Roby Grove Warrington
18 addresses across 2 postcodes (WA5), about 60 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 42200756.
- Sales: 10 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £324,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 6 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 4).
- Flood: 2 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 C; Band D in Warrington costs £2,448 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 97% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Sankey For Penketh, about 320 m away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 80 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 10.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 10 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 18 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Chapelford Primary Care Centre, about 730 m (0.5 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 330 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 92% of households owned their home and 35% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 12 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often other theft.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | £324,000 | £324,000 | £324,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £175,500 | £175,500 | £175,500 |
| 2018 | 1 | £152,500 | £152,500 | £152,500 |
| 2003 | 1 | £105,000 | £105,000 | £105,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £84,950 | £84,950 | £84,950 |
| 1999 | 1 | £70,500 | £70,500 | £70,500 |
| 1998 | 1 | £47,000 | £47,000 | £47,000 |
| 1997 | 2 | £50,000 | £47,500 | £52,500 |
| 1995 | 1 | £42,800 | £42,800 | £42,800 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Feb 2024 | 9 WA5 1RW | Detached | £324,000 | |
| 20 Aug 2021 | 1 WA5 1RW | Semi-detached | £175,500 | |
| 14 Jun 2018 | 13 WA5 1RW | Semi-detached | £152,500 | |
| 21 Mar 2003 | 14 WA5 1RW | Semi-detached | £105,000 | |
| 16 Oct 2002 | 11 WA5 1RW | Semi-detached | £84,950 | |
| 30 Apr 1999 | 12 WA5 1RW | Detached | £70,500 | |
| 11 Sep 1998 | 11 WA5 1RW | Semi-detached | £47,000 | |
| 23 Jul 1997 | 7 WA5 1RW | Semi-detached | £52,500 | |
| 27 Jun 1997 | 15 WA5 1RW | Semi-detached | £47,500 | |
| 12 Oct 1995 | 3 WA5 1RW | Semi-detached | £42,800 |
Energy performance certificates
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 76 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (4); House, detached (2). Built: 1967-1975 (5); 1976-1982 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
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 C (44% of about 610 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)
- Sycamore Lane Community Primary School, permissioned (570 m (0.4 miles))
- The Royal British Legion, 99 Greystone Road, Penketh, Warrington, WA5 2ER, permissioned (820 m (0.5 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, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WA5 1RW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WA5 1RJ | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 0 / 7 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 10 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WA5 1RJ | 97% | 97% | 97% | 0% |
| WA5 1RW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Sankey For Penketh 1,200 journeys in 2024–25 | 320 m |
| Warrington West 389,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 540 m (0.3 miles) | |
| Warrington Bank Quay 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3 km (1.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 11 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 30 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Sankey Station Great Sankey | 250 m |
| Bus or coach station | Warrington Bus Interchange Stand U | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Co-Op Hawthorne Avenue Car Park | 210 m |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 510 m (0.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 15 km (9.3 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Chapelford Primary Care Centre | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Aston Pharmacy | 270 m |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Petrie Tucker And Partners LTD | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Warrington Hospital | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Police station | Cheshire Police - Penketh Police Station | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 860 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 17 ha | 80 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 680 m² | 310 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 5,050 m² | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,860 m² | 780 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 7 parks and gardens, 26 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Barrow Old Hall moated site, Great Sankey, a scheduled monument, 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-west. 5 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Barrow Old Hall moated site, Great Sankey | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Twenty Acre Wood | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Mary Ann's Lane Plantation | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Penketh Reach | Tidal water | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south |
| Richmond Bank | Wetland | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south |
| Mary Ann Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-east |
| Lingley Mere Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.7 | 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 | 0 | 1 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 2 |
| Under 55 | 17 | 15 |
1 of the street's 18 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 3 from railways, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Sankey Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 430 m (0.3 miles) | Report card (Nov 2025): 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: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Penketh High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 490 m (0.3 miles) | Good (Feb 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Chapelford Village Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 720 m (0.4 miles) | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 870 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| Park Road Community Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 910 m (0.6 miles) | Report card (Nov 2025): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected 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 |
| Sankey Valley St James Church of England Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Great Sankey High School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Penketh Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Barrow Hall Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | Outstanding (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Penketh South Community Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| St Vincent's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| St Gregory's Catholic High School Roman Catholic | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | Good (Nov 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co op WA5 1RJ | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 200 m | 5 Very good | 23 Jan 2025 |
| Stitch Station WA5 1RQ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 270 m | 5 Very good | 19 Feb 2026 |
| Jade Garden WA5 1RQ | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 270 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 24 Jul 2025 |
| Station Pharmacy WA5 1RQ | Retailers - other | 270 m | Exempt | |
| Traditions Sandwich Shop WA5 1RQ | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 270 m | 5 Very good | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Woodlands WA5 1RU | Pub/bar/nightclub | 320 m | 4 Good | 1 Jul 2026 |
| The Chapel House WA5 1RU | Pub/bar/nightclub | 330 m | 5 Very good | 25 Feb 2015 |
| Burguritos WA5 1RU | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 330 m | 5 Very good | 24 Mar 2026 |
| Kids Planet WA5 2TP | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 350 m | 5 Very good | 25 Jun 2025 |
| The Sugarloaf Horse Box WA5 2BH | Mobile caterer | 450 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 15 Aug 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Other theft | 4 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Public order | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Shoplifting | 1 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Belmont Crescent (5); On or near Alderbank Road (2); On or near Roby Grove (2); On or near Supermarket (1); On or near Orrell Close (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 92% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 58% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 8% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 32% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 36% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 54% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 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) | 73% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 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 10 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
Nearby streets
Hale Grove · Hawthorne Avenue · Brook Drive · Orrell Close · Parsonage Way · Morrison Close · Belmont Crescent · Mapplewell Crescent · Alderbank Road · Station Road · Whittle Hall Lane · Brook Way
All the streets in WA5 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.