L40 2RZ

Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South · Chorley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Chorley
Constituency
South Ribble
Postcode district
L40
Postcode sector
L40 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
L40 2RU 77 m
L40 2QW 150 m
L40 2QR 215 m
L40 2QY 247 m
L40 2QT 305 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
L40 2RZ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1997
Terminated
1 June 2000
Postcode area
L
Postcode district
L40
Postcode sector
L40 2
Latitude
53.629332
Longitude
-2.764751
British National Grid easting
349,523
British National Grid northing
415,026

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Chorley · E07000118
Parish or community
E04005156
Westminster constituency
South Ribble · E14001491
Output area
E00126718
Lower layer super output area
Chorley 007A · E01024964
Middle layer super output area
Chorley 007 · E02005195

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
12
Secondary
1
  1. Mawdesley St Peter's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    309 m
  2. Rainbow Hub School

    Other independent special school

    1.4 km
  3. St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, Mawdesley

    Voluntary aided school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
44
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 17
  • Anti social behaviour 12
  • Burglary 4
  • Other theft 4
  • Other crime 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
L40 2 residents
1,335

Age bands in L40 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15%

227 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

148 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.2%

245 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.4%

429 residents

Age 65 and over
30.6%

463 residents

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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE VILLAGE SURGERIES CROSTON&ECCLESTON

    OUT LANE, CROSTON, LEYLAND, PR26 9HJ

    ODS code P81655

    3.7 km

  • PARBOLD SURGERY

    4 THE GREEN, PARBOLD, WIGAN, WN8 7DN

    ODS code P81096

    4.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Post Office

    BCT · Mawdesley

    0.1 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Four Lane Ends

    0.1 miles
  • Black Bull

    BCT · Andertons Mill

    0.2 miles
  • Smithy Street

    BCT · Mawdesley

    0.3 miles
  • Smithy Street

    BCT · Mawdesley

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chorley 007A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,287 of 33,755

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

Evidence in context

Schools

14 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 1 secondary schools. Mawdesley St Peter's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 309 m.

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

Recorded crime

44 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 17 events.

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