| Postcode | PR5 7AQ | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Preston | 
| Nearest station | Croston (2 km) | 
| Bus stops | Pompian Brow (E) St Johns Church (E) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 53.67975 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.800031 | |
| Easting | 347253 | |
| Northing | 420663 | |
| Grid reference | SD472206 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 513208 5947910 | |
| what3words | trifle.mermaids.area | |
| FixPhrase | crucial lushness stove uptight | |
| Plus code | 9C5VM5HX+WX | |
| Altitude | 10 metres (32 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:10 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:42 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 10.2 KMs (6.4 miles) | 
| Parish | Bretherton | E04005143 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South | E05013075 | 
| Local Authority District | Chorley | E07000118 | 
| County Electoral Division | Chorley Rural West | E58000764 | 
| Local Authority | Lancashire | E10000017 | 
| County | Lancashire | E10000017 | 
| Constituency (2024) | South Ribble | E14001491 | 
| MP | Paul Foster | Labour | 
| Police force | Lancashire | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Chorley and West Lancashire | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Lancashire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | January 2001 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural village | |
| Built up area (2024) | Bretherton | E63008080 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00126757 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Chorley 007B | E01024974 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Chorley 007B | E01024974 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Croston & Mawdesley | E02005195 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Croston & Mawdesley | E02005195 | 
| Travel to work area | Preston | E30000255 | 
| Average property price in Preston | £215,089 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.5% |