M56 Warrington, Halton
6 addresses across 5 postcodes (WA4,WA7), about 5.6 km (3.5 miles) long, classed as a motorway. USRN 16102471.
- 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 B; 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 2.5 km (1.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.9 km (1.2 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 6 to 65 m above sea level.
- Noise: 6 of its 6 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Murdishaw, about 2.3 km (1.5 miles) away.
- People: About 2,050 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 88% of households owned their home and 34% 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 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 B (28% of about 3,180 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 12.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): Halton Borough Council Article 4 - 1, Halton Borough Council Article 4 - A4D_1.
- Tree preservation orders: 42 protected trees on or by this street.
- Green belt: yes, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton.
Listed buildings
- THE COTTAGE, grade II*
- THE TRICORN PUBLIC HOUSE, grade II*
- BARN 10 METRES NORTH WEST OF NUMBER 51, grade II
- Borrow's Bridge and Associated Hand-cranked Crane, Bridgewater Canal, Norton, grade II
- BROOK HOUSE, grade II
- NORTHERN AIR SHAFT TO PRESTON BROOK TUNNEL, grade II
- NORTON WATER TOWER, grade II
- PRESTON BROOK TUNNEL AIR SHAFT NORTH WEST OF TALBOT ARMS PUBLIC HOUSE, grade II
- PRESTON BROOK TUNNEL ENTRANCE, grade II
- THE OLD NUMBER ONE, grade II
- THE TRICORN PUBLIC HOUSE, grade II
- TRENT AND MERSEY CANAL CANAL MILEPOST SOUTH OF NORTH ENTRANCE TO PRESTON BROOK TUNNEL AT SJ 5705 7987, grade II
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 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: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| WA4 4BE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WA7 3BD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| WA7 3EY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WA7 4XT | zone 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| WA7 6GJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 6 addresses are between 6 m and 65 m above sea level (46 m on average); the ground rises about 59 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WA4 4BE | 75% | 75% | 75% | 25% |
| WA7 3BD | 83% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| WA7 3EY | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| WA7 4XT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| WA7 6GJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Runcorn East 196,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| Warrington Bank Quay 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) | |
| Acton Bridge (Cheshire) 55,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.1 km (4.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Newtown Lane Newton | 330 m |
| Bus or coach station | Warrington Bus Interchange Stand T | 7.3 km (4.5 miles) |
| Car parks | Premier Inn Runcorn Car Park | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 14.8 km (9.2 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Murdishaw | 2.3 km (1.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Murdishaw Pharmacy | 2.3 km (1.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | The Dental Academy Limited | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Spire Cheshire Hospital | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| Police station | Cheshire Constabulary Custody Suite | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Murdishaw, Murdishaw Cashzone | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 28 ha | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 70 m² | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 4,260 m² | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 420 m² | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is New Manor Farm moated site, a scheduled monument, 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| New Manor Farm moated site | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Newton Gorse | Wood | 200 m south |
| Slaughter's Rough | Wood | 600 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Keckwick Hill | Hill | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Murdishaw Valley | Valley | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) west |
| Mill Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) south-east |
| Round Chevaral | Wetland | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.0 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road, rail and aircraft noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 to 74 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
6 of the street's 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daresbury Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Mar 2023, 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 | 42 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 18% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 88% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 43% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 22% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 38% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 56% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 56% | 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) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 93% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 5% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 4 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 6 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
- WA4 4BE: 2 addresses of 15 in the postcode
- WA7 3BD: 1 address of 13 in the postcode
- WA7 3EY: 1 address of 10 in the postcode
- WA7 4XT: 1 address of 15 in the postcode
- WA7 6GJ: 1 address of 6 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.