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On City Road, in Chester Boughton West & Hoole
What it's like at CH1 3AB: every home that has sold on City Road since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
Sales and extensions on City Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
25 of the 139 homes on the street are owned by companies.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Chester, a few minutes' walk (350 m), with 5.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Lime Street.
The nearest bus stop is Canal Bridge, 100 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes 1, 5, 4, X4); 115 departures an hour from the 14 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 63% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Mill View Primary School (1.5 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Queen's Park High School, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 44.2 · 9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 8% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 250 m away; Chester Convenience Store best-one (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Boughton Medical Group (400 m), with Boughton Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Coyle Michael is 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Countess of Chester Hospital, 1.7 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 50% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 68% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 41 restaurants and cafés and 12 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Siam Thai & Teppanyaki is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Town Crier the nearest pub (50 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (16 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 129 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 59 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (56%).
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
It's growing: about 130 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Leadworks Lane Park, 50 m away; for exercise, Chester City Baths (350 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 15 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 44 km.
Many neighbours rent: 39% of households rent privately and 24% socially.
76 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Chapel House of English Presbyterian Church of Wales | II | 90 m |
| English Presbyterian Church of Wales | II | 100 m |
| Former Steam Flour Mill at Sj 4127 6662 | II | 100 m |
| Office of Former Flour Mill West of Steam Mill Street | II | 100 m |
| 65 and 65a, Egerton Street | II | 120 m |
| 53 and 55, Egerton Street | II | 120 m |
| 45, 47 and 49, Egerton Street | II | 130 m |
| Steam Mill Public House and Offices | II | 140 m |
| 41 and 43, Egerton Street | II | 140 m |
| 37 and 39, Egerton Street | II | 140 m |
| 4-10, City Road | II | 150 m |
| 14-32, Egerton Street |
Chester North and Neston constituency: Samantha Dixon MP (Labour), since December 2022. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 11,870 (26.6%), turnout 64%. Vote shares: Labour 50%, Conservative 23%, Reform UK 13%, Green Party 9%.
21 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near CH1 3AB →
It's young: 29% of residents are aged 15–29.
It's highly educated: 45% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is University of Chester, 1.2 km away (TEF Silver).
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.
| II |
| 160 m |
Nearest 12 shown. Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Nearest: Nantwich Leisure Centre · about 37 min
Nearest: Llangollen Railway · about 42 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 78 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 77 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.1% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 63.9% | 88.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 4.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 34.6% | 5.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.4% | 0.4% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 139 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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