Map of WA8 5ED postcode

General information
Postcode WA8 5ED
Post Town Widnes
Nearest station Widnes (2 km)
Bus stops
Wilmere Lane (S)
Wilmere Lane (SW)
Cranshaw Lane (SE)
Valentine House (S)
Valentine House (N)
The Globe (SW)
Known addresses
No addresses found
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 53.392005
Longitude -2.731754
Easting 351434
Northing 388602
Grid reference SJ514886
UTM reference 30U 517838 5915912
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Plus code 9C5V97R9+R7
Altitude 43 metres (140 feet)
Sunrise (today) 6:10
Sunset (today) 18:27
Distance away
Distance to sea 7.4 KMs (4.6 miles)
Administrative areas
Parish Halton, unparished area E43000006
Ward Farnworth E05013177
Unitary Authority Halton E06000006
County Cheshire E11000004
Constituency (2024) Widnes and Halewood E14001584
MP Derek Twigg Labour
Police force Cheshire
NUTS/ITL 3 East Merseyside
NUTS/ITL 2 Merseyside
NUTS/ITL 1 North West
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced December 2025
Last updated March 2026
User type Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Imputed by ONS by reference to surrounding postcode grid references
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2017-2020)
30,140 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£50,500
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urban (2021)Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Rural/urban (2011)Urban city and town
Built up area (2024)WidnesE63008526
Census output area (2021)E00188821
Census output area (2011)E00062526
Lower layer super output area (2021)Halton 001BE01012393
Lower layer super output area (2011)Halton 001BE01012393
Middle layer super output area (2021)FarnworthE02002574
Middle layer super output area (2011)FarnworthE02002574
Travel to work areaWarrington and WiganE30000284
Property sales
Average property price in Warrington £256,688
Annual change 2.7%
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Properties recently sold in this postcode
No recent recorded sales

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