Oldhall Street Malpas, Cheshire West and Chester
107 addresses across 12 postcodes (SY13,SY14), about 2.5 km (1.6 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 6901295.
- Energy: 52 homes have an energy certificate (B: 27, C: 10, D: 9, E: 5, G: 1).
- Flood: 5 addresses on its postcodes are 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 Cheshire West and Chester costs £2,517 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 92% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Whitchurch (Shropshire), about 6.9 km (4.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 78 to 112 m above sea level.
- Noise: 38 of its 107 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Laurel Bank Surgery, about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
- People: About 740 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 61% of households owned their home and 31% 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
52 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 84 m². Most common: Flat (23); House, detached (12); Bungalow, semi-detached (7). Built: 2019 (23); before 1900 (8); 1950-1966 (7). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (15); rented (social) (7); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (14 addresses)
- 1, Chapel Rise, Old Hall Street
- 2 Chorlton Villas
- 3 Chorlton Villas
- 3 Moss Villas
- 3, Chapel Rise, Old Hall Street
- 4 Chapel Rise, Old Hall Street
- 4 Moss Villas
- 23 Old Hall Street
- 31, Old Hall Street
- 33, Old Hall Street
- Bank Cottage, Old Hall Street
- Old Hall Residential Home, Old Hall Street
- Southview, The Orchards, Old Hall Street
- The Sycamores, Old Hall 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 B (26% of about 1,400 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 14.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- 1, CHURCH STREET, grade II
- 3 AND 5, CHURCH STREET, grade II
- BANK COTTAGE, grade II
- GUIDE POST, grade II
- GUIDEPOST, grade II
- GUIDEPOST, grade II
- LOWER MOSS FARMHOUSE, grade II
- MALPAS CROSS, grade II
- MALPAS POST OFFICE, grade II
- ROCK HOUSE WITH RETAINING WALL AND STEPS, grade II
- THE CROSS PHARMACY AND HOUSE, grade II
- TUDOR COTTAGE, grade II
- WATER VALVE HOUSING ON SOUTH EAST SIDE OF THE CROSS, grade II
- WHITE COTTAGE, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 9 November 2026: CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER COUNCIL, Highway improvement works, road closure, on the carriageway (minor works)
Finished in the last three months
- 8 October 2026: CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER COUNCIL, Highway improvement works, road closure, on the carriageway (minor works)
- 7 August 2026: CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER COUNCIL, Highway improvement works, road closure, on the carriageway (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 4 at medium risk and 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SY14 8NE | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| SY14 8NG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY14 7JJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY14 8ND | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY13 4RA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY14 8NY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY14 8NA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY14 8NQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 2 / 1 | unlikely |
| SY14 8NU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY14 8PS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY14 8DJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SY14 8QD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 2 / 4 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 110 addresses are between 78 m and 112 m above sea level (99 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY13 4RA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SY14 7JJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SY14 8DJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SY14 8NA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SY14 8ND | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SY14 8NE | 100% | 92% | 92% | 0% |
| SY14 8NG | 100% | 96% | 96% | 0% |
| SY14 8NQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SY14 8NU | 97% | 97% | 97% | 0% |
| SY14 8NY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SY14 8PS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SY14 8QD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Whitchurch (Shropshire) 164,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.9 km (4.3 miles) |
| Wrenbury 11,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.2 km (6.3 miles) | |
| Prees 9,330 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.9 km (8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| EV charging points | Roam Charging Station | 5.4 km (3.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 36.8 km (23 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Laurel Bank Surgery | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Well | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| NHS dentists | Malpas Dental Surgery | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Whitchurch Hospital | 6.2 km (3.8 miles) |
| Police station | West Mercia Police - Whitchurch Police Station | 6.5 km (4.1 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 1,040 m² | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.0 ha | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,440 m² | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Medieval village and field system remains immediately south of Bradley Hall, a scheduled monument, 700 m (0.4 miles) east. 3 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Medieval village and field system remains immediately south of Bradley Hall | Scheduled monument | 700 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Malpas cross at town centre junction of Church Street and Oldhall Street | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1 mile) north-west |
| Castle Hill motte, Malpas | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Goodmoor Rough | Wood | 410 m (0.3 miles) north-east |
| Taylor's Rough | Wood | 880 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Fox Covert | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) east |
| Cross o' th' Hill | Hill | 2 km (1.2 miles) north |
| Stockton Dingle | Valley | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-west |
| Malpas Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.0 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 35 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 69 | 107 |
38 of the street's 107 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malpas Alport Endowed Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Report card (Nov 2025): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
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 | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 61% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 37% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 21% | 17% |
| Private rented | 17% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 52% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 9% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 26% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 13% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 45% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 17% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 31% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 5 to 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER COUNCIL: Highway improvement works, 9 November 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
- Roadworks Street works permit: CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER COUNCIL: Highway improvement works, 8 October 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- SY14 8NE: 29 addresses of 59 in the postcode
- SY14 8NG: 25 addresses
- SY14 7JJ: 21 addresses of 37 in the postcode
- SY14 8ND: 8 addresses
- SY13 4RA: 7 addresses of 32 in the postcode
- SY14 8NY: 6 addresses
- SY14 8NA: 3 addresses of 6 in the postcode
- SY14 8NQ: 2 addresses of 5 in the postcode
- SY14 8NU: 2 addresses of 54 in the postcode
- SY14 8PS: 2 addresses of 3 in the postcode
- SY14 8DJ: 1 address of 10 in the postcode
- SY14 8QD: 1 address of 46 in the postcode
All the streets in SY13, SY14 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.