| Postcode | PR3 0AP |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Preston |
| Nearest station | Lancaster (11 km) |
| Bus stops |
Hall Farm (W)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 17 View |
| Known addresses |
Lawklands, Ratcliffe Wharf Lane, Forton
Raingills Cottage, Ratcliffe Wharf Lane, Forton
Raingills Farm, Ratcliffe Wharf Lane, Forton
Thornfield, Ratcliffe Wharf Lane, Forton
|
| Main property type | Detached |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 53.947908 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.803066 | |
| Easting | 347390 | |
| Northing | 450499 | |
| Grid reference | SD473504 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 512925 5977743 | |
| what3words | galleries.wriggled.nosedive | |
| FixPhrase | cruelly lushly smother wake | |
| Plus code | 9C5VW5XW+5Q | |
| Altitude | 9 metres (31 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:10 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:41 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 3.8 KMs (2.4 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 | 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 |
| Population (2011) | 18 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 7 | |
| 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 hamlet and isolated dwellings | |
| Census output area (2021) | E00129962 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1A3 | |
| 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 | £215,089 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.5% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thornfield, Ratcliffe Wharf Lane, Forton | Detached (freehold) | Jan 2023 | £355,000 |
| Raingills Farm, Ratcliffe Wharf Lane, Forton | Other (freehold) | Mar 2021 | £800,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Sep 2003 | £390,000 | |
| Lawklands, Ratcliffe Wharf Lane, Forton | Detached (freehold) | Oct 2016 | £290,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Oct 2003 | £145,000 | |
| Raingills Cottage, Ratcliffe Wharf Lane, Forton | Detached (freehold) | Oct 1997 | £75,000 |