PR7 5PU

Rural North East · West Lancashire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Chorley
Local authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire
Postcode district
PR7
Postcode sector
PR7 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
WN6 9PP 274 m
PR7 5PX 548 m
WN6 9PW 563 m
PR7 5PY 641 m
PR7 5PZ 649 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR7 5PU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR7
Postcode sector
PR7 5
Latitude
53.616942
Longitude
-2.730846
British National Grid easting
351,751
British National Grid northing
413,624

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
West Lancashire · E07000127
Parish or community
E04005319
Westminster constituency
West Lancashire · E14001577
Output area
E00129462
Lower layer super output area
West Lancashire 005B · E01025511
Middle layer super output area
West Lancashire 005 · E02005308

Postcode source versions

Explore PR7

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Wrennalls Lower House, Coopers Lane, Heskin, Chorley, PR7 5PU 31 October 2025 £700,000
Halliwells O Th Hill Farm, Coopers Lane, Heskin, Chorley, PR7 5PU 29 November 2024 £1,250,000
Dwerry House Farm, Coopers Lane, Heskin, Chorley, PR7 5PU 16 August 2024 £3,350,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
17
Secondary
1
  1. St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, Mawdesley

    Voluntary aided school

    1.3 km
  2. Rainbow Hub School

    Other independent special school

    1.7 km
  3. Richard Durning's Endowed Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
16
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 5
  • Violence and sexual offences 4
  • Drugs 2
  • Other theft 1
  • Public order 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
21

10 female, 11 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.6
PR7 5 residents
11,432

Age bands in PR7 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.2%

1,849 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.3%

1,058 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.5%

2,453 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.9%

3,286 residents

Age 65 and over
24.1%

2,739 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PR7 5 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+
75%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
75%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
75%
Gigabit-capable
75%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
75%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
37.5%

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

  • PARBOLD SURGERY

    4 THE GREEN, PARBOLD, WIGAN, WN8 7DN

    ODS code P81096

    3.9 km

  • COPPULL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    5 ACRESWOOD CLOSE, COPPULL, CHORLEY, PR7 5EN

    ODS code P81033

    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

  • Barmskin

    BCT · Andertons Mill

    0.5 miles
  • Sandersons Lane

    BCT · Andertons Mill

    0.5 miles
  • Ridley Lane End

    BCT · Andertons Mill

    0.6 miles
  • St Peter and Paul RCPS

    BCT · Mawdesley

    0.8 miles
  • Rivington View

    BCT · Heskin

    1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Lancashire 005B, 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

29,068 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
4 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.

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
1
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

Property market

The five-year median is £1,250,000 from 3 recorded sales in PR7 5PU. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for West Lancashire is £231,816 in June 2026, up 4.3% year on year.

Schools

21 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, Mawdesley is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

16 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 5 events.

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