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Area guidesWA3

WA3

Postcode district · Lowton, Newton-le-Willows, Abram, Astley · Salford, St. Helens, Warrington, Wigan · England

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What is already known about WA3

Live geography from the official record. A district or place name is a group of postcodes, not one address.

Live postcodes
1,518 in WA3
Localities
Lowton, Newton-le-Willows, Abram, Astley
Local authority
Salford, St. Helens, Warrington, Wigan
Country
England
Centre postcode
WA3 4AX
Postcode-point mapWA3

The pin uses Postcodes.io coordinates, not an exact entrance or title boundary.

Open map

Tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors

Districts next to WA3

Found in the same 2.8 km sample around the centre of WA3, from 199 live postcodes. Proximity, not a boundary.

Official records around this point

Point sources need one coordinate, so these are anchored on WA3 4AX — the live postcode nearest the centre of the area. They describe that point, not every street. Crime is counted across the whole Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft policing neighbourhood, which is the Police.uk boundary containing WA3 4AX. Each keeps its source, its geography and its limits. Counts are counts: an incident total is not a safety measure, and an empty planning result is not a completed search.

Police.uk · Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft neighbourhood

Recorded incidents

Connected
39records in
July 2026
Violence & sexual offences20
Other theft4
Shoplifting4
Anti-social behaviour3
Other crime3
Public order2

One month of records for the Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft policing neighbourhood — the boundary police.uk itself shows, so this figure should match theirs. Not a year. Locations are anonymised to a nearby street, not an address. Counts are not adjusted for population, visitors or reporting differences and must not be treated as a neighbourhood quality score.

List the 39 records
CategoryRecorded nearLatest outcome
Anti-social behaviourOn or near Parking AreaNo outcome published yet
Anti-social behaviourOn or near Shaw StreetNo outcome published yet
Anti-social behaviourOn or near Smithy LaneNo outcome published yet
Bicycle theftOn or near Chatburn CourtUnable to prosecute suspect
BurglaryOn or near Langcliffe CloseUnable to prosecute suspect
Criminal damage & arsonOn or near Croft Heath GardensUnder investigation
Other crimeOn or near Churchill AvenueUnder investigation
Other crimeOn or near Churchill AvenueUnder investigation
Other crimeOn or near Main LaneUnder investigation
Other theftOn or near Claremont RoadInvestigation complete; no suspect identified
Other theftOn or near Park/open SpaceInvestigation complete; no suspect identified
Other theftOn or near Parking AreaUnder investigation
Other theftOn or near Withington AvenueInvestigation complete; no suspect identified
Public orderOn or near Jackson AvenueUnable to prosecute suspect
Public orderOn or near Sports/recreation AreaUnable to prosecute suspect
ShopliftingOn or near Park/open SpaceUnder investigation
ShopliftingOn or near Park/open SpaceUnder investigation
ShopliftingOn or near Parking AreaUnder investigation
ShopliftingOn or near Parking AreaUnder investigation
Violence & sexual offencesOn or near Abbey CloseUnder investigation
Violence & sexual offencesOn or near Allen AvenueInvestigation complete; no suspect identified
Violence & sexual offencesOn or near Allen AvenueUnder investigation
Violence & sexual offencesOn or near Birchall StreetUnable to prosecute suspect
Violence & sexual offencesOn or near Chatburn CourtUnable to prosecute suspect
Violence & sexual offencesOn or near Chatburn CourtUnable to prosecute suspect
Violence & sexual offencesOn or near Churchill AvenueUnable to prosecute suspect
Violence & sexual offencesOn or near Coronation AvenueAwaiting court outcome
Violence & sexual offencesOn or near Crofton GardensUnable to prosecute suspect
Violence & sexual offencesOn or near Deacon CloseUnable to prosecute suspect
Violence & sexual offencesOn or near Duke AvenueUnder investigation
Violence & sexual offencesOn or near Duke AvenueLocal resolution
Violence & sexual offencesOn or near Fowley Common LaneUnable to prosecute suspect
Violence & sexual offencesOn or near Kaye AvenueUnable to prosecute suspect
Violence & sexual offencesOn or near Petrol StationUnder investigation
Violence & sexual offencesOn or near Ribchester GardensUnder investigation
Violence & sexual offencesOn or near Ribchester GardensUnder investigation
Violence & sexual offencesOn or near Round ThornUnder investigation
Violence & sexual offencesOn or near Warrington RoadLocal resolution
Violence & sexual offencesOn or near Withington AvenueUnder investigation
Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft on the force site

Planning Data · England

Intersecting designations

Connected
Green belt

WarringtonE06000007/Merseyside and Greater Manchester

Screened at the postcode point, not a title boundary. Coverage varies by dataset and local planning authority; absence is not a clear result.

About Planning Data

Nearby planning applications

London only

Application-level planning data comes from the Planning London Datahub, which covers the 35 London planning authorities. No other authority publishes an equivalent feed, so nothing has been substituted.

Daily essentials

Supermarkets, pharmacies, healthcare, gyms and libraries mapped near WA3 4AX, ordered by straight-line distance. OpenStreetMap is contributed data: a place missing here is not proof it does not exist, and nothing here confirms opening hours or that a business is still trading.

Source unavailable

The OpenStreetMap place search did not answer (no results from any category). No list has been substituted.

Parks and green space

Parks, playgrounds, nature and outdoor sport mapped within 1.5 km of WA3 4AX, ordered by straight-line distance. Distance is not a walking route, and OpenStreetMap says nothing about whether a space is open to the public, its hours or its condition.

3open spaces mapped within 1.5 km of the postcode point

Parks and commons

1

Named parks, commons and village greens open to the public.

  1. 1.2 kmCulcheth Linear ParkCulcheth and Glazebury, KenyonMap ↗

Playgrounds

0

Children’s play areas mapped as such.

Nothing of this kind returned within the radius.

Nature and water

2

Nature reserves, woodland and waterside.

  1. 136 mThe CovertLowton Heath, Lane HeadMap ↗
  2. 1.2 kmPagoda WoodDiggle Green, Culcheth and GlazeburyMap ↗

Outdoor sport

0

Recreation grounds, pitches and courts.

Nothing of this kind returned within the radius.

Places mapped in OpenStreetMap within this distance of the postcode point, measured straight-line, and kept only where the map tags them as the kind of place the heading claims. OpenStreetMap is volunteer-maintained and this search returns the closest matches rather than every one: a short list is not proof that nothing else is there. Distances are not walking routes, and nothing here checks opening hours, whether a surgery is accepting patients, or whether a place is still trading.

Look this place up in detail

Each of these opens on WA3 4AX, the postcode anchoring WA3, and queries its own source only when you open it.