PR3 2LY

Derby & Thornley · Ribble Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Preston
Local authority
Ribble Valley
Constituency
Ribble Valley
Postcode district
PR3
Postcode sector
PR3 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR3 2TB 185 m
PR3 2NB 416 m
PR3 2ND 483 m
PR3 2TA 981 m
PR3 2FF 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR3 2LY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1981
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR3
Postcode sector
PR3 2
Latitude
53.847999
Longitude
-2.599950
British National Grid easting
360,627
British National Grid northing
439,250

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Ribble Valley · E07000124
Parish or community
E04005283
Westminster constituency
Ribble Valley · E14001443
Output area
E00128546
Lower layer super output area
Ribble Valley 004B · E01025326
Middle layer super output area
Ribble Valley 004 · E02005273

Postcode source versions

Explore PR3

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Stanley Court, 3, Chipping Road, Longridge, Preston, PR3 2LY 23 January 2025 £361,250
Stanley Court, 2, Chipping Road, Longridge, Preston, PR3 2LY 23 May 2019 £235,000
Stanley Court, 3, Chipping Road, Longridge, Preston, PR3 2LY 1 April 2014 £237,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
7
Secondary
2
  1. Barnacre Road Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.6 km
  2. Longridge St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.8 km
  3. Longridge Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
96
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 38
  • Shoplifting 15
  • Anti social behaviour 14
  • Burglary 7
  • Other theft 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

3 female, 2 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
1.3
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

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PR3 2 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+
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
100%

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

2

within 5 km

  • BERRY LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    BERRY LANE, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON, PR3 3JJ

    ODS code P81055

    1.8 km

  • STONEBRIDGE SURGERY

    PRESTON ROAD, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON, PR3 3AP

    ODS code P81107

    2.3 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

  • Derby Arms

    BCT · Thornley

    0.0 miles
  • Derby Arms

    BCT · Thornley

    0.0 miles
  • Lower Cockleach Barn

    BCT · Thornley

    0.5 miles
  • Alston Arms

    BCT · Longridge

    0.9 miles
  • Mill Court

    BCT · Longridge

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Ribble Valley 004B, 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

26,506 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £361,250 from 1 recorded sale in PR3 2LY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Ribble Valley is £287,641 in June 2026, up 5.0% year on year.

Schools

11 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 2 secondary schools. Barnacre Road Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

96 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 38 events.

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