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PR3 2RX

Preston Rural East · Preston · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR3 2FU 116 m
PR3 2EA 118 m
PR3 2RY 118 m
PR3 2DT 138 m
PR3 2DJ 139 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR3 2RX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 2023
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR3
Postcode sector
PR3 2
Latitude
53.832499
Longitude
-2.613327
British National Grid easting
359,732
British National Grid northing
437,533

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Preston · E07000123
Electoral ward
Preston Rural East · E05012204
Parish or community
E04005240
Westminster constituency
Ribble Valley · E14001443
Output area
E00182037
Lower layer super output area
Preston 001B · E01025279
Middle layer super output area
Preston 001 · E02005253

Postcode source versions

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Property

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26 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Peregrine Crescent, Longridge, Preston, PR3 2RX 30 January 2026 £232,000
8, Peregrine Crescent, Longridge, Preston, PR3 2RX 26 September 2025 £139,025
18, Peregrine Crescent, Longridge, Preston, PR3 2RX 22 August 2025 £140,700

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
7
Secondary
2

  1. Longridge St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    288 m

  2. Barnacre Road Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    325 m

  3. Longridge Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    812 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
642
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 272
  • Anti social behaviour 133
  • Shoplifting 48
  • Criminal damage and arson 43
  • Other theft 42

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.

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+
95.5%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
95.5%
Gigabit-capable
95.5%
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

2

within 5 km

  • STONEBRIDGE SURGERY

    PRESTON ROAD, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON, PR3 3AP

    ODS code P81107

    639 m

  • BERRY LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    BERRY LANE, LONGRIDGE, PRESTON, PR3 3JJ

    ODS code P81055

    707 m

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

  • Halfpenny Lane

    BCT · Longridge

    0.2 miles

  • Halfpenny Lane

    BCT · Longridge

    0.2 miles

  • ALDI

    BCT · Longridge

    0.2 miles

  • St Wilfrid's Church

    BCT · Longridge

    0.3 miles

  • Berry Lane

    BCT · Longridge

    0.3 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

Property market

The five-year median is £130,973 from 26 recorded sales in PR3 2RX. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Preston is £187,709 in June 2026, up 12.4% year on year.

Schools

11 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 2 secondary schools. Longridge St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 288 m.

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

Recorded crime

642 published events cover 12 months, averaging 53.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 272 events.

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