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Whernside Widnes, Halton

46 addresses across 2 postcodes (WA8), about 160 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 16100864.

52 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £211,000 across 1 sale. 18 homes have an energy certificate (B: 2, C: 7, D: 9). 6 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Halton costs £2,367 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises. 27 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.

Sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20241£211,000£211,000£211,000
20221£170,000£170,000£170,000
20213£80,000£72,000£155,000
20193£112,000£110,000£130,000
20182£80,000£65,000£95,000
20173£71,000£65,000£112,000
20152£87,500£77,000£98,000
20141£152,000£152,000£152,000
20131£50,000£50,000£50,000
20121£50,000£50,000£50,000
20101£103,000£103,000£103,000
20082£109,000£85,000£133,000
Most recent sales (52)
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
6 Mar 202639 WA8 4YWTerraced£75,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
7 Nov 202435 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£211,000
28 Jan 202227 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£170,000
24 Sep 202141 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£155,000
28 Jul 202138 WA8 4YWTerraced£72,000
3 Jun 202114A WA8 4YWSemi-detached£80,000
4 Oct 201920 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£130,000
13 Jun 201924 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£112,000
29 Mar 20198 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£110,000
30 May 20185 WA8 4YWTerraced£65,000
13 Apr 20188 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£95,000
24 Apr 20171 WA8 4YWTerraced£65,000
24 Feb 201720 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£112,000
15 Feb 201737 WA8 4YWTerraced£71,000
14 Aug 201510A WA8 4YWTerraced£77,000
15 May 20159 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£98,000
24 Mar 201429 WA8 4YWDetached£152,000
1 Mar 201311A WA8 4YWTerraced£50,000
3 Aug 201239 WA8 4YWTerraced£50,000
11 Oct 201024 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£103,000
12 Jun 200823 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£133,000
29 Feb 200837 WA8 4YWTerraced£85,000
10 Aug 200714 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£86,000
29 Jun 200714 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£80,000
21 May 200727 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£147,000
12 Dec 200515 WA8 4YWFlat or maisonette£67,950
19 Sep 20055 WA8 4YWTerraced£72,500
17 May 200537 WA8 4YWTerraced£60,000
25 Aug 200440 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£115,000
22 Jan 200436 WA8 4YWTerraced£52,950
12 Nov 200319 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£79,995
16 Jul 200311 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£48,000
29 Oct 200237 WA8 4YWTerraced£32,000
22 May 200224 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£48,000
15 Mar 200229 WA8 4YWDetached£81,000
13 Feb 20023 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£50,500
20 Dec 20015 WA8 4YWTerraced£29,000
26 Oct 200111 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£32,000
23 Feb 200128 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£69,950
2 Jun 200024 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£37,000
22 Dec 199910 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£29,500
27 Jul 19995 WA8 4YWTerraced£20,000
21 May 199923 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£46,000
31 Mar 199941 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£48,500
20 Nov 199822 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£48,500
9 Apr 199841 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£46,000
27 Mar 199814 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£24,950
20 Mar 199814 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£26,000
30 Jan 199840 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£38,500
25 Oct 199627 WA8 4YWSemi-detached£37,950

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 13 October 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from August 2009 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

18 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 50 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (9); House, enclosed end-terrace (4); House, mid-terrace (4). Built: 1983-1990 (10); 1976-1982 (5); 1967-1975 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (13); rented (private) (3).

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.

ABCDEFGH
£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 B (28% of about 540 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

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.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Roadworks

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 30 September 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 4 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 13 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.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
WA8 4YWnot in 2 or 3 2 / 2 / 4 unlikely
WA8 4YLnot in 2 or 3 2 / 0 / 9 unlikely

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
WA8 4YL100%100%100%0%
WA8 4YW100%100%100%0%

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 31 October 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspection
All Saints Upton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary4–11500 m Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Ormiston Chadwick AcademySecondary11–16630 m Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework)
St Basil's Catholic Primary School Roman CatholicPrimary3–11920 m Good (Sep 2019, overall grade under the previous framework)
Ditton Primary SchoolPrimary5–111.1 km Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Aspiring Foundations Federated Nursery Schools - Ditton Nursery SchoolNursery2–41.3 km No published inspection
Oakfield Community Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.3 km 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 Michael with St Thomas CE Primary School Church of EnglandPrimary4–111.4 km Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Cronton Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary2–111.5 km Outstanding (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework)
Holy Family Catholic Primary School & Nursery Roman CatholicPrimary2–111.5 km No published inspection
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic High School Roman CatholicSecondary11–161.6 km No published inspection
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Catholic Primary School Roman CatholicPrimary4–111.7 km Good (Sep 2019, overall grade under the previous framework)
St Michaels Catholic Primary & Nursery School Roman CatholicPrimary3–111.8 km Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 31 October 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Four Topped Oak WA8 4PEPub/bar/nightclub280 m5 Very good30 Mar 2026
Parklands Club WA8 4NQPub/bar/nightclub300 m5 Very good13 Oct 2023
The Route@Upton Cafe WA8 4PFRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen350 mAwaiting inspection
Madeline McKenna Court HBC WA8 4DYHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises420 m5 Very good26 Mar 2025

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

27 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences13
Anti-social behaviour6
Other theft3
Public order3
Burglary1
Vehicle crime1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Deepdale (11); On or near Rainbow Close (6); On or near Iris Close (2); On or near Misty Close (2); On or near Flander Close (2).

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.

Everything that has changed on and near this street

Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

  • WA8 4YW: 45 addresses of 48 in the postcode
  • WA8 4YL: 1 address of 43 in the postcode

Nearby streets

Simonside · Arley Drive · Hough Green Road · Deepdale · Misty Close · Iris Close · Flander Close · Ormond Close · Burnham Close · Rainbow Close

All the streets in WA8 and across Halton.

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.
  • Anything about planning applications, noise or air quality yet.

How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.