Cronton Road Knowsley
1 address across 1 postcode (WA8), about 4.5 km (2.8 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 16105000.
- Sales: 9 recorded sales since 1995; in 2006 the median was £350,000 across 1 sale.
- 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 C; Band D in Knowsley costs £2,488 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 88% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Widnes, about 2.7 km (1.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Sunnybank Woodland Park, is about 560 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 10.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 44 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Bevan Group Practice, about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) away.
- People: About 250 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 89% of households owned their home and 37% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 3 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often burglary.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 1 | £350,000 | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £138,000 | £138,000 | £138,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £189,950 | £189,950 | £189,950 |
| 2003 | 1 | £200,000 | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £160,000 | £160,000 | £160,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £145,000 | £145,000 | £145,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £46,000 | £46,000 | £46,000 |
| 1995 | 1 | £85,000 | £85,000 | £85,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Mar 2021 | CRONTON NURSERIES WA8 5QJ | Other | £55,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 23 Feb 2006 | 659 WA8 5QJ | Detached | £350,000 | |
| 6 Jun 2005 | 543 WA8 5QJ | Semi-detached | £138,000 | |
| 10 Sep 2004 | 545 WA8 5QJ | Semi-detached | £189,950 | |
| 12 Nov 2003 | 585 WA8 5QJ | Detached | £200,000 | |
| 13 Sep 2002 | 585 WA8 5QJ | Detached | £160,000 | |
| 3 Jul 2001 | 585 WA8 5QJ | Detached | £145,000 | |
| 26 May 2000 | 545 WA8 5QJ | Terraced | £46,000 | |
| 6 Jan 1995 | 585 WA8 5QJ | Detached | £85,000 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Knowsley in 2026-27: Band D £2,488 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,659 | £1,935 | £2,212 | £2,488 | £3,041 | £3,594 | £4,147 | £4,977 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (40% of about 580 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: 26 protected trees on or by this street.
- Green belt: yes, Knowsley.
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, 1 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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's address is about 44 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WA8 5QJ | 100% | 88% | 88% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Widnes 428,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Sankey For Penketh 1,200 journeys in 2024–25 | 3 km (1.9 miles) | |
| Warrington West 389,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Pendlebury Farm Barrows Green | 40 m |
| Bus or coach station | Warrington Bus Interchange Stand U | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) |
| Car parks | Morrisons Car Park - Widnes | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | Albert Road | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 11.8 km (7.3 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Bevan Group Practice | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Wise Pharmacy LTD | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Highfield Hospital | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| Police station | Cheshire Police - Penketh Police Station | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | Morrisons Daily - Widnes Chorley Lane | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Sunnybank Woodland Park 8.1 ha | 560 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 880 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 4.4 ha | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,010 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 8.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 380m east of South Lane Farm, a scheduled monument, 270 m north-east.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 380m east of South Lane Farm | Scheduled monument | 270 m north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bold Heath Plantation | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north |
| School Lane Wood | Wood | 1.5 km (1 mile) north |
| Lingley Mere Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) north-east |
| Fiddler's Ferry Reach | Tidal water | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) south-east |
| The Hempstones | Wetland | 3 km (1.9 miles) south |
| Pex Hill | Hill | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 1 |
1 of the street's 1 addresses is 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 Knowsley: see them on the Knowsley page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moorfield Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Oct 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St John Fisher Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | 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
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Burglary | 3 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near South Lane (3).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 89% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 58% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 8% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 52% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 32% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 31% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 60% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 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 | 11% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 37% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 10% | 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
- WA8 5QJ: 1 address of 12 in the postcode
Nearby streets
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.