Adlington

Adlington is covered by postcode districts BL6, PR6 and PR7. It is mostly in the Chorley council area: 217 of its 223 postcodes. The others are in Bolton. 217 are in Lancashire. ONS lists no county for the other 6.

ONS publishes this built-up area as Adlington (Chorley).

Typical price £242,000 Homes sold in Adlington, last 12 months. ▲ 15.2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 156 of 221 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 3 of 223 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 5 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 4 4 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Adlington, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Adlington, by flood risk Of the 223 postcodes in Adlington that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 220 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Adlington. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A5106 BL6 5JD: not on the flood risk listBL6 5LF: not on the flood risk listBL6 5LJ: not on the flood risk listBL6 5LQ: not on the flood risk listBL6 5UY: not on the flood risk listPR6 9AB: not on the flood risk listPR6 9DT: not on the flood risk listPR6 9DX: not on the flood risk listPR6 9EN: not on the flood risk listPR6 9EP: not on the flood risk listPR6 9ER: not on the flood risk listPR6 9ES: not on the flood risk listPR6 9ET: not on the flood risk listPR6 9EU: not on the flood risk listPR6 9EW: not on the flood risk listPR6 9FR: not on the flood risk listPR6 9FS: not on the flood risk listPR6 9FT: not on the flood risk listPR6 9FU: not on the flood risk listPR6 9FW: not on the flood risk listPR6 9FX: not on the flood risk listPR6 9GX: not on the flood risk listPR6 9HN: not on the flood risk listPR6 9HR: not on the flood risk listPR6 9HS: not on the flood risk listPR6 9HT: not on the flood risk listPR6 9HU: not on the flood risk listPR6 9HW: not on the flood risk listPR6 9JH: not on the flood risk listPR6 9JJ: not on the flood risk listPR6 9JL: not on the flood risk listPR6 9JN: not on the flood risk listPR6 9JP: not on the flood risk listPR6 9JQ: not on the flood risk listPR6 9JR: not on the flood risk listPR6 9JS: not on the flood risk listPR6 9JT: not on the flood risk listPR6 9JU: not on the flood risk listPR6 9JW: not on the flood risk listPR6 9JY: not on the flood risk listPR6 9JZ: not on the flood risk listPR6 9LA: not on the flood risk listPR6 9LB: not on the flood risk listPR6 9LD: not on the flood risk listPR6 9LE: not on the flood risk listPR6 9LF: not on the flood risk listPR6 9LG: not on the flood risk listPR6 9LH: not on the flood risk listPR6 9LJ: not on the flood risk listPR6 9LL: not on the flood risk listPR6 9LN: not on the flood risk listPR6 9LP: not on the flood risk listPR6 9LQ: not on the flood risk listPR6 9LR: not on the flood risk listPR6 9LT: not on the flood risk listPR6 9LU: not on the flood risk listPR6 9LX: not on the flood risk listPR6 9LY: not on the flood risk listPR6 9LZ: not on the flood risk listPR6 9NA: not on the flood risk listPR6 9NB: not on the flood risk listPR6 9ND: not on the flood risk listPR6 9NE: not on the flood risk listPR6 9NF: not on the flood risk listPR6 9NG: not on the flood risk listPR6 9NH: not on the flood risk listPR6 9NJ: not on the flood risk listPR6 9NN: not on the flood risk listPR6 9NP: not on the flood risk listPR6 9NQ: not on the flood risk listPR6 9NR: not on the flood risk listPR6 9NS: not on the flood risk listPR6 9NT: not on the flood risk listPR6 9NU: not on the flood risk listPR6 9NW: not on the flood risk listPR6 9NX: not on the flood risk listPR6 9NY: not on the flood risk listPR6 9NZ: not on the flood risk listPR6 9PA: not on the flood risk listPR6 9PB: not on the flood risk listPR6 9PD: not on the flood risk listPR6 9PE: not on the flood risk listPR6 9PF: not on the flood risk listPR6 9PG: not on the flood risk listPR6 9PH: not on the flood risk listPR6 9PJ: not on the flood risk listPR6 9PL: not on the flood risk listPR6 9PN: not on the flood risk listPR6 9PP: not on the flood risk listPR6 9PQ: not on the flood risk listPR6 9PR: not on the flood risk listPR6 9PS: not on the flood risk listPR6 9PT: not on the flood risk listPR6 9PU: not on the flood risk listPR6 9PW: not on the flood risk listPR6 9PX: not on the flood risk listPR6 9PY: not on the flood risk listPR6 9PZ: not on the flood risk listPR6 9QA: not on the flood risk listPR6 9QB: not on the flood risk listPR6 9QD: not on the flood risk listPR6 9QE: not on the flood risk listPR6 9QF: not on the flood risk listPR6 9QH: not on the flood risk listPR6 9QP: not on the flood risk listPR6 9QR: not on the flood risk listPR6 9QS: not on the flood risk listPR6 9QT: not on the flood risk listPR6 9QU: not on the flood risk listPR6 9QW: not on the flood risk listPR6 9QX: not on the flood risk listPR6 9QY: not on the flood risk listPR6 9QZ: not on the flood risk listPR6 9RA: not on the flood risk listPR6 9RB: not on the flood risk listPR6 9RE: not on the flood risk listPR6 9RF: not on the flood risk listPR6 9RG: not on the flood risk listPR6 9RH: not on the flood risk listPR6 9RJ: not on the flood risk listPR6 9RL: not on the flood risk listPR6 9RN: not on the flood risk listPR6 9RP: not on the flood risk listPR6 9RQ: not on the flood risk listPR6 9RR: not on the flood risk listPR6 9RS: not on the flood risk listPR6 9RT: not on the flood risk listPR6 9RU: not on the flood risk listPR6 9RW: not on the flood risk listPR6 9RX: not on the flood risk listPR6 9SA: not on the flood risk listPR6 9SB: not on the flood risk listPR6 9SD: not on the flood risk listPR6 9SE: not on the flood risk listPR6 9SF: not on the flood risk listPR6 9SG: not on the flood risk listPR6 9SH: not on the flood risk listPR6 9SJ: not on the flood risk listPR6 9SL: not on the flood risk listPR6 9SN: not on the flood risk listPR6 9SP: not on the flood risk listPR6 9SQ: not on the flood risk listPR6 9SR: not on the flood risk listPR6 9SS: not on the flood risk listPR6 9ST: not on the flood risk listPR7 4AF: not on the flood risk listPR7 4AN: not on the flood risk listPR7 4AY: not on the flood risk listPR7 4BB: not on the flood risk listPR7 4DE: not on the flood risk listPR7 4DF: not on the flood risk listPR7 4DL: not on the flood risk listPR7 4DN: not on the flood risk listPR7 4DP: not on the flood risk listPR7 4DR: not on the flood risk listPR7 4DW: not on the flood risk listPR7 4DX: not on the flood risk listPR7 4DY: not on the flood risk listPR7 4EA: not on the flood risk listPR7 4EB: not on the flood risk listPR7 4ED: not on the flood risk listPR7 4EE: not on the flood risk listPR7 4EG: not on the flood risk listPR7 4EH: not on the flood risk listPR7 4EL: not on the flood risk listPR7 4EN: not on the flood risk listPR7 4EP: not on the flood risk listPR7 4ER: not on the flood risk listPR7 4ET: not on the flood risk listPR7 4EU: not on the flood risk listPR7 4EX: not on the flood risk listPR7 4EY: not on the flood risk listPR7 4EZ: not on the flood risk listPR7 4GZ: not on the flood risk listPR7 4HB: not on the flood risk listPR7 4HD: not on the flood risk listPR7 4HG: not on the flood risk listPR7 4HH: not on the flood risk listPR7 4HJ: not on the flood risk listPR7 4HL: not on the flood risk listPR7 4HN: not on the flood risk listPR7 4HP: not on the flood risk listPR7 4HQ: not on the flood risk listPR7 4HR: not on the flood risk listPR7 4HS: not on the flood risk listPR7 4HT: not on the flood risk listPR7 4HU: not on the flood risk listPR7 4HW: not on the flood risk listPR7 4HX: not on the flood risk listPR7 4HY: not on the flood risk listPR7 4HZ: not on the flood risk listPR7 4JB: not on the flood risk listPR7 4JD: not on the flood risk listPR7 4JE: not on the flood risk listPR7 4JF: not on the flood risk listPR7 4JG: not on the flood risk listPR7 4JH: not on the flood risk listPR7 4JJ: not on the flood risk listPR7 4JL: not on the flood risk listPR7 4JN: not on the flood risk listPR7 4JQ: not on the flood risk listPR7 4JR: not on the flood risk listPR7 4JS: not on the flood risk listPR7 4JT: not on the flood risk listPR7 4JU: not on the flood risk listPR7 4JW: not on the flood risk listPR7 4JX: not on the flood risk listPR7 4JY: not on the flood risk listPR7 4JZ: not on the flood risk listPR7 4LA: not on the flood risk listPR7 4LD: not on the flood risk listPR7 4LE: not on the flood risk listPR7 4RL: not on the flood risk listPR7 4RN: not on the flood risk listPR7 4RP: not on the flood risk listPR7 4RR: not on the flood risk listPR7 4RS: not on the flood risk listBL6 5LH: low flood risk at worstPR7 4HF: medium flood risk at worstPR7 4HE: high flood risk Adlington Map of every postcode in Adlington, by flood risk Of the 223 postcodes in Adlington that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 220 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Adlington. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A6 Adlington
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 220

Of the 223 postcodes in Adlington that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 220 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. 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 53.6164, longitude -2.6028. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

PR7 4HE4 at high risk

What is it like to live in Adlington?

Homes sold for a typical £242,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 15.2% on the 12 months before. At 156 of the 221 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 5 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 3 of its 223 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Adlington (Lancs), 350 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Adlington?

Homes in Adlington sold for a typical £242,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 107 sales, up 15.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£242,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£210,000
12 months to August 2026
£242,000

▲ up 15.2% on the 12 months before

Detached£370,000 37 sales
Semi-detached£230,000 29 sales
Terraced£183,000 39 sales
Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

Across the whole PR6 district, Adlington's main postcode district: a typical £230,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Adlington: 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

Are new homes being built in Adlington?

3 of the 223 postcodes now in use in Adlington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 135 homes sold in Adlington were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PR6 district, 0%.

The newest postcodes

PR7 4BDsince June 2026PR6 9GXsince May 2024PR7 4AYsince August 2023

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn AdlingtonAcross the PR6 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 107 (0%) 0 of 405 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 135 (0%) 0 of 523 (0%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Adlington?

Ofcom reports on 221 of the 223 postcodes in Adlington. At 156 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit156 of 221
Postcodes where every home can get superfast214 of 221

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 Adlington at risk of flooding?

3 of the 223 postcodes in Adlington 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 5 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 3 of 223 postcodes High: 4Medium: 1Low: 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

Which schools are in Adlington?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Adlington. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Adlington?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Adlington is Adlington (Lancs) Rail Station, 350 m away in a straight line.

  • Adlington (Lancs) Rail Station Railway station 350 mWalk
  • Blackrod Rail Station Railway station 3.5 kmCycle
  • Chorley Rail Station Railway station 4.3 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Adlington?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Adlington. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Adlington safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 530 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Adlington over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. The mile also takes in part of Greater Manchester's police force, which has published nothing to Police.uk: crimes there are not in these figures. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 53 September 2025
  2. 47 October 2025
  3. 40 November 2025
  4. 53 December 2025
  5. 43 January 2026
  6. 36 February 2026
  7. 25 March 2026
  8. 46 April 2026
  9. 40 May 2026
  10. 36 June 2026
  11. 43 July 2026
  12. 68 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences224 reports
Anti-social behaviour144 reports
Criminal damage and arson38 reports
Other theft24 reports
Public order21 reports
Shoplifting20 reports
Vehicle crime17 reports
Other crime16 reports

Also: burglary 13, drugs 6, bicycle theft 4, possession of weapons 2, theft from the person 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Adlington?

Councils
Chorley (217) and Bolton (6)
Parliamentary constituencies
Chorley (217) and Bolton West (6)
Police force areas
Lancashire (217) and Greater Manchester (6)
Region
North West
Country
England

Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?

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

Moving to Adlington

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Adlington postcodes

223 postcodes in use in Adlington, by district:

PR6 postcode district,141 postcodesPR7 postcode district,76 postcodesBL6 postcode district,6 postcodes

Those districts are in the PR postcode area and BL postcode area.

Check a Adlington postcode

Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Adlington

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Adlington's £242,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Blackrod3.2 km, £220,000Coppull3.9 km, £193,750Chorley4.3 km, £180,000Horwich4.8 km, £212,500Standish5.0 km, £245,000Aspull5.4 km, £198,000Shevington Moor6.0 km, £250,000Euxton7.6 km, £225,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Adlington

What is it like to live in Adlington?
Homes sold for a typical £242,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 15.2% on the 12 months before. At 156 of the 221 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 5 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 3 of its 223 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Adlington (Lancs), 350 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Adlington?
Adlington is covered by postcode districts BL6, PR6 and PR7, across 223 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Adlington?
Homes in Adlington sold for a typical £242,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 107 sales, up 15.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Adlington?
In Adlington, primary schools at its postcodes include Adlington St Paul's Church of England Primary School, Anderton Primary School and Adlington Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Holy Cross Catholic High School, 2.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Adlington have a railway station?
Yes: Adlington (Lancs) is 350 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Adlington, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Adlington?
Ofcom reports on 221 of the 223 postcodes in Adlington. At 156 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Adlington at risk of flooding?
3 of the 223 postcodes in Adlington 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 5 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Adlington?
3 of the 223 postcodes now in use in Adlington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 135 homes sold in Adlington were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PR6 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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