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PR3 2GU

Preston Rural North · Preston · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Preston Rural North
Local authority
Preston
Constituency
Ribble Valley
Postcode district
PR3
Postcode sector
PR3 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR3 2NF 63 m
PR3 2EB 349 m
PR3 2DB 749 m
PR3 2BF 1.0 km
PR3 2BW 1.0 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR3 2GU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1998
Terminated
1 December 1999
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR3
Postcode sector
PR3 2
Latitude
53.843398
Longitude
-2.622773
British National Grid easting
359,121
British National Grid northing
438,751

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Preston · E07000123
Electoral ward
Preston Rural North · E05012205
Parish or community
E04005236
Westminster constituency
Ribble Valley · E14001443
Output area
E00128308
Lower layer super output area
Preston 001B · E01025279
Middle layer super output area
Preston 001 · E02005253

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
8
Secondary
2

  1. Barnacre Road Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.3 km

  2. Longridge St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.5 km

  3. St Francis Catholic Primary School, Goosnargh

    Voluntary aided school

    2.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
139
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 69
  • Anti social behaviour 25
  • Shoplifting 14
  • Criminal damage and arson 7
  • Other theft 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PR3 2 residents
7,219

Age bands in PR3 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.4%

1,023 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

717 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.8%

1,474 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.1%

2,207 residents

Age 65 and over
23.6%

1,678 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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • BERRY LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    BERRY LANE, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON, PR3 3JJ

    ODS code P81055

    1.9 km

  • STONEBRIDGE SURGERY

    PRESTON ROAD, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON, PR3 3AP

    ODS code P81107

    2.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Lower Cockleach Barn

    BCT · Thornley

    0.6 miles

  • Alston Arms

    BCT · Longridge

    0.7 miles

  • Alston Arms

    BCT · Longridge

    0.7 miles

  • Sainsburys

    BCT · Longridge

    0.9 miles

  • Sainsburys

    BCT · Longridge

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Preston 001B, 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

25,640 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
3 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

12 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 2 secondary schools. Barnacre Road Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

139 published events cover 12 months, averaging 11.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 69 events.

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