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PR6 8BE

Chorley North East · Chorley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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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 8BJ 286 m
PR6 8BN 385 m
PR6 8BD 500 m
PR6 8BQ 531 m
PR6 8ED 625 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR6 8BE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR6
Postcode sector
PR6 8
Latitude
53.707607
Longitude
-2.566710
British National Grid easting
362,689
British National Grid northing
423,612

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
E00126499
Lower layer super output area
Chorley 002A · E01024921
Middle layer super output area
Chorley 002 · E02005190

Postcode source versions

Explore PR6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
17
Secondary
1

  1. Meadow View Learning Centre

    Other independent special school

    388 m

  2. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Withnell

    Voluntary aided school

    1.5 km

  3. Withnell Fold Primary School

    Community school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
24
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 9
  • Other theft 4
  • Vehicle crime 3
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Drugs 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

2 female, 3 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
1.7
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

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PR6 8 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+
0%
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

4

within 5 km

  • WITHNELL HEALTH CENTRE

    RAILWAY ROAD, WITHNELL, CHORLEY, PR6 8UA

    ODS code P81010

    1.8 km

  • CLAYTON BROOK SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81180

    4.7 km

  • BENTHAM ROAD HEALTH CENTRE

    BENTHAM ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 4QD

    ODS code Y02657

    4.7 km

  • DR DAWOUD'S SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81701

    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

  • Bury Lane End

    BCT · Ollerton Fold

    0.1 miles

  • Bury Lane End

    BCT · Ollerton Fold

    0.2 miles

  • Bury Lane

    BCT · Ollerton Fold

    0.3 miles

  • Ollerton Hall

    BCT · Ollerton Fold

    0.4 miles

  • Ollerton Hall

    BCT · Ollerton Fold

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chorley 002A, 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

23,911 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 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.

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

22 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 1 secondary schools. Meadow View Learning Centre is the nearest published school at 388 m.

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

Recorded crime

24 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 9 events.

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