Preston New Road Blackpool, Fylde
1 address across 1 postcode (FY4), about 370 m long, classed as a a road. USRN 3004247.
- Sales: 2 recorded sales since 1995; in 2006 the median was £325,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Fylde cost £230,340 in August 2026 (+0.9% on a year); private rents averaged £875 a month.
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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, Marton Gasworks, is 290 m away.
- Gas: No gas meters are recorded on its postcodes: it looks to be off the mains gas grid.
- Energy projects: 2 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Peel Road - Battery Storage, is 1.4 km (0.9 miles) away.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A583, carries 23,379 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Fylde costs £2,484 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 91% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Blackpool South, about 4.2 km (2.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 790 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 16 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Abbey Dale Medical Centre, about 2.6 km (1.6 miles) away.
- People: About 220 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 83% of households owned their home and 23% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 32 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often other theft.
- Road safety: 14 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 3 of them fatal or serious.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 1 | £325,000 | £325,000 | £325,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jul 2006 | WHYNDYKE HOUSE FY4 4XQ | Detached | £325,000 | |
| 8 Jul 2020 | WINDMILL SERVICE STATION FY4 4XQ | Other | £2,717,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
House prices and rents in Fylde
A typical home in Fylde cost £230,340 in August 2026, 0.9% more than a year before. That is 16% more than five years earlier and 32% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £380,875 |
| Semi-detached | £248,571 |
| Terraced | £198,150 |
| Flat or maisonette | £132,848 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £194,585 |
Private renters in Fylde paid £875 a month on average in September 2026, 5.4% more than a year before. That is 35% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £613 |
| Two bedrooms | £791 |
| Three bedrooms | £950 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,411 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the postcode, against 7 electricity meters: it looks to be off the mains gas grid, or almost, with heating from electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel.
These are all the homes on the 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 FY4.
Council tax
What each band costs in Fylde in 2026-27: Band D £2,484 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,656 | £1,932 | £2,208 | £2,484 | £3,036 | £3,588 | £4,140 | £4,968 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (26% of about 980 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 Clock Garage, Preston New Road, Westby: up to 14 homes, permissioned (890 m (0.6 miles))
Energy projects nearby
2 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 2 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peel Road - Battery Storage Fylde 23/0125 | Battery storage | 20 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Sep 2023 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Peel Road Phase 2 - Solar Farm Fylde 25/0113 | Solar farm | 13 MW | Planning application made Feb 2025 | 1.4 km (0.9 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
Finished in the last three months
- 12 October 2026 to 22 October 2026: NATIONAL HIGHWAYS, Works for road purposes, lane closure, on the carriageway (standard works)
- 18 August 2026 to 21 August 2026: CADENT GAS LIMITED, Utility repair and maintenance works, lane closure, on the footway, carriageway, verge (immediate - emergency works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre 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
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 290 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marton Gasworks Off Clifton Road, Blackpool, Lancashire | until 1984 | Inert, industrial, household | 290 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 address is about 16 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY4 4XQ | 91% | 91% | 91% | 9% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Blackpool South 114,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Moss Side 4,780 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) | |
| Blackpool Pleasure Beach 119,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 20 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Britannia Way Mereside | 190 m |
| Bus or coach station | Lonsdale Coach Park Bloomfield | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Fleetwood for Knott End Ferry Landing | 14.8 km (9.2 miles) |
| Car parks | Asda Blackpool Car Park | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest evyve Charging Station | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 52 km (32 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Abbey Dale Medical Centre Good Apr 2016 | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 330 m |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Opd Victoria Hospital Requires improvement Aug 2026 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Care homes | 2 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Coopers@Ambleside Good Aug 2023 | 860 m (0.5 miles) |
| Police station | Blackpool Police Headquarters | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Tesco Bank ATM | 390 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 8,890 m² | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 630 m² | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Mereside Park 9.4 ha | 370 m |
| Allotments | Cherry Tree Allotments 4.4 ha | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.9 hectares in all.
Landmarks
1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Arnott Wood | Wood | 270 m south |
| Kirkham Copse | Wood | 630 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Wildings Hill Wood | Wood | 820 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Marton Mere | Lake or reservoir | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Hall Hill | Hill | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) east |
| Blackpool South Beach | Beach | 4.9 km (3.1 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 1 |
1 of the street's 1 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 Fylde: see them on the Fylde page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mereside Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection | 18% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 47% in 2024 and 62% in 2023) |
| Stanley Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection | 54% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 62% in 2024 and 57% in 2023) |
| St George's School A Church of England Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 55.4 (55.5 in 2025 and 52.7 in 2024); 74.1% grade 5+ in English and maths |
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
2 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 550 m (0.3 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Learning Tree Nursery FY4 5LW | Full day care | 124 | Jan 2026: Strong standard in 6 areas | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
| The Manor Nursery School FY4 4UZ | Full day care | 100 | Good (Dec 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 940 m (0.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasdon Staff Canteen FY4 4UL | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 190 m | 5 Very good | 19 Feb 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Other theft | 20 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 5 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
| Shoplifting | 1 |
| Bicycle theft | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Drugs | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Petrol Station (32).
Road safety
14 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 3 serious and 11 slight, in which 3 people were seriously hurt. 1 involved a motorcyclist; 2 involved a child under 16. 7% 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 | 5 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Jun 2025 11:12 | Serious | 3 people | A583, 40 mph | Wet road |
| 29 May 2025 08:15 | Slight | 5 people: 1 child | A583, 40 mph | Wet road |
| 16 Feb 2025 16:40 | Slight | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | A583, 30 mph | Wet road |
| 12 Feb 2025 15:15 | Slight | 1 person | A5230, 40 mph | Daylight |
| 18 Dec 2024 11:00 | Serious | 1 person | A583, 40 mph | Wet road |
| 12 Dec 2024 18:00 | Slight | 1 person | A583, 40 mph | Dark |
| 29 Aug 2024 17:49 | Serious | 3 people | A583, 40 mph | Daylight |
| 12 Jun 2024 19:47 | Slight | 2 people | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 5 Sep 2023 07:35 | Slight | 1 person | A583, 40 mph | Daylight |
| 14 Dec 2022 08:27 | Slight | 1 person | A583, 40 mph | Frost or ice |
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
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A583 between Clifton Rd and M55, with 23,379 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 50 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A583 | Clifton Rd to M55 | 23,379 estimated | 2% | -2% since 2015 | 50 m |
| A5230 | M55 to A583 | 3,186 estimated | 3% | -14% since 2015 | 160 m |
| M55 | A5230 to A583 mid-junc | 12,744 estimated | 3% | 210 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 28% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 83% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 51% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 55% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 8% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 33% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 62% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 65% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 23% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 24% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 6 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
- FY4 4XQ: 1 address of 36 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Brittanic Way · A5230 · Sandhams Way · Buttermere Way · Helvellyn Court · Troutbeck Crescent · Scafell Way · Peel Hill · Hawkshead Terrace · Woodside · Thompson Road
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.