PR3 6SY

Great Eccleston · Wyre · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Preston
Local authority
Wyre
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre
Postcode district
PR3
Postcode sector
PR3 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR3 6SX 321 m
FY6 9DF 404 m
FY6 9DG 512 m
FY6 9DQ 708 m
PR3 6SU 743 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR3 6SY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR3
Postcode sector
PR3 6
Latitude
53.878399
Longitude
-2.930725
British National Grid easting
338,910
British National Grid northing
442,867

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Wyre · E07000128
Parish or community
E04005334
Westminster constituency
Lancaster and Wyre · E14001318
Output area
E00129718
Lower layer super output area
Wyre 009B · E01025562
Middle layer super output area
Wyre 009 · E02005327

Postcode source versions

Explore PR3

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Windy Ash Stud, Cutts Lane, Out Rawcliffe, Preston, PR3 6SY 19 June 2007 £113,750
Windy Ash, Cutts Lane, Out Rawcliffe, Preston, PR3 6SY 20 August 2002 £230,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
11
Secondary
3
  1. Hambleton Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.1 km
  2. Stalmine Primary School

    Community school

    2.7 km
  3. Stanah Primary School

    Community school

    4.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
106
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 47
  • Anti social behaviour 25
  • Shoplifting 11
  • Public order 5
  • Criminal damage and arson 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

1 female, 5 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
1.2
PR3 6 residents
2,977

Age bands in PR3 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.1%

446 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.5%

252 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.5%

517 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.9%

940 residents

Age 65 and over
27%

796 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PR3 6 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+
50%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
50%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
50%
Gigabit-capable
50%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
50%
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

  • GREAT ECCLESTON HLTH CTR

    RAIKES ROAD, GREAT ECCLESTON, PRESTON, PR3 0ZA

    ODS code P81059

    4.9 km

  • LOCKWOOD GP SURGERY

    WYRE CIVIC CENTRE, BRECK ROAD, POULTON-LE-FYLDE, FY6 7PU

    ODS code P81149

    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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Hale Worth Farm

    BCT · Hale Nook

    0.7 miles
  • Crookgate Lane

    BCT · Out Rawcliffe

    0.8 miles
  • Crookgate Farm

    BCT · Out Rawcliffe

    0.8 miles
  • Leylands Farm

    BCT · Whin Lane End

    0.9 miles
  • Leylands Farm

    BCT · Whin Lane End

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wyre 009B, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,904 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
2 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

Schools

17 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 3 secondary schools. Hambleton Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

106 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 47 events.

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