CH66 postcode area guide — Cheshire West and Chester
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the CH66 postcode district in Cheshire West and Chester — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in CH66
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
97.7%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
94.2%
Gigabit-capable
94.2%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the CH66 postcode district (Cheshire West and Chester) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 980 postcodes Ofcom measures in CH66, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 97.7% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 94.2%.
Around 0% of premises in CH66 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 CH66
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| CH66 0NA | 100% | 0% |
| CH66 0NB | 0% | 0% |
| CH66 0ND | 50% | 0% |
| CH66 0NE | 0% | 0% |
| CH66 0NF | 0% | 0% |
| CH66 1AA | 100% | 100% |
| CH66 1AB | 100% | 100% |
| CH66 1AD | 100% | 100% |
| CH66 1AE | 100% | 100% |
| CH66 1AF | 100% | 100% |
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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 CH66
Police recorded 206 incidents within about a mile of the centre of CH66 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 81 | 39.3% |
| Public order | 35 | 17.0% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 29 | 14.1% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 17 | 8.3% |
| Other theft | 8 | 3.9% |
| Drugs | 7 | 3.4% |
| Vehicle crime | 7 | 3.4% |
| Burglary | 5 | 2.4% |
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 CH66
Based on 382 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in CH66 is £227,500, up 5.8% on the previous year (£215,000).
Detached
£327,000
130 sales
Semi-detached
£210,500
161 sales
Terraced
£175,000
71 sales
Flat / maisonette
£95,000
15 sales
Latest recorded sales in CH66
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | £218,000 | Semi-detached | Innisfree Close | CH66 4UY |
| 20 May 2026 | £35,000 | Detached | Chalfield Avenue | CH66 4UT |
| 19 May 2026 | £477,715 | Detached | Kelmscott Close | CH66 2ES |
| 15 May 2026 | £245,000 | Semi-detached | Horstone Road | CH66 2JN |
| 15 May 2026 | £245,000 | Semi-detached | Green Lane | CH66 4LF |
| 15 May 2026 | £732,500 | Detached | Links Avenue | CH66 1QS |
| 15 May 2026 | £164,500 | Semi-detached | Larchdale Close | CH66 2UH |
| 13 May 2026 | £325,000 | Detached | St Marks Crescent | CH66 2XD |
| 11 May 2026 | £205,000 | Semi-detached | Antrim Drive | CH66 2SG |
| 7 May 2026 | £190,000 | Semi-detached | Baker Drive | CH66 4QX |
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 CH66
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Whitby High School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,398 | CH66 2NU |
| Woodlands Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 533 | CH66 2JT |
| Meadow Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 419 | CH66 4SZ |
| Rivacre Valley Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 339 | CH66 1LE |
| Sutton Green Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 306 | CH66 4NW |
| Childer Thornton Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 246 | CH66 1QY |
| St Saviour's Catholic Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 2–11 | 213 | CH66 2BD |
| St Mary of the Angels Catholic Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 208 | CH66 1NN |
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 CH66
129 rated food businesses operate in CH66. 88 hold the top rating of 5, 24 are rated 4, and 4 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Alfie's Bistro, Archers Brook School, Bargain Booze, Better Lives Cafe, BP Strawberry.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in CH66
From a sample of 132 Energy Performance Certificates across 12 CH66 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 31% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
11%
Band C
20%
Band D
52%
Band E
13%
Band F
4%
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 CH66 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.