Hill Top Road Halton
7 addresses across 4 postcodes (WA4,WA7), about 310 m long, classed as a minor road. USRN 16105600.
- Sales: 5 recorded sales since 1995; in 2016 the median was £213,500 across 2 sales.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Halton cost £189,435 in August 2026 (-2.3% on a year); private rents averaged £754 a month.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 2).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas 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.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A56, carries 8,582 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Halton costs £2,367 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Runcorn East, about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 630 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 31 to 46 m above sea level.
- Noise: 7 of its 7 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Murdishaw, about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away.
- People: About 730 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 72% of households owned their home and 28% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 13 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 2 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
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | £213,500 | £202,000 | £225,000 |
| 2014 | 2 | £178,500 | £178,000 | £179,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £272,500 | £272,500 | £272,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Feb 2016 | 1 WA4 4AH | Terraced | £202,000 | |
| 31 Oct 2014 | 1 WA4 4AH | Terraced | £178,000 | New build. |
| 17 Apr 2014 | 3 WA4 4AH | Terraced | £179,000 | |
| 23 Mar 2016 | 4 WA4 4AH | Terraced | £225,000 | |
| 24 Jun 2004 | ST FAITHS MISSION WA4 4AH | Detached | £272,500 |
House prices and rents in Halton
A typical home in Halton cost £189,435 in August 2026, 2.3% less than a year before. That is 23% more than five years earlier and 57% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £316,315 |
| Semi-detached | £200,821 |
| Terraced | £156,208 |
| Flat or maisonette | £102,027 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £168,586 |
Private renters in Halton paid £754 a month on average in September 2026, 6.9% more than a year before. That is 33% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £549 |
| Two bedrooms | £690 |
| Three bedrooms | £832 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,169 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 84 m². Most common: House, end-terrace (2); House, mid-terrace (1); House, semi-detached (1). Built: 2007 onwards (2); before 1900 (1); 1900-1929 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (4 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 13,093 kWh of it on average in 2024, 7% more than the district's 12,269 kWh, and 4,683 kWh of electricity, 37% more than the district's 3,407 kWh. There are gas meters for about 41% of the homes.
1 of its postcodes has no gas meters recorded among 10 or more homes: often flats heated by electricity, or homes off the gas grid.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WA4 4AZ | 30 | 4,586 kWh | none recorded | |
| WA7 3AE | 21 | 2,729 kWh | 21 | 11,037 kWh |
These are all the homes on each 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 WA4.
Council tax
What each band costs in Halton in 2026-27: Band D £2,367 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,578 | £1,841 | £2,104 | £2,367 | £2,893 | £3,418 | £3,944 | £4,733 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band A (31% of about 1,850 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): Halton Borough Council Article 4 - 1, Halton Borough Council Article 4 - A4D_1.
- Tree preservation orders: 19 protected trees on or by this street.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Highways Agency Depot, Chester Road, Preston Brook: up to 30 homes, not permissioned (420 m (0.3 miles))
- Highways Agency Depot, Chester Road, Preston Brook: up to 30 homes, not permissioned (420 m (0.3 miles))
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
Roadworks
Started, not reported finished by 31 October 2026
- 29 October 2026 to 2 November 2026: BT, Utility asset works, multi-way signals, on the footway, carriageway (minor works)
Finished in the last three months
- 21 October 2026 to 27 October 2026: INDEPENDENT WATER NETWORKS LTD, Utility asset works, road closure, on the carriageway (major works)
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WA4 4AH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WA4 4AZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WA4 4BA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| WA7 3AE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any 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.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is 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.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 7 addresses are between 31 m and 46 m above sea level (35 m on average); the ground rises about 15 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WA4 4AH | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| WA4 4AZ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| WA4 4BA | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| WA7 3AE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Runcorn East 196,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Frodsham 269,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.9 km (3.6 miles) | |
| Runcorn 732,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.5 km (4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 9 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Post Office Preston Brook | 280 m |
| Bus or coach station | Warrington Bus Interchange Stand T | 8.5 km (5.3 miles) |
| Car parks | Premier Inn Runcorn Car Park | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 13.6 km (8.4 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Murdishaw Good Feb 2016 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Murdishaw Pharmacy | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | The Dental Academy Limited | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Halton Hospital Good Jul 2019 | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Care homes | Smithy Forge Good Aug 2026 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Police station | Cheshire Constabulary Custody Suite | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Murdishaw, Murdishaw Cashzone | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 28 ha | 630 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 220 m² | 440 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 5.8 ha | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 32 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is New Manor Farm moated site, a scheduled monument, 1.1 km (0.7 miles) east. 5 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| New Manor Farm moated site | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Murdishaw Valley | Valley | 880 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Weir's Gorse | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Keckwick Hill | Hill | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north |
| Sandymoor Pool | Lake or reservoir | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) north-west |
| Round Chevaral | Wetland | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) north-west |
| Wigg Island | Island | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 3 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 7 |
7 of the street's 7 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 Halton: see them on the Halton page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorsewood Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection | 56% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 69% in 2024 and 43% in 2023) |
| St Martin's Catholic Primary School and Preschool Roman Catholic | Primary | 2–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 63% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 54% in 2024 and 55% in 2023) |
| Murdishaw West Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 53% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 47% in 2024 and 48% in 2023) |
| Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy | Secondary | 11–19 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Post-16 provision: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 37.0 (35.9 in 2025 and 37.3 in 2024); 31.2% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade C-; 7.7% AAB or better; progress below average |
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
2 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 450 m (0.3 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Brook Preschool WA7 3AW | Sessional day care | 24 | Good (Apr 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
| Gorsewood Pre-School Playgroup WA7 6ES | Sessional day care | 28 | Good (May 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 52 childminders and 2 home childcarers (nannies) in Halton. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spar Shop WA7 3AL | Retailers - other | 350 m | 5 Very good | 10 Sep 2024 |
| Preston Brook Village Hall WA7 3AW | Pub/bar/nightclub | 450 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 19 Nov 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 4 |
| Burglary | 3 |
| Other theft | 3 |
| Drugs | 2 |
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Hill Top Road (4); On or near Windmill Lane (4); On or near Summer Lane (3); On or near Waterfront (1); On or near Brindley Wharf (1).
Road safety
2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sep 2022 11:31 | Slight | 1 person | A56, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 15 Aug 2022 09:00 | Slight | 1 person | Minor road, 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 A56 between Bridgwater Grange and M56, with 8,582 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 170 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A56 | Bridgwater Grange to M56 | 8,582 estimated; counted 2022 | 8% | -14% since 2015 | 170 m |
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.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 72% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 45% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 14% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 25% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 32% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 56% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 59% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 28% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 1 to 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.
What has changed
- Roadworks Street works permit: INDEPENDENT WATER NETWORKS LTD: Utility asset works, 21 October 2026 to 27 October 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
- Roadworks Street works permit: INDEPENDENT WATER NETWORKS LTD: Utility asset works, 21 October 2026 to 23 October 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
- Roadworks Street works permit: BT: Utility asset works, 29 October 2026 to 2 November 2026 (multi-way signals) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- WA4 4AH: 4 addresses of 6 in the postcode
- WA4 4AZ: 1 address of 54 in the postcode
- WA4 4BA: 1 address of 9 in the postcode
- WA7 3AE: 1 address of 24 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Granary Mill · Waterfront · Preaching Lane · Windmill Lane · Cottons Bridge · The Wharf · The Wharf · Chester Road · Chester Road · Bridgewater Grange
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.