Schools
89 open schools are in scope, including 58 primary and 13 secondary schools. Moorbrook School is the nearest published school at 368 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
PR2 4JW
Greyfriars · Preston · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Greyfriars
- Local authority
- Preston
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley
- Postcode district
- PR2
- Postcode sector
- PR2 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- PR2 4JW
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 August 1992
- Terminated
- 1 January 1995
- Postcode area
- PR
- Postcode district
- PR2
- Postcode sector
- PR2 4
- Latitude
- 53.778631
- Longitude
- -2.711663
- British National Grid easting
- 353,200
- British National Grid northing
- 431,600
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Preston · E07000123
- Electoral ward
- Greyfriars · E05012200
- Parish or community
- E43000225
- Westminster constituency
- Ribble Valley · E14001443
- Output area
- E00128113
- Lower layer super output area
- Preston 006B · E01025241
- Middle layer super output area
- Preston 006 · E02005258
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 PR2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 89
- Primary
- 58
- Secondary
- 13
- 368 m
Moorbrook School
Community special school
- 387 m
St Pius X Preparatory School
Other independent school
- 613 m
Fulwood and Cadley Primary School
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,407
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,356
- Anti social behaviour 584
- Criminal damage and arson 290
- Other theft 227
- Public order 212
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- Postcode sector residents
- Not available
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 not available.
GP practices
18
within 5 km straight-line
LYTHAM ROAD SURGERY
1ST FLOOR FATIMA MEDICAL CENTRE, 228 GARSTANG ROAD, FULWOOD, PRESTON, PR2 9QB
ODS code P81015
931 m
LANE ENDS SURGERY
200 TULKETH BROW, ASHTON-ON-RIBBLE, PRESTON, PR2 2JJ
ODS code P81119
1.4 km
NORTH PRESTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
BROADWAY SURGERY, 2 BROADWAY, FULWOOD, PRESTON, PR2 9TH
ODS code P81103
1.4 km
THE HEALTHCARE CENTRE
FLINTOFF WAY, DEEPDALE, PRESTON, PR1 5AF
ODS code P81067
1.6 km
DR ALI GUTTRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE
DEEPDALE ROAD, PRESTON, PR1 6LL
ODS code P81685
1.7 km
GUTTERIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE
GUTTRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE, DEEPDALE ROAD, PRESTON, PR1 6LL
ODS code P81647
1.7 km
ISSA MEDICAL CENTRE - PATEL
73 ST GREGORY ROAD, DEEPDALE, PRESTON, PR1 6YA
ODS code P81196
1.9 km
BRIARWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
514 BLACKPOOL ROAD, ASHTON-ON-RIBBLE, ASHTON BANK, PRESTON, PR2 1HY
ODS code P81748
1.9 km
THE PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
COTTAM LANE, ASHTON-ON-RIBBLE, PRESTON, PR2 1JR
ODS code P81664
2.0 km
THE NEW HALL LANE PRACTICE
GEOFFREY STREET, PRESTON, PR1 5NE
ODS code P81071
2.6 km
AVENHAM SURGERY
AVENHAM LANE, PRESTON, PR1 3RG
ODS code P81770
2.7 km
FISHERGATE HILL SURGERY
50 FISHERGATE HILL, PRESTON, PR1 8DN
ODS code P81169
2.7 km
RIBBLETON MEDICAL CENTRE
243 RIBBLETON AVENUE, RIBBLETON, PRESTON, PR2 6RD
ODS code P81184
3.3 km
ST FILLAN'S MEDICAL CTRE
2 LIVERPOOL ROAD, PENWORTHAM, PRESTON, PR1 0AD
ODS code P81018
3.3 km
ST. MARY'S HEALTH CENTRE
COP LANE, PENWORTHAM, PRESTON, PR1 0SR
ODS code P81213
3.7 km
DR A HUSSAIN
200 MILLER ROAD, RIBBLETON, PRESTON, PR2 6NH
ODS code P81735
3.7 km
RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE
194 VICTORIA ROAD, WALTON-LE-DALE, PRESTON, PR5 4AY
ODS code P81185
4.3 km
KINGSFOLD MEDICAL CENTRE
WOODCROFT CLOSE, PENWORTHAM, PRESTON, PR1 9BX
ODS code P81181
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Watling Street Road
BCT · Fulwood
- 0.1 miles
Clinic
BCT · Fulwood
- 0.1 miles
Methodist Church
BCT · Fulwood
- 0.1 miles
Watling Street Road
BCT · Fulwood
- 0.2 miles
The Plungington
BCT · Fulwood
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Preston 006B, 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
25,759 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 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
Recorded crime
3,407 published events cover 12 months, averaging 283.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,356 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.