Schools
93 open schools are in scope, including 60 primary and 13 secondary schools. The Roebuck School is the nearest published school at 168 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
PR1 6UQ
Plungington · Preston · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Plungington
- Local authority
- Preston
- Constituency
- Preston
- Postcode district
- PR1
- Postcode sector
- PR1 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- PR1 6UQ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1981
- Postcode area
- PR
- Postcode district
- PR1
- Postcode sector
- PR1 6
- Latitude
- 53.772295
- Longitude
- -2.719142
- British National Grid easting
- 352,700
- British National Grid northing
- 430,900
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Preston · E07000123
- Electoral ward
- Plungington · E05012203
- Parish or community
- E43000225
- Westminster constituency
- Preston · E14001433
- Output area
- E00128464
- Lower layer super output area
- Preston 012C · E01025310
- Middle layer super output area
- Preston 012 · E02005264
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore PR1
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 93
- Primary
- 60
- Secondary
- 13
- 168 m
The Roebuck School
Community school
- 495 m
Star Eldon Primary
Academy sponsor led
- 542 m
Moorbrook School
Community special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,389
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,581
- Anti social behaviour 783
- Criminal damage and arson 385
- Vehicle crime 298
- Other theft 269
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- PR1 6 residents
- 10,856
Age bands in PR1 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 21.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 16.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 21.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 10.9%
2,434 residents
1,852 residents
3,220 residents
2,424 residents
1,213 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
18
within 5 km straight-line
LANE ENDS SURGERY
200 TULKETH BROW, ASHTON-ON-RIBBLE, PRESTON, PR2 2JJ
ODS code P81119
569 m
BRIARWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
514 BLACKPOOL ROAD, ASHTON-ON-RIBBLE, ASHTON BANK, PRESTON, PR2 1HY
ODS code P81748
1.1 km
THE PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
COTTAM LANE, ASHTON-ON-RIBBLE, PRESTON, PR2 1JR
ODS code P81664
1.3 km
LYTHAM ROAD SURGERY
1ST FLOOR FATIMA MEDICAL CENTRE, 228 GARSTANG ROAD, FULWOOD, PRESTON, PR2 9QB
ODS code P81015
1.7 km
DR ALI GUTTRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE
DEEPDALE ROAD, PRESTON, PR1 6LL
ODS code P81685
1.9 km
GUTTERIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE
GUTTRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE, DEEPDALE ROAD, PRESTON, PR1 6LL
ODS code P81647
1.9 km
FISHERGATE HILL SURGERY
50 FISHERGATE HILL, PRESTON, PR1 8DN
ODS code P81169
2.0 km
THE HEALTHCARE CENTRE
FLINTOFF WAY, DEEPDALE, PRESTON, PR1 5AF
ODS code P81067
2.1 km
NORTH PRESTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
BROADWAY SURGERY, 2 BROADWAY, FULWOOD, PRESTON, PR2 9TH
ODS code P81103
2.1 km
ISSA MEDICAL CENTRE - PATEL
73 ST GREGORY ROAD, DEEPDALE, PRESTON, PR1 6YA
ODS code P81196
2.1 km
AVENHAM SURGERY
AVENHAM LANE, PRESTON, PR1 3RG
ODS code P81770
2.4 km
ST FILLAN'S MEDICAL CTRE
2 LIVERPOOL ROAD, PENWORTHAM, PRESTON, PR1 0AD
ODS code P81018
2.5 km
THE NEW HALL LANE PRACTICE
GEOFFREY STREET, PRESTON, PR1 5NE
ODS code P81071
2.7 km
ST. MARY'S HEALTH CENTRE
COP LANE, PENWORTHAM, PRESTON, PR1 0SR
ODS code P81213
2.9 km
RIBBLETON MEDICAL CENTRE
243 RIBBLETON AVENUE, RIBBLETON, PRESTON, PR2 6RD
ODS code P81184
3.9 km
KINGSFOLD MEDICAL CENTRE
WOODCROFT CLOSE, PENWORTHAM, PRESTON, PR1 9BX
ODS code P81181
4.1 km
DR A HUSSAIN
200 MILLER ROAD, RIBBLETON, PRESTON, PR2 6NH
ODS code P81735
4.1 km
RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE
194 VICTORIA ROAD, WALTON-LE-DALE, PRESTON, PR5 4AY
ODS code P81185
4.1 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Roebuck School
BCT · Ashton-on-Ribble
- 0.1 miles
Roebuck Street
BCT · Ashton-on-Ribble
- 0.1 miles
Inkerman Street
BCT · Ashton-on-Ribble
- 0.1 miles
Lulworth Avenue
BCT · Ashton-on-Ribble
- 0.1 miles
Parker Street
BCT · Ashton-on-Ribble
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Preston 012C, 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
2 of 10
Overall England rank
4,487 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 1 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
Recorded crime
4,389 published events cover 12 months, averaging 365.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,581 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.