Leach View St Helens, St. Helens
4 addresses across 2 postcodes (WA11), about 70 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 37502615.
- Sales: 4 recorded sales since 1995; in 2005 the median was £144,995 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 1 homes have an energy certificate (C: 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 C; Band D in St. Helens costs £2,403 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is St Helens Central, about 1.7 km (1 mile) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Haresfinch Park, is about 70 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 10.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 32 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 4 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Windermere Medical Centre, about 620 m (0.4 miles) away, with 8 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 280 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 92% of households owned their home and 25% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1 | £144,995 | £144,995 | £144,995 |
| 1998 | 1 | £57,000 | £57,000 | £57,000 |
| 1995 | 2 | £50,000 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Aug 2005 | 3 WA11 9DU | Semi-detached | £144,995 | |
| 6 Nov 1998 | 1 WA11 9DU | Semi-detached | £57,000 | |
| 27 Jan 1995 | 1 WA11 9DU | Semi-detached | £50,000 | New build. |
| 13 Jan 1995 | 3 WA11 9DU | Semi-detached | £50,000 |
Energy performance certificates
1 home with a current certificate; median floor area 79 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (1). Built: 1996-2002 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).
Council tax
What each band costs in St. Helens in 2026-27: Band D £2,403 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,602 | £1,869 | £2,136 | £2,403 | £2,937 | £3,472 | £4,006 | £4,807 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (34% of about 770 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: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Site of former Carr Mill Infants School, Ullswater Ave, Moss Bank, WA11 7PT, not permissioned (520 m (0.3 miles))
- Land at Cowley Street and Albert Street, Moss Bank, WA10 1TY, permissioned (590 m (0.4 miles))
- Former Pilkington's Site, City Road, Moss Bank, St. Helens, WA10 6PE, permissioned (790 m (0.5 miles))
- Polar Ford, City Road, Windle, St. Helens, WA10 6NZ, permissioned (910 m (0.6 miles))
- Land adjacent Laffak Road and Carr Mill Road, Moss Bank, WA11 9LG, not permissioned (910 m (0.6 miles))
- Birch Tree Farm Moss Bank Road St Helens Merseyside WA11 7BJ, not permissioned (1 km (0.6 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 32 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WA11 9DU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| WA11 9LW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | St Helens Central 669,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Thatto Heath 149,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4 km (2.5 miles) | |
| St Helens Junction 206,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 13 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 29 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Washway Lane Green Leach | 30 m |
| Bus or coach station | St Helens Bus Station | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Car parks | Birchley Street Car Park | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest PoGo Charge | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 16.8 km (10 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 8 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Windermere Medical Centre | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Heaton's Pharmacy | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest St. Helens Dental Clinic | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Fairfield Hospital | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Police station | St Helens Police Station | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Islands Brow Mini Mart Cashzone | 360 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Haresfinch Park 5.5 ha | 70 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 510 m² | 210 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 3.3 ha | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | Cabbage Hall Allotments 2.3 ha | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 6.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Standing cross south of the chapel of St Thomas of Canterbury in the cemetery at Windlehurst, a scheduled monument, 1.7 km (1 mile) west. 1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Standing cross south of the chapel of St Thomas of Canterbury in the cemetery at Windlehurst | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1 mile) west |
| Ruins of the chapel of St Thomas of Canterbury in the Roman Catholic cemetery in Windlehurst | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) west |
| Borough Cemetery, St Helens | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Clinkham Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Winstanley Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Windle Park Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Carr Mill Dam | Lake or reservoir | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Bleak Hill | Hill | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) west |
| Barton Clough | Valley | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.8 | 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 | 3 | 4 |
1 of the street's 4 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 St. Helens: see them on the St. Helens page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 370 m | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Parish Church of England Primary School, St Helens | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Carr Mill Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Ashurst Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Cowley International College | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Post-16 provision: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Holy Cross Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 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: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Merton Bank Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Requires improvement (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Rivington Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St. Mary's Blackbrook Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Mary & St Thomas CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy Roman Catholic | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No overall grade (Dec 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| St Helens College | 16 plus | 14–99 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haresfinch Service Station WA11 9LQ | Retailers - other | 100 m | 4 Good | 22 Nov 2022 |
| Hong Kong WA11 9LQ | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 180 m | 4 Good | 18 Mar 2026 |
| The Woodlands WA11 9AQ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 300 m | 5 Very good | 7 Nov 2025 |
| Islands Brow Mini Market WA11 9PG | Retailers - other | 360 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 10 Jun 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 8 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 6 |
| Other theft | 6 |
| Shoplifting | 6 |
| Public order | 5 |
| Burglary | 5 |
| Drugs | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Other crime | 2 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Petrol Station (18); On or near Green Leach Lane (6); On or near Campion Close (5); On or near Grasmere Close (3); On or near A571 (3).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 92% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 60% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 0% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 32% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 26% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 68% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 64% | 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) | 25% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 10% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 7 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
Green Leach Avenue · Langdale Grove · Hampton Place · Dearham Avenue · Buckingham Drive · Kingfisher Drive · Grasmere Close · Skelton Close · Blenheim Way · Haresfinch View · The Brooks · Campion Close
All the streets in WA11 and across St. Helens.
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.