PR4 6PL

North Meols & Hesketh Bank · West Lancashire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Preston
Local authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
Southport
Postcode district
PR4
Postcode sector
PR4 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR4 6RY 71 m
PR4 6RX 165 m
PR4 6PJ 171 m
PR4 6TB 197 m
PR4 6TD 213 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR4 6PL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR4
Postcode sector
PR4 6
Latitude
53.704673
Longitude
-2.851191
British National Grid easting
343,907
British National Grid northing
423,473

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
West Lancashire · E07000127
Parish or community
E04005308
Westminster constituency
Southport · E14001504
Output area
E00129395
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 001A · E01025496
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 001 · E02005304

Postcode source versions

Explore PR4

14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
23, Cropper Gardens, Hesketh Bank, Preston, PR4 6PL 17 April 2025 £142,500
19, Cropper Gardens, Hesketh Bank, Preston, PR4 6PL 7 August 2024 £160,000
21, Cropper Gardens, Hesketh Bank, Preston, PR4 6PL 28 January 2022 £115,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. Hesketh-With-Becconsall All Saints CofE School

    Academy sponsor led

    382 m
  2. Tarleton Community Primary School

    Foundation school

    1.8 km
  3. Tarleton Academy

    Academy converter

    2.5 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 79
  • Anti social behaviour 43
  • Other theft 16
  • Other crime 8
  • Public order 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
79

46 female, 33 male

Postcode households
38
Residents per household
2.1
PR4 6 residents
10,044

Age bands in PR4 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.6%

1,445 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

944 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.1%

1,988 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.5%

2,915 residents

Age 65 and over
26.2%

2,587 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PR4 6 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+
65.9%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
2.4%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
2.4%
Gigabit-capable
2.4%
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

  • TARLETON GROUP PRACTICE

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, GORSE LANE, TARLETON, PRESTON, PR4 6UJ

    ODS code P81710

    3.1 km

  • BEECHES MEDICAL CENTRE

    LIVERPOOL ROAD, LONGTON, PRESTON, PR4 5AB

    ODS code P81692

    4.6 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

  • Methodist Church

    BCT · Hesketh Bank

    0.0 miles
  • Methodist Church

    BCT · Hesketh Bank

    0.1 miles
  • Chapel Road

    BCT · Hesketh Bank

    0.1 miles
  • Greenfields

    BCT · Hesketh Bank

    0.2 miles
  • Chandlers Croft

    BCT · Hesketh Bank

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 001A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,445 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
3 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
5
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
2
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 £142,500 from 3 recorded sales in PR4 6PL. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for West Lancashire is £231,816 in June 2026, up 4.3% year on year.

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Hesketh-With-Becconsall All Saints CofE School is the nearest published school at 382 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 79 events.

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