PR4 3EA

Medlar-with-Wesham · Fylde · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Preston
Local authority
Fylde
Constituency
Fylde
Postcode district
PR4
Postcode sector
PR4 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR4 3AT 24 m
PR4 3DQ 45 m
PR4 3BH 64 m
PR4 3AS 65 m
PR4 3AD 72 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR4 3EA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1981
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR4
Postcode sector
PR4 3
Latitude
53.787448
Longitude
-2.884391
British National Grid easting
341,830
British National Grid northing
432,709

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Fylde · E07000119
Parish or community
E04005168
Westminster constituency
Fylde · E14001242
Output area
E00126956
Lower layer super output area
Fylde 002F · E01025013
Middle layer super output area
Fylde 002 · E02005204

Postcode source versions

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Rail View, 2, Wright Street, Wesham, Preston, PR4 3EA 22 August 2006 £176,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
13
Secondary
1
  1. Medlar-with-Wesham Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    287 m
  2. Kirkham and Wesham Primary School

    Community school

    387 m
  3. The Willows Catholic Primary School, Kirkham

    Academy converter

    550 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
951
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 395
  • Anti social behaviour 204
  • Criminal damage and arson 91
  • Other crime 53
  • Other theft 51

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4

2 female, 2 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
4.0
PR4 3 residents
9,395

Age bands in PR4 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.4%

1,623 residents

Age 15 to 24
10%

930 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.1%

2,332 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.6%

2,571 residents

Age 65 and over
19.9%

1,851 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PR4 3 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+
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

  • KIRKHAM HEALTH CENTRE

    MOOR STREET, KIRKHAM, PRESTON, PR4 2DL

    ODS code P81128

    723 m

  • ASH TREE HOUSE SURGERY

    CHURCH STREET, KIRKHAM, PRESTON, PR4 2SE

    ODS code P81129

    971 m

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

  • Railway Station

    BCT · Kirkham

    0.0 miles
  • Rail Station

    BCT · Kirkham

    0.0 miles
  • Kirkham & Wesham Rail Station

    RSE · Kirkham

    0.1 miles
  • Kirkham & Wesham Rail Station

    RLY · Kirkham

    0.1 miles
  • Wesham Park Drive

    BCT · Wesham

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Fylde 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,009 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
5 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

19 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 1 secondary schools. Medlar-with-Wesham Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 287 m.

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

Recorded crime

951 published events cover 12 months, averaging 79.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 395 events.

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