Prescot
Prescot is covered by postcode districts L34 and L35. It is mostly in the Knowsley council area: 605 of its 944 postcodes. The others are in St. Helens.
Every postcode in Prescot, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 34
- In use before 2020: 910
Of the 944 postcodes in Prescot that ONS places, 34 are new since 2020 and 910 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. 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 53.4207, longitude -2.7875. 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 Prescot?
Homes sold for a typical £200,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 844 of the 930 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 6 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 9 of its 944 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Prescot, 850 metres 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 Prescot?
Homes in Prescot sold for a typical £200,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 385 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £322,500 76 sales
- Semi-detached £220,000 179 sales
- Terraced £155,000 96 sales
- Flat or maisonette £112,500 34 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole L35 district, Prescot's main postcode district: a typical £205,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Prescot: 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 Prescot?
34 of the 944 postcodes now in use in Prescot came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 9 of the 514 homes sold in Prescot were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the L35 district, 19%.
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 Prescot | Across the L35 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 385 (0%) | 10 of 283 (4%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 9 of 514 (2%) | 83 of 446 (19%) |
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 Prescot?
Ofcom reports on 930 of the 944 postcodes in Prescot. At 844 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 Prescot at risk of flooding?
9 of the 944 postcodes in Prescot 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 6 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 Prescot?
The open schools at the postcodes in Prescot (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
- St Luke's Catholic Primary School150 m 213 pupils, 236 places
- Whiston Willis Primary Academy600 m 419 pupils, 353 places
- Longton Lane Community Primary School900 m 284 pupils, 315 places
- St Mary and St Paul's CofE Primary School1.0 km 230 pupils, 210 places
- Prescot Primary School1.0 km 448 pupils, 420 places
- Evelyn Community Primary School1.2 km 250 pupils, 245 places
- Halsnead Primary School1.2 km 252 pupils, 420 places
- St Leo's and Southmead Catholic Primary School Serving the Community1.2 km 229 pupils, 261 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 Prescot?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Prescot is Prescot Rail Station, 850 m away in a straight line.
- Prescot Rail Station Railway station 850 mWalk
- Whiston Rail Station Railway station 950 mWalk
- Eccleston Park Rail Station Railway station 1.2 kmCycle
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 Prescot?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Prescot, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Cedar Cross Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 0151 426 5569 1.1 kmWalk
- Longton Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2024 · Phone 0151 290 4700 1.2 kmCycle
- Park House Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 0151 426 5253 1.4 kmCycle
- Prescot Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2026 · Phone 0151 426 5277 1.4 kmCycle
- Rainhill Village Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2026 · Phone 0151 511 5672 1.7 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Prescot safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 3,568 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Prescot 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
- 302 September 2025
- 300 October 2025
- 251 November 2025
- 261 December 2025
- 286 January 2026
- 239 February 2026
- 328 March 2026
- 304 April 2026
- 304 May 2026
- 341 June 2026
- 335 July 2026
- 317 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: vehicle crime 71, burglary 52, possession of weapons 34, robbery 18, bicycle theft 6, theft from the person 4.
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 Prescot?
- Councils
- Knowsley (605) and St. Helens (339)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- St Helens South and Whiston (571), Knowsley (258) and Widnes and Halewood (115)
- Police force area
- Merseyside
- 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 Prescot
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Prescot is in Knowsley; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Knowsley about council tax Council tax, on knowsley.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Prescot
- 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
Prescot postcodes
944 postcodes in use in Prescot, by district:
Those districts are all in the L postcode area.
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Places near Prescot
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Prescot's £200,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Prescot
- What is it like to live in Prescot?
- Homes sold for a typical £200,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 844 of the 930 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 6 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 9 of its 944 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Prescot, 850 metres 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 Prescot?
- Prescot is covered by postcode districts L34 and L35, across 944 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Prescot?
- Homes in Prescot sold for a typical £200,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 385 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Prescot?
- In Prescot, primary schools at its postcodes include St Luke's Catholic Primary School, Whiston Willis Primary Academy and Longton Lane Community Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy, The Prescot School and Tower College. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Prescot have a railway station?
- Yes: Prescot is 850 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Prescot, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Prescot?
- Ofcom reports on 930 of the 944 postcodes in Prescot. At 844 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Prescot at risk of flooding?
- 9 of the 944 postcodes in Prescot 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 6 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 Prescot?
- 34 of the 944 postcodes now in use in Prescot came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 9 of the 514 homes sold in Prescot were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the L35 district, 19%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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