| Postcode | PR5 7QY | 
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| Post Town | Preston | 
| Nearest station | Croston (1 km) | 
| Bus stops | 
                       Railway Station (N) 
Station Road (S) 
Town Road (N) 
Railway Station (S) 
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| Known addresses | 
                       
                          No addresses found
                       
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| Businesses | 
                     
                        No businesses found
                     
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| Latitude | 53.663051 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.780812 | |
| Easting | 348502 | |
| Northing | 418791 | |
| Grid reference | SD485187 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 514483 5946055 | |
| what3words | rare.remove.trappings | |
| FixPhrase | crucial lushness spud tiptoeing | |
| Plus code | 9C5VM679+6M | |
| Altitude | 8 metres (26 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:17 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:34 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 12.3 KMs (7.6 miles) | 
| Parish | Croston | E04005148 | 
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| Ward | Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South | E05013075 | 
| Local Authority District | Chorley | E07000118 | 
| County Electoral Division | Chorley Rural West | E58000764 | 
| Local Authority | Lancashire | E10000017 | 
| County | Lancashire | E10000017 | 
| Constituency (2024) | South Ribble | E14001491 | 
| MP | Paul Foster | Labour | 
| Police force | Lancashire | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Chorley and West Lancashire | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Lancashire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | January 1980 | 
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| Date usage ended | January 2001 | 
| 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 
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| Average household income (2020) | 
                       Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       
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| Rural/urban (2021) | Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural town and fringe | |
| Built up area (2024) | Croston | E63008098 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00126760 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 8A1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Chorley 007D | E01024976 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Chorley 007D | E01024976 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Croston & Mawdesley | E02005195 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Croston & Mawdesley | E02005195 | 
| Travel to work area | Preston | E30000255 | 
| Average property price in Preston | £215,237 | 
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| Annual change | 0.6% |