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Thinking of living at WA3 7DG? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
You'll mostly drive: the nearest station, supermarket, GP are all over 1 km away.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croft Primary School | Primary | 0 m | 73% met the expected standard |
| St Lewis Catholic Primary School | Primary | 600 m | 40% met the expected standard |
| Newchurch Community Primary School | Primary | 2.1 km | 47% met the expected standard |
| Locking Stumps Community Primary School | Primary | 2.3 km | 56% met the expected standard |
| Twiss Green Community Primary School | Primary | 2.6 km | 68% met the expected standard |
| Birchwood Community High School | Secondary | 3.0 km | Attainment 8: 47.9 · 9.8% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Culcheth High School | Secondary | 3.2 km | Attainment 8: 51.1 · 12.4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Padgate Academy | Secondary | 3.4 km | Attainment 8: 39.4 · 4.6% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Lowton Church of England High School | Secondary | 3.9 km | Attainment 8: 47.5 · 13.8% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Beamont Collegiate Academy | Secondary | 4.4 km | Attainment 8: 45.8 · 9.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Birchwood School | Independent | 3.3 km | – |
| Green Meadow Independent Primary School | Independent | 4.0 km | – |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowls | Culcheth Sports Club Crown Green Bowls Club | 2.7 km | 13 |
| Golf | Croft Golf Centre | 1.2 km | 7 |
| Tennis | The Daten | 2.7 km | 7 |
| Football | The Daten | 2.7 km | 6 |
| Swimming | Gymetc. (Lowton) | 3.6 km | 4 |
| Horse riding | Croft Riding Centre | 1.1 km | 3 |
| Rugby league | Warrington Wolves Training Pitch | 2.9 km | 2 |
| Basketball | The Cage Play Area | 3.0 km | 2 |
| Skateboard | Birchwood Skate Park | 3.1 km | 2 |
| Hockey | Golborne Hockey Club | 4.3 km | 2 |
| Cricket | Golborne Sports & Social Club | 4.3 km | 2 |
| Rugby union | Round Ash Park | 4.8 km | 2 |
| Climbing | Tru Ninja | 4.2 km | 1 |
| Ten-pin bowling | tenpin | 4.3 km | 1 |
| Squash | Orford Jubilee Neighbourhood Hub | 4.6 km | 1 |
| Swimming pool | Woolston Leisure Centre | 4.7 km | 1 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 17. Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 42% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Birchwood, a drive away (3.5 km), with 437k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Oxford Road.
The nearest bus stop is General Elliot, 50 m away, with a bus about every 50 minutes on weekdays (routes 19, P4); 5 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Croft Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 73% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Birchwood Community High School, 3.0 km away; Attainment 8: 47.9 · 9.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Golborne High School (5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Urmston Grammar Academy (11.2 km) and Loreto Grammar School (13.4 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 2.4 km away, with Croft Golf Centre closer still (850 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Culcheth Medical Centre (2.1 km), with Tims & Parker Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (2.1 km).
For a haircut, Culcheth Hair Company is 2.7 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Warrington Hospital, 8.4 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 54% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 65% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 16 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Curry Junction is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and General Elliot the nearest pub (150 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 39 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 21 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 53% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is The Battlefields, 450 m away; for exercise, Birchwood Leisure & Tennis Centre (3.1 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.0 µg/m³).
10 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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| The Empower Academy | Independent | 5.7 km | – |
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Every primary near WA3 7DG, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
No state primary within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
For holidays, Manchester is 20 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 49% of households own their home outright.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.