| Postcode | PR3 0DR | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Preston | 
| Nearest station | Lancaster (11 km) | 
| Bus stops | War Memorial (N) Sunny Bank Nurseries (N) Sunny Bank Nurseries (S) Forton Bank (S) Brookfield Farm (N) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 12 View | 
| Known addresses | 1 Shireshead Gardens, Forton 2 Shireshead Gardens, Forton 3 Shireshead Gardens, Forton 4 Shireshead Gardens, Forton 5 Shireshead Gardens, Forton 6 Shireshead Gardens, Forton 7 Shireshead Gardens, Forton | 
| Main property type | Detached | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
                     | 
| Latitude | 53.954493 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.770612 | |
| Easting | 349528 | |
| Northing | 451208 | |
| Grid reference | SD495512 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 515052 5978482 | |
| what3words | blackbird.layers.firewall | |
| FixPhrase | cruelly lushness spectator unmixable | |
| Plus code | 9C5VX63H+QQ | |
| Altitude | 18 metres (59 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:10 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:41 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 5.5 KMs (3.4 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 | December 2018 | 
|---|---|
| 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) | Forton | E63007715 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00129964 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1C2 | |
| 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 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Shireshead Gardens, Forton | Detached (freehold) | Jun 2024 | £346,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Oct 2019 | £310,000 | |
| 6 Shireshead Gardens, Forton | Detached (freehold) | Jul 2023 | £350,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Oct 2020 | £325,000 | |
| 3 Shireshead Gardens, Forton | Detached (freehold) | Oct 2020 | £310,000 | 
| 4 Shireshead Gardens, Forton | Detached (freehold) | Aug 2020 | £316,000 | 
| 1 Shireshead Gardens, Forton | Detached (freehold) | Jul 2020 | £330,000 | 
| 5 Shireshead Gardens, Forton | Detached (freehold) | Dec 2019 | £310,000 | 
| 7 Shireshead Gardens, Forton | Other (freehold) | Sep 2017 | £270,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Jan 2011 | £181,758 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Aug 2009 | £430,000 |