PR6 8QA

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 8PX 41 m
PR6 8PZ 60 m
PR6 8ST 90 m
PR6 8PY 120 m
PR6 8JU 140 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR6 8QA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR6
Postcode sector
PR6 8
Latitude
53.690428
Longitude
-2.570916
British National Grid easting
362,396
British National Grid northing
421,703

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Chorley · E07000118
Parish or community
E04005161
Westminster constituency
Chorley · E14001170
Output area
E00126784
Lower layer super output area
Chorley 002D · E01024980
Middle layer super output area
Chorley 002 · E02005190

Postcode source versions

Explore PR6

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
6, Lancaster Drive, Brinscall, Chorley, PR6 8QA 24 November 2014 £196,500
4, Lancaster Drive, Brinscall, Chorley, PR6 8QA 13 September 2004 £125,000
1, Lancaster Drive, Brinscall, Chorley, PR6 8QA 27 September 2002 £87,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
15
Secondary
0
  1. Brinscall St John's CofE and Methodist Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    316 m
  2. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Withnell

    Voluntary aided school

    947 m
  3. Meadow View Learning Centre

    Other independent special school

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
87
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 26
  • Anti social behaviour 21
  • Criminal damage and arson 15
  • Other theft 8
  • Vehicle crime 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
14

7 female, 7 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
1.8
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 0.2% 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+
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

2

within 5 km

  • WITHNELL HEALTH CENTRE

    RAILWAY ROAD, WITHNELL, CHORLEY, PR6 8UA

    ODS code P81010

    969 m

  • WHITTLE SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81143

    4.5 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

  • Windsor Drive

    BCT · Brinscall

    0.1 miles
  • Windsor Drive

    BCT · Brinscall

    0.1 miles
  • St Johns School

    BCT · Brinscall

    0.2 miles
  • St Johns School

    BCT · Brinscall

    0.2 miles
  • War Memorial

    BCT · Brinscall

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chorley 002D, 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

25,956 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
3 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
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

Schools

18 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 0 secondary schools. Brinscall St John's CofE and Methodist Primary School is the nearest published school at 316 m.

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

Recorded crime

87 published events cover 12 months, averaging 7.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 26 events.

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