve Charging Station | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 6.9 km (4.3 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Helsby Health Centre | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Elton Pharmacy | 250 m |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| Hospital | Ellesmere Port Hospital | 6.4 km (4 miles) |
| Police station | Cheshire Constabulary | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest BR Spar Elton, Ince Lane Cashzone | 230 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 7,940 m² | 370 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Unnamed 2.9 ha | 780 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,060 m² | 210 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.7 ha | 220 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.7 ha | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 4 parks and gardens, 4.9 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Rock Farmhouse, a listed building (Grade II*), 250 m south-east. 19 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Rock Farmhouse | Listed building, Grade II* | 250 m south-east |
| Church of St James | Listed building, Grade II* | 920 m (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Moated site, fishpond and connnecting channel, Elton | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) south |
| Ince Manor monastic grange and fishpond | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Roman fortlet at Ince, 150m north east of Hall Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (1 mile) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Ince Marshes | Wetland | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Helsby Marsh | Wetland | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) east |
| Stanlow Pool | Tidal water | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) west |
| Lordship Marsh | Wetland | 3.2 km (2 miles) north-east |
| Helsby Quarry Woodland Park | Wood | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) east |
| Helsby Hill | Hill | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.1 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road, rail and aircraft noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 17 | 22 | 22 |
5 of the street's 22 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
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elton Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 190 m | Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheelwright Arms CH2 4LU | Pub/bar/nightclub | 230 m | 4 Good | 23 Apr 2026 |
| Elton Primary School CH2 4LT | School/college/university | 280 m | 5 Very good | 14 May 2026 |
| Elton Pharmacy CH2 4QB | Retailers - other | 480 m (0.3 miles) | Exempt | |
| Greggs CH2 4QB | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 480 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 2 Feb 2026 |
| Elton Convenience Store CH2 4QB | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 480 m (0.3 miles) | 2 Improvement necessary | 18 Dec 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 9 |
| Public order | 2 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Shoplifting | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Dairy Bank (8); On or near Highfield (3); On or near Parking Area (3); On or near Cherry Tree Close (2); On or near Orchard Park (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 79% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 49% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 10% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 26% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 62% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 58% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 26% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 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
- CH2 4NH: 17 addresses of 19 in the postcode
- CH2 4ND: 4 addresses of 20 in the postcode
- CH2 4NQ: 1 address of 100 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Ince Lane · Ince Orchards · Highfield · Dairy Bank · Mount Pleasant · Orchard Park · Station Road · The Courtyard · Anvil Close · Marsh Lane · Station Close · Laurels Farm Court
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.
- 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.