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PR6 8AT

Chorley North East · Chorley · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Chorley North East
Local authority
Chorley
Constituency
Chorley
Postcode district
PR6
Postcode sector
PR6 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR6 8AU 21 m
PR6 8AY 85 m
PR6 8AX 203 m
PR6 8JD 236 m
PR6 8AZ 352 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR6 8AT
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 May 1994
Terminated
1 December 1995
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR6
Postcode sector
PR6 8
Latitude
53.700237
Longitude
-2.581591
British National Grid easting
361,700
British National Grid northing
422,800

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Chorley · E07000118
Electoral ward
Chorley North East · E05013067
Parish or community
E04005161
Westminster constituency
Chorley · E14001170
Output area
E00126790
Lower layer super output area
Chorley 002C · E01024979
Middle layer super output area
Chorley 002 · E02005190

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
19
Secondary
0

  1. Withnell Fold Primary School

    Community school

    599 m

  2. Meadow View Learning Centre

    Other independent special school

    946 m

  3. Brinscall St John's CofE and Methodist Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
47
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 15
  • Violence and sexual offences 10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8
  • Other theft 6
  • Vehicle crime 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PR6 8 residents
6,542

Age bands in PR6 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.1%

937 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

570 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.9%

1,320 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.8%

2,113 residents

Age 65 and over
25.6%

1,696 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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • WITHNELL HEALTH CENTRE

    RAILWAY ROAD, WITHNELL, CHORLEY, PR6 8UA

    ODS code P81010

    1.9 km

  • WHITTLE SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81143

    3.8 km

  • CLAYTON BROOK SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81180

    3.9 km

  • DR DAWOUD'S SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81701

    4.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Road End

    BCT · Withnell Fold

    0.1 miles

  • Road End

    BCT · Withnell Fold

    0.1 miles

  • Square

    BCT · Withnell Fold

    0.3 miles

  • Ollerton Hall

    BCT · Ollerton Fold

    0.4 miles

  • Highfield Farm

    BCT · Higher Wheelton

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chorley 002C, 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

25,794 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
2 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

Schools

23 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 0 secondary schools. Withnell Fold Primary School is the nearest published school at 599 m.

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

Recorded crime

47 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 15 events.

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