PR3 6SD Wyre
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Pilling. Region: North West.
Streets
- Head Dyke Lane, Stake Pool: 65 addresses
- Lamb's Lane, Wyre: 2 addresses
- Pilling Lane, Pilling Lane: 2 addresses
- Lancaster Road, Fisher's Row: 1 address
- Green Dicks Lane, Smallwood Hey: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Wyre in 2026-27: Band D £2,461 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,640 | £1,914 | £2,187 | £2,461 | £3,007 | £3,554 | £4,101 | £4,921 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band E (22% of about 1,150 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 42 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 low and 42 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 5 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 73%, ultrafast 73%, gigabit 73% of premises; 27% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Poulton-Le-Fylde 630,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.4 km (5.2 miles) |
| Layton (Lancs) 75,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11 km (6.8 miles) | |
| Blackpool North 2.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 12.9 km (8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Head Dyke Lane Pilling | 120 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Cleveleys | 8.3 km (5.2 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Knott End-On-Sea Ferry Landing Knott End on Sea | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 65 km (40 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Over-Wyre Med.ctr. | 3 km (1.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Allied Pharmacy Knott End | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 4.9 km (3.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Opd Fleetwood Hospital | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Police station | Lancashire Constabulary | 4.9 km (3.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Knott End, Knott End-on-Sea Cashzone | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 410 m² | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 4,700 m² | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 5,020 m² | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
Landmarks
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Adkinson's Wood | Wood | 320 m north |
| Baldwin's Wood | Wood | 840 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Bourbles Ponds | Lake or reservoir | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Preesall Hill | Hill | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) west |
| Pilling Marsh | Wetland | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) north-east |
| The Heads | Headland | 4 km (2.5 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.3 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 3 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 4 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 12 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 50 | 71 |
21 of the postcode's 71 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 62 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 5% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 43% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 91% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 76% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 43% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 48% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 44% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 43% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 42% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 21% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 26% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 5 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Head Dyke Lane.