PR7 4AL

Chorley South East & Heath Charnock · Chorley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Chorley
Constituency
Chorley
Postcode district
PR7
Postcode sector
PR7 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR7 4AZ 72 m
PR7 4AJ 145 m
PR7 4AP 146 m
PR7 4DD 228 m
PR7 4AQ 367 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR7 4AL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR7
Postcode sector
PR7 4
Latitude
53.633198
Longitude
-2.613047
British National Grid easting
359,559
British National Grid northing
415,359

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Chorley · E07000118
Parish or community
E04005153
Westminster constituency
Chorley · E14001170
Output area
E00126751
Lower layer super output area
Chorley 014E · E01024973
Middle layer super output area
Chorley 014 · E02005202

Postcode source versions

Explore PR7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
42
Primary
25
Secondary
6
  1. St George's Church of England Primary School, Chorley

    Voluntary aided school

    1.1 km
  2. Albany Academy

    Academy converter

    1.2 km
  3. Holy Cross Catholic High School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
435
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 194
  • Anti social behaviour 87
  • Criminal damage and arson 38
  • Vehicle crime 30
  • Other theft 19

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PR7 4 residents
6,989

Age bands in PR7 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15%

1,002 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.3%

624 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.2%

1,556 residents

Age 45 to 64
29%

1,940 residents

Age 65 and over
23.6%

1,578 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

8

within 5 km

  • ADLINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P81740

    2.0 km

  • GRANVILLE HOUSE MED CTRE

    GRANVILLE STREET, ADLINGTON, CHORLEY, PR6 9PY

    ODS code P81154

    2.2 km

  • LIBRARY HOUSE SURGERY

    AVONDALE ROAD, CHORLEY, PR7 2AD

    ODS code P81044

    2.4 km

  • THE CHORLEY SURGERY

    24-26 GILLIBRAND STREET, CHORLEY, PR7 2EJ

    ODS code P81038

    2.4 km

  • REGENT HOUSE SURGERY

    21 REGENT ROAD, CHORLEY, PR7 2DH

    ODS code P81062

    2.4 km

  • DR JACOBS SURGERY

    COLLISON AVENUE, CHORLEY, PR7 2PA

    ODS code Y00347

    2.7 km

  • GAB HEALTHCARE

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

    ODS code P81127

    2.7 km

  • COPPULL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 ACRESWOOD CLOSE, COPPULL, CHORLEY, PR7 5EN

    ODS code P81033

    3.6 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

  • Marley Court

    BCT · Bolton Road

    0.1 miles
  • Worcester Place

    BCT · Bolton Road

    0.1 miles
  • Marley Court

    BCT · Bolton Road

    0.1 miles
  • Worcester Place

    BCT · Bolton Road

    0.2 miles
  • Skew bridge

    BCT · Bolton Road

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chorley 014E, 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

24,970 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
5 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 25 primary and 6 secondary schools. St George's Church of England Primary School, Chorley is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

435 published events cover 12 months, averaging 36.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 194 events.

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