# PR7 6JW: area report for a postcode in Chorley

PR7 6JW is a postcode in Chorley.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Chorley. Open the map at PR7 6JW for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Chorley](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley) › [PR7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr7) › [PR7 6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/pr7-6)

## Around this postcode

- **13 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 63% on July. Chorley 005B: 35 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.6758,53.6680,PR76JW
- **Euxton Balshaw Lane, 870 m**: About 11 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.6758,53.6680,PR76JW
- **3 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 250 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.6758,53.6680,PR76JW
- **No property in PR7 6JW listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-2.6758,53.6680,PR76JW
- **England’s least deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Chorley 005B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.6758,53.6680,PR76JW
- **£213,246 average price**: For the whole of Chorley, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.6758,53.6680,PR76JW
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 130 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.6758,53.6680,PR76JW
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 320 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.6758,53.6680,PR76JW
- **97.6% can get gigabit broadband at PR7 6JW**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.6758,53.6680,PR76JW
- **Loud road and rail noise at PR7 6JW**: Road 66 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.6758,53.6680,PR76JW
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-2.6758,53.6680,PR76JW
- **11.9 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.6758,53.6680,PR76JW

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [St. Mary's Catholic Primary School Euxton](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-catholic-primary-school-euxton-e119676) | Primary | 250 m (3 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), May 2024 | 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Euxton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/euxton-church-of-england-voluntary-aided-primary-school-e119473) | Primary | 320 m (4 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), October 2023 | 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Euxton Primrose Hill Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/euxton-primrose-hill-primary-school-e119309) | Primary | 610 m (8 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), June 2024 | 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Balshaw Lane Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/balshaw-lane-community-primary-school-e150117) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade | 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Runshaw College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/runshaw-college-e130741) | Sixth form and further education | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Trinity Church of England/Methodist Primary School, Buckshaw Village](https://openindex.co.uk/school/trinity-church-of-england-methodist-primary-school-buckshaw-village-e135860) | Primary | 1.8 km (23 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), October 2022 | 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| February 2026 | £385,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| August 2024 | £350,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 30 m |
| July 2025 | £405,000 | Detached, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| December 2024 | £180,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| December 2024 | £185,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 120 m |
| September 2025 | £124,995 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 130 m |
| July 2025 | £235,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 190 m |
| November 2024 | £460,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 220 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Euxton Balshaw Lane (880 m, 11 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: THE EUXTON MEDICAL CENTRE (130 m)
- Pharmacies: ROWLANDS PHARMACY (10 m)
- Dental practices: EUXTON DENTAL CENTRE (30 m)
- Supermarkets: Spar - Runshaw Lane (320 m, Spar)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £213,246** (July 2026). Chorley’s average house price was £213,246 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 2.8% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £39,350** (2025). Full-time workers living in Chorley earned a median of £39,350 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 154th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 5.4×** (2025). A home in Chorley costs 5.4 times local full-time pay. 58th most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 16.4** (2025). Chorley has a deprivation score of 16.4 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 118th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Chorley 005B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 3.3** (2025). Chorley 005B has a deprivation score of 3.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 1,242nd least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £289,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Chorley 005B was £289,000 in 2025. Joint 15,207th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,194** (2021). Chorley 005B had 2,194 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 2,900th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.3%** (January 2026). In Chorley 005B, 97.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## PR7 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £220,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in PR7 was £220,000 in 2025. Joint 517th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 63,509** (2021). PR7 had 63,509 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 75th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 64%** (2022). About 64% of people in PR7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.6%** (January 2026). In PR7, 94.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Chorley](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley)
- Centre: 53.6680, -2.6758

Council: [Chorley](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Chorley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/chorley): Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-2.6758,53.6680,PR76JW

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