CH65 postcode area guide — Cheshire West and Chester
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the CH65 postcode district in Cheshire West and Chester — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in CH65
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
96.8%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
86.9%
Gigabit-capable
86.9%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.1%
Broadband availability in the CH65 postcode district (Cheshire West and Chester) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 814 postcodes Ofcom measures in CH65, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 96.8% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 86.9%.
Around 0.1% of premises in CH65 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in CH65
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| CH65 0AA | 100% | 94.4% |
| CH65 0AB | 100% | 20% |
| CH65 0AD | 100% | 0% |
| CH65 0AE | 100% | 0% |
| CH65 0AJ | 85.7% | 0% |
| CH65 0AL | 100% | 93.3% |
| CH65 0AN | 100% | 100% |
| CH65 0AP | 100% | 87.5% |
| CH65 0AQ | 100% | 0% |
| CH65 0AR | 0% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Cheshire West and Chester
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Cheshire West And Chester district (176,235 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
85%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.6%
5G outdoors — all networks
10.2%
Voice indoors — all networks
88.6%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in CH65
Police recorded 295 incidents within about a mile of the centre of CH65 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 144 | 48.8% |
| Public order | 36 | 12.2% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 33 | 11.2% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 23 | 7.8% |
| Drugs | 16 | 5.4% |
| Other theft | 12 | 4.1% |
| Shoplifting | 9 | 3.1% |
| Weapons possession | 6 | 2.0% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in CH65
Based on 268 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in CH65 is £160,000, down 7.0% on the previous year (£172,000).
Detached
£299,950
30 sales
Semi-detached
£185,000
99 sales
Terraced
£130,000
101 sales
Flat / maisonette
£100,000
23 sales
Latest recorded sales in CH65
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2026 | £446,250 | Detached | Deeside Close | CH65 6TH |
| 15 May 2026 | £110,000 | Flat | Whitemere Court | CH65 2EY |
| 15 May 2026 | £107,000 | Terraced | Ashfield Road | CH65 8BW |
| 13 May 2026 | £104,000 | Terraced | Grace Road | CH65 2EJ |
| 11 May 2026 | £345,000 | Detached | Acorn Drive | CH65 6UF |
| 8 May 2026 | £95,000 | Terraced | Whitby Road | CH65 8AE |
| 7 May 2026 | £225,000 | Semi-detached | St Kilda Close | CH65 9LL |
| 6 May 2026 | £177,000 | Other | Whitby Road | CH65 0AA |
| 5 May 2026 | £147,000 | Other | Whitby Road | CH65 8AA |
| 1 May 2026 | £235,000 | Semi-detached | Stanney Lane | CH65 9AQ |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Cheshire West and Chester demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Cheshire West and Chester district (357,150 residents, 155,154 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17.3% |
| 15–29 | 21.9% |
| 30–44 | 18.5% |
| 45–64 | 21.1% |
| 65+ | 21.2% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 68.3% |
| Private rented | 15.8% |
| Social rented | 8.6% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around CH65
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 950 | CH65 7AQ |
| Ellesmere Port Church of England College | Secondary | 11–19 | 777 | CH65 6EA |
| Whitby Heath Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 406 | CH65 6RJ |
| William Stockton Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 367 | CH65 8DH |
| The Acorns Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 2–11 | 356 | CH65 7ED |
| Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 290 | CH65 7AQ |
| Wolverham Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 2–11 | 277 | CH65 5AT |
| Cambridge Road Community Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 3–11 | 256 | CH65 4AQ |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in CH65
260 rated food businesses operate in CH65. 190 hold the top rating of 5, 32 are rated 4, and 9 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Abbeyfield House, Academy West, Acorn Manor, Admiral Casino, Aldi Stores Ltd.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in CH65
From a sample of 285 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 CH65 postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band C). 79% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
18%
Band C
61%
Band D
19%
Band E
2%
Band F
0%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Cheshire West and Chester
Landlines around CH65 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.