Buying a home in WA16 (Cheshire East)
WA16 covers the Chelford, Dane Valley, High Legh, Knutsford, Mobberley and Shakerley wards, in Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester.
What the records show in WA16 (Cheshire East): surface water flood risk is medium or high at 1 of the 8 postcodes we checked; and the British Geological Survey rates soluble rocks (sinkholes) as significant near all 8 postcodes we checked.
Land Registry recorded 16 sales there in the last 3 years, with a median price of £436,500, and the most common were 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 WA16
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 waterMedium or high at 1 of the 8 postcodes we checked
- RadonUp to less than 1% of homes above the action level
- GroundSoluble rocks (sinkholes) recorded nearby
- Median sale£436,500 across 16 sales in the last 3 years
Facts from official records at sample postcodes, not a rating of WA16 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.
- Medium: 1 of 8 postcodes (WA16 0GJ)
- Low: 2 of 8 postcodes
- Very low: 5 of 8 postcodes
Medium means a 1% to 3.3% chance of flooding each year, and high more than that. It changes over a few metres, so look at the drainage when you view.
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.
- Soluble rocks (sinkholes): significant near all 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.
No historic landfill within 500 m of all 8 postcodes we checked.
Conservation areas and listed buildings
Whether each postcode centre falls in a conservation area, on a listed building's site, or under similar protections.
None of the 8 postcode centres we checked falls in a conservation area or on a listed building's site.
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 Cheshire East was £311,897 in August 2026, up 4.5% on a year earlier, across every home in the council area.
At the postcodes we checked, Land Registry has 16 sales in the last 3 years, with a median of £436,500 and a range of £235,000 to £795,000.
| Type | Sales | Median price |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | 8 | £688,000 |
| Terraced | 7 | £298,000 |
| Other | 1 | £525,000 |
Crime
Measured around WA16 6DW, near the centre of WA16.
61 crimes were reported within about a mile of the centre in August 2026. Town centres usually have more, because of shops and nightlife.
- Violence and sexual offences27
- Anti-social behaviour9
- Public order7
- Criminal damage and arson5
- Shoplifting5
- Vehicle crime3
Schools near the centre
The nearest schools by distance. Distance doesn't decide a place: each council's admissions rules do.
- Egerton Primary School
Primary · ages 2–11 · Academy converter · 330 m
- St Vincent De Paul Catholic Primary School
Primary · ages 4–11 · Academy converter · 780 m
- Manor Park Primary School and Nursery
Primary · ages 2–11 · Academy converter · 820 m
- Bexton Primary School
Primary · ages 2–11 · Academy converter · 1.1 km
- Adelaide Heath Academy
Primary and secondary · ages 8–18 · Academy special sponsor led · 1.3 km
- Knutsford Academy
Secondary · ages 11–18 · Academy converter · 700 m
Cheshire East 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WA16 6DW | Outside | Low | less than 1% | Significant: soluble rocks (sinkholes) | None within 500 m |
| WA16 0GJ | Outside | Medium | less than 1% | Significant: soluble rocks (sinkholes) | None within 500 m |
| WA16 0EG | Outside | Low | less than 1% | Significant: soluble rocks (sinkholes) | None within 500 m |
| WA16 6HA | Outside | Very low | less than 1% | Significant: soluble rocks (sinkholes) | None within 500 m |
| WA16 8EG | Outside | Very low | less than 1% | Significant: soluble rocks (sinkholes) | None within 500 m |
| WA16 8ET | Outside | Very low | less than 1% | Significant: soluble rocks (sinkholes) | None within 500 m |
| WA16 0BX | Outside | Very low | less than 1% | Significant: soluble rocks (sinkholes) | None within 500 m |
| WA16 8QA | Outside | Very low | less than 1% | Significant: soluble rocks (sinkholes) | None 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 WA16 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.
- 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)
- Planning Data England (planning.data.gov.uk)