Leaside Road Chester
9 addresses across 2 postcodes (CH1), about 80 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 6901012.
- Sales: 2 recorded sales since 1995; in 2016 the median was £67,500 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 8 homes have an energy certificate (C: 8).
- 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 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Bache, about 2.3 km (1.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 450 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 22 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 9 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Western Ave Medical Ctre, about 1 km (0.6 miles) away.
- People: About 600 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 16% of households owned their home and 15% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 124 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | £67,500 | £67,500 | £67,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2016 | 4 CH1 5EW | Flat or maisonette | £67,500 | Leasehold. |
| 18 Feb 2015 | 4 CH1 5EW | Flat or maisonette | £45,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
Energy performance certificates
8 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 46 m². Most common: Flat (7); Maisonette, semi-detached (1). Built: 1930-1949 (4); 1950-1966 (4). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (5); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (5 addresses)
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band A (58% of about 1,370 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)
- Land to rear of 25-33 Western Avenue, Blacon: up to 6 homes, not permissioned (750 m (0.5 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH1 5EW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CH1 5EE | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 22 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH1 5EE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CH1 5EW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bache 495,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Chester 5.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) | |
| Capenhurst 206,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 13 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 27 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Playground Blacon | 190 m |
| Bus or coach station | Chester Bus Interchange | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| Car parks | Enterprise Car Parks - Mill@Upton Car Park | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Blacon Crematorium GeniePoint | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 14.7 km (9.2 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Western Ave Medical Ctre | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Swettenham Chemists | 240 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 740 m (0.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Bowmere Hospital | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Police station | Blacon Police Headquarters | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest BR Spar Blacon, Saughall Road Cashzone | 260 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.1 ha | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Saxon Way Play Area 280 m² | 170 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 9,730 m² | 120 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4,940 m² | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 2.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
3 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Gorse Hill | Hill | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Icehouse Plantation | Wood | 2 km (1.3 miles) north-east |
| Viaduct Wood | Wood | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) north-east |
| The Dale | Valley | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) north-east |
| Donkey Field | Wood | 3.2 km (2 miles) east |
| Sealion Pool | Lake or reservoir | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 8 | 9 |
1 of the street's 9 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 Cheshire West and Chester: see them on the Cheshire West and Chester page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Theresa's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 520 m (0.3 miles) | Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| The Arches Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 610 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| J H Godwin Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 870 m (0.5 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Needs attention; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Highfield Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 940 m (0.6 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College | Secondary | 11–16 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Dee Point Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blacon Beacon CH1 5DZ | Retailers - other | 100 m | 5 Very good | 12 Nov 2025 |
| Florence Grogan House CH1 5XA | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 230 m | 5 Very good | 7 May 2026 |
| Spar CH1 5HN | Retailers - other | 240 m | 5 Very good | 23 Mar 2026 |
| Blacon News And Post Office CH1 5HN | Retailers - other | 250 m | 4 Good | 7 Nov 2023 |
| Georges CH1 5HN | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 250 m | 4 Good | 28 Oct 2025 |
| BHAJIS/SMASHBOX CH1 5HN | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 260 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Chatwins CH1 5HN | Retailers - other | 260 m | 5 Very good | 27 Nov 2025 |
| Here and Now Chester limited CH1 5ET | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 330 m | 5 Very good | 18 Jun 2026 |
| Blacon Day Nursery CH1 5DB | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 22 Sep 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 68 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 14 |
| Public order | 10 |
| Other theft | 9 |
| Drugs | 5 |
| Other crime | 4 |
| Shoplifting | 3 |
| Bicycle theft | 3 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 3 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Robbery | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Burton Road (32); On or near Alderley Place (13); On or near Harthill Road (11); On or near Pulford Road (10); On or near Mostyn Place (10).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 39 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 24% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 17% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 16% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 6% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 73% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 41% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 14% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 19% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 15% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 14% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 50% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 13% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 18% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 85% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 15% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 34% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 91% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 4% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 1 to 4 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
Fernhill Road · Hatton Road · Boleyn Close · Stamford Road · Mostyn Place · Norman Way · Aragon Green · Burns Way · Saxon Way · Masefield Drive · Harthill Road · Sherwood Road
All the streets in CH1 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.