| Postcode | PR4 4QJ |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Preston |
| Nearest station | Croston (4 km) |
| Bus stops |
Smithy Inn (N)
Barnfield (W)
Liverpool Old Road (SW)
Liverpool Old Road (NE)
Brook Lane (SW)
Village Hall (E)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 10 View |
| Known addresses |
Chez Soo, Smithy Lane, Much Hoole
Fairview, Smithy Lane, Much Hoole
Kiln Croft, Smithy Lane, Much Hoole
Smithy House, Smithy Lane, Much Hoole
Sunnycroft, Smithy Lane, Much Hoole
|
| Main property type | Detached |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 53.697852 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.801555 | |
| Easting | 347175 | |
| Northing | 422678 | |
| Grid reference | SD471226 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 513101 5949923 | |
| what3words | wasps.steady.actual | |
| FixPhrase | crucial lushly sustainer washbowl | |
| Plus code | 9C5VM5XX+49 | |
| Altitude | 12 metres (40 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:42 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:12 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 9.4 KMs (5.8 miles) |
| Parish | Much Hoole | E04005297 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Hoole | E05010224 |
| Local Authority District | South Ribble | E07000126 |
| County Electoral Division | South Ribble West | E58000823 |
| Local Authority | Lancashire | E10000017 |
| County | Lancashire | E10000017 |
| Constituency (2024) | South Ribble | E14001491 |
| MP | Paul Foster | Labour |
| Police force | Lancashire | |
| Water company | United Utilities | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Mid Lancashire | |
| 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) | 15 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 7 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
|
| Average household income (2020) |
Lowest (£22,200)
Highest (£108,100)
|
|
| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban city and town | |
| Built up area (2024) | Longton | E63008024 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00129101 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1A2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | South Ribble 011A | E01025436 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | South Ribble 011A | E01025436 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Longton & Walmer Bridge | E02005297 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Longton & Walmer Bridge | E02005297 |
| Travel to work area | Preston | E30000255 |
| Average property price in Preston | £215,237 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.6% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chez Soo, Smithy Lane, Much Hoole | Detached (freehold) | Mar 2024 | £250,000 |
| Smithy House, Smithy Lane, Much Hoole | Detached (freehold) | Nov 2020 | £415,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | May 2006 | £300,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Feb 2005 | £248,000 | |
| Fairview, Smithy Lane, Much Hoole | Detached (freehold) | Aug 2018 | £255,000 |
| Kiln Croft, Smithy Lane, Much Hoole | Other (freehold) | Feb 2018 | £895,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Oct 1999 | £182,000 | |
| Sunnycroft, Smithy Lane, Much Hoole | Detached (freehold) | Jun 1996 | £105,000 |