PR3 5AJ

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 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
PR3 5BW	426 m
PR3 5AB	461 m
PR3 0RR	565 m
PR3 5AD	704 m
PR3 5AL	811 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: PR3 5AJ
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: PR
Postcode district: PR3
Postcode sector: PR3 5
Latitude: 53.842560
Longitude: -2.736031
British National Grid easting: 351,668
British National Grid northing: 438,729

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: E04005234
Westminster constituency: Ribble Valley · E14001443
Output area: E00128306
Lower layer super output area: Preston 002D · E01025281
Middle layer super output area: Preston 002 · E02005254

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 12
Primary: 9
Secondary: 1

Barton St Lawrence Church of England Primary School

Voluntary aided school
1.3 km
Bilsborrow John Cross Church of England Primary School

Voluntary aided school
1.4 km
Myerscough College

Further education
2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 85
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 35
Anti social behaviour 20
Criminal damage and arson 9
Other theft 5
Public order 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 11
Postcode households: 5
Residents per household: 2.2
PR3 5 residents: 3,436

Age bands in PR3 5

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 18.3%
Age 15 to 24: 8.7%
Age 25 to 44: 22.2%
Age 45 to 64: 27.4%
Age 65 and over: 23.3%

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PR3 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates

The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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%

Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

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

Nearby transport

Planks Cottages

BCT · North Planks
0.3 miles
Cottages

BCT · North Planks
0.3 miles
White Horse

BCT · Barton
0.3 miles
White Horse

BCT · Barton
0.3 miles
Primrose Cottage

BCT · North Planks
0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Preston 002D, 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

29,525 of 33,755

Income: 10 of 10
Employment: 10 of 10
Education and skills: 10 of 10
Health and disability: 6 of 10
Crime: 9 of 10
Housing and services: 3 of 10
Living environment: 8 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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Schools

Published establishments

12 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. Barton St Lawrence Church of England 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

Published police records

85 published events cover 12 months, averaging 7.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 35 events.

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