Schools
83 open schools are in scope, including 54 primary and 12 secondary schools. Preston College is the nearest published school at 367 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
PR2 8HJ
Garrison · Preston · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- PR2 8HJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1995
- Terminated
- 1 July 1995
- Postcode area
- PR
- Postcode district
- PR2
- Postcode sector
- PR2 8
- Latitude
- 53.783222
- Longitude
- -2.695047
- British National Grid easting
- 354,300
- British National Grid northing
- 432,100
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Preston · E07000123
- Electoral ward
- Garrison · E05012199
- Parish or community
- E43000225
- Westminster constituency
- Preston · E14001433
- Output area
- E00128172
- Lower layer super output area
- Preston 006E · E01025251
- 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
- 83
- Primary
- 54
- Secondary
- 12
- 367 m
Preston College
Further education
- 401 m
Kennington Primary School
Community school
- 592 m
Archbishop Temple Church of England High School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,698
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,095
- Anti social behaviour 418
- Shoplifting 209
- Public order 187
- Criminal damage and arson 181
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- PR2 8 residents
- 7,350
Age bands in PR2 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26%
- Age 65 and over
- 19.8%
1,206 residents
903 residents
1,710 residents
1,831 residents
1,392 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
17
within 5 km straight-line
THE HEALTHCARE CENTRE
FLINTOFF WAY, DEEPDALE, PRESTON, PR1 5AF
ODS code P81067
900 m
LYTHAM ROAD SURGERY
1ST FLOOR FATIMA MEDICAL CENTRE, 228 GARSTANG ROAD, FULWOOD, PRESTON, PR2 9QB
ODS code P81015
1.2 km
DR ALI GUTTRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE
DEEPDALE ROAD, PRESTON, PR1 6LL
ODS code P81685
1.5 km
GUTTERIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE
GUTTRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE, DEEPDALE ROAD, PRESTON, PR1 6LL
ODS code P81647
1.5 km
ISSA MEDICAL CENTRE - PATEL
73 ST GREGORY ROAD, DEEPDALE, PRESTON, PR1 6YA
ODS code P81196
1.5 km
NORTH PRESTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
BROADWAY SURGERY, 2 BROADWAY, FULWOOD, PRESTON, PR2 9TH
ODS code P81103
1.6 km
THE NEW HALL LANE PRACTICE
GEOFFREY STREET, PRESTON, PR1 5NE
ODS code P81071
2.4 km
RIBBLETON MEDICAL CENTRE
243 RIBBLETON AVENUE, RIBBLETON, PRESTON, PR2 6RD
ODS code P81184
2.4 km
LANE ENDS SURGERY
200 TULKETH BROW, ASHTON-ON-RIBBLE, PRESTON, PR2 2JJ
ODS code P81119
2.6 km
DR A HUSSAIN
200 MILLER ROAD, RIBBLETON, PRESTON, PR2 6NH
ODS code P81735
2.9 km
AVENHAM SURGERY
AVENHAM LANE, PRESTON, PR1 3RG
ODS code P81770
2.9 km
BRIARWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
514 BLACKPOOL ROAD, ASHTON-ON-RIBBLE, ASHTON BANK, PRESTON, PR2 1HY
ODS code P81748
3.1 km
THE PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
COTTAM LANE, ASHTON-ON-RIBBLE, PRESTON, PR2 1JR
ODS code P81664
3.2 km
FISHERGATE HILL SURGERY
50 FISHERGATE HILL, PRESTON, PR1 8DN
ODS code P81169
3.4 km
RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE
194 VICTORIA ROAD, WALTON-LE-DALE, PRESTON, PR5 4AY
ODS code P81185
4.2 km
ST FILLAN'S MEDICAL CTRE
2 LIVERPOOL ROAD, PENWORTHAM, PRESTON, PR1 0AD
ODS code P81018
4.3 km
ST. MARY'S HEALTH CENTRE
COP LANE, PENWORTHAM, PRESTON, PR1 0SR
ODS code P81213
4.6 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Lulworth Road
BCT · Fulwood
- 0.2 miles
Lulworth Road
BCT · Fulwood
- 0.3 miles
Preston College
BCT · Fulwood
- 0.3 miles
Lindale Road
BCT · Fulwood
- 0.3 miles
Sharoe Green Library
BCT · Fulwood
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Preston 006E, 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
7 of 10
Overall England rank
20,585 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 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
2,698 published events cover 12 months, averaging 224.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,095 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.