| Postcode | WA8 5HJ |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Widnes |
| Nearest station | Hough Green (2 km) |
| Bus stops |
Smithy Lane (E)
Chapel Lane (W)
The Ridgeway (S)
Cronton Park Avenue (NW)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 11 View |
| Known addresses |
1 Forge Close, Widnes
2 Forge Close, Widnes
3 Forge Close, Widnes
6 Forge Close, Widnes
9 Forge Close, Widnes
|
| Main property type | Terraced |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 53.389187 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.764019 | |
| Easting | 349285 | |
| Northing | 388311 | |
| Grid reference | SJ492883 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 515693 5915591 | |
| what3words | owners.smile.horns | |
| FixPhrase | crowbar lushness subsidy tricycle | |
| Plus code | 9C5V96QP+M9 | |
| Altitude | 36 metres (118 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:57 | |
| Sunset (today) | 17:54 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 6.8 KMs (4.2 miles) |
| Parish | Cronton | E04000016 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Whiston and Cronton | E05010948 |
| Metropolitan District | Knowsley | E08000011 |
| County | Merseyside | E11000013 |
| Constituency (2024) | Widnes and Halewood | E14001584 |
| MP | Derek Twigg | Labour |
| Police force | Merseyside | |
| Water company | United Utilities | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | East Merseyside | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Merseyside | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 |
| Date introduced | July 1995 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 |
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) |
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean |
| Population (2011) | 31 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 9 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
|
| Average household income (2020) |
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) | Cronton | E63008498 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00032936 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Knowsley 017D | E01006503 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Knowsley 017D | E01006503 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Halsnead, Cronton & Halewood East | E02001343 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Halsnead, Cronton & Halewood East | E02001343 |
| Travel to work area | Liverpool | E30000233 |
| Average property price in Warrington | £252,643 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 3.5% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Forge Close, Widnes | Detached (freehold) | May 2025 | £410,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Apr 2021 | £370,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Jul 2016 | £280,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Aug 2007 | £275,000 | |
| 2 Forge Close, Widnes | Terraced (freehold) | Aug 2016 | £160,000 |
| Terraced (freehold) | Jun 2012 | £138,000 | |
| Terraced (freehold) | Sep 1997 | £60,000 | |
| 9 Forge Close, Widnes | Detached (freehold) | Oct 2015 | £220,000 |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Apr 2002 | £149,500 | |
| 1 Forge Close, Widnes | Terraced (freehold) | Oct 1999 | £67,500 |
| 3 Forge Close, Widnes | Semi-detached (freehold) | Aug 1997 | £61,500 |