Fulwood
Fulwood is covered by postcode districts PR2, PR3 and PR4. It is in the Preston council area, Lancashire.
Every postcode in Fulwood, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 19
- At medium risk at worst: 9
- At low risk at worst: 13
- At very low risk only: 1
- Not on the at-risk list: 693
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 735 postcodes in Fulwood that ONS places, 19 have a home or business at high risk, 9 are at medium risk at worst, 13 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 693 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. 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 53.7856, longitude -2.7183. 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
19 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
What is it like to live in Fulwood?
Homes sold for a typical £224,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 4.2% on the 12 months before. At 668 of the 731 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 110 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 42 of its 735 postcodes. It has 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes, or more. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Preston, 3.3 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 Fulwood?
Homes in Fulwood sold for a typical £224,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 367 sales, up 4.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £215,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £224,000
▲ up 4.2% on the 12 months before
Across the whole PR2 district, Fulwood's main postcode district: a typical £195,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Fulwood: 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 Fulwood?
38 of the 735 postcodes now in use in Fulwood came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 30 of the 539 homes sold in Fulwood were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PR2 district, 11%.
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 Fulwood | Across the PR2 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 2 of 367 (Under 1%) | 15 of 869 (2%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 30 of 539 (6%) | 132 of 1,225 (11%) |
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 Fulwood?
Ofcom reports on 731 of the 735 postcodes in Fulwood. At 668 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 Fulwood at risk of flooding?
42 of the 735 postcodes in Fulwood 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 110 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 Fulwood?
The open schools at the postcodes in Fulwood (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Queen's Drive Primary School50 m 434 pupils, 420 places
- Fulwood and Cadley Primary School550 m 320 pupils, 315 places
- St Pius X Preparatory School600 m 131 pupils, 282 places
- St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Preston750 m 316 pupils, 315 places
- The Olive School, Preston1.1 km 421 pupils, 420 places
- Harris Primary School1.2 km 246 pupils, 226 places
- St Clare's Catholic Primary School, Preston1.2 km 279 pupils, 252 places
- Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School, Preston1.3 km 216 pupils, 210 places
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 Fulwood?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Fulwood is Preston Rail Station, 3.3 km away in a straight line.
- Preston Rail Station Railway station 3.3 kmCycle
- Salwick Rail Station Railway station 6.5 kmDrive
- Lostock Hall Rail Station Railway station 7.1 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 Fulwood?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Fulwood. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Lytham Road Surgery450 m
- North Preston Medical Practice650 m
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Fulwood safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 2,316 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Fulwood 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
- 188 September 2025
- 218 October 2025
- 194 November 2025
- 190 December 2025
- 163 January 2026
- 177 February 2026
- 209 March 2026
- 145 April 2026
- 202 May 2026
- 236 June 2026
- 210 July 2026
- 184 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 51, other crime 49, bicycle theft 26, possession of weapons 26, theft from the person 12, robbery 8.
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 Fulwood?
- District, borough or city council
- Preston
- County council
- Lancashire
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Ribble Valley (380) and Preston (355)
- 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 Fulwood
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 GP practices in Fulwood
- 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
Fulwood postcodes
735 postcodes in use in Fulwood, by district:
Those districts are all in the PR postcode area.
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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 Fulwood
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Fulwood's £224,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Fulwood
- What is it like to live in Fulwood?
- Homes sold for a typical £224,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 4.2% on the 12 months before. At 668 of the 731 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 110 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 42 of its 735 postcodes. It has 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes, or more. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Preston, 3.3 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 Fulwood?
- Fulwood is covered by postcode districts PR2, PR3 and PR4, across 735 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Fulwood in?
- Fulwood is in the Preston council area, and Lancashire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Fulwood?
- Homes in Fulwood sold for a typical £224,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 367 sales, up 4.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Fulwood?
- In Fulwood, primary schools at its postcodes include Queen's Drive Primary School, Fulwood and Cadley Primary School and St Pius X Preparatory School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Fulwood Academy, Corpus Christi Catholic High School and Our Lady's Catholic High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Fulwood have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Fulwood is Preston, 3.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Fulwood?
- Ofcom reports on 731 of the 735 postcodes in Fulwood. At 668 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Fulwood at risk of flooding?
- 42 of the 735 postcodes in Fulwood 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 110 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 Fulwood?
- 38 of the 735 postcodes now in use in Fulwood came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 30 of the 539 homes sold in Fulwood were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PR2 district, 11%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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