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On Western Avenue, in Blacon South
What it's like at CH1 5PP: every home that has sold on Western Avenue 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Western Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 60 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 12, Western AvenueDetached | Jun 2013 | £170,000 | 127 m² | £1,339/m² | 2 |
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| 14, Western AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2015 | £95,000 | 75 m² | £1,267/m² | 1 |
| 18, Western AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2011 | £114,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 20, Western AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2017 | £135,000 | 109 m² | £1,239/m² | 1 |
| 24, Western AvenueSemi-detached | May 2020 | £152,000 | 76 m² | £2,000/m² | 3 |
| 26, Western AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2017 | £110,000 | 83 m² | £1,325/m² | 1 |
| 28, Western AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2016 | £139,000 | 83 m² | £1,675/m² | 4 |
| 30, Western AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2022 | £195,000 | 96 m² | £2,031/m² | 2 |
| 32, Western AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2016 | £145,000 | 119 m² | £1,218/m² | 3 |
| 34, Western AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2020 | £159,950 | 82 m² | £1,951/m² | 4 |
| 36, Western AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2020 | £142,500 | 98 m² | £1,454/m² | 2 |
| 40, Western AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2017 | £161,500 | 91 m² | £1,775/m² | 2 |
| 42, Western AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2006 | £120,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 44, Western AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 1999 | £54,950 | 86 m² | £639/m² | 1 |
| 44a, Western AvenueDetached | Nov 2003 | £147,000 | 89 m² | £1,652/m² | 1 |
| 46, Western AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 1996 | £47,000 | 83 m² | £566/m² | 1 |
| 48, Western AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2022 | £175,000 | 87 m² | £2,011/m² | 1 |
| 58, Western AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2003 | £89,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 60, Western AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2002 | £84,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 64, Western AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2026 | £190,000 | 97 m² | £1,959/m² | 2 |
| 68, Western AvenueSemi-detached | May 2025 | £202,000 | 77 m² | £2,623/m² | 2 |
| 70, Western AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 1999 | £45,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 72, Western AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2025 | £165,000 | 75 m² | £2,200/m² | 2 |
| 74, Western AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2019 | £154,999 | 81 m² | £1,914/m² | 2 |
| 74a, Western AvenueDetached | Dec 2018 | £180,000 | 91 m² | £1,978/m² | 2 |
| 78, Western AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2019 | £169,000 | 126 m² | £1,341/m² | 3 |
| 80, Western AvenueDetached | May 2024 | £262,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Bache, a short drive or bike ride (2.5 km), with 495k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Chester.
The nearest bus stop is Furne Road, 50 m away, with a bus about every 16 minutes on weekdays (route 14); 27 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is J H Godwin Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 32% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Blacon High School, A Specialist Sports College, 350 m away; Attainment 8: 33.2 · 3.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Asda, 1.0 km away, with Mayers Minimart closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Western Ave Medical Ctre (350 m), with Swettenham Chemists the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, George Allen Hairdressing is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Countess of Chester Hospital, 2.3 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 4 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Here and Now Chester is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Waggon & Horses the nearest pub (50 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 105 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 19% flats and 10% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Blacon Community Nature Park, 650 m away; for exercise, PureGym (1.3 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 16 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 47 km.
Most households own their home, 14% rent privately.
The nearest university is University of Chester, 2.1 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.
33 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.
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%.
5 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 5PP →
On this street: 1 of 44 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.7% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.2% | 88.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 4.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.1% | 5.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Sc2 · about 42 min
Nearest: Victoria Pier · about 41 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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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 60 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.