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PR6 9WY

Adlington & Anderton · Chorley · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Adlington & Anderton
Local authority
Chorley
Constituency
Chorley
Postcode district
PR6
Postcode sector
PR6 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR6 9SR 7 m
PR6 9LE 101 m
PR6 9LF 105 m
PR6 9SP 117 m
PR6 9JQ 156 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR6 9WY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 September 2002
Terminated
1 November 2003
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR6
Postcode sector
PR6 9
Latitude
53.622334
Longitude
-2.601792
British National Grid easting
360,293
British National Grid northing
414,144

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Chorley · E07000118
Electoral ward
Adlington & Anderton · E05013064
Parish or community
E04005139
Westminster constituency
Chorley · E14001170
Output area
E00126469
Lower layer super output area
Chorley 014D · E01024918
Middle layer super output area
Chorley 014 · E02005202

Postcode source versions

Explore PR6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
42
Primary
27
Secondary
6

  1. Anderton Primary School

    Community school

    604 m

  2. Adlington St Paul's Church of England Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    709 m

  3. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Anderton

    Voluntary aided school

    883 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
461
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 203
  • Anti social behaviour 105
  • Criminal damage and arson 34
  • Other theft 27
  • Public order 19

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PR6 9 residents
8,346

Age bands in PR6 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.4%

1,422 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

747 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.3%

2,021 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.8%

2,590 residents

Age 65 and over
21.9%

1,900 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

10

within 5 km straight-line

  • ADLINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    22-24 BABYLON LANE, ANDERTON, CHORLEY, PR6 9NW

    ODS code P81740

    568 m

  • GRANVILLE HOUSE MED CTRE

    GRANVILLE STREET, ADLINGTON, CHORLEY, PR6 9PY

    ODS code P81154

    812 m

  • LIBRARY HOUSE SURGERY

    AVONDALE ROAD, CHORLEY, PR7 2AD

    ODS code P81044

    3.8 km

  • THE CHORLEY SURGERY

    24-26 GILLIBRAND STREET, CHORLEY, PR7 2EJ

    ODS code P81038

    3.8 km

  • REGENT HOUSE SURGERY

    21 REGENT ROAD, CHORLEY, PR7 2DH

    ODS code P81062

    3.8 km

  • COPPULL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 ACRESWOOD CLOSE, COPPULL, CHORLEY, PR7 5EN

    ODS code P81033

    4.0 km

  • DR JACOBS SURGERY

    COLLISON AVENUE, CHORLEY, PR7 2PA

    ODS code Y00347

    4.1 km

  • GAB HEALTHCARE

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

    ODS code P81127

    4.2 km

  • PIKE VIEW, DR MALHOTRA & PARTNERS

    HORWICH HEALTH & WELLBEING HUB, VICTORIA ROAD, HORWICH, BOLTON, BL6 5PY

    ODS code P82006

    4.7 km

  • KILDONAN HOUSE

    RAMSBOTTOM ROAD, HORWICH, BOLTON, BL6 5NW

    ODS code P82003

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Cardwell Arms

    BCT · Adlington

    0.1 miles

  • Cardwell Arms

    BCT · Adlington

    0.1 miles

  • White Horse

    BCT · Heath Charnock

    0.1 miles

  • White Horse

    BCT · Heath Charnock

    0.2 miles

  • Daisy Hill Drive

    BCT · Adlington

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chorley 014D, 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

28,679 of 33,755

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

42 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 6 secondary schools. Anderton Primary School is the nearest published school at 604 m.

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

Recorded crime

461 published events cover 12 months, averaging 38.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 203 events.

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