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PR26 9BN

Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South · Chorley · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South
Local authority
Chorley
Constituency
South Ribble
Postcode district
PR26
Postcode sector
PR26 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR26 9JB 213 m
PR26 8LQ 557 m
PR26 9HP 592 m
PR26 9JA 626 m
PR26 8LS 667 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR26 9BN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 2022
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR26
Postcode sector
PR26 9
Latitude
53.664758
Longitude
-2.754374
British National Grid easting
350,251
British National Grid northing
418,960

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
E04005148
Westminster constituency
South Ribble · E14001491
Output area
E00126762
Lower layer super output area
Chorley 007B · E01024974
Middle layer super output area
Chorley 007 · E02005195

Postcode source versions

Explore PR26

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
23
Primary
15
Secondary
4

  1. Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy

    Academy converter

    927 m

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

    Voluntary aided school

    1.1 km

  3. Eccleston Primary School

    Community school

    2.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
131
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 52
  • Anti social behaviour 31
  • Criminal damage and arson 13
  • Other theft 12
  • Other crime 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

GP practices

5

within 5 km

  • THE VILLAGE SURGERIES CROSTON&ECCLESTON

    OUT LANE, CROSTON, LEYLAND, PR26 9HJ

    ODS code P81655

    1.2 km

  • MOSS SIDE MEDICAL CENTRE

    16 MOSS SIDE WAY, LEYLAND, PR26 7XL

    ODS code P81186

    3.4 km

  • STATION SURGERY

    LEYLAND SURGERY, WEST PADDOCK, LEYLAND, PR25 1HR

    ODS code P81741

    4.1 km

  • WORDEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    WEST PADDOCK, LEYLAND, PR25 1HR

    ODS code P81057

    4.1 km

  • SANDY LANE SURGERY

    SANDY LANE, LEYLAND, PR25 2EB

    ODS code P81076

    4.8 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • The Mill Hotel

    BCT · Croston

    0.0 miles

  • The Mill Hotel

    BCT · Croston

    0.0 miles

  • Garden Centre

    BCT · Croston

    0.2 miles

  • Garden Centre

    BCT · Croston

    0.2 miles

  • Ridley Lane

    BCT · Croston

    0.3 miles

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
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

Schools

23 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 4 secondary schools. Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy is the nearest published school at 927 m.

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

Recorded crime

131 published events cover 12 months, averaging 10.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 52 events.

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