Speke Road Widnes, Halton
1 address across 1 postcode (WA8), about 2.5 km (1.6 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 16100205.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Halton cost £189,435 in August 2026 (-2.3% on a year); private rents averaged £754 a month.
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Coal mining: It is in a coalfield, in a low risk area.
- Landfill: 3 historic landfill sites within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Land between Speke Road and Ditton Brook, is 10 m away.
- Storm overflows: 3 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 113 times (437 hours) in 2025.
- Energy projects: 2 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Ditton Road - Solar Microgrid, is 940 m (0.6 miles) away.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A562, carries 62,055 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- 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 Hough Green, about 1.4 km (0.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Halebank Park, is about 670 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 10.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 7 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Beeches Medical Ctr, about 850 m (0.5 miles) away.
- People: About 280 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 74% of households owned their home and 26% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 1 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often other theft.
- Road safety: 6 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 1 of them fatal or serious; 1 involved a pedestrian.
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Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in Halton
A typical home in Halton cost £189,435 in August 2026, 2.3% less than a year before. That is 23% more than five years earlier and 57% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £316,315 |
| Semi-detached | £200,821 |
| Terraced | £156,208 |
| Flat or maisonette | £102,027 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £168,586 |
Private renters in Halton paid £754 a month on average in September 2026, 6.9% more than a year before. That is 33% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £549 |
| Two bedrooms | £690 |
| Three bedrooms | £832 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,169 |
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 (49% of about 1,070 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: 1 protected tree on or by this street.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Land off Harrison Street (Camerons), Halebank: up to 50 homes, not permissioned (880 m (0.5 miles))
- Land off Harrison Street (Camerons), Halebank: up to 50 homes, not permissioned (880 m (0.5 miles))
- Gold Triangle Complex: up to 94 homes, not permissioned (890 m (0.6 miles))
- Land Rear of 353 to 363 Hale Road: up to 14 homes, not permissioned (890 m (0.6 miles))
- Land Rear of 353 to 363 Hale Road: up to 14 homes, not permissioned (890 m (0.6 miles))
Energy projects nearby
5 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 2 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ditton Road - Solar Microgrid Halton 24/00234/HBCFUL | Solar farm | 4 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Jan 2025 | 940 m (0.6 miles) |
| St Michaels Road, Ditton Road - Battery Storage Halton 22/00623/FUL | Battery storage | 14 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Oct 2023 | 1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Widnes 3MG Biomass/Mersey Bioenergy (CHP) Plant Halton 12/00458/FULEIA | Biomass | 20 MW | Operational Feb 2017 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Granox Biogas Plant Halton 12/00156/FULEIA | Anaerobic digestion | 5 MW | Operational Jun 2014 | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Runcorn EfW | Energy from waste (incinerator) | 100 MW | Operational Jun 2013 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 19 September 2026 to 20 September 2026: KNOWSLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the carriageway (minor works)
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
3 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 113 times, for 437 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Ditton Brook, Ditton Brook Via Sws.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Lane Cso United Utilities | Ditton Brook | 9 | 98 | 220 m |
| Everite Road Cso United Utilities; monitored 83% of the year | Ditton Brook Via Sws | 83 | 234 | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Harrison Street Cso United Utilities | Ditton Brook Via Sws | 21 | 105 | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
This postcode is in a coalfield, in a low risk area: coal was mined in the area, but no workings shallow enough to matter for building are recorded.
Conveyancers usually still order a coal mining search (CON29M) for a home in a coalfield.
Historic landfill
3 historic landfill sites are within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 10 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land between Speke Road and Ditton Brook Widnes, Merseyside | from 1977 | Inert, industrial, commercial, household | 10 m |
| Land situated between Speke Road and Ditton Brook Widnes, Merseyside | 1977 to 1988 | Inert, industrial, commercial, household; gas control on site | 40 m |
| Hale Road Site Works Hale Road, Widnes | 1977 to 1983 | Inert, industrial, commercial | 320 m |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's address is about 7 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WA8 8FW | 20% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Hough Green 193,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
| Runcorn 732,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) | |
| Halewood 58,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 17 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Crisp Factory Ditton | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Belle Vale Bus Station | 6.5 km (4 miles) |
| Car parks | Caldwell Road Car Park | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Beeches Medical Ctr Good Jul 2019 | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Ditton Pharmacy | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 5 Danescroft [The Dental Practice] | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Highfield Hospital | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Care homes | 6 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Ferndale Mews Good Oct 2019 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Police station | Widnes Police Station | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Hale Bank | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Halebank Park 7.7 ha | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 640 m² | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Halebank Recreation Ground 1.7 ha | 740 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 880 m² | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 13 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Lovel's Hall moated site and fishpond, Widnes, a scheduled monument, 580 m (0.4 miles) south-west.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Lovel's Hall moated site and fishpond, Widnes | Scheduled monument | 580 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Clincton Wood | Wood | 380 m north-west |
| Hale Gate Marsh | Wetland | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south |
| Runcorn Gap | Tidal water | 3 km (1.8 miles) south-east |
| Beacon Hill | Hill | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) south-east |
| Big Pool | Lake or reservoir | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) south-east |
| Hale Cliff | Cliff or slope | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 1 |
1 of the street's 1 addresses is 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 630 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Sep 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Oakfield Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 830 m (0.5 miles) | Report card (Feb 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| St Michaels Catholic Primary & Nursery School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 860 m (0.5 miles) | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Halebank CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No overall grade (Sep 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| St Michael with St Thomas CE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Ormiston Chadwick Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Basil's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Sep 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Aspiring Foundations Federated Nursery Schools - Ditton Nursery School | Nursery | 2–4 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Nurseries and childcare
4 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 620 m (0.4 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive Progress Widnes WA8 8PX | Out-of-school day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 620 m (0.4 miles) | |
| Our Lady's First Steps Pre-School WA8 8JN | Full day care | 105 | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 630 m (0.4 miles) |
| Spinney Pre School WA8 8LD | Full day care | 20 | Nov 2025: Expected standard in 6 areas | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Daisy Maisies Chapelfield WA8 7XS | Full day care | 80 | Good (Aug 2021, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 52 childminders and 2 home childcarers (nannies) in Halton. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celebratin WA8 8FY | Retailers - other | 350 m | 5 Very good | 1 Dec 2023 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Turnall Road (1).
Road safety
6 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 5 slight, in which 1 person was seriously hurt. 1 involved a pedestrian; 1 involved a motorcyclist. 67% happened in the dark, and 33% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 60 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Nov 2024 17:52 | Slight | 3 people | A562, 60 mph | Dark, street lights on |
| 17 Aug 2024 19:35 | Slight | 1 person | A562, 70 mph | Daylight |
| 15 Aug 2024 18:15 | Slight | 1 person | A562, 60 mph | Wet road |
| 10 Jan 2024 16:57 | Serious | 2 people: 1 motorcyclist | A562, 70 mph | Dark, street lights off |
| 3 Sep 2022 22:14 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | A562, 60 mph | Dark |
| 3 Dec 2021 06:36 | Slight | 1 person | A562, 70 mph | Dark, street lights on, wet road |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A562 between LA Boundary and Everite Rd, with 62,055 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 180 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A562 | A5300 to LA Boundary | 49,105 estimated | 6% | +22% since 2015 | 160 m |
| A562 | LA Boundary to Everite Rd | 62,055 estimated | 6% | +22% since 2015 | 180 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 20% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 74% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 44% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 10% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 54% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 28% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 20% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 70% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 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) | 73% | 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) | 26% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 2 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 8FW: 1 address of 12 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Speke Road · Express Industrial Estate · Ashwood Close · Turnall Road · Lakeside Close · Everite Road · Montague Road · Everite Road · Albright Road · Maplewood Close
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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.