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PR26 8LL

Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South · Chorley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Leyland
Ward
Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South
Local authority
Chorley
Constituency
South Ribble
Postcode district
PR26
Postcode sector
PR26 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR26 8LB 437 m
PR7 6EZ 445 m
PR26 8LJ 551 m
PR26 8LN 904 m
PR7 6EN 918 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR26 8LL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2001
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR26
Postcode sector
PR26 8
Latitude
53.669948
Longitude
-2.727585
British National Grid easting
352,027
British National Grid northing
419,519

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Chorley · E07000118
Electoral ward
Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South · E05013075
Parish or community
E04005158
Westminster constituency
South Ribble · E14001491
Output area
E00126769
Lower layer super output area
Chorley 007C · E01024975
Middle layer super output area
Chorley 007 · E02005195

Postcode source versions

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Property

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5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Homestead, Holker Lane, Leyland, PR26 8LL 26 November 2021 £240,000
Nook Farm, Holker Lane, Leyland, PR26 8LL 18 August 2014 £850,000
Homestead, Holker Lane, Leyland, PR26 8LL 1 December 2008 £175,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
23
Secondary
5

  1. Seven Stars Primary School

    Community school

    2.0 km

  2. St Mary's Catholic High School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.1 km

  3. St Anne's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
79
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 40
  • Anti social behaviour 13
  • Other theft 7
  • Drugs 5
  • Vehicle crime 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
21

10 female, 11 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.6
PR26 8 residents
2,648

Age bands in PR26 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
4.9%

124 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.6%

194 residents

Age 25 to 44
47.9%

1,220 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.9%

735 residents

Age 65 and over
10.7%

272 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PR26 8 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
12.5%

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

8

within 5 km

  • MOSS SIDE MEDICAL CENTRE

    16 MOSS SIDE WAY, LEYLAND, PR26 7XL

    ODS code P81186

    2.3 km

  • STATION SURGERY

    LEYLAND SURGERY, WEST PADDOCK, LEYLAND, PR25 1HR

    ODS code P81741

    2.5 km

  • WORDEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    WEST PADDOCK, LEYLAND, PR25 1HR

    ODS code P81057

    2.5 km

  • SANDY LANE SURGERY

    SANDY LANE, LEYLAND, PR25 2EB

    ODS code P81076

    3.1 km

  • THE VILLAGE SURGERIES CROSTON&ECCLESTON

    OUT LANE, CROSTON, LEYLAND, PR26 9HJ

    ODS code P81655

    3.1 km

  • THE EUXTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    ST. MARYS GATE, EUXTON, CHORLEY, PR7 6AH

    ODS code P81171

    3.4 km

  • CENTRAL PARK SURGERY

    BALFOUR STREET, LEYLAND, PR25 2TD

    ODS code P81117

    3.5 km

  • BUCKSHAW VILLAGE HEALTH CENTRE

    UNITY PLACE, BUCKSHAW VILLAGE, CHORLEY, PR7 7HZ

    ODS code Y02466

    4.7 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Blue Slates Farm

    BCT · Runshaw Moor

    0.3 miles

  • Blue Slates Farm

    BCT · Runshaw Moor

    0.3 miles

  • Hollins Lane

    BCT · Runshaw Moor

    0.4 miles

  • Hollins Lane

    BCT · Runshaw Moor

    0.5 miles

  • Boyes Farm

    BCT · Ulnes Walton

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chorley 007C, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,885 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
1 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.

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
0
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 £240,000 from 1 recorded sale in PR26 8LL. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Chorley is £212,647 in June 2026, up 3.7% year on year.

Schools

33 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 5 secondary schools. Seven Stars Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.3 miles.

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

Recorded crime

79 published events cover 12 months, averaging 6.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 40 events.

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