PR5 8AT

Bamber Bridge East · South Ribble · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Preston
Local authority
South Ribble
Constituency
Ribble Valley
Postcode district
PR5
Postcode sector
PR5 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR5 6AN 63 m
PR5 6FU 156 m
PR5 8AP 169 m
PR5 6AP 204 m
PR5 6AD 220 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR5 8AT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1981
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR5
Postcode sector
PR5 8
Latitude
53.721796
Longitude
-2.637112
British National Grid easting
358,056
British National Grid northing
425,230

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
South Ribble · E07000126
Parish or community
E43000100
Westminster constituency
Ribble Valley · E14001443
Output area
E00128902
Lower layer super output area
South Ribble 008B · E01025400
Middle layer super output area
South Ribble 008 · E02005294

Postcode source versions

Explore PR5

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
442, Oakshott Place, Bamber Bridge, Preston, PR5 8AT 21 March 2025 £300,000
415 - 416, Oakshott Place, Bamber Bridge, Preston, PR5 8AT 28 January 2025 £7,576,491
444, Oakshott Place, Bamber Bridge, Preston, PR5 8AT 29 April 2020 £435,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
43
Primary
30
Secondary
5
  1. Progress School

    Other independent special school

    927 m
  2. Clayton Brook Primary School

    Community school

    1.0 km
  3. Cambian Red Rose School

    Other independent special school

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
985
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 460
  • Anti social behaviour 197
  • Criminal damage and arson 109
  • Other theft 48
  • Other crime 34

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PR5 8 residents
4,608

Age bands in PR5 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.3%

924 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

483 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.4%

1,268 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.4%

1,219 residents

Age 65 and over
18.9%

905 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+
85.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

8

within 5 km

  • CLAYTON BROOK SURGERY

    59-60 TUNLEY HOLME, BAMBER BRIDGE, CLAYTON BROOK, PRESTON, PR5 8ES

    ODS code P81180

    1.1 km

  • DR DAWOUD'S SURGERY

    652 PRESTON ROAD, CLAYTON-LE-WOODS, CHORLEY, PR6 7EH

    ODS code P81701

    1.3 km

  • THE RYAN MEDICAL CENTRE

    ST. MARYS ROAD, BAMBER BRIDGE, PRESTON, PR5 6JD

    ODS code P81082

    2.0 km

  • ROSLEA SURGERY

    51 STATION ROAD, BAMBER BRIDGE, PRESTON, PR5 6PE

    ODS code P81083

    2.1 km

  • WHITTLE SURGERY

    239 PRESTON ROAD, CLAYTON-LE-WOODS, CHORLEY, PR6 7PY

    ODS code P81143

    3.1 km

  • LOSTOCK HALL MEDICAL CTR.

    DARDSLEY HOUSE, BROWNEDGE ROAD, PRESTON, PR5 5AB

    ODS code P81179

    3.4 km

  • RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTRE

    194 VICTORIA ROAD, WALTON-LE-DALE, PRESTON, PR5 4AY

    ODS code P81185

    3.7 km

  • CENTRAL PARK SURGERY

    BALFOUR STREET, LEYLAND, PR25 2TD

    ODS code P81117

    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

  • Hospital Inn Level Crossing

    BCT · Bamber Bridge

    0.2 miles
  • Hospital Inn Level Crossing

    BCT · Bamber Bridge

    0.2 miles
  • Hospital Inn

    BCT · Bamber Bridge

    0.3 miles
  • Hospital Inn

    BCT · Bamber Bridge

    0.3 miles
  • Carr Meadow

    BCT · Clayton Brook

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Ribble 008B, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,195 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
8 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
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 £3,938,246 from 2 recorded sales in PR5 8AT. 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

43 open schools are in scope, including 30 primary and 5 secondary schools. Progress School is the nearest published school at 927 m.

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

Recorded crime

985 published events cover 12 months, averaging 82.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 460 events.

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