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PR26 9AH

Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South · Chorley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Leyland
Local authority
Chorley
Constituency
South Ribble
Postcode district
PR26
Postcode sector
PR26 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR26 9AJ 46 m
PR26 9AP 148 m
PR26 9AL 233 m
PR26 9AN 277 m
PR26 9BH 374 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR26 9AH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2001
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR26
Postcode sector
PR26 9
Latitude
53.677583
Longitude
-2.793480
British National Grid easting
347,683
British National Grid northing
420,415

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Chorley · E07000118
Parish or community
E04005143
Westminster constituency
South Ribble · E14001491
Output area
E00126757
Lower layer super output area
Chorley 007B · E01024974
Middle layer super output area
Chorley 007 · E02005195

Postcode source versions

Explore PR26

12 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Old Rectory, 156, South Road, Bretherton, Leyland, PR26 9AH 18 December 2020 £900,000
132, South Road, Bretherton, Leyland, PR26 9AH 28 May 2020 £625,000
Magnolia Cottage, 218, South Road, Bretherton, Leyland, PR26 9AH 26 April 2019 £315,000

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
8
Secondary
2
  1. Bretherton Endowed Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    0 m
  2. Trinity and St Michael's VA CofE/Methodist Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.3 km
  3. Hoole St Michael CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
39
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 15
  • Anti social behaviour 7
  • Vehicle crime 5
  • Criminal damage and arson 4
  • Other crime 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
49
25 female, 24 male
Postcode households
18
Residents per household
2.7
PR26 9 residents
3,813

Age bands in PR26 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.4%
619 residents
Age 15 to 24
9.7%
365 residents
Age 25 to 44
18.7%
703 residents
Age 45 to 64
32%
1,204 residents
Age 65 and over
23.3%
877 residents

This postcode contained 1.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PR26 9 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE VILLAGE SURGERIES CROSTON&ECCLESTON

    OUT LANE, CROSTON, LEYLAND, PR26 9HJ

    ODS code P81655

    2.2 km

  • TARLETON GROUP PRACTICE

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, GORSE LANE, TARLETON, PRESTON, PR4 6UJ

    ODS code P81710

    2.6 km

  • MOSS SIDE MEDICAL CENTRE

    16 MOSS SIDE WAY, LEYLAND, PR26 7XL

    ODS code P81186

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • St Johns Church

    BCT · Bretherton

    85 m
  • St Johns Church

    BCT · Bretherton

    110 m
  • Marl Cop

    BCT · Bretherton

    323 m
  • Marl Cop

    BCT · Bretherton

    343 m
  • Pompian Brow

    BCT · Bretherton

    481 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chorley 007B, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,856 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
4 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
1
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
2
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

Schools

11 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 2 secondary schools. Bretherton Endowed Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is the nearest published school at 0 m.

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

Recorded crime

39 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 15 events.

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