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AREA GUIDES
Preston Area Guide
PR2 1HX · Preston · Lancashire
A clearer picture of local life, the housing market and the things that shape your day.
PR2 1HXChange
WEATHER
Weather this week
Forecast for PR2 1HX.
OVERVIEW
Overview
A concise snapshot before the detail below.
YOUR LOCAL PICTURE
Around Preston
PR2 1HX is in the Preston local authority area. The nearest listed railway station is Preston, about 1.3 miles from this location. Explore local services and travel connections below, alongside housing and planning records.
HOUSING MARKET
Explore house prices →Housing market
Completed property sales and the wider area price trend.
25 Sep 2025 – 20 Jul 2026
June 2026
June 2026 compared with a year earlier
The median is the middle recorded sale in the sample above. The official index adjusts for the mix of homes sold across a wider area. Recent registrations can arrive late; neither figure values an individual home.
What could that cost each month?
Take a recorded price into the mortgage calculator. Adjust the property price, deposit, rate and term for the home you have in mind.
PLANNING
View all planning →Planning
Recent nearby applications and a route to the full planning view.
145, Lytham Road, Preston, PR2 2EQTwo storey side extension, single storey rear extension, rear dormer, outbuilding and associated works to boundary treatmentsAwaiting decision›Footpath to the side of 18 Dunkirk Avenue, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 3RYPrior Notification submission for 15m steel pole to support fibre cable and ancillary electronic communications apparatus and/or radio antennae together with associated cabinetry housing electronic communications apparatus and/or radio equipment to form part of a high speed broadband electronic communications networkPrior approval granted28 Apr 2026›
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LOCAL LIFE
View all local life
What’s around here?
A lighter snapshot of useful local places, showing only the results available in each section.
Some unclaimed business pages use category illustrations until the business adds its own photographs.
Place and available business details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
LIVING HERE
Living here
Schools, population, reported crime and employment.
- Ashton-on-Ribble St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · Ages 5–110.3 mi
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, PrestonPrimary · Ages 4–110.4 mi
- New Focus EducationOther independent special school · Ages 6–160.4 mi
- The Roebuck SchoolPrimary · Ages 3–110.4 mi
Population of the small statistical area surrounding PR2 1HX—not the whole town. 2024.
What area does this cover?
Preston 008A (LSOA) is a defined statistical boundary, not a mileage radius.
Reports within about one mile in the latest mapped month · 2026-07.
Unemployment estimate for Preston · Latest available period.
REPRESENTATION
Who represents this area?
Current representation and recent general-election history for Preston.
How this area has votedWinning party, vote share and turnout at recent general elections.
Constituency boundaries changed in 2024, so older results may not cover exactly the same streets.
GETTING AROUND
Getting around
Roads, rail, nearby car parks, EV charging, driving charges and airports.
NEARBY CAR PARKS
View all →Nearby car parks
The closest useful mapped car parks.
- 4.5 miView car park →
- 4.6 miView car park →
- 5.6 miView car park →
- Mardale Road Car Park →Paid · 57 spaces · Ribble Valley Borough Council5.9 miView car park →
Nearby fuel prices
View allUp to four forecourts within 5 miles of PR2 1HX, ordered by unleaded price. Prices in pence per litre.
- TEXACO2.2 mi Unleaded (E10)164.8p8 SepDiesel—Not reported
- PRESTON SUPERSTORE - PETROL FILLING STATION2.4 mi Unleaded (E10)165.9p23 SepDiesel189.9p24 Sep
- EG SADDLE INN PFS2.3 mi Unleaded (E10)166.7p21 SepDiesel193.7p24 Sep
- ESSAR LEA GATE STATION2.6 mi Unleaded (E10)166.7p24 SepDiesel193.7p24 Sep
Official UK Fuel Finder data
EV CHARGING
View all →Nearby EV charging
Nearest public charging locations with useful charger details where available.
No reliable nearby EV-charger result is available right now.
NEAREST MAJOR AIRPORT
Liverpool John Lennon Airport
About 30.6 miles away. Distance alone does not show whether a property is under a flight path.
No strategic aircraft-noise band is shown for this postcode. That does not guarantee aircraft will never be heard.
View airport map & nearby parking →NEARBY PLACES & OUTDOORS
Nearby places & outdoors
Useful nearby places, green space and walking routes.
Useful nearby places
HMP Preston1.8 miles away
Green space and walks
- Cuerden Valley Park4.4 mi
- Ribble Estuary5.4 mi
- Beacon Fell7.7 mi
- Pennine Bridleway19.9 mi
- Pennine Way26.5 mi
Distance is to the nearest mapped point; it does not guarantee immediate access to the route from this postcode.
Vets near this area
Explore practice profiles, owner reviews and contact details around PR2 1HX.
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Find and compare vets near PR2 1HXCoverage at a glanceIndoor and outdoor coverage around PR2 1HX
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Three
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O2
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Vodafone
VodafoneIndoor: LimitedOutdoor: Likely
UTILITIES & BROADBAND
Utilities & broadband
BIN DAYS
Check bin days →Collection dates are address-specific
Use the postcode, then choose the exact household before Place Keys shows collection dates.
Data, sources and limitationsSources, refresh dates and important context
Key sources
Weather: MET Norway, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Mobile coverage and broadband: Ofcom. Population: ONS via Nomis. Property sales: HM Land Registry. Local places may include Food Standards Agency and OpenStreetMap data. Elections use published constituency results and current representative data.
How to read the figures
Small-area population is a defined statistical geography, not a town total or mileage radius. Distances are approximate straight-line or mapped distances unless a module states otherwise. Older election results may use pre-2024 constituency boundaries.
Dataset dates
- Weather: 25 Sep 2026, 06:51
- Sold prices: most recent displayed sale 20 Jul 2026
- Reported crime: 2026-07