PR3 6WY

Great Eccleston · Wyre · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Wyre
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre
Postcode district
PR3
Postcode sector
PR3 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR3 6TB 93 m
PR3 6TN 707 m
PR3 6TD 795 m
PR3 6TA 871 m
PR3 6TH 1.0 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR3 6WY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 February 2003
Terminated
1 April 2004
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR3
Postcode sector
PR3 6
Latitude
53.873772
Longitude
-2.911839
British National Grid easting
340,145
British National Grid northing
442,336

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

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
5
Secondary
0
  1. Hambleton Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    2.3 km
  2. St. Anne's Copp CofE Primary School, Great Eccleston

    Voluntary aided school

    3.5 km
  3. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Great Eccleston

    Academy converter

    3.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
27
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 10
  • Anti social behaviour 7
  • Public order 3
  • Other theft 2
  • Vehicle crime 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • GREAT ECCLESTON HLTH CTR

    RAIKES ROAD, GREAT ECCLESTON, PRESTON, PR3 0ZA

    ODS code P81059

    3.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Crookgate Farm

    BCT · Out Rawcliffe

    0.1 miles
  • Crookgate Lane

    BCT · Out Rawcliffe

    0.1 miles
  • Leylands Farm

    BCT · Whin Lane End

    0.6 miles
  • Leylands Farm

    BCT · Whin Lane End

    0.6 miles
  • Primary School

    BCT · Out Rawcliffe

    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.

Evidence in context

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 0 secondary schools. Hambleton Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 1.4 miles.

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

Recorded crime

27 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 10 events.

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