PR7 6LZ

Eccleston, Heskin & Charnock Richard · Chorley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Chorley
Local authority
Chorley
Constituency
South Ribble
Postcode district
PR7
Postcode sector
PR7 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR7 6ND 126 m
PR7 5QL 313 m
PR7 6NA 317 m
PR7 5QP 395 m
PR7 6LY 434 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR7 6LZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR7
Postcode sector
PR7 6
Latitude
53.655534
Longitude
-2.734448
British National Grid easting
351,557
British National Grid northing
417,920

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Chorley · E07000118
Parish or community
E04005150
Westminster constituency
South Ribble · E14001491
Output area
E00126713
Lower layer super output area
Chorley 011D · E01024965
Middle layer super output area
Chorley 011 · E02005199

Postcode source versions

Explore PR7

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Mill Race, Lydiate Lane, Eccleston, Chorley, PR7 6LZ 28 May 2021 £1,209,000
The Mill Race, Lydiate Lane, Eccleston, Chorley, PR7 6LZ 22 August 2008 £485,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
29
Primary
20
Secondary
5
  1. Eccleston Primary School

    Community school

    1.0 km
  2. Eccleston St Mary's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.4 km
  3. Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy

    Academy converter

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
134
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 67
  • Anti social behaviour 26
  • Other theft 13
  • Other crime 7
  • Vehicle crime 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

0 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
1.0
PR7 6 residents
8,963

Age bands in PR7 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16%

1,475 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

852 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.1%

2,045 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.2%

2,603 residents

Age 65 and over
24.5%

2,260 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PR7 6 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

6

within 5 km

  • THE VILLAGE SURGERIES CROSTON&ECCLESTON

    OUT LANE, CROSTON, LEYLAND, PR26 9HJ

    ODS code P81655

    2.6 km

  • MOSS SIDE MEDICAL CENTRE

    16 MOSS SIDE WAY, LEYLAND, PR26 7XL

    ODS code P81186

    3.9 km

  • THE EUXTON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P81171

    4.1 km

  • STATION SURGERY

    LEYLAND SURGERY, WEST PADDOCK, LEYLAND, PR25 1HR

    ODS code P81741

    4.1 km

  • WORDEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    WEST PADDOCK, LEYLAND, PR25 1HR

    ODS code P81057

    4.1 km

  • SANDY LANE SURGERY

    SANDY LANE, LEYLAND, PR25 2EB

    ODS code P81076

    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

  • St Marys Church

    BCT · Eccleston

    0.1 miles
  • St Marys Church

    BCT · Eccleston

    0.1 miles
  • Tincklers Lane

    BCT · Eccleston

    0.3 miles
  • Tincklers Lane

    BCT · Eccleston

    0.3 miles
  • Lydiate Farm

    BCT · Eccleston

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chorley 011D, 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

29,908 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 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
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

29 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 5 secondary schools. Eccleston Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

134 published events cover 12 months, averaging 11.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 67 events.

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