| Postcode | PR3 0AJ |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Preston |
| Nearest station | Lancaster (12 km) |
| Bus stops |
New Holly (S)
Middle Holly Cottage (N)
Middle Holly Cottage (S)
Sunny Bank Nurseries (S)
Sunny Bank Nurseries (N)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 4 View |
| Known addresses |
Forton Lodge, Ratcliffe Wharf Lane, Forton
Moor Head Cottage, Ratcliffe Wharf Lane, Forton
|
| Main property type | Detached |
| Businesses |
No businesses found
|
| Latitude | 53.945957 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.779976 | |
| Easting | 348903 | |
| Northing | 450265 | |
| Grid reference | SD489502 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 514441 5977531 | |
| what3words | alienated.wins.winners | |
| FixPhrase | cruelly lushness smell swimsuit | |
| Plus code | 9C5VW6WC+92 | |
| Altitude | 40 metres (130 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 5:36 | |
| Sunset (today) | 21:00 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 5.3 KMs (3.3 miles) |
| Parish | Forton | E04005326 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Wyresdale | E05009955 |
| Local Authority District | Wyre | E07000128 |
| County Electoral Division | Wyre Rural Central | E58000831 |
| Local Authority | Lancashire | E10000017 |
| County | Lancashire | E10000017 |
| Constituency (2024) | Lancaster and Wyre | E14001318 |
| MP | Cat Smith | Labour |
| Police force | Lancashire | |
| Water company | United Utilities | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Lancaster and Wyre | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Lancashire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 |
| Date introduced | January 1980 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | July 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 |
| Population (2011) | 8 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 2 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
|
| Average household income (2020) |
Lowest (£22,200)
Highest (£108,100)
|
|
| Rural/urban | Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings | |
| Census output area (2021) | E00129962 | |
| Census output area (2011) | E00129962 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Wyre 006C | E01025609 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Wyre 006C | E01025609 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Bonds, Bilsborrow & Wyresdale | E02005324 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Bonds, Bilsborrow & Wyresdale | E02005324 |
| Travel to work area | Preston | E30000255 |
| Average property price in Preston | £212,994 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.1% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forton Lodge, Ratcliffe Wharf Lane, Forton | Other (freehold) | Jul 2017 | £865,000 |
| Moor Head Cottage, Ratcliffe Wharf Lane, Forton | Detached (freehold) | Jul 2008 | £500,000 |