Thornton
Thornton is covered by postcode district FY5. It is in the Wyre council area, Lancashire.
ONS publishes this built-up area as Thornton (Wyre).
Every postcode in Thornton, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 18
- In use before 2020: 500
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 518 postcodes in Thornton that ONS places, 18 are new since 2020 and 500 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 53.8764, longitude -3.0061. 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
- 8 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. FY5 5PS, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Thornton?
Homes sold for a typical £185,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.7% on the 12 months before. At 462 of the 516 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 111 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 461 of its 518 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Poulton-le-Fylde, 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 Thornton?
Homes in Thornton sold for a typical £185,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 293 sales, up 5.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £278,500 77 sales
- Semi-detached £180,000 169 sales
- Terraced £141,200 36 sales
- Flat or maisonette £92,000 11 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole FY5 district, Thornton's main postcode district: a typical £180,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Thornton: 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 Thornton?
18 of the 518 postcodes now in use in Thornton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 6 of the 401 homes sold in Thornton were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the FY5 district, 2%.
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 Thornton | Across the FY5 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 293 (0%) | 0 of 710 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 6 of 401 (1%) | 22 of 963 (2%) |
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 Thornton?
Ofcom reports on 516 of the 518 postcodes in Thornton. At 462 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 Thornton at risk of flooding?
461 of the 518 postcodes in Thornton 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 111 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 Thornton?
The open schools at the postcodes in Thornton. 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
- Great Arley School450 m 99 pupils, 99 places
- Thornton-Cleveleys Red Marsh School450 m
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Thornton Cleveleys550 m 186 pupils, 210 places
- Thornton Cleveleys Royles Brook Primary School700 m 286 pupils, 315 places
- Thornton Primary School700 m 149 pupils, 175 places
- Thornton Cleveleys Baines Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School800 m 200 pupils, 210 places
- Stanah Primary School1.1 km 369 pupils, 420 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 Thornton?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Thornton is Poulton-le-Fylde Rail Station, 3.3 km away in a straight line.
- Poulton-le-Fylde Rail Station Railway station 3.3 kmCycle
- Layton (Lancs) Rail Station Railway station 4.8 kmCycle
- Blackpool North Rail Station Railway station 6.7 kmDrive
- West Drive (Blackpool Tramway) Underground, metro or tram 2.2 kmCycle
- Cleveleys (Blackpool Tramway) Underground, metro or tram 2.2 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 Thornton?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Thornton. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- The Thornton Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report December 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01253 956282 550 mWalk
- The Village Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01253 204333 550 mWalk
- Beechwood Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01253 951717 550 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Thornton safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,540 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Thornton 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
- 107 September 2025
- 141 October 2025
- 110 November 2025
- 144 December 2025
- 123 January 2026
- 110 February 2026
- 112 March 2026
- 128 April 2026
- 143 May 2026
- 154 June 2026
- 117 July 2026
- 151 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 29, drugs 23, bicycle theft 6, robbery 6, possession of weapons 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 Thornton?
- District, borough or city council
- Wyre
- County council
- Lancashire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Blackpool North and Fleetwood
- Police force area
- Lancashire
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Lorraine Beavers (Labour)
All 518 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 Thornton
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Wyre about council tax Council tax, on wyre.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Thornton
- 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 Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Thornton postcodes
518 postcodes in use in Thornton, by district:
That district is in the FY postcode area.
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Places near Thornton
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Thornton's £185,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Thornton
- What is it like to live in Thornton?
- Homes sold for a typical £185,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.7% on the 12 months before. At 462 of the 516 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 111 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 461 of its 518 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Poulton-le-Fylde, 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 Thornton?
- Thornton is covered by postcode district FY5, across 518 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Thornton in?
- Thornton is in the Wyre council area, and Lancashire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Thornton?
- Thornton is in the Blackpool North and Fleetwood parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Lorraine Beavers (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Thornton?
- Homes in Thornton sold for a typical £185,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 293 sales, up 5.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Thornton?
- In Thornton, primary schools at its postcodes include Great Arley School, Thornton-Cleveleys Red Marsh School and Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Thornton Cleveleys; secondary schools at its postcodes include Great Arley School, Thornton-Cleveleys Red Marsh School and Millfield School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Thornton have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Thornton is Poulton-le-Fylde, 3.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Thornton?
- Ofcom reports on 516 of the 518 postcodes in Thornton. At 462 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Thornton at risk of flooding?
- 461 of the 518 postcodes in Thornton 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 111 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 Thornton?
- 18 of the 518 postcodes now in use in Thornton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 6 of the 401 homes sold in Thornton were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the FY5 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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