Foregate Street
Cheshire West and Chester, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 15/100; transport-stop proximity 90/100; daily amenities 48/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 76/100. These indicators do not establish personal suitability or future property returns.
Compare Profile Scores
Each profile applies different weights to the available indicators; it does not determine personal suitability.
Available components: liquidity proxy 90/100; market proxy 65/100. Recorded median sale price: £240,000 from 93 transactions. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: area-safety proxy 15/100; family indicators 45/100; green-space proximity 76/100; daily amenities 48/100. Data unavailable: energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Safety 30%, Family indicators 30%, Environment 20%, Amenities 10%, Energy 10%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: transport-stop proximity 90/100; amenity proximity 60/100; daily amenities 48/100; market proxy 65/100. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Transport 35%, Walkability 30%, Amenities 25%, Market 10%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: liquidity proxy 90/100; market proxy 65/100. Recorded median sale price: £240,000 from 93 transactions. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Transaction activity 50%, Market 50%; no return forecast. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: area-safety proxy 15/100; green-space proximity 76/100; daily amenities 48/100; amenity proximity 60/100. Data unavailable: energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Safety 25%, Environment 25%, Amenities 20%, Energy 15%, Walkability 15%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: transport-stop proximity 90/100; daily amenities 48/100; area-safety proxy 15/100. Recorded median sale price: £240,000 from 93 transactions. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Affordability 40%, Transport 25%, Amenities 20%, Safety 15%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Weighted liveability indicators
Access, transport, services
Transport-hub proxy classification. This uses mapped services and recorded incident counts. Footfall, noise and suitability for settled living have not been measured.
Flood mapping
The mapped street point is classified as Zone 1 in the Environment Agency planning dataset. This covers river and sea flooding; it does not assess every property or surface-water risk.
Dataset revision: 2026-05-20. This is the dataset revision date, not a property inspection date.
Check the official flood map for your propertyThings You Should Know
Area safety score 15/100 — based on recorded incident counts for the associated LSOA, not this specific street. Counts are not adjusted for population and do not establish an above-average crime rate.
Score 15/100. This is an LSOA incident-count proxy, not a population-adjusted crime rate.
How Life Works Here
Foregate Street is located in Cheshire West and Chester, near Chester. The associated LSOA area has 2122 recorded incidents from 2025-08 to 2026-07. Incident rows were observed in 12 of the 12 selected months. These are area counts, not street-level incidents or population-adjusted rates; they do not establish a comparison with local or national averages. The dataset records 3 nearby amenities. The closest is Russell's Thai Tapas (restaurant, 15m). Distances do not establish a walkable route or current opening hours. Recorded nearby transport modes: rail and bus. The nearest mapped stop (Foregate Street Stop FF) is 9m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The median property price is £240,000. Based on 93 transactions recorded since 2014. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 1,546; owner-occupied homes 17.6%; social housing 9.8%; retired population 15.1%; average household size 2.2. There are 7 schools within 2 km, 6 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. The nearest school is just 143m away. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is investors at 78/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 50/100. Its recorded district percentile is 58. Missing dimensions are excluded; scores are proxies rather than measurements of personal liveability.
Score Breakdown
Scores are heuristic proxies from open datasets. Missing dimensions are excluded from the overall score. Source and scope are listed below.
police.uk recorded incident counts in the source extract; LSOA area, not street-level or population-adjusted
OpenStreetMap amenities within 2km
DfT NaPTAN + TfL stops
OpenStreetMap green-space proximity; distance-decay proxy, not noise or air quality
HM Land Registry price paid data
GIAS/Ofsted school records, mapped amenities, household and area-score indicators
Amenity and transport proximity proxy; no pedestrian network or route assessment
EPC Register — awaiting public API access
English Environment Agency planning zones; Welsh NRW categories are shown separately
Property Market
Flat/Maisonette | Leasehold | Transactions: High recorded volume
Source release: 2026-08-28; registrations received through 2026-07-31. Earlier periods can be revised by late registrations. Standard and additional transactions are included, so property mix can affect the median.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Open Government Licence v3.0). Median comparisons use two full calendar years five years apart, with at least five sales in each. Different properties may have sold; this is not a house-price index or a prediction of returns.
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Nearby Amenities
Public Services Nearby
Public facilities within walking distance from Foregate Street, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (1)
- Grosvenor Rowing Club 350m · 4 min walk
hospitals (2)
- Well Travelled Clinic 457m · 6 min walk
- Ultrasound Direct 1114m · 14 min walk
libraries (3)
- Chester Library 494m · 6 min walk
- Hoole Library 1110m · 14 min walk
- Bishops' High Library 1616m · 20 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Baha'i Garden 202m · 2 min walk
- Grosvenor Park 255m · 3 min walk
- Cheshire Regiment Memorial Garden 295m · 4 min walk
- Leadworks Lane Park 314m · 4 min walk
- Roman Gardens 371m · 5 min walk
schools (5)
- The Grosvenor Park Church of England Academy 143m · 2 min walk
- Chester International School 807m · 10 min walk
- St Werburgh's and St Columba's Catholic Primary School 894m · 11 min walk
- Chester Blue Coat Church of England Primary School 973m · 12 min walk
- The Catholic High School, Chester 1311m · 16 min walk
Transport Links
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Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.
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Data Transparency
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- OS Open Roads — Crown copyright and database right
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data — Crown copyright
- police.uk crime data — Open Government Licence v3.0
- OpenStreetMap — ODbL licence
- DfT NaPTAN — Open Government Licence v3.0
- GIAS schools data — Crown copyright
- Environment Agency flood data — OGL v3.0
- ONS Census 2021 — Open Government Licence v3.0
All scores are computed from publicly available government and open data. No proprietary data is used. Scores reflect statistical patterns, not guarantees.
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