Schools
58 open schools are in scope, including 34 primary and 9 secondary schools. Cottam Primary School is the nearest published school at 666 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
PR4 0QZ
Preston Rural North · Preston · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Preston Rural North
- Local authority
- Preston
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley
- Postcode district
- PR4
- Postcode sector
- PR4 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- PR4 0QZ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 March 2023
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- PR
- Postcode district
- PR4
- Postcode sector
- PR4 0
- Latitude
- 53.788422
- Longitude
- -2.759641
- British National Grid easting
- 350,050
- British National Grid northing
- 432,722
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
- E04005241
- Westminster constituency
- Ribble Valley · E14001443
- Output area
- E00181990
- Lower layer super output area
- Preston 002F · E01034347
- 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
Explore PR4
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 58
- Primary
- 34
- Secondary
- 9
- 666 m
Cottam Primary School
Community school
- 1.0 km
Pool House Community Primary School
Community school
- 1.2 km
Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Ingol, Preston
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,197
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 576
- Anti social behaviour 228
- Criminal damage and arson 106
- Other theft 63
- Public order 54
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- PR4 0 residents
- 11,021
Age bands in PR4 0
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 13.8%
2,036 residents
1,044 residents
3,078 residents
2,952 residents
1,457 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
11
within 5 km
THE PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
COTTAM LANE, ASHTON-ON-RIBBLE, PRESTON, PR2 1JR
ODS code P81664
2.4 km
BRIARWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
514 BLACKPOOL ROAD, ASHTON-ON-RIBBLE, ASHTON BANK, PRESTON, PR2 1HY
ODS code P81748
2.6 km
NORTH PRESTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
BROADWAY SURGERY, 2 BROADWAY, FULWOOD, PRESTON, PR2 9TH
ODS code P81103
3.0 km
LANE ENDS SURGERY
200 TULKETH BROW, ASHTON-ON-RIBBLE, PRESTON, PR2 2JJ
ODS code P81119
3.0 km
LYTHAM ROAD SURGERY
1ST FLOOR FATIMA MEDICAL CENTRE, 228 GARSTANG ROAD, FULWOOD, PRESTON, PR2 9QB
ODS code P81015
3.1 km
ST FILLAN'S MEDICAL CTRE
2 LIVERPOOL ROAD, PENWORTHAM, PRESTON, PR1 0AD
ODS code P81018
4.7 km
FISHERGATE HILL SURGERY
50 FISHERGATE HILL, PRESTON, PR1 8DN
ODS code P81169
4.8 km
THE HEALTHCARE CENTRE
FLINTOFF WAY, DEEPDALE, PRESTON, PR1 5AF
ODS code P81067
4.9 km
DR ALI GUTTRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE
DEEPDALE ROAD, PRESTON, PR1 6LL
ODS code P81685
5.0 km
GUTTERIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE
GUTTRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE, DEEPDALE ROAD, PRESTON, PR1 6LL
ODS code P81647
5.0 km
ST. MARY'S HEALTH CENTRE
COP LANE, PENWORTHAM, PRESTON, PR1 0SR
ODS code P81213
5.0 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
- 0.1 miles
Miller Lane
BCT · Cottam
- 0.1 miles
Maxy House Road
BCT · Cottam
- 0.1 miles
Maxy House Road
BCT · Cottam
- 0.1 miles
St Andrews Church
BCT · Cottam
- 0.1 miles
Miller Lane
BCT · Cottam
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Preston 002F, 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
27,221 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 10 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
Recorded crime
1,197 published events cover 12 months, averaging 99.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 576 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.