PR6 7NN

Buckshaw & Whittle · Chorley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Chorley
Local authority
Chorley
Constituency
Chorley
Postcode district
PR6
Postcode sector
PR6 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR6 7NW 23 m
PR6 7FQ 38 m
PR6 7NL 49 m
PR6 7NJ 52 m
PR6 7NG 60 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR6 7NN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR6
Postcode sector
PR6 7
Latitude
53.695438
Longitude
-2.632866
British National Grid easting
358,310
British National Grid northing
422,295

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Chorley · E07000118
Parish or community
E04005160
Westminster constituency
Chorley · E14001170
Output area
E00126640
Lower layer super output area
Chorley 004A · E01024948
Middle layer super output area
Chorley 004 · E02005192

Postcode source versions

Explore PR6

13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
17, Birchin Lane, Whittle Le Woods, Chorley, PR6 7NN 30 October 2020 £165,000
13, Birchin Lane, Whittle Le Woods, Chorley, PR6 7NN 25 October 2019 £160,000
21, Birchin Lane, Whittle Le Woods, Chorley, PR6 7NN 8 February 2016 £166,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
58
Primary
39
Secondary
6
  1. Clayton-le-Woods Manor Road Primary School

    Community school

    785 m
  2. Whittle-le-Woods Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    830 m
  3. St Bede's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
659
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 247
  • Anti social behaviour 128
  • Shoplifting 92
  • Criminal damage and arson 49
  • Other theft 36

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
13

10 female, 3 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
1.9
PR6 7 residents
11,191

Age bands in PR6 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16%

1,764 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

1,086 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.6%

2,492 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.6%

3,482 residents

Age 65 and over
20%

2,206 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PR6 7 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

13

within 5 km

  • WHITTLE SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81143

    433 m

  • DR DAWOUD'S SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81701

    1.8 km

  • CLAYTON BROOK SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81180

    1.9 km

  • BUCKSHAW VILLAGE HEALTH CENTRE

    UNITY PLACE, BUCKSHAW VILLAGE, CHORLEY, PR7 7HZ

    ODS code Y02466

    2.5 km

  • THE EUXTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    ST. MARYS GATE, EUXTON, CHORLEY, PR7 6AH

    ODS code P81171

    4.1 km

  • SANDY LANE SURGERY

    SANDY LANE, LEYLAND, PR25 2EB

    ODS code P81076

    4.1 km

  • CENTRAL PARK SURGERY

    BALFOUR STREET, LEYLAND, PR25 2TD

    ODS code P81117

    4.2 km

  • THE RYAN MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P81082

    4.4 km

  • GAB HEALTHCARE

    32-34 ST THOMAS'S ROAD, CHORLEY, PR7 1HR

    ODS code P81127

    4.6 km

  • ROSLEA SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81083

    4.7 km

  • DR JACOBS SURGERY

    COLLISON AVENUE, CHORLEY, PR7 2PA

    ODS code Y00347

    4.7 km

  • THE CHORLEY SURGERY

    24-26 GILLIBRAND STREET, CHORLEY, PR7 2EJ

    ODS code P81038

    4.9 km

  • LIBRARY HOUSE SURGERY

    AVONDALE ROAD, CHORLEY, PR7 2AD

    ODS code P81044

    5.0 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

  • Dog Inn

    BCT · Whittle-le-Woods

    0.0 miles
  • Royal Oak

    BCT · Whittle-le-Woods

    0.1 miles
  • Royal Oak

    BCT · Whittle-le-Woods

    0.1 miles
  • Dog Inn

    BCT · Whittle-le-Woods

    0.1 miles
  • Huntsfield

    BCT · Whittle-le-Woods

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chorley 004A, 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

27,944 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
6 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

58 open schools are in scope, including 39 primary and 6 secondary schools. Clayton-le-Woods Manor Road Primary School is the nearest published school at 785 m.

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

Recorded crime

659 published events cover 12 months, averaging 54.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 247 events.

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