PR6 8LP

Chorley North East · 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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR6 8LR 224 m
PR6 8EX 336 m
PR6 8LT 339 m
PR6 8AJ 348 m
PR6 8EJ 358 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR6 8LP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR6
Postcode sector
PR6 8
Latitude
53.685427
Longitude
-2.613487
British National Grid easting
359,580
British National Grid northing
421,170

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
E00126774
Lower layer super output area
Chorley 004D · E01024977
Middle layer super output area
Chorley 004 · E02005192

Postcode source versions

Explore PR6

13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Higher Copthurst Farm, Copthurst Lane, Whittle Le Woods, Chorley, PR6 8LP 28 August 2019 £617,500
5, Greenfield Terrace, Whittle Le Woods, Chorley, PR6 8LP 12 February 2019 £270,000
4, Greenfield Terrace, Whittle Le Woods, Chorley, PR6 8LP 15 December 2014 £235,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
52
Primary
35
Secondary
4
  1. St Chad's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

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

    Voluntary aided school

    1.8 km
  3. Waterloo Lodge

    Other independent special school

    2.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
188
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 80
  • Anti social behaviour 55
  • Other theft 15
  • Vehicle crime 10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
20

12 female, 8 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
2.2
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 0.3% 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+
54.5%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
54.5%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
54.5%
Gigabit-capable
54.5%
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

11

within 5 km

  • WHITTLE SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81143

    1.9 km

  • BUCKSHAW VILLAGE HEALTH CENTRE

    UNITY PLACE, BUCKSHAW VILLAGE, CHORLEY, PR7 7HZ

    ODS code Y02466

    3.0 km

  • DR DAWOUD'S SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81701

    3.4 km

  • CLAYTON BROOK SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81180

    3.4 km

  • GAB HEALTHCARE

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

    ODS code P81127

    3.8 km

  • WITHNELL HEALTH CENTRE

    RAILWAY ROAD, WITHNELL, CHORLEY, PR6 8UA

    ODS code P81010

    3.8 km

  • DR JACOBS SURGERY

    COLLISON AVENUE, CHORLEY, PR7 2PA

    ODS code Y00347

    3.9 km

  • THE CHORLEY SURGERY

    24-26 GILLIBRAND STREET, CHORLEY, PR7 2EJ

    ODS code P81038

    4.0 km

  • LIBRARY HOUSE SURGERY

    AVONDALE ROAD, CHORLEY, PR7 2AD

    ODS code P81044

    4.1 km

  • REGENT HOUSE SURGERY

    21 REGENT ROAD, CHORLEY, PR7 2DH

    ODS code P81062

    4.2 km

  • THE EUXTON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P81171

    4.6 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

  • Town Lane

    BCT · South Hill

    0.2 miles
  • Town Lane

    BCT · South Hill

    0.2 miles
  • Red Lion Hotel

    BCT · Lower Wheelton

    0.3 miles
  • Red Lion Hotel

    BCT · Lower Wheelton

    0.3 miles
  • Millbrook Close

    BCT · Lower Wheelton

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chorley 004D, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

30,932 of 33,755

Income
9 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
4 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
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

52 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 4 secondary schools. St Chad's Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 367 m.

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

Recorded crime

188 published events cover 12 months, averaging 15.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 80 events.

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