PR4 0HL

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
PR4
Postcode sector
PR4 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR4 0HG 35 m
PR4 0HP 467 m
PR4 0HE 692 m
PR4 0HH 702 m
PR4 0HQ 715 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR4 0HL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR4
Postcode sector
PR4 0
Latitude
53.813485
Longitude
-2.788177
British National Grid easting
348,201
British National Grid northing
435,531

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Preston · E07000123
Parish or community
E04005241
Westminster constituency
Ribble Valley · E14001443
Output area
E00128323
Lower layer super output area
Preston 002E · E01034346
Middle layer super output area
Preston 002 · E02005254

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Fernbank, School Lane, Catforth, Preston, PR4 0HL 27 March 2026 £620,000
Rosewood, School Lane, Catforth, Preston, PR4 0HL 18 August 2025 £645,000
Catforth Hall Mill, School Lane, Catforth, Preston, PR4 0HL 28 June 2024 £800,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
15
Secondary
1
  1. Catforth Primary School

    Community school

    127 m
  2. Hope School

    Other independent school

    806 m
  3. Woodplumpton St Anne's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
46
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 20
  • Anti social behaviour 10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Other crime 3
  • Other theft 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
36

16 female, 20 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
3.0
PR4 0 residents
11,021

Age bands in PR4 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.3%

2,036 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

1,044 residents

Age 25 to 44
29.1%

3,078 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.9%

2,952 residents

Age 65 and over
13.8%

1,457 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PR4 0 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+
82.4%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
82.4%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
82.4%
Gigabit-capable
82.4%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
82.4%
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

  • Primary School

    BCT · Catforth

    0.1 miles
  • School Lane End

    BCT · Catforth

    0.2 miles
  • School Lane

    BCT · Catforth

    0.2 miles
  • Bay Horse Lane

    BCT · Catforth

    0.2 miles
  • Bay Horse Lane

    BCT · Catforth

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Preston 002E, 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

17,110 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
2 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
1
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.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £645,000 from 3 recorded sales in PR4 0HL. 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

Published establishments

20 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 1 secondary schools. Catforth Primary School is the nearest published school at 127 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

46 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 20 events.

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