Schools
64 open schools are in scope, including 43 primary and 8 secondary schools. Bridgeway School is the nearest published school at 156 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
PR5 6JL
Bamber Bridge West · South Ribble · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Bamber Bridge West
- Local authority
- South Ribble
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley
- Postcode district
- PR5
- Postcode sector
- PR5 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- PR5 6JL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1986
- Postcode area
- PR
- Postcode district
- PR5
- Postcode sector
- PR5 6
- Latitude
- 53.723179
- Longitude
- -2.663745
- British National Grid easting
- 356,300
- British National Grid northing
- 425,400
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- South Ribble · E07000126
- Electoral ward
- Bamber Bridge West · E05010215
- Parish or community
- E43000100
- Westminster constituency
- Ribble Valley · E14001443
- Output area
- E00128935
- Lower layer super output area
- South Ribble 007B · E01025405
- Middle layer super output area
- South Ribble 007 · E02005293
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 PR5
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 64
- Primary
- 43
- Secondary
- 8
- 156 m
Bridgeway School
Other independent special school
- 305 m
Cuerden Church School, Bamber Bridge
Voluntary aided school
- 850 m
St Mary's and St Benedict's Roman Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,770
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 674
- Anti social behaviour 319
- Shoplifting 189
- Criminal damage and arson 165
- Public order 92
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- PR5 6 residents
- 10,976
Age bands in PR5 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.6%
1,928 residents
1,168 residents
2,990 residents
2,946 residents
1,930 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.
GP practices
16
within 5 km straight-line
THE RYAN MEDICAL CENTRE
ST. MARYS ROAD, BAMBER BRIDGE, PRESTON, PR5 6JD
ODS code P81082
805 m
ROSLEA SURGERY
51 STATION ROAD, BAMBER BRIDGE, PRESTON, PR5 6PE
ODS code P81083
1.2 km
LOSTOCK HALL MEDICAL CTR.
DARDSLEY HOUSE, BROWNEDGE ROAD, PRESTON, PR5 5AB
ODS code P81179
1.7 km
DR DAWOUD'S SURGERY
652 PRESTON ROAD, CLAYTON-LE-WOODS, CHORLEY, PR6 7EH
ODS code P81701
2.0 km
CLAYTON BROOK SURGERY
59-60 TUNLEY HOLME, BAMBER BRIDGE, CLAYTON BROOK, PRESTON, PR5 8ES
ODS code P81180
2.1 km
RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE
194 VICTORIA ROAD, WALTON-LE-DALE, PRESTON, PR5 4AY
ODS code P81185
2.8 km
WHITTLE SURGERY
239 PRESTON ROAD, CLAYTON-LE-WOODS, CHORLEY, PR6 7PY
ODS code P81143
3.7 km
CENTRAL PARK SURGERY
BALFOUR STREET, LEYLAND, PR25 2TD
ODS code P81117
3.8 km
KINGSFOLD MEDICAL CENTRE
WOODCROFT CLOSE, PENWORTHAM, PRESTON, PR1 9BX
ODS code P81181
4.2 km
AVENHAM SURGERY
AVENHAM LANE, PRESTON, PR1 3RG
ODS code P81770
4.3 km
SANDY LANE SURGERY
SANDY LANE, LEYLAND, PR25 2EB
ODS code P81076
4.3 km
THE NEW HALL LANE PRACTICE
GEOFFREY STREET, PRESTON, PR1 5NE
ODS code P81071
4.7 km
STATION SURGERY
LEYLAND SURGERY, WEST PADDOCK, LEYLAND, PR25 1HR
ODS code P81741
4.8 km
WORDEN MEDICAL CENTRE
WEST PADDOCK, LEYLAND, PR25 1HR
ODS code P81057
4.8 km
FISHERGATE HILL SURGERY
50 FISHERGATE HILL, PRESTON, PR1 8DN
ODS code P81169
4.8 km
BUCKSHAW VILLAGE HEALTH CENTRE
UNITY PLACE, BUCKSHAW VILLAGE, CHORLEY, PR7 7HZ
ODS code Y02466
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Hob Inn
BCT · Bamber Bridge
- 0.1 miles
Hob Inn
BCT · Bamber Bridge
- 0.1 miles
Hob Inn Turning Circle
BCT · Bamber Bridge
- 0.1 miles
Smithy Street
BCT · Bamber Bridge
- 0.2 miles
Methodist Church
BCT · Bamber Bridge
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Ribble 007B, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
7,948 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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
1,770 published events cover 12 months, averaging 147.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 674 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.