M53 Bebington, Cheshire West and Chester
13 addresses across 8 postcodes (CH2), about 4.7 km (2.9 miles) long, classed as a motorway. USRN 80510008.
- 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 E; 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 Bache, about 3.4 km (2.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.6 km (1.6 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 14 to 47 m above sea level.
- Noise: 13 of its 13 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Upton Village Surgery, about 2.7 km (1.7 miles) away.
- People: About 830 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 82% of households owned their home and 38% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
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 E (23% of about 1,550 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 5.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- CROUGHTON BRIDGE (135), grade II
- PARISH BOUNDARY STONE 25 METRES NORTH OF FOOTBRIDGE OVER LONG LANE, grade II
- PICTON LANE BRIDGE (136), grade II
- REMAINS OF CHAPEL WEST OF CHAPELHOUSE FARM, grade II
- WERVIN OLD HALL, grade II
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 6 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 4BP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CH2 4HA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CH2 4HB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| CH2 4HG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CH2 4BX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| CH2 4EU | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| CH2 4HE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| CH2 4HQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 13 addresses are between 14 m and 47 m above sea level (27 m on average); the ground rises about 33 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH2 4BP | 67% | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| CH2 4BX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CH2 4EU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CH2 4HA | 33% | 33% | 33% | 67% |
| CH2 4HB | 83% | 83% | 83% | 17% |
| CH2 4HE | 56% | 56% | 56% | 6% |
| CH2 4HG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CH2 4HQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bache 495,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Chester 5.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.3 km (2.6 miles) | |
| Stanlow and Thornton [note 1] | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Chester Bus Interchange | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 11.3 km (7 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Upton Village Surgery | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Well | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Chester Dental Centre | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Bowmere Hospital | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Police station | Cheshire Police - Mickle Trafford Police Station | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | ATM | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 7,690 m² | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 80 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2,290 m² | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Roman camp on Fox Covert Lane 650m north west of Picton Gorse, a scheduled monument, 930 m (0.6 miles) south. 1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Roman camp on Fox Covert Lane 650m north west of Picton Gorse | Scheduled monument | 930 m (0.6 miles) south |
| Chapel at Chapel House Farm 200m west of Wervin Old Hall | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Roman camp at Upton, 350m north east of the water tower north of Long Lane | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Fox Covert | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south |
| Sealion Pool | Lake or reservoir | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| Butter Hill | Hill | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Ash Wood | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Collinge Wood | Wood | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) west |
| The Dale | Valley | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 1 | 0 |
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 5 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 6 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 13 |
13 of the street's 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acresfield Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Outstanding (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (cheshire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 82% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 48% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 7% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 43% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 48% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 52% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 38% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 3 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 3 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
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 4BP: 3 addresses of 55 in the postcode
- CH2 4HA: 2 addresses of 24 in the postcode
- CH2 4HB: 2 addresses of 25 in the postcode
- CH2 4HG: 2 addresses of 12 in the postcode
- CH2 4BX: 1 address of 23 in the postcode
- CH2 4EU: 1 address of 24 in the postcode
- CH2 4HE: 1 address of 40 in the postcode
- CH2 4HQ: 1 address of 25 in the postcode
Nearby streets
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.