PR7 7JR

Buckshaw & Whittle · 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 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR7 7JN 36 m
PR7 7HY 129 m
PR7 7JA 129 m
PR7 7EZ 133 m
PR7 7NH 138 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR7 7JR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 2013
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR7
Postcode sector
PR7 7
Latitude
53.675309
Longitude
-2.657012
British National Grid easting
356,695
British National Grid northing
420,070

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Chorley · E07000118
Parish or community
E04005151
Westminster constituency
Chorley · E14001170
Output area
E00182019
Lower layer super output area
Chorley 008G · E01034342
Middle layer super output area
Chorley 008 · E02005196

Postcode source versions

Explore PR7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
62
Primary
38
Secondary
9
  1. Trinity Church of England/Methodist Primary School, Buckshaw Village

    Voluntary aided school

    358 m
  2. Waterloo Lodge

    Other independent special school

    1.5 km
  3. Buckshaw Primary School

    Community school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
835
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 361
  • Anti social behaviour 186
  • Criminal damage and arson 74
  • Other theft 56
  • Public order 35

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
PR7 7 residents
9,338

Age bands in PR7 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
25.1%

2,297 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

927 residents

Age 25 to 44
38.4%

3,521 residents

Age 45 to 64
19.9%

1,823 residents

Age 65 and over
6.4%

590 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

15

within 5 km

  • BUCKSHAW VILLAGE HEALTH CENTRE

    UNITY PLACE, BUCKSHAW VILLAGE, CHORLEY, PR7 7HZ

    ODS code Y02466

    354 m

  • THE EUXTON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P81171

    1.5 km

  • WHITTLE SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81143

    2.4 km

  • GAB HEALTHCARE

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

    ODS code P81127

    2.8 km

  • DR JACOBS SURGERY

    COLLISON AVENUE, CHORLEY, PR7 2PA

    ODS code Y00347

    2.8 km

  • SANDY LANE SURGERY

    SANDY LANE, LEYLAND, PR25 2EB

    ODS code P81076

    3.0 km

  • THE CHORLEY SURGERY

    24-26 GILLIBRAND STREET, CHORLEY, PR7 2EJ

    ODS code P81038

    3.1 km

  • REGENT HOUSE SURGERY

    21 REGENT ROAD, CHORLEY, PR7 2DH

    ODS code P81062

    3.1 km

  • LIBRARY HOUSE SURGERY

    AVONDALE ROAD, CHORLEY, PR7 2AD

    ODS code P81044

    3.1 km

  • CENTRAL PARK SURGERY

    BALFOUR STREET, LEYLAND, PR25 2TD

    ODS code P81117

    3.4 km

  • STATION SURGERY

    LEYLAND SURGERY, WEST PADDOCK, LEYLAND, PR25 1HR

    ODS code P81741

    3.8 km

  • WORDEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    WEST PADDOCK, LEYLAND, PR25 1HR

    ODS code P81057

    3.8 km

  • DR DAWOUD'S SURGERY

    652 PRESTON ROAD, CLAYTON-LE-WOODS, CHORLEY, PR6 7EH

    ODS code P81701

    4.1 km

  • CLAYTON BROOK SURGERY

    59-60 TUNLEY HOLME, BAMBER BRIDGE, CLAYTON BROOK, PRESTON, PR5 8ES

    ODS code P81180

    4.3 km

  • MOSS SIDE MEDICAL CENTRE

    16 MOSS SIDE WAY, LEYLAND, PR26 7XL

    ODS code P81186

    4.9 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

  • Barnes Wallis Way

    BCT · Buckshaw Village

    0.0 miles
  • Barnes Wallis Way

    BCT · Buckshaw Village

    0.0 miles
  • Tesco

    BCT · Buckshaw Village

    0.1 miles
  • Tesco

    BCT · Buckshaw Village

    0.1 miles
  • Harvester

    BCT · Buckshaw Village

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chorley 008G, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,451 of 33,755

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

62 open schools are in scope, including 38 primary and 9 secondary schools. Trinity Church of England/Methodist Primary School, Buckshaw Village is the nearest published school at 358 m.

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

Recorded crime

835 published events cover 12 months, averaging 69.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 361 events.

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