Bushell Street Preston
5 addresses across 2 postcodes (PR1), about 70 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 30700498.
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Preston costs £2,576 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 96% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Preston (Lancs), about 1 km (0.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Peace Garden, is about 590 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 10.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 37 to 38 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 5 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Gutteridge Medical Centre, about 890 m (0.6 miles) away, with 7 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 580 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 10% of households owned their home and 20% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 315 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Preston in 2026-27: Band D £2,576 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,717 | £2,003 | £2,290 | £2,576 | £3,148 | £3,721 | £4,293 | £5,151 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (76% of about 1,730 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Former Telephone House, 170 Moor Lane, Preston: up to 120 homes, permissioned (370 m)
- Portergate Phase 3, Great Shaw Street, Preston: up to 40 homes, not permissioned (410 m (0.3 miles))
- Ribchester House, Lancaster Road: up to 8 homes, permissioned (460 m (0.3 miles))
- Lancastria House, Lancaster Road: up to 23 homes, not permissioned (530 m (0.3 miles))
- 50 - 52 Lancaster Road, Preston: up to 6 homes, not permissioned (660 m (0.4 miles))
- Moor Park Depot, Moor Park Avenue: up to 51 homes, permissioned (780 m (0.5 miles))
- 10 to 14 Lancaster Road, Preston: up to 6 homes, not permissioned (780 m (0.5 miles))
- 161-171 Fylde Rd: up to 108 homes, permissioned (790 m (0.5 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 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: no home is in an area at risk.
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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| PR1 2SP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PR1 1NJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 5 addresses are between 37 m and 38 m above sea level (37 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR1 1NJ | 100% | 96% | 96% | 0% |
| PR1 2SP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Preston (Lancs) 5.4 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Lostock Hall 24,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) | |
| Bamber Bridge 75,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 49 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Gt Georges Street Preston City Centre | 130 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Preston City Centre | 560 m (0.3 miles) |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest National Car Parks Ltd | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | 6 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 48.9 km (30 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 7 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Gutteridge Medical Centre | 890 m (0.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 13 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Moor Park Pharmacy | 530 m (0.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 10 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Hospital | NHS Nightingale Hospital Preston | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
| Police station | Preston Police Station | 80 m |
| Cash machines | 5 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Crown Convenience Cashzone | 250 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Peace Garden 710 m² | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Moor Park 40 ha | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,080 m² | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | Oxhey's Recreation Ground 1.7 ha | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 530 m² | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 40 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Ignatius, a listed building (Grade II*), 420 m (0.3 miles) south-east. 117 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 3 of them Grade I and 8 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Ignatius | Listed building, Grade II* | 420 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| St Peter's Arts Centre, University of Central Lancashire | Listed building, Grade II* | 420 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Church of St George the Martyr | Listed building, Grade II* | 670 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Sessions House | Listed building, Grade II* | 680 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Moor Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 910 m (0.6 miles) north |
| Avenham Walk | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Castle Hill motte | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south-west |
| Penwortham Old Bridge | Scheduled monument | 2 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Deepdale Enclosure | Wood | 730 m (0.5 miles) east |
| The Serpentine | Lake or reservoir | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Frenchwood Knoll | Hill | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Crow Wood | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
| Pool Plat | Tidal water | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-east |
| Bull Nose | Wetland | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.0 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 4 | 5 |
1 of the street's 5 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Preston: see them on the Preston page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Preston Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 340 m | No published inspection |
| St Ignatius' Catholic Primary School, Preston Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 400 m (0.2 miles) | Good (May 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Moor Park High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 910 m (0.6 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Post-16 provision: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Stoneygate Nursery School | Nursery | 2–4 | 940 m (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| Deepdale Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Report card (Feb 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Preston Muslim Girls High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, Preston Roman Catholic | Primary | 5–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Cardinal Newman College Roman Catholic | 16 plus | 16–99 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Eden Boys' School, Preston Muslim | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Lancaster University School of Mathematics | 16 plus | 16–19 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| The Roebuck School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, Preston Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nisa Local PR1 1JR | Retailers - other | 130 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 16 Apr 2026 |
| True Vaping PR1 7AT | Retailers - other | 160 m | 5 Very good | 23 Sep 2025 |
| The Queen Vic PR1 7AT | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 160 m | 5 Very good | 6 Dec 2023 |
| City Church Preston at St Thomas PR1 1JX | Retailers - other | 160 m | 5 Very good | 11 Nov 2024 |
| Iceland PR1 1RU | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 180 m | 4 Good | 19 Dec 2023 |
| The Moorbrook Inn PR1 1RU | Pub/bar/nightclub | 180 m | 5 Very good | 20 Feb 2026 |
| Chesters Food Distribution Limited PR1 1RD | Distributors/Transporters | 190 m | 4 Good | 14 Aug 2026 |
| Chamo Street Food PR1 7AT | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 220 m | 5 Very good | 3 Sep 2025 |
| Tesco Express PR1 1JQ | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 240 m | 5 Very good | 25 Feb 2026 |
| Kashmir Watan Foodstores Limited PR1 1PJ | Retailers - other | 250 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 5 Nov 2025 |
| Surprice PR1 1TJ | Retailers - other | 250 m | 5 Very good | 1 Apr 2025 |
| English Martyrs R C School PR1 7DR | School/college/university | 270 m | 5 Very good | 2 Oct 2025 |
| Breakfast and After School Club PR1 7DR | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 270 m | 5 Very good | 27 Jan 2026 |
| Wellsprings community hub PR1 1YP | Other catering premises | 280 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Quattro PR1 1TJ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 290 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 12 Jun 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 108 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 58 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 37 |
| Public order | 36 |
| Drugs | 27 |
| Other theft | 15 |
| Vehicle crime | 8 |
| Other crime | 8 |
| Bicycle theft | 6 |
| Burglary | 5 |
| Shoplifting | 3 |
| Possession of weapons | 2 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Robbery | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Singleton Row (107); On or near Moor Lane (29); On or near Fish Street (25); On or near Melling Street (20); On or near Appleby Street (19).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 11% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 10% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 7% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 73% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 42% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 11% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 11% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 16% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 18% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 31% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 16% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 30% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 84% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 20% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 32% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 85% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 3% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 2 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.
What has changed
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Lancaster Road · Lancaster Road North · Beckett Court · Riding Street · Singleton Row · Cragg's Row · Crown Street · Emmett Street · Dawson Walk · Atkinson Close · Aughton Walk · Appleby Street
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.