Great Eccleston

Great Eccleston is covered by postcode district PR3. It is mostly in the Wyre council area: 56 of its 66 postcodes. The others are in Fylde.

Typical price £350,000 Homes sold in Great Eccleston, last 12 months. ▲ 2.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 61 of 66 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 17 of 66 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 221 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Great Eccleston, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Great Eccleston, by flood risk Of the 66 postcodes in Great Eccleston that ONS places, 11 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at very low risk only and 49 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 9 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Great Eccleston. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A586 PR3 0BZ: not on the flood risk listPR3 0DE: not on the flood risk listPR3 0DF: not on the flood risk listPR3 0DG: not on the flood risk listPR3 0DH: not on the flood risk listPR3 0DJ: not on the flood risk listPR3 0DL: not on the flood risk listPR3 0DN: not on the flood risk listPR3 0DP: not on the flood risk listPR3 0EQ: not on the flood risk listPR3 0ER: not on the flood risk listPR3 0ES: not on the flood risk listPR3 0ET: not on the flood risk listPR3 0EU: not on the flood risk listPR3 0EW: not on the flood risk listPR3 0EY: not on the flood risk listPR3 0EZ: not on the flood risk listPR3 0FL: not on the flood risk listPR3 0NR: not on the flood risk listPR3 0NS: not on the flood risk listPR3 0SW: not on the flood risk listPR3 0UN: not on the flood risk listPR3 0XJ: not on the flood risk listPR3 0XP: not on the flood risk listPR3 0YB: not on the flood risk listPR3 0YD: not on the flood risk listPR3 0YE: not on the flood risk listPR3 0YG: not on the flood risk listPR3 0YH: not on the flood risk listPR3 0YJ: not on the flood risk listPR3 0YL: not on the flood risk listPR3 0YQ: not on the flood risk listPR3 0YT: not on the flood risk listPR3 0YU: not on the flood risk listPR3 0YW: not on the flood risk listPR3 0YX: not on the flood risk listPR3 0YY: not on the flood risk listPR3 0ZB: not on the flood risk listPR3 0ZD: not on the flood risk listPR3 0ZE: not on the flood risk listPR3 0ZF: not on the flood risk listPR3 0ZG: not on the flood risk listPR3 0ZH: not on the flood risk listPR3 0ZJ: not on the flood risk listPR3 0ZL: not on the flood risk listPR3 0ZP: not on the flood risk listPR3 0ZT: not on the flood risk listPR3 0ZU: not on the flood risk listPR3 0ZW: not on the flood risk listPR3 0XN: very low flood risk onlyPR3 0XT: very low flood risk onlyPR3 0YP: very low flood risk onlyPR3 0UX: medium flood risk at worstPR3 0XL: medium flood risk at worstPR3 0YS: medium flood risk at worstPR3 0PT: high flood riskPR3 0UT: high flood riskPR3 0UY: high flood riskPR3 0XA: high flood riskPR3 0XU: high flood riskPR3 0XX: high flood riskPR3 0XY: high flood riskPR3 0YA: high flood riskPR3 0ZA: high flood riskPR3 0ZQ: high flood riskPR3 0ZS: high flood risk Great Eccleston 9 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to PR3 0XX, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk9 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Great Eccleston, by flood risk Of the 66 postcodes in Great Eccleston that ONS places, 11 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at very low risk only and 49 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 9 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Great Eccleston. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Great Eccleston
  • A home or business at high risk: 11
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 3
  • Not on the at-risk list: 49
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 66 postcodes in Great Eccleston that ONS places, 11 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at very low risk only and 49 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.8544, longitude -2.8725. 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 0XX40 at high riskPR3 0XU24 at high riskPR3 0XA21 at high riskPR3 0YA19 at high riskPR3 0XY17 at high riskPR3 0UT12 at high riskPR3 0UY12 at high riskPR3 0PT4 at high riskPR3 0ZS2 at high riskPR3 0ZA1 at high riskPR3 0ZQ1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 9 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. PR3 0XX, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Great Eccleston?

Homes sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.9% on the 12 months before. At 61 of the 66 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 221 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 17 of its 66 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Kirkham & Wesham, 7.5 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 Great Eccleston?

Homes in Great Eccleston sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 29 sales, up 2.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£350,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£340,000
12 months to August 2026
£350,000

▲ up 2.9% on the 12 months before

Detached£370,000 21 sales
Semi-detached£237,475 6 sales
Terraced 2 sales, too few to price

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

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Great 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 Great Eccleston?

11 of the 66 postcodes now in use in Great Eccleston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 37 homes sold in Great Eccleston were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PR3 district, 26%.

The newest postcodes

PR3 0NSsince July 2023PR3 0NRsince November 2022PR3 0EWsince February 2022PR3 0EYsince December 2021PR3 0EZsince August 2021PR3 0ESsince February 2021

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 Great EcclestonAcross the PR3 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 29 (0%) 53 of 575 (9%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 37 (0%) 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 Great Eccleston?

Ofcom reports on 66 of the 66 postcodes in Great Eccleston. At 61 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit61 of 66
Postcodes where every home can get superfast66 of 66

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 Great Eccleston at risk of flooding?

17 of the 66 postcodes in Great 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 221 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 17 of 66 postcodes High: 153Medium: 68Low: 17Very low: 58

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 Great Eccleston?

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

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Great Eccleston is Kirkham & Wesham Rail Station, 7.5 km away in a straight line.

  • Kirkham & Wesham Rail Station Railway station 7.5 kmDrive
  • Poulton-le-Fylde Rail Station Railway station 7.8 kmDrive
  • Salwick Rail Station Railway station 8.9 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 Great Eccleston?

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

Police.uk records 74 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Great 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. 5 September 2025
  2. 4 October 2025
  3. 6 November 2025
  4. 5 December 2025
  5. 6 January 2026
  6. 2 February 2026
  7. 5 March 2026
  8. 9 April 2026
  9. 10 May 2026
  10. 5 June 2026
  11. 9 July 2026
  12. 8 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences46 reports
Anti-social behaviour10 reports
Criminal damage and arson5 reports
Other theft4 reports
Public order3 reports
Other crime2 reports
Burglary1 report
Vehicle crime1 report

Also: bicycle theft 1, drugs 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 Great Eccleston?

Councils
Wyre (56) and Fylde (10)
County council
Lancashire
Parliamentary constituencies
Lancaster and Wyre (56) and Fylde (10)
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

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Great Eccleston postcodes

66 postcodes in use in Great Eccleston, by district:

PR3 postcode district,66 postcodes

That district is in the PR postcode area.

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Places near Great Eccleston

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Great Eccleston's £350,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Hambleton5.9 km, £250,000Wesham7.2 km, £216,250Catterall7.4 km, £264,000Poulton-le-Fylde7.7 km, £225,000Kirkham8.2 km, £200,000Garstang8.3 km, £250,000Carleton8.8 km, £232,500Thornton9.1 km, £185,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Great Eccleston

What is it like to live in Great Eccleston?
Homes sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.9% on the 12 months before. At 61 of the 66 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 221 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 17 of its 66 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Kirkham & Wesham, 7.5 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 Great Eccleston?
Great Eccleston is covered by postcode district PR3, across 66 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Great Eccleston?
Homes in Great Eccleston sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 29 sales, up 2.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Great Eccleston?
In Great Eccleston, primary schools at its postcodes include St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Great Eccleston; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Hope School, 6.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Great Eccleston have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Great Eccleston is Kirkham & Wesham, 7.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Great Eccleston?
Ofcom reports on 66 of the 66 postcodes in Great Eccleston. At 61 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Great Eccleston at risk of flooding?
17 of the 66 postcodes in Great 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 221 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 Great Eccleston?
11 of the 66 postcodes now in use in Great Eccleston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 37 homes sold in Great Eccleston were newly built (0%), 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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