Mulberry Avenue Widnes, Halton
20 addresses across 1 postcode (WA8), about 140 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 16107635.
- 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 A; Band D in Halton costs £2,367 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Widnes, about 2 km (1.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, St Marie's Park, is about 470 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 12.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 12 m above sea level.
- Noise: 8 of its 20 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Newtown Surgery, about 1 km (0.6 miles) away, with 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 310 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 34% of households owned their home and 14% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 89 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 |
|---|
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jul 2022 | UNIT 17, TURNSTONE BUSINESS PARK WA8 0WN | Other | £292,500 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 11 May 2021 | UNIT 17, TURNSTONE BUSINESS PARK WA8 0WN | Other | £220,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 4 Aug 2020 | UNIT 7, TURNSTONE BUSINESS PARK WA8 0WN | Other | £41,126 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 1 Nov 2019 | FIRST FLOOR UNIT 18, TURNSTONE BUSINESS PARK WA8 0WN | Other | £230,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 9 Aug 2019 | UNIT 20, TURNSTONE BUSINESS PARK WA8 0WN | Other | £175,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 14 Jul 2017 | UNIT 4, TURNSTONE BUSINESS PARK WA8 0WN | Other | £255,600 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 24 Mar 2017 | UNIT 1, TURNSTONE BUSINESS PARK WA8 0WN | Other | £240,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 22 Dec 2016 | UNIT 3, TURNSTONE BUSINESS PARK WA8 0WN | Other | £273,462 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 21 Dec 2015 | UNIT 20, TURNSTONE BUSINESS PARK WA8 0WN | Other | £175,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 26 Feb 2014 | UNIT 19, TURNSTONE BUSINESS PARK WA8 0WN | Other | £162,500 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (76% of about 1,310 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 Adjacent to St. Helens Canal (Routledge Site), Tanhouse Lane: up to 230 homes, permissioned (250 m)
- Land Adjacent to St. Helens Canal (Routledge Site), Tanhouse Lane: up to 243 homes, permissioned (250 m)
- The Foundry, Lugsdale Road, Widnes: up to 15 homes, not permissioned (440 m (0.3 miles))
- The Foundry, Lugsdale Road, Widnes: up to 15 homes, not permissioned (440 m (0.3 miles))
- Walmsley Street Site, Widnes: up to 49 homes, permissioned (560 m (0.3 miles))
- Widnes Films Ltd., Warrington Road: up to 69 homes, permissioned (630 m (0.4 miles))
- Greenoaks Farm Industrial Estate, Warrington Road, Widnes: up to 3 homes, permissioned (680 m (0.4 miles))
- Greenoaks Farm Industrial Estate, Warrington Road, Widnes: up to 3 homes, permissioned (680 m (0.4 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, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 4 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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 12 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WA8 0WN | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Widnes 428,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Runcorn 732,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3 km (1.8 miles) | |
| Hough Green 193,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 22 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest B+q Store Lugsdale | 90 m |
| Bus or coach station | Warrington Bus Interchange Stand U | 8.9 km (5.5 miles) |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Morrisons Car Park - Widnes | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | 6 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest MFG Charging Station | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 9.2 km (5.7 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Newtown Surgery | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 8 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 6 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Elements | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Highfield Hospital | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Police station | Widnes Police Station | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest NatWest Widnes | 660 m (0.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest St Marie's Park 1.3 ha | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,740 m² | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.2 ha | 910 m (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 5,410 m² | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 1.3 hectares in all.
Landmarks
2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Spike Island | Island | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Runcorn Sands | Wetland | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Hempstones Point | Wetland | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Big Pool | Lake or reservoir | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) south |
| Haddock's Wood | Wood | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) south-east |
| Beacon Hill | Hill | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 12.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 7 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 12 | 20 |
8 of the street's 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Gerard's Catholic Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 2–11 | 490 m (0.3 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Kingsway Primary Academy School | Primary | 3–11 | 920 m (0.6 miles) | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Aspiring Foundations Federated Nursery Schools - Warrington Road Nursery School | Nursery | 2–4 | 950 m (0.6 miles) | No overall grade (Jul 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvement |
| Riverside College Halton | 16 plus | 16–99 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Bede's Catholic Infant School Roman Catholic | Primary | 5–7 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Outstanding (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St John Fisher Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Bede's Catholic Junior School Roman Catholic | Primary | 7–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Feb 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Fairfield Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| Wade Deacon High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Outstanding (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School Roman Catholic | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
| Widnes Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
| Birchfield Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superbowl UK Widnes WA8 0TA | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 120 m | 5 Very good | 14 Nov 2024 |
| McDonalds WA8 0TA | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 120 m | 5 Very good | 28 Jul 2026 |
| Toby Carvery WA8 0TA | Pub/bar/nightclub | 190 m | 5 Very good | 13 Nov 2024 |
| Nando's WA8 0TA | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 190 m | 5 Very good | 10 Feb 2026 |
| Planet Ice WA8 0TA | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 190 m | 2 Improvement necessary | 13 Aug 2025 |
| Pure Gym WA8 0TA | Retailers - other | 190 m | Exempt | |
| County Food Ingredients Ltd - Unit 1 Butter Oil Plant WA8 0YQ | Manufacturers/packers | 260 m | Exempt | |
| The Foundry WA8 0GY | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 270 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Premier Inn, Widnes WA8 0GY | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 270 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Travelodge WA8 0HA | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 270 m | 5 Very good | 17 Dec 2024 |
| Reel Cinema WA8 0GY | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 320 m | 4 Good | 10 Feb 2026 |
| Tesco WA8 7YT | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 320 m | 5 Very good | 13 Feb 2025 |
| Tesco Customer Cafe WA8 7YT | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 320 m | 5 Very good | 25 Feb 2025 |
| Yo Sushi Yo! to Go! WA8 7YT | Other catering premises | 320 m | 5 Very good | 21 Jul 2025 |
| Jelly Beans Play Centre Ltd WA8 0GU | Other catering premises | 340 m | 5 Very good | 14 Jul 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 20 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 15 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 14 |
| Other theft | 14 |
| Shoplifting | 10 |
| Public order | 4 |
| Other crime | 3 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Drugs | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Bicycle theft | 2 |
| Robbery | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Carter House Way (44); On or near Shopping Area (36); On or near Mulberry Avenue (9).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 39 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 20% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 19% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 34% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 19% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 54% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 45% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 16% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 23% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 14% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 11% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 57% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 8% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 23% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 76% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 3% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 14% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 31% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 1 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
- WA8 0WN: 20 addresses of 25 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Carter House Way · John Price Close · Earle Road · Ashley Way · Charles Suckling Road · Ashley Way · Baxter Grove · Dennis Road · Lugsdale Road · Cornubia Road · Fisher Place · Pool Street
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.