CW7 postcode area guide — Cheshire East
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the CW7 postcode district in Cheshire East — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in CW7
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
95.5%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
90.6%
Gigabit-capable
90.6%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.5%
Broadband availability in the CW7 postcode district (Cheshire East) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 854 postcodes Ofcom measures in CW7, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 95.5% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 90.6%.
Around 0.5% of premises in CW7 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 CW7
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| CW7 1AA | 100% | 100% |
| CW7 1AB | 100% | 100% |
| CW7 1AD | 100% | 100% |
| CW7 1AF | 100% | 0% |
| CW7 1AH | 50% | 50% |
| CW7 1AS | 100% | 100% |
| CW7 1AT | 66.7% | 33.3% |
| CW7 1AX | 100% | 100% |
| CW7 1BA | 97.2% | 94.4% |
| CW7 1BB | 100% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Cheshire East
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Cheshire East district (202,097 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
90.8%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.6%
5G outdoors — all networks
53.4%
Voice indoors — all networks
94%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in CW7
Police recorded 228 incidents within about a mile of the centre of CW7 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 110 | 48.2% |
| Public order | 29 | 12.7% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 21 | 9.2% |
| Shoplifting | 17 | 7.5% |
| Other theft | 15 | 6.6% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 14 | 6.1% |
| Drugs | 6 | 2.6% |
| Weapons possession | 6 | 2.6% |
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 CW7
Based on 378 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in CW7 is £205,000, up 5.1% on the previous year (£195,000).
Detached
£300,000
132 sales
Semi-detached
£195,000
124 sales
Terraced
£132,000
101 sales
Flat / maisonette
£81,000
11 sales
Latest recorded sales in CW7
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | £275,000 | Detached | Shepherds Fold Drive | CW7 2UE |
| 22 May 2026 | £135,000 | Terraced | Dierden Street | CW7 3DL |
| 21 May 2026 | £205,000 | Terraced | Park Avenue | CW7 3AX |
| 14 May 2026 | £287,500 | Detached | Osprey Avenue | CW7 1SE |
| 13 May 2026 | £167,500 | Semi-detached | Gladstone Street | CW7 4AU |
| 6 May 2026 | £365,000 | Detached | Wharton Green | CW7 3BD |
| 6 May 2026 | £258,695 | Other | High Street | CW7 2DP |
| 1 May 2026 | £300,000 | Detached | Hawthorn Close | CW7 2UQ |
| 1 May 2026 | £130,000 | Terraced | Alt Walk | CW7 3JN |
| 1 May 2026 | £320,000 | Detached | Westgate Avenue | CW7 2ND |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Cheshire East demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Cheshire East district (398,772 residents, 174,854 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17.4% |
| 15–29 | 19.8% |
| 30–44 | 18.8% |
| 45–64 | 21.7% |
| 65+ | 22.4% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 71.9% |
| Private rented | 15.6% |
| Social rented | 8.9% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around CW7
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Winsford Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 945 | CW7 2BT |
| Winsford High Street Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 511 | CW7 2AU |
| Darnhall Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 440 | CW7 1JL |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 326 | CW7 2JS |
| Willow Wood Community Nursery and Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 310 | CW7 3HN |
| Wharton CofE Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 244 | CW7 3EP |
| Grange Community Nursery and Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 218 | CW7 2EG |
| Oaklands School | Not applicable | 11–17 | 178 | CW7 1NU |
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 CW7
168 rated food businesses operate in CW7. 109 hold the top rating of 5, 23 are rated 4, and 4 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Abm Catering @ Coveris Winsford, Al's Plaice, Aldi Stores LTD, Asda Supermarket, B&M Retail Limited.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in CW7
From a sample of 287 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 CW7 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band C). 54% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band A
6%
Band B
22%
Band C
25%
Band D
31%
Band E
13%
Band F
1%
Band G
1%
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 East
Landlines around CW7 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.