Preston postcode area | |
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Postcode area | PR |
Postcode area name | Preston |
Post towns | 4 |
Postcode districts | 13 |
Postcode sectors | 83 |
Postcodes (live) | 12,740 |
Postcodes (total) | 18,862 |
Statistics as at February 2012 |
Postcode district boundaries: Bing / Google
The PR postcode area, also known as the Preston postcode area, is a group of eleven postcode districts in England, which are subdivisions of four post towns. These postcode districts cover the city of Preston and the towns of Leyland and Chorley in south-west Lancashire, plus the town of Southport in Merseyside.
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
The PR25 and PR26 districts were formed out of the PR5 district in January 2001; Leyland became a new post town at the same time (the area having previously been part of the Preston post town).