| Postcode | PR5 7SA | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Preston | 
| Nearest station | Croston (0 km) | 
| Bus stops | Railway Station (S) Station Road (N) Station Road (S) Town Road (N) Moor Road (E) Moor Road (W) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 53.665745 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.777033 | |
| Easting | 348755 | |
| Northing | 419088 | |
| Grid reference | SD487190 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 514732 5946356 | |
| what3words | harp.premises.sundial | |
| FixPhrase | crucial lushness squiggly unturned | |
| Plus code | 9C5VM68F+75 | |
| Altitude | 8 metres (25 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:09 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:41 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 12.3 KMs (7.7 miles) | 
| Parish | Croston | E04005148 | 
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 
|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| 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) | E00126759 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5A1 | |
| 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 | £215,089 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.5% |