Postcodes in Preston District

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This article covers information about postcodes in Preston's local authority district. Preston is an administrative area in Lancashire County. Preston district is further divided into 16 Wards.

Below is a complete list of Preston Postcodes, it has 3535 active postcodes. Preston contains approximately 57587 residential properties with a population of about 140255.

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Preston Postcode and Census - Statistical Overview


Population 140255
Addresses / Property Count 57587
Active Postcodes 3535
County Lancashire
No Of Wards in Preston 16

What is a District

The United Kingdom is primarily divided into large area blocks called Counties. A district is an administrative block in the UK and part of a County council area. The district is also the second-largest administrative block in the UK after counties. These are also known as local authority districts and are different from city districts. Preston is a local authority district in Lancashire county. Districts are majorly categorized into 4 types namely:

  • Non-Metropolitan districts
  • Unitary authority areas
  • Metropolitan boroughs
  • London boroughs

Sub Divisions Of a district

Districts are subdivided into different local administrative blocks. Other categories of local administrative blocks that comes under district authority are as follows:

  • Parish
  • Wards
  • Cities

Wards in Preston

There are 16 wards in the district. Below is a list of the wards. You can click on any ward link to view the postcodes of that ward.

Ashton Brookfield Cadley City Centre Deepdale Fishwick & Frenchwood Garrison Greyfriars Ingol & Cottam Lea & Larches Plungington Preston Rural East Preston Rural North Ribbleton St Matthew's Sharoe Green

View Map Of Preston Wards


This map shows all wards in the district of Preston, zoom to view all the pointers. If you click on any pointer you can see the ward name. Below the ward name, you can see a link called view postcodes. Click on the link to see the postcodes for that ward.

List of Preston postcodes


showing 3050-3100 of 3535 active postcodes in Preston
Postcode Ward Latitude Longitude
PR2 9YQ Greyfriars 53.78841500 -2.71567200
PR2 9YR Greyfriars 53.78710700 -2.71956600
PR2 9YW Sharoe Green 53.79687900 -2.68713800
PR2 9YY Sharoe Green 53.79718400 -2.70120100
PR2 9ZB Sharoe Green 53.79430500 -2.68868700
PR2 9ZD Sharoe Green 53.79741400 -2.68931800
PR2 9ZG Sharoe Green 53.79686500 -2.68797300
PR2 9ZH Sharoe Green 53.79415900 -2.68332800
PR2 9ZL City Centre 53.75425000 -2.70837200
PR2 9ZX City Centre 53.75425000 -2.70837200
PR2 9ZZ Sharoe Green 53.79685900 -2.69001900
PR3 0PP Preston Rural North 53.88316300 -2.68732000
PR3 0RR Preston Rural North 53.84681900 -2.72444800
PR3 1UU Preston Rural North 53.88441500 -2.64646200
PR3 1UX Preston Rural North 53.89157900 -2.65133600
PR3 2AB Preston Rural East 53.82981300 -2.61482200
PR3 2AF Preston Rural East 53.82228100 -2.67415500
PR3 2AJ Preston Rural East 53.83016000 -2.61972100
PR3 2AL Preston Rural East 53.82516800 -2.63362200
PR3 2AN Preston Rural East 53.82212600 -2.65513400
PR3 2AP Preston Rural East 53.82307000 -2.63672200
PR3 2AQ Preston Rural East 53.82215300 -2.65660800
PR3 2AR Preston Rural East 53.82287600 -2.65590500
PR3 2AS Preston Rural East 53.82531200 -2.65911800
PR3 2AT Preston Rural East 53.82357900 -2.66220500
PR3 2AU Preston Rural East 53.82252300 -2.66773300
PR3 2AW Preston Rural East 53.82839400 -2.61472600
PR3 2AX Preston Rural East 53.82191200 -2.67103500
PR3 2AY Preston Rural East 53.82161100 -2.67444600
PR3 2BA Preston Rural East 53.82283300 -2.67338900
PR3 2BB Preston Rural East 53.82424800 -2.67427800
PR3 2BD Preston Rural East 53.82398600 -2.67457700
PR3 2BE Preston Rural East 53.82302600 -2.67100700
PR3 2BF Preston Rural East 53.83703600 -2.61188900
PR3 2BG Preston Rural East 53.82814100 -2.61485900
PR3 2BH Preston Rural East 53.82469100 -2.67176100
PR3 2BJ Preston Rural North 53.82614000 -2.66980900
PR3 2BN Preston Rural North 53.82589600 -2.67532200
PR3 2BP Preston Rural North 53.82621600 -2.67927700
PR3 2BQ Preston Rural East 53.82476700 -2.67471200
PR3 2BS Preston Rural East 53.82473300 -2.67598700
PR3 2BT Preston Rural East 53.82281500 -2.67179400
PR3 2BU Preston Rural East 53.82277400 -2.67442100
PR3 2BW Preston Rural East 53.83624200 -2.61248500
PR3 2BX Preston Rural East 53.82333300 -2.67508100
PR3 2BY Preston Rural East 53.82269300 -2.67276400
PR3 2BZ Preston Rural East 53.83024600 -2.61283800
PR3 2DB Preston Rural East 53.83768100 -2.61674700
PR3 2DD Preston Rural East 53.83091600 -2.61363800
PR3 2DE Preston Rural East 53.82528400 -2.67710500
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