| Postcode | PR3 0FQ | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Preston | 
| Nearest station | Lancaster (11 km) | 
| Bus stops | Sunny Bank Nurseries (S) New Holly Hotel (N) Sunny Bank Nurseries (N) War Memorial (S) Middle Holly Cottage (N) Middle Holly Cottage (S) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 8 View | 
| Known addresses | 2 Ghyll Close, Forton | 
| Main property type | Other | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
                     | 
| Latitude | 53.948992 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.772034 | |
| Easting | 349428 | |
| Northing | 450597 | |
| Grid reference | SD494505 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 514961 5977870 | |
| what3words | shred.quits.kept | |
| FixPhrase | cruelly lushness snazzy tartly | |
| Plus code | 9C5VW6XH+H5 | |
| Altitude | 39 metres (129 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:10 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:41 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 5.6 KMs (3.5 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 | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Lancaster and Wyre | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Lancashire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | November 2021 | 
|---|---|
| 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 hamlet and isolated dwellings | |
| Built up area (2024) | Forton | E63007715 | 
| 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 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Ghyll Close, Forton | New build other (freehold) | Dec 2020 | £740,681 |