Buying a home in WA15 (Trafford)
WA15 covers the Altrincham, Brooklands, Hale, Hale Barns & Timperley South, Mobberley, Timperley Central, Timperley North and Woodhouse Park wards, in Cheshire East, Manchester and Trafford.
What the records show in WA15 (Trafford): old landfill lies within 500 m of 5 of the 8 postcodes we checked; and 2 postcodes we checked are in a conservation area or on a listed building's site, including Trafford.
Land Registry recorded 9 sales there in the last 3 years, with a median price of £700,000, and the most common were semi-detached homes.
From official records at 8 postcodes. Conditions change from street to street, so check the home you're buying.
Check a home in WA15
Enter a postcode or address for the free area check at that exact postcode.
At a glance
- Rivers and seaOutside mapped flood areas at all 8 postcodes we checked
- Surface waterLow or very low at all 8 postcodes we checked
- RadonUp to less than 1% of homes above the action level
- GroundRunning sand recorded nearby
- Median sale£700,000 across 9 sales in the last 3 years
Facts from official records at sample postcodes, not a rating of WA15 or of any home.
Flooding from rivers and the sea
We checked each postcode centre against the Environment Agency's flood zones.
All 8 postcodes we checked are outside mapped river and sea flood areas. Homes nearer a river or the coast can still be in one.
Surface water flooding
Flooding from heavy rain that can't drain away.
- Very low: 8 of 8 postcodes
Radon
From the UK Health Security Agency's map of each 1 km square.
At all 8 postcodes we checked, fewer than 1% of homes are estimated to be above the action level.
Ground stability
British Geological Survey ratings for the surrounding area, not a particular plot.
- Running sand: moderate near 5 of the 8 postcodes we checked
Non-coal mining hazard is low or none at every postcode we checked.
Ask your surveyor to look for cracking and movement, and the seller about subsidence claims.
Old landfill sites
Historic landfill sites within 500 m of each postcode centre.
Most old landfill causes no problems, but a home on or next to one can be harder to mortgage.
Conservation areas and listed buildings
Whether each postcode centre falls in a conservation area, on a listed building's site, or under similar protections.
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Broadband and mobile
Ofcom's predictions for every address at the 8 postcodes we checked.
We couldn't get Ofcom's figures when this guide was built.
House prices
The average price in Trafford was £393,897 in August 2026, up 6.4% on a year earlier, across every home in the council area.
At the postcodes we checked, Land Registry has 9 sales in the last 3 years, with a median of £700,000 and a range of £350,000 to £1,170,000.
| Type | Sales | Median price |
|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 5 | £465,000 |
| Detached | 4 | £810,000 |
Crime
Measured around WA15 8QW, near the centre of WA15.
0 crimes were reported within about a mile of the centre in the latest month. Town centres usually have more, because of shops and nightlife.
Schools near the centre
The nearest schools by distance. Distance doesn't decide a place: each council's admissions rules do.
- Cloverlea Primary School
Primary · ages 3–11 · Community school · 750 m
- Stamford Park Primary School
Primary · ages 3–11 · Community school · 1.1 km
- Broomwood Primary School
Primary · ages 2–11 · Community school · 1.3 km
- Hale Preparatory School
Primary · ages 4–11 · Other independent school · 1.3 km
- St Vincent's Catholic Primary School
Primary · ages 4–11 · Voluntary aided school · 1.4 km
- Altrincham College
Secondary · ages 11–18 · Academy converter · 60 m
- Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College
Secondary · ages 11–18 · Voluntary aided school · 1.2 km
- Wellington School
Secondary · ages 11–18 · Academy converter · 1.3 km
- Saint Ambrose College
Secondary · ages 11–18 · Academy converter · 1.6 km
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council: Primary admissions ↗ · Secondary admissions ↗
Postcode by postcode
Each row is one postcode centre we checked. Open a postcode for the full free area check.
| Postcode | Rivers and sea | Surface water | Radon | Ground | Landfill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WA15 8QW | Outside | Very low | less than 1% | Moderate | 1 within 500 m |
| WA15 8AS | Outside | Very low | less than 1% | Moderate | 2 within 500 m |
| WA15 7QG | Outside | Very low | less than 1% | Moderate | None within 500 m |
| WA15 8DS | Outside | Very low | less than 1% | Low | 1 within 500 m |
| WA15 7NH | Outside | Very low | less than 1% | Moderate | None within 500 m |
| WA15 8LA | Outside | Very low | less than 1% | Low | 1 within 500 m |
| WA15 7AE | Outside | Very low | less than 1% | Low | None within 500 m |
| WA15 8WH | Outside | Very low | less than 1% | Moderate | 3 within 500 m |
What this guide can't tell you
- It covers 8 postcodes, not every street, and leaves out planning applications: check the postcode you're buying in.
- It isn't a survey, a search or advice, and doesn't rate WA15 or any home.
Sources
Checked 30 October 2026. We refresh these guides every month.
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
- Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026. BGS/UKHSA Indicative Atlas of Radon
- Environment Agency, Historic Landfill Sites (Environment Agency Conditional Licence). Contains Environment Agency information © Environment Agency and/or database right.
- British Geological Survey, GeoSure 5 km and mining hazard 1 km hex grids (Open Government Licence). Contains NERC materials ©NERC 2026.
- Planning Data England (planning.data.gov.uk)
- Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water (Open Government Licence)
- UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry and Registers of Scotland), Open Government Licence. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. Contains Registers of Scotland data © Crown copyright and database right.
- data.police.uk street-level crime (Open Government Licence)
- Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (Open Government Licence)