PR1 postcode district: Preston and around, Lancashire

PR1 is a postcode district in Lancashire, with 1,691 postcodes in use in 10 sectors. It has postcodes in Preston, Penwortham and Bamber Bridge. It is split between 2 councils: Preston (1,231 postcodes) and South Ribble (460).

Postcodes in use: 1,691
Sectors: 10
Councils: 2 councils
Places: 3 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in PR1, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 59
In use before 2020: 1,632
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 1,691 postcodes in PR1 that ONS places, 59 are new since 2020 and 1,632 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.7573, longitude -2.7016. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

PR1 3AXJuly 2026 PR1 2BSMay 2026 PR1 9JZMarch 2026 PR1 2BQJanuary 2026 PR1 3AYJanuary 2026

3 further out, not drawn

These postcodes lie well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without them to show the rest closer; they are in every count.

PR1 0NT PR1 0NU PR1 5BF

Where the new postcodes lie together

10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PR1 7AZ, is the newest of them.
10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PR1 9JZ, is the newest of them.
7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PR1 3AR, is the newest of them.
7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PR1 3AX, is the newest of them.
6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PR1 2BS, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in PR1?

Ofcom reports on 1,646 of the 1,691 postcodes in PR1. At 1,370 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit1,370 of 1,646

Postcodes where every home can get superfast1,582 of 1,646

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 1,646

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is PR1 at risk of flooding?

144 of the 1,691 postcodes in PR1 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 2,502 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 144 of 1,691 postcodes High: 28Medium: 2,474Low: 695Very low: 2

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in PR1?

Homes in PR1 sold for a typical £166,990 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 537 sales, up 5.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£166,990 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£158,000 12 months to August 2025

▲ up 5.7% on the 12 months before

Detached £333,000 67 sales
Semi-detached £212,500 203 sales
Terraced £125,000 204 sales
Flat or maisonette £102,000 63 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it