Preston
Preston is covered by postcode districts PR0, PR1, PR2, PR3, PR4 and PR11. It is in the Preston council area, Lancashire.
ONS publishes this built-up area as Preston (Preston).
Every postcode in Preston, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 103
- In use before 2020: 2,188
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 2,291 postcodes in Preston that ONS places, 103 are new since 2020 and 2,188 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. 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 53.7678, longitude -2.6988. 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
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 41 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PR3 5GJ, is the newest of them.
- 10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PR1 7AZ, is the newest of them.
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PR1 3AR, is the newest of them.
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PR1 3AX, is the newest of them.
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PR1 2BS, is the newest of them.
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. PR2 6FW, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Preston?
Homes sold for a typical £150,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 4.9% on the 12 months before. At 1,706 of the 2,071 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 2,407 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 169 of its 2,291 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 Preston, 1.4 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 Preston?
Homes in Preston sold for a typical £150,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 737 sales, up 4.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £276,000 83 sales
- Semi-detached £184,000 233 sales
- Terraced £128,000 342 sales
- Flat or maisonette £101,000 79 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole PR1 district, Preston's main postcode district: a typical £166,990.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Preston: 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 Preston?
103 of the 2,291 postcodes now in use in Preston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 959 homes sold in Preston were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PR1 district, 5%.
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 Preston | Across the PR1 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 1 of 737 (Under 1%) | 2 of 537 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 2 of 959 (Under 1%) | 36 of 798 (5%) |
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 Preston?
Ofcom reports on 2,071 of the 2,291 postcodes in Preston. At 1,706 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 4 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 Preston at risk of flooding?
169 of the 2,291 postcodes in Preston 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 2,407 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 Preston?
The open schools at the postcodes in Preston (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 Ignatius' Catholic Primary School, Preston450 m 193 pupils, 189 places
- English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Preston550 m 229 pupils, 236 places
- Deepdale Community Primary School700 m 696 pupils, 682 places
- Eldon Primary School900 m 239 pupils, 248 places
- St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Preston1.1 km 206 pupils, 210 places
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Preston1.4 km 273 pupils, 280 places
- Imam Muhammad Zakariya School1.4 km 136 pupils, 150 places
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Preston1.4 km 347 pupils, 315 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 Preston?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Preston is Preston Rail Station, 1.4 km away in a straight line.
- Preston Rail Station Railway station 1.4 kmCycle
- Lostock Hall Rail Station Railway station 4.9 kmCycle
- Bamber Bridge 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 Preston?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Preston, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Dr Ali Guttridge Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01772 325150 550 mWalk
- Gutteridge Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2024 · Phone 01772 325130 550 mWalk
- Issa Medical Centre - Patel Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2023, over 3 years old · Phone 01772 798122 850 mWalk
- The Healthcare Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01772 655533 1.2 kmWalk
- Avenham Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01772 529120 1.2 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Preston safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 10,456 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Preston 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
- 914 September 2025
- 878 October 2025
- 843 November 2025
- 901 December 2025
- 809 January 2026
- 766 February 2026
- 915 March 2026
- 790 April 2026
- 901 May 2026
- 886 June 2026
- 911 July 2026
- 942 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 250, other crime 202, robbery 144, possession of weapons 135, bicycle theft 129, theft from the person 82.
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 Preston?
- District, borough or city council
- Preston
- County council
- Lancashire
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Preston (2,216) and Ribble Valley (75)
- 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 Preston
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 Preston
- 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
Preston postcodes
2,291 postcodes in use in Preston, 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 Preston
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Preston's £150,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Preston
- What is it like to live in Preston?
- Homes sold for a typical £150,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 4.9% on the 12 months before. At 1,706 of the 2,071 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 2,407 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 169 of its 2,291 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 Preston, 1.4 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 Preston?
- Preston is covered by postcode districts PR0, PR1, PR2, PR3, PR4 and PR11, across 2,291 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Preston in?
- Preston is in the Preston council area, and Lancashire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Preston?
- Homes in Preston sold for a typical £150,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 737 sales, up 4.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Preston?
- In Preston, primary schools at its postcodes include St Ignatius' Catholic Primary School, Preston, English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Preston and Deepdale Community Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Abrar Academy, Moor Park High School and Preston Muslim Girls High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Preston have a railway station?
- Yes: Preston is 1.4 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Preston, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Preston?
- Ofcom reports on 2,071 of the 2,291 postcodes in Preston. At 1,706 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 4 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Preston at risk of flooding?
- 169 of the 2,291 postcodes in Preston 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 2,407 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 Preston?
- 103 of the 2,291 postcodes now in use in Preston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 2 of the 959 homes sold in Preston were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the PR1 district, 5%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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