Garstang

Garstang is covered by postcode district PR3. It is in the Wyre council area, Lancashire.

Typical price £250,000 Homes sold in Garstang, last 12 months. ▼ 5.7% on the year before Gigabit broadband 112 of 175 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 34 of 189 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 108 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Garstang, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Garstang, by flood risk Of the 189 postcodes in Garstang that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk, 9 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst, 15 are at very low risk only and 155 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 6 postcodes at high or medium risk; 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Garstang. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A6 PR3 0JA: not on the flood risk listPR3 0JF: not on the flood risk listPR3 0LP: not on the flood risk listPR3 0LS: not on the flood risk listPR3 0LW: not on the flood risk listPR3 0NQ: not on the flood risk listPR3 1AG: not on the flood risk listPR3 1DF: not on the flood risk listPR3 1DJ: not on the flood risk listPR3 1DL: not on the flood risk listPR3 1DN: not on the flood risk listPR3 1DS: not on the flood risk listPR3 1DT: not on the flood risk listPR3 1DU: not on the flood risk listPR3 1DX: not on the flood risk listPR3 1DY: not on the flood risk listPR3 1EA: not on the flood risk listPR3 1ED: not on the flood risk listPR3 1EE: not on the flood risk listPR3 1EF: not on the flood risk listPR3 1EG: not on the flood risk listPR3 1EH: not on the flood risk listPR3 1EJ: not on the flood risk listPR3 1EN: not on the flood risk listPR3 1EP: not on the flood risk listPR3 1EQ: not on the flood risk listPR3 1ER: not on the flood risk listPR3 1ES: not on the flood risk listPR3 1ET: not on the flood risk listPR3 1EU: not on the flood risk listPR3 1EW: not on the flood risk listPR3 1EX: not on the flood risk listPR3 1EZ: not on the flood risk listPR3 1FB: not on the flood risk listPR3 1FD: not on the flood risk listPR3 1FE: not on the flood risk listPR3 1FH: not on the flood risk listPR3 1FJ: not on the flood risk listPR3 1FL: not on the flood risk listPR3 1FN: not on the flood risk listPR3 1FP: not on the flood risk listPR3 1FQ: not on the flood risk listPR3 1FR: not on the flood risk listPR3 1FS: not on the flood risk listPR3 1HB: not on the flood risk listPR3 1HF: not on the flood risk listPR3 1HG: not on the flood risk listPR3 1HH: not on the flood risk listPR3 1HJ: not on the flood risk listPR3 1HN: not on the flood risk listPR3 1HP: not on the flood risk listPR3 1HQ: not on the flood risk listPR3 1HR: not on the flood risk listPR3 1HS: not on the flood risk listPR3 1HU: not on the flood risk listPR3 1HW: not on the flood risk listPR3 1JB: not on the flood risk listPR3 1JD: not on the flood risk listPR3 1JE: not on the flood risk listPR3 1JF: not on the flood risk listPR3 1JG: not on the flood risk listPR3 1JN: not on the flood risk listPR3 1JS: not on the flood risk listPR3 1JU: not on the flood risk listPR3 1JX: not on the flood risk listPR3 1JY: not on the flood risk listPR3 1LA: not on the flood risk listPR3 1LB: not on the flood risk listPR3 1LE: not on the flood risk listPR3 1LG: not on the flood risk listPR3 1LH: not on the flood risk listPR3 1LJ: not on the flood risk listPR3 1LL: not on the flood risk listPR3 1LN: not on the flood risk listPR3 1LQ: not on the flood risk listPR3 1LR: not on the flood risk listPR3 1LT: not on the flood risk listPR3 1LX: not on the flood risk listPR3 1LY: not on the flood risk listPR3 1LZ: not on the flood risk listPR3 1NA: not on the flood risk listPR3 1NB: not on the flood risk listPR3 1ND: not on the flood risk listPR3 1NE: not on the flood risk listPR3 1NF: not on the flood risk listPR3 1NG: not on the flood risk listPR3 1NH: not on the flood risk listPR3 1NJ: not on the flood risk listPR3 1NL: not on the flood risk listPR3 1NP: not on the flood risk listPR3 1NR: not on the flood risk listPR3 1NS: not on the flood risk listPR3 1NT: not on the flood risk listPR3 1NU: not on the flood risk listPR3 1PA: not on the flood risk listPR3 1PD: not on the flood risk listPR3 1PE: not on the flood risk listPR3 1PF: not on the flood risk listPR3 1PH: not on the flood risk listPR3 1PJ: not on the flood risk listPR3 1PL: not on the flood risk listPR3 1PN: not on the flood risk listPR3 1PP: not on the flood risk listPR3 1PQ: not on the flood risk listPR3 1PR: not on the flood risk listPR3 1PS: not on the flood risk listPR3 1PT: not on the flood risk listPR3 1PW: not on the flood risk listPR3 1PX: not on the flood risk listPR3 1PY: not on the flood risk listPR3 1QS: not on the flood risk listPR3 1RE: not on the flood risk listPR3 1RG: not on the flood risk listPR3 1RS: not on the flood risk listPR3 1RT: not on the flood risk listPR3 1SU: not on the flood risk listPR3 1SX: not on the flood risk listPR3 1TA: not on the flood risk listPR3 1TS: not on the flood risk listPR3 1WA: not on the flood risk listPR3 1WB: not on the flood risk listPR3 1WD: not on the flood risk listPR3 1WE: not on the flood risk listPR3 1WF: not on the flood risk listPR3 1WH: not on the flood risk listPR3 1WJ: not on the flood risk listPR3 1WL: not on the flood risk listPR3 1WN: not on the flood risk listPR3 1WP: not on the flood risk listPR3 1WQ: not on the flood risk listPR3 1WR: not on the flood risk listPR3 1XE: not on the flood risk listPR3 1XF: not on the flood risk listPR3 1XH: not on the flood risk listPR3 1XL: not on the flood risk listPR3 1XU: not on the flood risk listPR3 1XY: not on the flood risk listPR3 1YA: not on the flood risk listPR3 1YG: not on the flood risk listPR3 1YY: not on the flood risk listPR3 1HT: very low flood risk onlyPR3 1HZ: very low flood risk onlyPR3 1JA: very low flood risk onlyPR3 1JH: very low flood risk onlyPR3 1JJ: very low flood risk onlyPR3 1JL: very low flood risk onlyPR3 1JQ: very low flood risk onlyPR3 1JR: very low flood risk onlyPR3 1JT: very low flood risk onlyPR3 1JW: very low flood risk onlyPR3 1LD: very low flood risk onlyPR3 1LF: very low flood risk onlyPR3 1LP: very low flood risk onlyPR3 1LS: very low flood risk onlyPR3 1LW: very low flood risk onlyPR3 1EB: low flood risk at worstPR3 1PB: low flood risk at worstPR3 1SY: low flood risk at worstPR3 1WZ: low flood risk at worstPR3 1ZR: low flood risk at worstPR3 1AF: medium flood risk at worstPR3 1BD: medium flood risk at worstPR3 1BX: medium flood risk at worstPR3 1DP: medium flood risk at worstPR3 1EL: medium flood risk at worstPR3 1PG: medium flood risk at worstPR3 1TX: medium flood risk at worstPR3 1XJ: medium flood risk at worstPR3 1XP: medium flood risk at worstPR3 1FA: high flood riskPR3 1JP: high flood riskPR3 1LU: high flood riskPR3 1YB: high flood riskPR3 1ZA: high flood risk Garstang 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to PR3 1DP, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk6 postcodes at high or medium risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to PR3 1YB, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Garstang, by flood risk Of the 189 postcodes in Garstang that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk, 9 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst, 15 are at very low risk only and 155 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 6 postcodes at high or medium risk; 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Garstang. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Garstang
  • A home or business at high risk: 5
  • At medium risk at worst: 9
  • At low risk at worst: 5
  • At very low risk only: 15
  • Not on the at-risk list: 155
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 189 postcodes in Garstang that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk, 9 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst, 15 are at very low risk only and 155 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 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 53.9041, longitude -2.7784. 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.

PR3 1YB6 at high riskPR3 1FA5 at high riskPR3 1JP1 at high riskPR3 1LU1 at high riskPR3 1ZA1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. PR3 1DP, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. PR3 1YB, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Garstang?

Homes sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 5.7% on the 12 months before. At 112 of the 175 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 108 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 34 of its 189 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Salwick, 13.9 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 Garstang?

Homes in Garstang sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 62 sales, down 5.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£250,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£265,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 5.7% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £367,500 23 sales
  • Semi-detached £247,000 20 sales
  • Terraced £158,000 6 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £135,000 13 sales

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

Across the whole PR3 district, Garstang's main postcode district: a typical £280,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Garstang: 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 Garstang?

17 of the 189 postcodes now in use in Garstang came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 11 of the 132 homes sold in Garstang were newly built (8%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PR3 district, 26%.

The newest postcodes

PR3 9EBsince October 2025PR3 9EAsince November 2024PR3 1YYsince October 2024PR3 9DXsince June 2024PR3 1XJsince December 2023PR3 0LWsince April 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 GarstangAcross the PR3 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 62 (0%) 53 of 575 (9%)
The 12 months to August 2025 11 of 132 (8%) 238 of 932 (26%)

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 Garstang?

Ofcom reports on 175 of the 189 postcodes in Garstang. At 112 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit112 of 175
Postcodes where every home can get superfast157 of 175

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 Garstang at risk of flooding?

34 of the 189 postcodes in Garstang 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 108 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 34 of 189 postcodes High: 14Medium: 94Low: 145Very low: 176

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 Garstang?

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

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Garstang is Salwick Rail Station, 13.9 km away in a straight line.

  • Salwick Rail Station Railway station 13.9 kmDrive
  • Kirkham & Wesham Rail Station Railway station 14.7 kmDrive
  • Poulton-le-Fylde Rail Station Railway station 15.2 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 Garstang?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Garstang. 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 Garstang safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 348 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Garstang 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. 42 September 2025
  2. 35 October 2025
  3. 35 November 2025
  4. 38 December 2025
  5. 19 January 2026
  6. 30 February 2026
  7. 24 March 2026
  8. 28 April 2026
  9. 21 May 2026
  10. 18 June 2026
  11. 25 July 2026
  12. 33 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences121 reports
Anti-social behaviour104 reports
Shoplifting40 reports
Public order19 reports
Criminal damage and arson17 reports
Burglary17 reports
Other theft14 reports
Drugs7 reports

Also: bicycle theft 3, other crime 3, vehicle crime 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 Garstang?

District, borough or city council
Wyre
County council
Lancashire
Parliamentary constituency
Lancaster and Wyre
Police force area
Lancashire
Region
North West
Country
England
MP
Cat Smith (Labour)

All 189 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 Garstang

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

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Garstang postcodes

189 postcodes in use in Garstang, by district:

PR3 postcode district,189 postcodes

That district is in the PR postcode area.

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Places near Garstang

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Garstang's £250,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Catterall3.0 km, £264,000Great Eccleston8.3 km, £350,000Galgate10.0 km, £204,000Broughton, Preston11.7 km, £364,950Hambleton12.0 km, £250,000Preesall and Knott End-on-Sea13.2 km, £181,500Cottam13.3 km, £278,000Fulwood13.8 km, £224,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Garstang

What is it like to live in Garstang?
Homes sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 5.7% on the 12 months before. At 112 of the 175 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 108 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 34 of its 189 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Salwick, 13.9 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 Garstang?
Garstang is covered by postcode district PR3, across 189 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Garstang in?
Garstang is in the Wyre council area, and Lancashire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Garstang?
Garstang is in the Lancaster and Wyre parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Cat Smith (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Garstang?
Homes in Garstang sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 62 sales, down 5.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Garstang?
In Garstang, primary schools at its postcodes include Garstang Community Primary School and Garstang St Thomas' Church of England Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Garstang Community Academy, 1.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Garstang have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Garstang is Salwick, 13.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Garstang?
Ofcom reports on 175 of the 189 postcodes in Garstang. At 112 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Garstang at risk of flooding?
34 of the 189 postcodes in Garstang 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 108 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 Garstang?
17 of the 189 postcodes now in use in Garstang came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 11 of the 132 homes sold in Garstang were newly built (8%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PR3 district, 26%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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