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On West Bank, in Upton West & Heath
What it's like at CH1 4FA: every home that has sold on West Bank 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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Sales and extensions on West Bank; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
6 of the 30 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Merton House, West BankFlat | Mar 2017 | £305,000 | 88 m² | £3,466/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Merton House, West BankFlat · company-owned | Feb 2025 | £283,617 | 98 m² | £2,894/m² | 1 |
| 3, Merton House, West BankFlat · company-owned | Feb 2025 | £283,615 | 87 m² | £3,260/m² | 1 |
| 4, Merton House, West BankFlat · company-owned | Feb 2025 | £225,403 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, Merton House, West BankFlat · company-owned | Feb 2025 | £274,964 | 108 m² | £2,546/m² | 1 |
| 6, Merton House, West BankSemi-detached | Aug 2026 | £357,200 | 126 m² | £2,835/m² | 3 |
| 7, Merton House, West BankSemi-detached | Jan 2026 | £450,000 | 104 m² | £4,327/m² | 2 |
| The Coach House, West BankSemi-detached · company-owned | Feb 2025 | £256,500 | – | – | 1 |
| The Stables, West BankSemi-detached · company-owned | Feb 2025 | £270,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Bache, about a 5-minute walk (600 m), with 495k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Chester.
The nearest bus stop is Abbot's Drive, 150 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (routes 1, 2, 15A, 26); 49 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 12 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is Chester Blue Coat Church of England Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (850 m); 61% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Mill View Primary School (0.5 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Upton-by-Chester High School, 1.9 km away; Attainment 8: 48.8 · 12.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Morrisons, 450 m away; Tokada Foods (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Garden Lane Medical Ctr. (1.0 km), with Morrisons Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (850 m).
For a haircut, Aesthetics 2 Cosmetic is 400 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Countess of Chester Hospital, 600 m 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 8 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Little Owl is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Mill At Upton the nearest pub (450 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 96 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 15 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 15% flats and 24% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Dicksons Drive Field, 650 m away; for exercise, Total Fitness (350 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 14 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 44 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 49% of adults have a degree.
34 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Downswood | II | 0 m |
| Gilwern | II | 80 m |
| Milepost 30 Metres South of Junction with Ormonde Road | II | 180 m |
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.
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 4FA →
The nearest university is University of Chester, 650 m 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Cheshire West and Chester since 2011.
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 30 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 21 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.9% | 88.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 4.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.4% | 5.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.
Nearest: Nantwich Leisure Centre · about 36 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.
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