Eccleston

Eccleston is covered by postcode district PR7. It is in the Chorley council area, Lancashire.

Typical price £260,000 Homes sold in Eccleston, last 12 months. ▼ 3.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 79 of 98 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 11 of 98 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 41 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Eccleston, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Eccleston, by flood risk Of the 98 postcodes in Eccleston that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 87 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Eccleston. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. PR7 5BF: not on the flood risk listPR7 5FL: not on the flood risk listPR7 5FN: not on the flood risk listPR7 5FP: not on the flood risk listPR7 5FR: not on the flood risk listPR7 5FS: not on the flood risk listPR7 5FT: not on the flood risk listPR7 5FY: not on the flood risk listPR7 5JN: not on the flood risk listPR7 5LN: not on the flood risk listPR7 5LS: not on the flood risk listPR7 5LW: not on the flood risk listPR7 5NU: not on the flood risk listPR7 5NZ: not on the flood risk listPR7 5PE: not on the flood risk listPR7 5PF: not on the flood risk listPR7 5PG: not on the flood risk listPR7 5PH: not on the flood risk listPR7 5PJ: not on the flood risk listPR7 5PQ: not on the flood risk listPR7 5QB: not on the flood risk listPR7 5QG: not on the flood risk listPR7 5QJ: not on the flood risk listPR7 5QN: not on the flood risk listPR7 5QP: not on the flood risk listPR7 5QR: not on the flood risk listPR7 5QS: not on the flood risk listPR7 5QT: not on the flood risk listPR7 5QU: not on the flood risk listPR7 5QW: not on the flood risk listPR7 5QZ: not on the flood risk listPR7 5RA: not on the flood risk listPR7 5RB: not on the flood risk listPR7 5RD: not on the flood risk listPR7 5RE: not on the flood risk listPR7 5RF: not on the flood risk listPR7 5RG: not on the flood risk listPR7 5RH: not on the flood risk listPR7 5RJ: not on the flood risk listPR7 5RN: not on the flood risk listPR7 5RP: not on the flood risk listPR7 5RS: not on the flood risk listPR7 5RT: not on the flood risk listPR7 5RU: not on the flood risk listPR7 5RW: not on the flood risk listPR7 5RZ: not on the flood risk listPR7 5SA: not on the flood risk listPR7 5SB: not on the flood risk listPR7 5SD: not on the flood risk listPR7 5SE: not on the flood risk listPR7 5SF: not on the flood risk listPR7 5SG: not on the flood risk listPR7 5SH: not on the flood risk listPR7 5SJ: not on the flood risk listPR7 5SL: not on the flood risk listPR7 5SN: not on the flood risk listPR7 5SP: not on the flood risk listPR7 5SQ: not on the flood risk listPR7 5SR: not on the flood risk listPR7 5SS: not on the flood risk listPR7 5ST: not on the flood risk listPR7 5SU: not on the flood risk listPR7 5SW: not on the flood risk listPR7 5SX: not on the flood risk listPR7 5SY: not on the flood risk listPR7 5SZ: not on the flood risk listPR7 5TA: not on the flood risk listPR7 5TB: not on the flood risk listPR7 5TE: not on the flood risk listPR7 5TF: not on the flood risk listPR7 5TG: not on the flood risk listPR7 5TH: not on the flood risk listPR7 5TJ: not on the flood risk listPR7 5TN: not on the flood risk listPR7 5TQ: not on the flood risk listPR7 5TR: not on the flood risk listPR7 5TS: not on the flood risk listPR7 5TW: not on the flood risk listPR7 5UB: not on the flood risk listPR7 5UE: not on the flood risk listPR7 5UF: not on the flood risk listPR7 5UJ: not on the flood risk listPR7 5UL: not on the flood risk listPR7 5UQ: not on the flood risk listPR7 5UW: not on the flood risk listPR7 5UZ: not on the flood risk listPR7 5WL: not on the flood risk listPR7 6LZ: very low flood risk onlyPR7 5PA: low flood risk at worstPR7 5QL: low flood risk at worstPR7 5RQ: low flood risk at worstPR7 5PB: medium flood risk at worstPR7 5TL: medium flood risk at worstPR7 5TP: medium flood risk at worstPR7 6ND: medium flood risk at worstPR7 5NY: high flood riskPR7 5TZ: high flood riskPR7 5UU: high flood risk Eccleston Map of every postcode in Eccleston, by flood risk Of the 98 postcodes in Eccleston that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 87 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Eccleston. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Eccleston
  • A home or business at high risk: 3
  • At medium risk at worst: 4
  • At low risk at worst: 3
  • At very low risk only: 1
  • Not on the at-risk list: 87

Of the 98 postcodes in Eccleston that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 87 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.6453, longitude -2.7245. 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 5TZ17 at high riskPR7 5UU2 at high riskPR7 5NY1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Eccleston?

Homes sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.3% on the 12 months before. At 79 of the 98 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 41 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 11 of its 98 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Village Surgeries Croston&Eccleston, 3.7 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Euxton Balshaw Lane, 3.8 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 Eccleston?

Homes in Eccleston sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 73 sales, down 3.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£260,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£268,750 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 3.3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £405,000 30 sales
  • Semi-detached £248,900 30 sales
  • Terraced £181,750 12 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

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

Across the whole PR7 district, Eccleston's main postcode district: a typical £222,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Eccleston: 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 Eccleston?

None of the 98 postcodes now in use in Eccleston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 4 of the 84 homes sold in Eccleston were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PR7 district, 9%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn EcclestonAcross the PR7 district
The 12 months to August 2026 2 of 73 (3%) 33 of 821 (4%)
The 12 months to August 2025 4 of 84 (5%) 101 of 1,144 (9%)

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 Eccleston?

Ofcom reports on 98 of the 98 postcodes in Eccleston. At 79 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit79 of 98
Postcodes where every home can get superfast94 of 98

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 Eccleston at risk of flooding?

11 of the 98 postcodes in Eccleston 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 41 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 11 of 98 postcodes High: 20Medium: 21Low: 18Very low: 6

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 Eccleston?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Eccleston. 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 Eccleston?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Eccleston is Euxton Balshaw Lane Rail Station, 3.8 km away in a straight line.

  • Euxton Balshaw Lane Rail Station Railway station 3.8 kmCycle
  • Croston Rail Station Railway station 4.3 kmCycle
  • Buckshaw Parkway Rail Station Railway station 5.2 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 Eccleston?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Eccleston. 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 Eccleston safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 159 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Eccleston 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. 12 September 2025
  2. 13 October 2025
  3. 14 November 2025
  4. 15 December 2025
  5. 9 January 2026
  6. 14 February 2026
  7. 14 March 2026
  8. 13 April 2026
  9. 10 May 2026
  10. 19 June 2026
  11. 16 July 2026
  12. 10 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences76 reports
Anti-social behaviour33 reports
Criminal damage and arson11 reports
Burglary10 reports
Other theft8 reports
Vehicle crime7 reports
Other crime7 reports
Public order2 reports

Also: theft from the person 2, drugs 2, possession of weapons 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 Eccleston?

District, borough or city council
Chorley
County council
Lancashire
Parliamentary constituency
South Ribble
Police force area
Lancashire
Region
North West
Country
England
MP
Mr Paul Foster (Labour)

All 98 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

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

Moving to Eccleston

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Eccleston postcodes

98 postcodes in use in Eccleston, by district:

PR7 postcode district,98 postcodes

That district is in the PR postcode area.

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Places near Eccleston

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Eccleston's £260,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Croston4.0 km, £267,500Coppull4.9 km, £193,750Euxton4.9 km, £225,000Leyland5.7 km, £210,000Chorley6.2 km, £180,000Shevington Moor6.5 km, £250,000Parbold6.6 km, £316,000Appley Bridge7.1 km, £247,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Eccleston

What is it like to live in Eccleston?
Homes sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.3% on the 12 months before. At 79 of the 98 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 41 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 11 of its 98 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Village Surgeries Croston&Eccleston, 3.7 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Euxton Balshaw Lane, 3.8 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 Eccleston?
Eccleston is covered by postcode district PR7, across 98 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Eccleston in?
Eccleston is in the Chorley council area, and Lancashire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Eccleston?
Eccleston is in the South Ribble parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Mr Paul Foster (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Eccleston?
Homes in Eccleston sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 73 sales, down 3.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Eccleston?
In Eccleston, primary schools at its postcodes include Eccleston St Mary's Church of England Primary School and Eccleston Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Rainbow Hub School, 2.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Eccleston have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Eccleston is Euxton Balshaw Lane, 3.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Eccleston?
Ofcom reports on 98 of the 98 postcodes in Eccleston. At 79 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Eccleston at risk of flooding?
11 of the 98 postcodes in Eccleston 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 41 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 Eccleston?
None of the 98 postcodes now in use in Eccleston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 4 of the 84 homes sold in Eccleston were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PR7 district, 9%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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