Moat Lane Warrington
23 addresses across 6 postcodes (WA3), about 1.2 km (0.8 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 42203350.
- Sales: 3 recorded sales since 1995; in 2020 the median was £628,500 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 1 homes have an energy certificate (F: 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 B; Band D in Warrington costs £2,448 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Glazebrook, about 2.3 km (1.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Rixton Claypits Local Nature Reserve, is about 130 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 12 to 23 m above sea level.
- Noise: 5 of its 23 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Brookfield Surgery, about 3.1 km (2 miles) away.
- People: About 680 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 88% of households owned their home and 36% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 2 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | £628,500 | £628,500 | £628,500 |
| 2014 | 1 | £230,000 | £230,000 | £230,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £137,500 | £137,500 | £137,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Nov 2020 | THE MISSION HOUSE WA3 6ED | Detached | £628,500 | |
| 20 Jun 2014 | THE MISSION HOUSE WA3 6ED | Detached | £230,000 | |
| 13 Jun 1997 | OAKTREE COTTAGE WA3 6EE | Detached | £137,500 | Leasehold. |
Energy performance certificates
1 home with a current certificate; median floor area 252 m². Most common: House, detached (1). Built: before 1900 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (1 address)
Council tax
What each band costs in Warrington in 2026-27: Band D £2,448 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,632 | £1,904 | £2,176 | £2,448 | £2,992 | £3,535 | £4,079 | £4,895 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (26% of about 940 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: yes, Warrington.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Woodend Farm,Woodend Lane, Rixton, Warrington, WA3 6EG, permissioned (800 m (0.5 miles))
Roadworks
Started, not reported finished by 31 October 2026
- 12 October 2026 to 13 November 2026: WARRINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance 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, 0 at medium risk and 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WA3 6ED | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WA3 6EY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| WA3 6EE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WA3 6EF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WA3 6HH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WA3 6HJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 25 addresses are between 12 m and 23 m above sea level (19 m on average); the ground rises about 11 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WA3 6ED | 33% | 33% | 33% | 0% |
| WA3 6EE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| WA3 6EF | 50% | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| WA3 6EY | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| WA3 6HH | 44% | 33% | 33% | 0% |
| WA3 6HJ | 95% | 95% | 95% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Glazebrook 26,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Birchwood 437,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.2 km (2 miles) | |
| Irlam 262,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4 km (2.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 9 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Claydon Gardens Rixton | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Warrington Bus Interchange Stand A | 8 km (5 miles) |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 3.5 km (2.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 14.8 km (9.2 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Brookfield Surgery | 3.1 km (2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Cadishead Pharmacy | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 152 Rushgreen Road (Dental Surgery) | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Padgate House, Community Hospital | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| Police station | Cheshire Constabulary | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | Payzone | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Rixton Claypits Local Nature Reserve 33 ha | 130 m |
| Play area | Unnamed 500 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.8 ha | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,030 m² | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 33 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Rixton Old Hall moated site, a scheduled monument, 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south. 1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Rixton Old Hall moated site | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Rixton Clay Pits | Lake or reservoir | 10 m |
| Rixton Firs | Wood | 540 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Tomfield Wood | Wood | 730 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Swithen Hill Wood | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-west |
| Rixton Junction | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km (1 mile) south |
| Pestfurlong Hill | Hill | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 18 | 23 |
5 of the street's 23 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 Warrington: see them on the Warrington page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Helen's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Moat Lane (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 24% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 88% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 53% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 6% | 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) | 28% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 40% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 53% | 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) | 36% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 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 6 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
- WA3 6ED: 8 addresses of 12 in the postcode
- WA3 6EY: 7 addresses
- WA3 6EE: 4 addresses of 5 in the postcode
- WA3 6EF: 2 addresses of 5 in the postcode
- WA3 6HH: 1 address of 50 in the postcode
- WA3 6HJ: 1 address of 21 in the postcode
All the streets in WA3 and across Warrington.
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.