Church View Close Grimsargh, Preston
2 addresses across 2 postcodes (PR2), about 80 m long. USRN 30700758.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Preston cost £188,103 in August 2026 (+3.6% on a year); private rents averaged £791 a month.
- Energy: 11 homes have an energy certificate (B: 11).
- Flood: 6 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Ribblesdale Drive, is 300 m away.
- Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 0 times (0 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 5 to 10% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Energy projects: 2 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Global Ardour Recycling Limited - Solar Panels, is 1.4 km (0.9 miles) away.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Preston costs £2,576 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 89% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Preston (Lancs), about 6.9 km (4.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 500 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 71 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Ribbleton Medical Centre, about 3.3 km (2 miles) away.
- People: About 620 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 88% of households owned their home and 35% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 19 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 1 of them fatal or serious.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in Preston
A typical home in Preston cost £188,103 in August 2026, 3.6% more than a year before. That is 22% more than five years earlier and 40% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £330,599 |
| Semi-detached | £203,550 |
| Terraced | £145,269 |
| Flat or maisonette | £100,723 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £165,111 |
Private renters in Preston paid £791 a month on average in September 2026, 5.7% more than a year before. That is 34% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £579 |
| Two bedrooms | £731 |
| Three bedrooms | £860 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,251 |
Energy performance certificates
11 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 83 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (7); Bungalow, semi-detached (4). Built: 2022 (11). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (11).
Each home's certificates and sales (11 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 20,633 kWh of it on average in 2024, 85% more than the district's 11,174 kWh, and 4,929 kWh of electricity, 58% more than the district's 3,121 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR2 5JP | 14 | 4,870 kWh | 15 | 21,196 kWh |
| PR2 5SD | 20 | 3,499 kWh | 24 | 19,095 kWh |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is PR2.
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 C (27% of about 1,500 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.
Energy projects nearby
4 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 2 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fell View Farm (Phase 2) Preston 06/2015/0288 | Solar farm | 2.9 MW | Operational Mar 2016 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Land at Fell View Farm (Phase 1) Preston 06/2015/0218 | Solar farm | 4.2 MW | Operational Mar 2016 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Global Ardour Recycling Limited - Solar Panels Preston 06/2025/0073 | Solar farm | 1.3 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Mar 2025 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Red Scar Industrial Estate - EfW Preston LCC/2019/0029 | Energy from waste (incinerator) | 40 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Nov 2019 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
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, 6 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PR2 5JP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PR2 5SD | not in 2 or 3 | 6 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 0 times, for under an hour in all, in 2025. They discharge into Trib Tun Brook.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grimsargh Cso 333Lg United Utilities | Trib Tun Brook | 0 | 0 | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 5 to 10%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
By postcode centre: less than 1% (1); 5 to 10% (2).
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 300 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ribblesdale Drive Off Preston Road, Grimsargh, Preston | 1981 to 1982 | Inert, industrial | 300 m |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 71 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR2 5JP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| PR2 5SD | 96% | 89% | 89% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Preston (Lancs) 5.4 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.9 km (4.3 miles) |
| Bamber Bridge 75,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.5 km (5.3 miles) | |
| Lostock Hall 24,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.3 km (5.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Nook Crescent Grimsargh | 110 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Preston City Centre | 6 km (3.7 miles) |
| Car parks | Preston Park and Ride Junction 31a | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| EV charging points | E.ON Drive Public Charging Station | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 53.9 km (33 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Ribbleton Medical Centre Good Dec 2017 | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Grimsargh Pharmacy | 170 m |
| NHS dentists | Longridge Road Dental Surgery | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Ramsay Fulwood Hall Hospital Good Aug 2026 | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| Care homes | Bridgeway Care Home Outstanding Aug 2026 | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Police station | Lancashire Police - Longridge Customer Service Reception | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.7 ha | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 640 m² | 300 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4.8 ha | 260 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 1.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
4 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Cow Hill Wood | Wood | 640 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Grimsargh Wetlands | Wetland | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Dingle Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Tun Brook Wood | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-east |
| Brockholes Quarry | Lake or reservoir | 3 km (1.9 miles) south |
| Tenter Hill | Hill | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 13 | 13 |
None of the street's 13 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grimsargh St Michael's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 350 m | No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good | 77% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 72% in 2024 and 67% in 2023) |
| Alston Lane Catholic Primary School, Longridge Roman Catholic | Primary | 2–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection | 66% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 56% in 2024 and 57% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
1 nursery, pre-school or club within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 420 m (0.3 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery Vine at Grimsargh St Michael's C of E Primary School PR2 5SD | Full day care | 24 | Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 428 childminders and 26 home childcarers (nannies) in Lancashire. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaias Coffee Bar PR2 5JQ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 150 m | 5 Very good | 20 Jan 2025 |
| Grimsargh Social Club PR2 5JQ | Pub/bar/nightclub | 150 m | 5 Very good | 16 Jun 2025 |
| Grimsargh Village Store PR2 5JQ | Retailers - other | 150 m | 4 Good | 10 Jun 2025 |
| Grimsargh St Michaels School PR2 5SD | School/college/university | 340 m | 5 Very good | 16 Jul 2025 |
| Discovery Vine Childcare PR2 5SD | School/college/university | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 5 Feb 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 11 |
| Vehicle crime | 3 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Waingate (9); On or near Nook Crescent (7); On or near Smith Close (3).
Road safety
2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight, in which 2 people were seriously hurt. 1 involved a child under 16. 100% happened in the dark, and 50% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 40 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Nov 2024 20:15 | Slight | 1 person | Minor road, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on |
| 26 Sep 2024 21:50 | Serious | 3 people: 1 child | B6243, 40 mph | Dark, wet road |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 20% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 21% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 88% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 46% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 33% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 60% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 66% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 9 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
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Brookdale Close · Haighbrook Way · Nook Crescent · Larkspur Close · Waingate · Smith Close · Nook Glade · Waingate · Appledale Drive · Ribblesdale Drive · Roshaw · Blackleach Avenue
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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.