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).
Every postcode in Cottam, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 41
- In use before 2020: 99
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 140 postcodes in Cottam that ONS places, 41 are new since 2020 and 99 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 160 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 53.7848, 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; 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
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.
- 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
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
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
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
| Period | In Cottam | Across 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.
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 checkerSource: 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.
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
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.
- The Park Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01772 726550 2.2 kmCycle
- Briarwood Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01772 529230 2.4 kmCycle
- Lane Ends Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2024 · Phone 01772 723222 2.8 kmCycle
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
- 98 September 2025
- 155 October 2025
- 132 November 2025
- 118 December 2025
- 128 January 2026
- 91 February 2026
- 89 March 2026
- 112 April 2026
- 114 May 2026
- 138 June 2026
- 148 July 2026
- 117 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
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 postcodeSource: 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
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Preston about council tax Council tax, on preston.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The nearest GP practices
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Cottam postcodes
140 postcodes in use in Cottam, by district:
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.
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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