Vicarage Lane Audlem, Cheshire East
17 addresses across 3 postcodes (CW3), about 230 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 9801327.
- Sales: 9 recorded sales since 1995; in 2017 the median was £260,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Cheshire East cost £311,897 in August 2026 (+4.5% on a year); private rents averaged £992 a month.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, E: 2, G: 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.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 23 times (62 hours) in 2025.
- Gas: No gas meters are recorded on its postcodes: it looks to be off the mains gas grid.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A525, carries 5,145 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band E; Band D in Cheshire East costs £2,455 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Wrenbury, about 6.9 km (4.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Hankelow Green, is about 2 km (1.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 55 to 63 m above sea level.
- Noise: 6 of its 17 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Audlem Medical Practice, about 170 m away.
- People: About 350 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 69% of households owned their home and 40% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 16 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
- Road safety: 2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025; 2 involved a pedestrian.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | £260,000 | £260,000 | £260,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £82,000 | £82,000 | £82,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £40,000 | £40,000 | £40,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £150,000 | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £75,000 | £75,000 | £75,000 |
| 1997 | 2 | £47,750 | £47,500 | £48,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Oct 2017 | 2 CW3 0AB | Semi-detached | £260,000 | |
| 31 Jan 1997 | 2 CW3 0AB | Semi-detached | £48,000 | |
| 7 Sep 2009 | 1, BREEZE HOUSE CW3 0AB | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | Leasehold. |
| 9 Jan 2004 | 1, BREEZE HOUSE CW3 0AB | Flat or maisonette | £75,000 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 27 Jul 2018 | 1, ST JAMES APARTMENTS CW3 0AB | Other | £103,500 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 20 Mar 2015 | 1, ST JAMES APARTMENTS CW3 0AB | Flat or maisonette | £82,000 | Leasehold. |
| 14 Feb 2012 | 1, ST JAMES APARTMENTS CW3 0AB | Flat or maisonette | £40,000 | Leasehold. |
| 10 Jan 1997 | 2, ST JAMES APARTMENTS CW3 0AB | Flat or maisonette | £47,500 | Leasehold. |
| 27 Jan 2017 | THE OLD BAKE HOUSE CW3 0AB | Other | £135,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
House prices and rents in Cheshire East
A typical home in Cheshire East cost £311,897 in August 2026, 4.5% more than a year before. That is 29% more than five years earlier and 52% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £504,698 |
| Semi-detached | £299,120 |
| Terraced | £231,113 |
| Flat or maisonette | £157,592 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £252,798 |
Private renters in Cheshire East paid £992 a month on average in September 2026, 7.2% more than a year before. That is 35% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £701 |
| Two bedrooms | £905 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,115 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,622 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 80 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (2); House, detached (1); Maisonette, mid-terrace (1). Built: before 1900 (3); 1900-1929 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4).
Each home's certificates and sales (4 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the street's postcodes, against 11 electricity meters: it looks to be off the mains gas grid, or almost, with heating from electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CW3 0AB | 6 | 3,614 kWh | under 5 | |
| CW3 0AA | 5 | 8,038 kWh | under 5 |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is CW3.
Council tax
What each band costs in Cheshire East in 2026-27: Band D £2,455 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,637 | £1,909 | £2,182 | £2,455 | £3,000 | £3,546 | £4,091 | £4,910 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band E (23% of about 1,290 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 3.
- 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
- THE OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, grade II*
- MEMORIAL LAMPSTANDARD, grade II
- THE MARKET HOUSE, grade II
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
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
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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any 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
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 23 times, for 62 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Swanback Mill Brook.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vicarage Road Cso United Utilities | Swanback Mill Brook | 23 | 62 | 60 m |
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
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 17 addresses are between 55 m and 63 m above sea level (59 m on average); the ground rises about 8 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CW3 0AA | 33% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| CW3 0AB | 71% | 29% | 29% | 0% |
| CW3 0BB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Wrenbury 11,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.9 km (4.3 miles) |
| Nantwich 223,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.4 km (5.2 miles) | |
| Whitchurch (Shropshire) 164,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.3 km (7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 10 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest St James' Church Audlem | 80 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Nantwich | 9 km (5.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | Be.EV Charging Station | 6.4 km (4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 43 km (27 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Audlem Medical Practice Good May 2026 | 170 m |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 170 m |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 8.6 km (5.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Market Drayton Cottage Hospital | 9.7 km (6 miles) |
| Care homes | 1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Corbrook Park Good Jan 2024 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Police station | Nantwich Police Station | 9 km (5.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Hankelow Green 1.1 ha | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 980 m² | 190 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.0 ha | 210 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Old Grammar School, a listed building (Grade II*), 60 m north-east. 20 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Old Grammar School | Listed building, Grade II* | 60 m north-east |
| Church of St James | Listed building, Grade I | 100 m north-west |
| Moss Hall | Listed building, Grade I | 700 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Mill Plantation | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Coxbank Wood | Wood | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south |
| Hankelow Fox Covert | Wood | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north |
| Fox's Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north-west |
| Hound Pool | Lake or reservoir | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) north-west |
| Castle Hill | Hill | 3 km (1.8 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.4 | 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 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 11 | 17 |
6 of the street's 17 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 East: see them on the Cheshire East page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audlem St James' CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 500 m (0.3 miles) | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 70% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 4% at the higher standard (2025; 57% in 2024 and 61% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
2 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 460 m (0.3 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Coaching Group at Audlem St James CE Primary School CW3 0HH | Out-of-school day care | 25 | Not inspected yet | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
| ABC Childcare Services Cheshire Ltd CW3 0HH | Full day care | 39 | Dec 2025: Expected standard in 2 areas, Needs attention in 4 | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 108 childminders and 11 home childcarers (nannies) in Cheshire East. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams CW3 0AE | Retailers - other | 80 m | 5 Very good | 31 Jul 2023 |
| Ayaan's CW3 0AE | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 80 m | 5 Very good | 11 Feb 2026 |
| Co-operative Food CW3 0DX | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 90 m | 5 Very good | 29 Oct 2025 |
| Boots | Retailers - other | 120 m | 4 Good | 25 Jul 2024 |
| Jan Lek Eatery CW3 0AH | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 160 m | 5 Very good | 28 Mar 2025 |
| Oxtail & Trotter CW3 0AH | Retailers - other | 170 m | 5 Very good | 13 May 2025 |
| The Tearoom at No.11 CW3 0AH | Other catering premises | 170 m | 5 Very good | 4 Mar 2026 |
| Ludo's Catering Suppliers Ltd CW3 0AH | Mobile caterer | 170 m | 5 Very good | 15 May 2025 |
| The Bridge Inn CW3 0DX | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 180 m | 5 Very good | 18 Jun 2026 |
| The Village Chippy CW3 0AH | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 190 m | 5 Very good | 11 Feb 2026 |
| The Shroppie Fly CW3 0DX | Pub/bar/nightclub | 260 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Audlem St James' CE Primary School CW3 0HH | School/college/university | 390 m | 5 Very good | 18 Mar 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 5 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 4 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 3 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Shoplifting | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near The Square (6); On or near Supermarket (3); On or near Crown Mews (2); On or near Stafford Street (2); On or near School Lane (2).
Road safety
2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight. 2 involved a pedestrian. 100% happened in the dark, and 50% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Nov 2024 16:45 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | A529, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on, wet road |
| 19 Oct 2024 22:00 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | A525, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on |
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 A525 between A529S and A529N, with 5,145 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 140 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A525 | A529S to A529N | 5,145 estimated; counted 2020 | 3% | +9% since 2015 | 140 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 | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 29% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 69% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 49% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 26% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 47% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 42% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 40% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 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 7 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
- CW3 0AB: 8 addresses of 9 in the postcode
- CW3 0BB: 8 addresses
- CW3 0AA: 1 address of 8 in the postcode
Nearby streets
School Lane · Old Vicarage Gardens · Chapel Close · Aldelyme Court · Crown Mews · Stafford Street · Churchfields · Kingbur Place · Willow Close · St James Close · Windmill Drive · Shropshire Street
All the streets in CW3 and across Cheshire East.
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.