Dicksons Drive, Newton, Chester, CH2 2BR

Dicksons Drive is in Newton, Chester and in Chester district. CH2 2BR is located in the Newton & Hoole electoral ward, within the English Parliamentary constituency of City of Chester. This postcode has been in use since 1980-01-01.
StreetScan combines information about Dicksons Drive, Newton, Chester, CH2 2BR and displays a report on the quality of life in this place and its surroundings.

Nearby postcodes are: CH2 2BW, CH2 2BP, CH2 2ET, CH2 2BS, CH2 2ER, CH2 2DL, CH2 2BL, CH2 2DN, CH2 2BE.

Dicksons Drive Street Report

Property Prices
Average Price: £262,919
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Schools
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Food And Drink
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Sport
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Broadband
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Safety
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Employment
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People
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Culture
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Property Prices

Average property prices on Dicksons Drive are based on 56 property sales since the beginning of 1995. Estimated property prices are calculated by adjusting the last sale price by current House Price Index for Chester.
StreetScan downloads house price data directly from the HM Land Registry and uses it to create these statistics.

Estimated Average Property Prices for CH2 2BR

Average Price
£282,437

Semi-Detached
£257,196

Terraced
no sales

Detached
£661,057

Flats/Maisonettes
no sales

Other
no sales

Estimated Average Property Prices for Dicksons Drive

Average Price
£262,919

Semi-Detached
no sales

Terraced
no sales

Detached
no sales

Flats/Maisonettes
no sales

Other
no sales

Property Prices Comparison

Latest Property Sales on Dicksons DriveStreet

Address	Sale Price	Sale Date	Price Estimate 2023
48 Dicksons Drive, Chester, Cheshire West And Chester Semi-Detached, an established residential building	£335,000	2022-11-17	£319,413
40 Dicksons Drive, Chester, Cheshire West And Chester Semi-Detached, an established residential building	£420,000	2022-10-31	£404,970
86 Dicksons Drive, Chester, Cheshire West And Chester Semi-Detached, an established residential building	£260,000	2022-09-27	£252,705
84 Dicksons Drive, Chester, Cheshire West And Chester Semi-Detached, an established residential building	£190,000	2019-07-26	£238,574
38 Dicksons Drive, Chester, Cheshire West And Chester Semi-Detached, an established residential building	£180,000	2019-06-28	£226,626

Schools

Nursery

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
St Mary's Community Nursery School Old Wrexham Road , CH4 7HS	4out of 4	3,191 yd	Local authority nursery school	Yes	Mixed	More About School

Primary

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Newton Primary School Kingsway West , Newton CH2 2LA	3out of 4	638 yd	Community school	No	Mixed	More About School
Mill View Primary School Wealstone Lane , Upton CH2 1HB	4out of 4	837 yd	Academy converter	No	Mixed	More About School
Chester Blue Coat Church of England Primary School Walpole Street , CH1 4HG	3out of 4	1,036 yd	Voluntary aided school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
St Martin's Academy Chester 91 Hoole Road , CH2 3NG	4out of 4	1,272 yd	Free schools	No	Mixed	More About School
Upton Westlea Primary School Upton Westlea Primary School, Weston Grove , Upton-by-Chester CH2 1QJ	3out of 4	1,466 yd	Community school	Yes	Mixed	More About School

Secondary

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Upton-by-Chester High School St James Avenue , Upton-by-Chester CH2 1NN	3out of 4	1,755 yd	Foundation school	No	Mixed	More About School
Chester International School Queens Park Campus, Queens Park Road , Handbridge CH4 7AE	- not rated	2,301 yd	Studio schools	No	Mixed	More About School
Queen's Park High School Queens Park Road , Handbridge CH4 7AE	2out of 4	2,478 yd	Academy sponsor led	No	Mixed	More About School
The Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School Vaughans Lane , Great Boughton CH3 5XF	3out of 4	2,960 yd	Academy converter	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
The Catholic High School, Chester Old Wrexham Road , Handbridge CH4 7HS	3out of 4	3,304 yd	Academy converter	No	Mixed	More About School

Not applicable

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
The Firs School 45 Newton Lane , Chester CH2 2HJ	- not rated	746 yd	Other independent school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
University of Chester Parkgate Road , CH1 4BJ	- not rated	1,023 yd	Higher education institutions	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
Ancora House School Countess of Chester Health Park , CH2 1BQ	4out of 4	1,065 yd	Pupil referral unit	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
Dorin Park School & Specialist SEN College Wealstone Lane , Upton CH2 1HD	3out of 4	1,071 yd	Community special school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Abbey School for Exceptional Children 10-12 Abbey Square , Chester CH1 2HU	- not rated	1,504 yd	Other independent special school	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

Food and Drink

Restaurants, Cafes, Canteens

Business Name	Address	Distance
The Bears Paw	The Bears Paw Dicksons Drive	316 yd
Space	Unit 6, Grange Park Grange Road	424 yd
Zippy's Playworld	Unit 5, Grange Park Grange Road	466 yd
Total Fitness	Thrive, 53 Liverpool Road	698 yd
Short and Stout Ltd	3A Ermine Road	769 yd

Pubs, Bars, Nightclubs

Business Name	Address	Distance
Mill At Upton	The Mill At Upton, 76 Liverpool Road, Upton	735 yd
Egerton Arms	Egerton Arms, 94 Brook Street	970 yd
Royal Oak	The Royal Oak, 16 Faulkner Street	973 yd
The Suburbs	22 Charles Street, Hoole	1,057 yd

Takeaway, Sandwich Shops

Business Name	Address	Distance
Hoole Fish Bar	4 Ermine Road	681 yd
Mill Lane Fish Bar	13 Mill Lane, Upton	880 yd
Sarnies	1A Faulkner Street	917 yd
OLAWA BAKERY CHESTER LTD	139 Brook Street	925 yd
Munchies	19 Faulkner Street	973 yd

Supermarkets, Hypermarkets

Business Name	Address	Distance
Morrisons	Morrisons Mill Lane, Upton	670 yd
SHELL HOOLE ROAD	29 Hoole Road	867 yd
Sainsburys	2 - 6 Charles Street, Hoole	1,034 yd
Spice Of Asia	Majestic House, 95 - 97 Brook Street	1,073 yd

Sport

Facility Name	Sport Objects	Distance
Newton Primary School KINGSWAY WEST	grass pitches	592 yd
The Queens'S Lower School 55-57 55-57 LIVERPOOL ROAD	grass pitches, swimming pool	639 yd
Total Fitness (Chester) Liverpool Road	health and fitness suite, squash courts, swimming pool	704 yd
Mill View School WEALSTONE LANE	athletics tracks, grass pitches	818 yd
Limewood Playing Fields LIME WOOD CLOSE	grass pitches	861 yd
Kingsway Sports Pitches Kingsway	grass pitches	883 yd
Chester Boxing And Bodybuilding Centre (Closed) Unit W20 Unit W20 Hoole Bridge	health and fitness suite	888 yd
Kingsway High School (Closed) Kingsway		902 yd
Wealstone Lane Playing Field WEALSTONE LANE	grass pitches, tennis courts	1,019 yd
University Of Chester (Chester Campus) CRAIGSIDE CRAIGSIDE EXTON PARK	artificial grass pitch, athletics tracks, health and fitness suite, squash courts, swimming pool, tennis courts	1,044 yd

This statistics are based on Active Places Data - Contains Data © Sport England

Broadband

Technology Aviability

Percentage of premises that have Superfast Broadband (30Mbit/s or greater) coverage from fixed broadband	100.0%
Percentage of premises that have Ultrafast Broadband (100Mbit/s or greater) coverage from fixed broadband	0.0%
Percentage of premises that have Ultrafast Broadband (300Mbit/s or greater) coverage from fixed broadband	0.0%
Percentage of premises that have coverage from a Gigabit capable service from fixed broadband	0.0%

Speed Aviability

Percentage of premises unable to receive 2Mbit/s	0.0%
Percentage of premises unable to receive 5Mbit/s	0.0%
Percentage of premises unable to receive 10Mbit/s	0.0%
Percentage of premises unable to receive 30Mbit/s	0.0%

Download Speed

Median download speed	32.3 Mbit/s
Average download speed	30 Mbit/s
Minimum download speed	48.85 Mbit/s
Maximum download speed	48.85 Mbit/s

Upload Speed

Median upload speed	5.1 Mbit/s
Average upload speed	5.4 Mbit/s
Maximum upload speed	12 Mbit/s

Broadband statistics are based on Ofcom's Communications Market Report (CMR) 2022.

Safety

Is Dicksons Drive Street dangerous?

In 2023, 127 crimes were reported near Dicksons Drive . 55% of streets in the UK are more dangerous. This street can be considered safe. The most common type of crime was violence and sexual offences. Crime rate was measured within a 0.5 mile radius of CH2 2BR.

Crime statistics are based on data provided by Home Office through data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence.

More Crime Statistics for Dicksons Drive, Newton, Chester, CH2 2BR

Employment

CH2 2BR area has a high level of entrepreneurship. Only 22% of streets have higher percent of entrepreneur residents. 12% of population in this area is self-employed, while the average in the UK is 9.7%. High number of entrepreneurs usually leads to relatively high economic growth, higher paid jobs and better quality of life in the area.

The percentage of retired residents living in CH2 2BR area is much higher than the country's average. According to Census 2011, 30% residents of this area were retired, while the average in the UK was 14%.

Economic Activity

Full-Time Employee	65
Retired	64
Part-Time Employee	29
Self-Employed	26
Looking after home or family	7
Student (economically inactive)	6
Unemployed	5
Full-Time Student (with or without job)	4
Long-Term Sick or disabled	4
Other	3

Employment Industry

Human health and social work activities	24
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motor cycles	20
Education	19
Manufacturing	15
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	11
Professional, scientific and technical activities	10
Financial and insurance activities	9
Administrative and support service activities	8
Construction	8
Other	7
Accommodation and food service activities	7
Transport and storage	3
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	3
Information and communication	2
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	1
Mining and quarrying	1
Real estate activities	1

People

Gender

Female	135
Male	128

Partnership Status

Single	62
Married: Opposite sex	111
Separated	6
Divorced	13
Widowed	21

Health

Very good health	134
Good health	94
Fair health	28
Bad health	2
Very bad health	5

Education and Qualifications

No qualifications	25
1-4 GCSEs or Equivalent	26
5 or more GCSEs, an A-Level or 1-2 AS Levels	19
Apprenticeship	13
HNC, HND or 2+ A Levels	38
Degree or Similar	86
Other	8

Culture

Ethnic Group

Bangladeshi	8
Indian	1
Other Asian	1
Mixed White and Asian	3
Mixed White and Caribbean	2
Mixed Other	2
White	247
Other	1

Country of Birth

United Kingdom	229
European Union	11
Rest of Europe	5
Africa	1
Middle East and Asia	9
The Americas and the Caribbean	2
Oceania	6

Length of Residence

Born in the UK	229
10+ Years	26
5-10 Years	4
2-5 Years	2
Less than 2 years	1

Passport Held

United Kingdom	222
Ireland	2
Poland	2
Romania	3
Other EU countries	1
Other Europe	1
Southern Asia	1
North America and the Caribbean	1
No passport held	29

Religion

No religion	75
Christian	161
Hindu	1
Muslim	8
Other religion	1
Not answered	17