FY5 3AY

Anchorsholme · Blackpool · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Thornton-Cleveleys
Local authority
Blackpool
Postcode district
FY5
Postcode sector
FY5 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
FY5 3AZ 68 m
FY5 3PP 95 m
FY5 3AU 98 m
FY5 3AT 113 m
FY5 3AX 127 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
FY5 3AY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
FY
Postcode district
FY5
Postcode sector
FY5 3
Latitude
53.874030
Longitude
-3.030876
British National Grid easting
332,319
British National Grid northing
442,472

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Blackpool · E06000009
Parish or community
E43000009
Output area
E00063831
Lower layer super output area
Blackpool 001B · E01012664
Middle layer super output area
Blackpool 001 · E02002633

Postcode source versions

Explore FY5

66 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, Willows Avenue, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 3AY 10 September 2025 £138,000
6, Willows Avenue, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 3AY 12 March 2025 £176,000
4, Willows Avenue, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 3AY 17 November 2023 £109,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
45
Primary
27
Secondary
7
  1. St Teresa's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    429 m
  2. Anchorsholme Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    589 m
  3. Thornton Cleveleys Royles Brook Primary School

    Community school

    976 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,167
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 856
  • Anti social behaviour 447
  • Shoplifting 185
  • Criminal damage and arson 154
  • Other theft 138

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
103

51 female, 52 male

Postcode households
37
Residents per household
2.8
FY5 3 residents
10,953

Age bands in FY5 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.5%

1,480 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.1%

991 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.8%

2,165 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

3,141 residents

Age 65 and over
28.9%

3,162 residents

This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider FY5 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
97.3%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

11

within 5 km

  • CLEVELEYS GROUP PRACTICE

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, KELSO AVENUE, THORNTON-CLEVELEYS, FY5 3LF

    ODS code P81073

    777 m

  • THE CRESCENT SURGERY

    CLEVELEYS HEALTH CENTRE, KELSO AVENUE, THORNTON-CLEVELEYS, FY5 3LF

    ODS code P81092

    777 m

  • THE THORNTON PRACTICE

    CHURCH ROAD, THORNTON-CLEVELEYS, FY5 2TZ

    ODS code P81079

    1.1 km

  • THE VILLAGE PRACTICE

    THORNTON MEDICAL CENTRE, CHURCH ROAD, THORNTON-CLEVELEYS, FY5 2TZ

    ODS code P81133

    1.1 km

  • BEECHWOOD SURGERY

    OLD BANK MEDICAL CENTRE, 155 VICTORIA ROAD EAST, THORNTON-CLEVELEYS, FY5 5HH

    ODS code P81742

    1.5 km

  • GLENROYD MEDICAL CENTRE

    MOOR PARK HEALTH & LEISURE CENTRE, BRISTOL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0JG

    ODS code P81072

    2.7 km

  • NORTH SHORE SURGERY

    MOOR PARK HEALTH & LEISURE, BRISTOL AVENUE, BISPHAM, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0JG

    ODS code P81681

    2.7 km

  • LOCKWOOD GP SURGERY

    WYRE CIVIC CENTRE, BRECK ROAD, POULTON-LE-FYLDE, FY6 7PU

    ODS code P81149

    3.7 km

  • QUEENSWAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    QUEENSWAY, POULTON-LE-FYLDE, FY6 7ST

    ODS code P81191

    3.8 km

  • BROADWAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    WEST VIEW HEALTH VILLAGE, BROADWAY, FLEETWOOD, FY7 8GU

    ODS code P81086

    4.3 km

  • FLEETWOOD SURGERY

    WEST VIEW HEALTH VILLAGE, BROADWAY, FLEETWOOD, FY7 8GU

    ODS code P81668

    4.3 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Neville Avenue

    BCT · Anchorsholme

    0.1 miles
  • Meadowcroft Avenue

    BCT · Anchorsholme

    0.1 miles
  • Neville Avenue

    BCT · Anchorsholme

    0.1 miles
  • Merlyn Road

    BCT · Cleveleys

    0.1 miles
  • Meadowcroft Avenue

    BCT · Cleveleys

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Blackpool 001B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,108 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
3 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £127,000 from 7 recorded sales in FY5 3AY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Blackpool is £134,923 in June 2026, up 7.2% year on year.

Schools

45 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 7 secondary schools. St Teresa's Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 429 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

2,167 published events cover 12 months, averaging 180.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 856 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.