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PR4 5AB

Longton & Hutton West · South Ribble · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Preston
Ward
Longton & Hutton West
Local authority
South Ribble
Constituency
South Ribble
Postcode district
PR4
Postcode sector
PR4 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR4 5AQ 42 m
PR4 5AU 68 m
PR4 5AS 71 m
PR4 5AR 72 m
PR4 5AT 118 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR4 5AB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR4
Postcode sector
PR4 5
Latitude
53.725664
Longitude
-2.790429
British National Grid easting
347,944
British National Grid northing
425,762

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
South Ribble · E07000126
Electoral ward
Longton & Hutton West · E05010227
Parish or community
E04005296
Westminster constituency
South Ribble · E14001491
Output area
E00129108
Lower layer super output area
South Ribble 011E · E01025441
Middle layer super output area
South Ribble 011 · E02005297

Postcode source versions

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Property

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10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
149, Liverpool Road, Longton, Preston, PR4 5AB 20 August 2025 £170,000
155 - 161, Liverpool Road, Longton, Preston, PR4 5AB 18 April 2019 £400,000
139a, Liverpool Road, Longton, Preston, PR4 5AB 17 December 2018 £107,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
15
Secondary
4

  1. Longton Primary School

    Foundation school

    384 m

  2. St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Longton

    Voluntary aided school

    823 m

  3. Little Hoole Primary School

    Community school

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
179
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 68
  • Anti social behaviour 46
  • Criminal damage and arson 19
  • Other theft 9
  • Public order 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9

3 female, 6 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
1.5
PR4 5 residents
8,476

Age bands in PR4 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.2%

1,197 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

760 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.7%

1,495 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.8%

2,516 residents

Age 65 and over
29.3%

2,475 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PR4 5 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+
36%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
36%
Gigabit-capable
36%
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

6

within 5 km

  • BEECHES MEDICAL CENTRE

    LIVERPOOL ROAD, LONGTON, PRESTON, PR4 5AB

    ODS code P81692

    0 m

  • LONGTON HEALTH CENTRE

    LIVERPOOL ROAD, LONGTON, PRESTON, PR4 5HA

    ODS code P81040

    715 m

  • NEW LONGTON SURGERY

    THE VILLAGE SURGERY, 2 CHURCHSIDE, NEW LONGTON, PRESTON, PR4 4LU

    ODS code P81687

    3.1 km

  • KINGSFOLD MEDICAL CENTRE

    WOODCROFT CLOSE, PENWORTHAM, PRESTON, PR1 9BX

    ODS code P81181

    4.5 km

  • ST. MARY'S HEALTH CENTRE

    COP LANE, PENWORTHAM, PRESTON, PR1 0SR

    ODS code P81213

    4.7 km

  • ST FILLAN'S MEDICAL CTRE

    2 LIVERPOOL ROAD, PENWORTHAM, PRESTON, PR1 0AD

    ODS code P81018

    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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Red Lion

    BCT · Longton

    0.0 miles

  • Golden Ball

    BCT · Longton

    0.0 miles

  • Black Bull

    BCT · Longton

    0.1 miles

  • Black Bull

    BCT · Longton

    0.2 miles

  • Shirley Lane

    BCT · Longton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Ribble 011E, 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

29,726 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
7 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
1
Medium risk addresses
2
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

Property market

The five-year median is £170,000 from 1 recorded sale in PR4 5AB. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for South Ribble is £211,854 in June 2026, up 4.7% year on year.

Schools

22 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 4 secondary schools. Longton Primary School is the nearest published school at 384 m.

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

Recorded crime

179 published events cover 12 months, averaging 14.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 68 events.

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