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On Melkridge Close, in Chester Boughton East
What it's like at CH2 3DN: every home that has sold on Melkridge Close 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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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 Melkridge Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 37 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Jan 2026 | £295,000 | 66 m² | £4,470/m² | 1 |
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| 2, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Jan 2026 | £287,500 | 69 m² | £4,167/m² | 5 |
| 3, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Nov 2024 | £290,000 | 68 m² | £4,265/m² | 5 |
| 4, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Jun 2005 | £175,000 | 65 m² | £2,692/m² | 3 |
| 5, Melkridge CloseDetached | Sept 2001 | £118,950 | – | – | 3 |
| 6, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Feb 2017 | £220,000 | 69 m² | £3,188/m² | 2 |
| 7, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Jun 2014 | £162,000 | 54 m² | £3,000/m² | 3 |
| 8, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2011 | £152,000 | 70 m² | £2,171/m² | 1 |
| 9, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Nov 2014 | £170,000 | 55 m² | £3,091/m² | 3 |
| 10, Melkridge CloseDetached | Jan 2022 | £272,000 | 68 m² | £4,000/m² | 4 |
| 12, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Jan 1999 | £71,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Aug 2024 | £293,000 | 76 m² | £3,855/m² | 2 |
| 17, Melkridge CloseDetached | Oct 2018 | £258,000 | 71 m² | £3,634/m² | 5 |
| 18, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Feb 2002 | £98,000 | 68 m² | £1,441/m² | 1 |
| 19, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2026 | £305,000 | 74 m² | £4,122/m² | 6 |
| 20, Melkridge CloseDetached | Nov 1996 | £74,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2004 | £169,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 22, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Oct 2025 | £300,000 | 69 m² | £4,348/m² | 1 |
| 24, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Jan 2008 | £190,000 | 68 m² | £2,794/m² | 2 |
| 26, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2018 | £262,000 | 87 m² | £3,011/m² | 3 |
| 27, Melkridge CloseDetached | Aug 2022 | £315,000 | 74 m² | £4,257/m² | 4 |
| 28, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Oct 2022 | £272,500 | 70 m² | £3,893/m² | 5 |
| 29, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2012 | £125,000 | 55 m² | £2,273/m² | 2 |
| 30, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2018 | £238,000 | 69 m² | £3,449/m² | 4 |
| 31, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Nov 1997 | £57,500 | 60 m² | £958/m² | 1 |
| 32, Melkridge CloseDetached | Aug 2001 | £110,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 35, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Aug 1997 | £59,995 | 70 m² | £857/m² | 1 |
| 36, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Nov 2022 | £300,000 | 88 m² | £3,409/m² | 7 |
| 37, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Apr 2004 | £179,000 | 74 m² | £2,419/m² | 1 |
| 38, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2006 | £163,500 | 69 m² | £2,370/m² | 2 |
| 39, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Jun 2006 | £165,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 40, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Sept 2017 | £227,000 | 71 m² | £3,197/m² | 5 |
| 42, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Aug 2002 | £123,550 | 70 m² | £1,765/m² | 1 |
| 44, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Apr 2005 | £168,500 | – | – | 3 |
| 46, Melkridge CloseDetached | Jun 2006 | £192,000 | 72 m² | £2,667/m² | 2 |
| 48, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2013 | £175,000 | 71 m² | £2,465/m² | 2 |
| 50, Melkridge CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2012 | £167,000 | 72 m² | £2,319/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Chester, about a 10-minute walk (750 m), with 5.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Lime Street.
The nearest bus stop is Canadian Avenue, 150 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route 9); 6 departures an hour from the 3 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Hoole Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m).
The closest top-rated primary is Boughton Heath Academy (0.9 km).
The nearest secondary is The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School, 1.6 km away; Attainment 8: 53.8 · 16.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsburys, 500 m away; Hooleigans Bottle Shop & Delicatessen (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Park Medical Centre (600 m), with Boughton Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, Prima Donna is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is The Countess of Chester Hospital, 2.8 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 6 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Hobson's Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Bromfield Arms (Chester) the nearest pub (550 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 58 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 25 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 19% flats and 10% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1919-1929.
The nearest park is The Narrows Community Park, 300 m away; for exercise, Chester Fit Clinic (400 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 16 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 43 km.
Most households own their home, 28% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 47% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is University of Chester, 2.0 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.
53 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%.
23 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 CH2 3DN →
On this street: 0 of 30 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 92.7% | 88.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 4.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.0% | 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.
Nearest: Nantwich Leisure Centre · about 33 min
Nearest: Llangollen Railway · about 39 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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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 37 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.