| Postcode | PR6 7GN | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Chorley | 
| Nearest station | Buckshaw Parkway (3 km) | 
| Bus stops | Methodist Church (N) Mill Lane (S) Cow Well Lane (N) Mill Lane (N) Hill Top Lane (N) St Johns Church (S) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 53.691501 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.637911 | |
| Easting | 357973 | |
| Northing | 421862 | |
| Grid reference | SD579218 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 523909 5949259 | |
| what3words | secrets.mondays.destroyer | |
| FixPhrase | crucial luster suffice unhappy | |
| Plus code | 9C5VM9R6+JR | |
| Altitude | 75 metres (246 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:09 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:41 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 20 KMs (12.5 miles) | 
| Parish | Whittle-le-Woods | E04005160 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Buckshaw & Whittle | E05013065 | 
| Local Authority District | Chorley | E07000118 | 
| County Electoral Division | Clayton with Whittle | E58000766 | 
| Local Authority | Lancashire | E10000017 | 
| County | Lancashire | E10000017 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Chorley | E14001170 | 
| MP | Sir Lindsay Hoyle | Speaker | 
| Police force | Lancashire | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Chorley and West Lancashire | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Lancashire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | June 1998 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | June 1999 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Postcode sector mean (mainly PO Boxes) | 
| 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) | Whittle-le-Woods | E63008067 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00126633 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5A1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Chorley 004E | E01034337 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Chorley 004B | E01024949 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Whittle-le-Woods & Anglezarke | E02005192 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Whittle-le-Woods & Anglezarke | E02005192 | 
| Travel to work area | Preston | E30000255 | 
| Average property price in Preston | £215,089 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 0.5% |