PR3 5FQ

Preston Rural North · Preston · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Preston
Local authority
Preston
Constituency
Ribble Valley
Postcode district
PR3
Postcode sector
PR3 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR3 5AW 184 m
PR3 5FY 190 m
PR3 5AS 234 m
PR3 5AE 301 m
PR3 5AY 313 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR3 5FQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR3
Postcode sector
PR3 5
Latitude
53.828707
Longitude
-2.736350
British National Grid easting
351,631
British National Grid northing
437,188

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Preston · E07000123
Parish or community
E04005234
Westminster constituency
Ribble Valley · E14001443
Output area
E00128303
Lower layer super output area
Preston 002D · E01025281
Middle layer super output area
Preston 002 · E02005254

Postcode source versions

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, Boars Head Place, Barton, Preston, PR3 5FQ 24 September 2025 £290,000
4, Boars Head Place, Barton, Preston, PR3 5FQ 7 August 2025 £300,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
14
Secondary
2
  1. Barton St Lawrence Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    234 m
  2. St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton Newsham

    Academy converter

    926 m
  3. Broughton-in-Amounderness Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
78
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 36
  • Anti social behaviour 14
  • Criminal damage and arson 12
  • Public order 5
  • Burglary 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PR3 5 residents
3,436

Age bands in PR3 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.3%

675 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

321 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.2%

817 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.4%

1,010 residents

Age 65 and over
23.3%

859 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

2

within 5 km

  • NORTH PRESTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BROADWAY SURGERY, 2 BROADWAY, FULWOOD, PRESTON, PR2 9TH

    ODS code P81103

    4.4 km

  • LYTHAM ROAD SURGERY

    1ST FLOOR FATIMA MEDICAL CENTRE, 228 GARSTANG ROAD, FULWOOD, PRESTON, PR2 9QB

    ODS code P81015

    4.9 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Barton Grange Hotel

    BCT · Barton

    0.0 miles
  • Barton Grange Hotel

    BCT · Barton

    0.1 miles
  • Fairlie Drive

    BCT · Barton

    0.2 miles
  • Fairlie Drive

    BCT · Barton

    0.2 miles
  • Jepps Lane

    BCT · Barton

    0.3 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.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £295,000 from 2 recorded sales in PR3 5FQ. 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

19 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 2 secondary schools. Barton St Lawrence Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 234 m.

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

Recorded crime

78 published events cover 12 months, averaging 6.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 36 events.

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