Cottam

Cottam is covered by postcode district PR4. It is in the Preston council area, Lancashire.

ONS publishes this built-up area as Cottam (Preston).

Typical price £278,000 Homes sold in Cottam, last 12 months. ▲ 2.6% on the year before Gigabit broadband 126 of 138 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Low risk only 1 of 140 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Cottam, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Cottam, by flood risk Of the 140 postcodes in Cottam that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 139 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Cottam. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. PR4 0AB: not on the flood risk listPR4 0AF: not on the flood risk listPR4 0AG: not on the flood risk listPR4 0AR: not on the flood risk listPR4 0AW: not on the flood risk listPR4 0BF: not on the flood risk listPR4 0BG: not on the flood risk listPR4 0BW: not on the flood risk listPR4 0BY: not on the flood risk listPR4 0BZ: not on the flood risk listPR4 0DE: not on the flood risk listPR4 0DF: not on the flood risk listPR4 0DG: not on the flood risk listPR4 0DN: not on the flood risk listPR4 0DR: not on the flood risk listPR4 0DS: not on the flood risk listPR4 0DT: not on the flood risk listPR4 0DU: not on the flood risk listPR4 0DW: not on the flood risk listPR4 0DY: not on the flood risk listPR4 0DZ: not on the flood risk listPR4 0EB: not on the flood risk listPR4 0ED: not on the flood risk listPR4 0EE: not on the flood risk listPR4 0EG: not on the flood risk listPR4 0EH: not on the flood risk listPR4 0EJ: not on the flood risk listPR4 0EL: not on the flood risk listPR4 0EN: not on the flood risk listPR4 0EP: not on the flood risk listPR4 0EX: not on the flood risk listPR4 0EY: not on the flood risk listPR4 0EZ: not on the flood risk listPR4 0FA: not on the flood risk listPR4 0FN: not on the flood risk listPR4 0FP: not on the flood risk listPR4 0FQ: not on the flood risk listPR4 0FT: not on the flood risk listPR4 0GA: not on the flood risk listPR4 0GB: not on the flood risk listPR4 0GD: not on the flood risk listPR4 0GE: not on the flood risk listPR4 0GF: not on the flood risk listPR4 0GG: not on the flood risk listPR4 0GH: not on the flood risk listPR4 0GX: not on the flood risk listPR4 0GY: not on the flood risk listPR4 0GZ: not on the flood risk listPR4 0HJ: not on the flood risk listPR4 0HW: not on the flood risk listPR4 0JE: not on the flood risk listPR4 0JF: not on the flood risk listPR4 0JR: not on the flood risk listPR4 0JU: not on the flood risk listPR4 0JW: not on the flood risk listPR4 0JY: not on the flood risk listPR4 0JZ: not on the flood risk listPR4 0LB: not on the flood risk listPR4 0LD: not on the flood risk listPR4 0LE: not on the flood risk listPR4 0LF: not on the flood risk listPR4 0LG: not on the flood risk listPR4 0LH: not on the flood risk listPR4 0LQ: not on the flood risk listPR4 0LR: not on the flood risk listPR4 0LS: not on the flood risk listPR4 0LT: not on the flood risk listPR4 0LU: not on the flood risk listPR4 0LW: not on the flood risk listPR4 0LX: not on the flood risk listPR4 0LY: not on the flood risk listPR4 0NA: not on the flood risk listPR4 0NB: not on the flood risk listPR4 0ND: not on the flood risk listPR4 0NF: not on the flood risk listPR4 0NG: not on the flood risk listPR4 0NJ: not on the flood risk listPR4 0NL: not on the flood risk listPR4 0NN: not on the flood risk listPR4 0NP: not on the flood risk listPR4 0NQ: not on the flood risk listPR4 0NR: not on the flood risk listPR4 0NS: not on the flood risk listPR4 0NT: not on the flood risk listPR4 0NU: not on the flood risk listPR4 0NW: not on the flood risk listPR4 0NX: not on the flood risk listPR4 0NY: not on the flood risk listPR4 0NZ: not on the flood risk listPR4 0PB: not on the flood risk listPR4 0PD: not on the flood risk listPR4 0PE: not on the flood risk listPR4 0PF: not on the flood risk listPR4 0PG: not on the flood risk listPR4 0PH: not on the flood risk listPR4 0PJ: not on the flood risk listPR4 0PL: not on the flood risk listPR4 0PN: not on the flood risk listPR4 0PP: not on the flood risk listPR4 0PQ: not on the flood risk listPR4 0PR: not on the flood risk listPR4 0PS: not on the flood risk listPR4 0PU: not on the flood risk listPR4 0PW: not on the flood risk listPR4 0PX: not on the flood risk listPR4 0PY: not on the flood risk listPR4 0PZ: not on the flood risk listPR4 0QJ: not on the flood risk listPR4 0QL: not on the flood risk listPR4 0QN: not on the flood risk listPR4 0QP: not on the flood risk listPR4 0QQ: not on the flood risk listPR4 0QR: not on the flood risk listPR4 0QS: not on the flood risk listPR4 0QT: not on the flood risk listPR4 0QU: not on the flood risk listPR4 0QW: not on the flood risk listPR4 0QX: not on the flood risk listPR4 0QZ: not on the flood risk listPR4 0RA: not on the flood risk listPR4 0RB: not on the flood risk listPR4 0RD: not on the flood risk listPR4 0RW: not on the flood risk listPR4 0UG: not on the flood risk listPR4 0UY: not on the flood risk listPR4 0WA: not on the flood risk listPR4 0WB: not on the flood risk listPR4 0WD: not on the flood risk listPR4 0WF: not on the flood risk listPR4 0WH: not on the flood risk listPR4 0WJ: not on the flood risk listPR4 0WL: not on the flood risk listPR4 0WN: not on the flood risk listPR4 0WP: not on the flood risk listPR4 0WQ: not on the flood risk listPR4 0XW: not on the flood risk listPR4 0XY: not on the flood risk listPR4 0AZ: low flood risk at worst Cottam Map of every postcode in Cottam, by flood risk Of the 140 postcodes in Cottam that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 139 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Cottam. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Cottam
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 139

Of the 140 postcodes in Cottam that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 139 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 53.7848, longitude -2.7613. 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

What is it like to live in Cottam?

Homes sold for a typical £278,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.6% on the 12 months before. At 126 of the 138 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 140 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Park Medical Practice, 2.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Salwick, 3.7 km 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 Cottam?

Homes in Cottam sold for a typical £278,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 125 sales, up 2.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£278,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£271,000
12 months to August 2026
£278,000

▲ up 2.6% on the 12 months before

Detached£316,000 79 sales
Semi-detached£192,500 28 sales
Terraced£207,250 16 sales
Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

Across the whole PR4 district, Cottam's main postcode district: a typical £255,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Cottam: 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 Cottam?

41 of the 140 postcodes now in use in Cottam came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 33 of the 177 homes sold in Cottam were newly built (19%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PR4 district, 21%.

The newest postcodes

PR4 0WWsince June 2026PR4 0AWsince December 2024PR4 0UYsince June 2024PR4 0GAsince May 2024PR4 0GBsince January 2024PR4 0XYsince 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 CottamAcross the PR4 district
The 12 months to August 2026 2 of 125 (2%) 23 of 903 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 33 of 177 (19%) 290 of 1,359 (21%)

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 Cottam?

Ofcom reports on 138 of the 140 postcodes in Cottam. At 126 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit126 of 138
Postcodes where every home can get superfast136 of 138

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.

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

Is Cottam at risk of flooding?

1 of the 140 postcodes in Cottam has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts none of the homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 1 of 140 postcodes Low: 3

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 Cottam?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Cottam. 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

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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 Cottam?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Cottam is Salwick Rail Station, 3.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Salwick Rail Station Railway station 3.7 kmCycle
  • Preston Rail Station Railway station 4.7 kmCycle
  • Kirkham & Wesham Rail Station Railway station 8.0 kmDrive

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 Cottam?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Cottam. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. 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 Cottam safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 1,440 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Cottam over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. 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. 98 September 2025
  2. 155 October 2025
  3. 132 November 2025
  4. 118 December 2025
  5. 128 January 2026
  6. 91 February 2026
  7. 89 March 2026
  8. 112 April 2026
  9. 114 May 2026
  10. 138 June 2026
  11. 148 July 2026
  12. 117 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences694 reports
Anti-social behaviour279 reports
Criminal damage and arson130 reports
Other theft68 reports
Public order67 reports
Burglary55 reports
Other crime49 reports
Vehicle crime29 reports

Also: drugs 21, possession of weapons 17, shoplifting 15, robbery 7, bicycle theft 6, theft from the person 3.

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 Cottam?

District, borough or city council
Preston
County council
Lancashire
Parliamentary constituencies
Preston (96) and Ribble Valley (44)
Police force area
Lancashire
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 Cottam

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Cottam postcodes

140 postcodes in use in Cottam, by district:

PR4 postcode district,140 postcodes

That district is in the PR postcode area.

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Places near Cottam

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Cottam's £278,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Fulwood2.8 km, £224,000Broughton, Preston3.8 km, £364,950Preston4.5 km, £150,000Penwortham5.4 km, £231,000Longton7.5 km, £265,000Kirkham7.6 km, £200,000Freckleton7.9 km, £203,000Wesham8.2 km, £216,250 All places A to Z

Questions about Cottam

What is it like to live in Cottam?
Homes sold for a typical £278,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.6% on the 12 months before. At 126 of the 138 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 140 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Park Medical Practice, 2.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Salwick, 3.7 km 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 Cottam?
Cottam is covered by postcode district PR4, across 140 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Cottam in?
Cottam is in the Preston council area, and Lancashire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Cottam?
Homes in Cottam sold for a typical £278,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 125 sales, up 2.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Cottam?
In Cottam, primary schools at its postcodes include Cottam Primary School and Lea Neeld's Endowed Church of England Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Ashton Community Science College, 1.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Cottam have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Cottam is Salwick, 3.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Cottam?
Ofcom reports on 138 of the 140 postcodes in Cottam. At 126 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Cottam at risk of flooding?
1 of the 140 postcodes in Cottam has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts none of the 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 Cottam?
41 of the 140 postcodes now in use in Cottam came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 33 of the 177 homes sold in Cottam were newly built (19%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PR4 district, 21%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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