Station Road Croston, Chorley

202 addresses across 11 postcodes (PR26), about 620 m (0.4 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 7400977.

  • Sales: 258 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £267,500 across 3 sales.
  • Prices and rents: A typical home in Chorley cost £216,624 in August 2026 (+4.2% on a year); private rents averaged £803 a month.
  • Energy: 114 homes have an energy certificate (B: 17, C: 33, D: 48, E: 13, F: 3).
  • Flood: 19 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
  • Recorded floods: 3 recorded floods covered 2 of its 11 postcode centres, most recently in December 2015.
  • Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Crompton Fields Drain Pipe, is 100 m away.
  • Storm overflows: 2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 54 times (265 hours) in 2025.
  • Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Chorley costs £2,430 a year in 2026-27.
  • Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 67% to 100% of premises.
  • Transport: The nearest railway station is Croston, about 480 m (0.3 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 60 m away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 7 to 9 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 168 of its 202 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Village Surgeries Croston&Eccleston, about 250 m away.
  • People: About 1,960 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 79% of households owned their home and 42% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 20 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 involved a pedestrian.

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House sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20263£267,500£116,000£269,100
20256£238,500£195,000£640,000
20244£228,750£150,000£260,000
20234£205,500£185,000£260,000
202211£260,000£195,000£665,000
20215£239,000£205,000£460,000
20203£260,000£220,000£322,000
20199£220,000£130,000£275,000
20187£202,000£165,000£350,000
201711£202,000£158,000£605,000
201611£169,000£135,000£270,000
201511£199,500£115,500£275,000
The latest 200 of 258 sales, by house number
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
19 Jun 20071 PR26 9HLDetached£290,000
19 Oct 20182 PR26 9RJTerraced£165,000
3 Jul 20152 PR26 9RJTerraced£159,950New build.
25 Feb 20225 PR26 9RJTerraced£260,000
23 Jan 2024CO-OP SUPERMARKET, 6 PR26 9RJOther£225,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
20 Jun 2017CO-OP SUPERMARKET, 6 PR26 9RJOther£82,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
30 Sep 2013CO-OP SUPERMARKET, 6 PR26 9RJOther£170,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
9 Jun 2008CROSTON DAY NURSERY SCHOOL, 6B PR26 9RJDetached£90,000Leasehold.
20 Dec 20066C PR26 9RJFlat or maisonette£70,000New build. Leasehold.
4 Aug 20236D PR26 9RJFlat or maisonette£152,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
20 Mar 20086D PR26 9RJFlat or maisonette£112,000Leasehold.
12 May 20086E PR26 9RJFlat or maisonette£68,000Leasehold.
26 Apr 20197 PR26 9RJSemi-detached£188,000
29 Jun 20077 PR26 9RJSemi-detached£189,950
16 Feb 20079 PR26 9RJTerraced£158,500
9 Dec 201110 PR26 9RJSemi-detached£173,750
25 Apr 200510 PR26 9RJSemi-detached£187,000
27 Feb 200913 PR26 9RJTerraced£140,000
5 Oct 200413 PR26 9RJTerraced£122,950
5 May 201714 PR26 9RJSemi-detached£186,000
28 Oct 202515 PR26 9RJTerraced£257,000
4 Mar 201915 PR26 9RJTerraced£130,000
22 Nov 200215 PR26 9RJTerraced£91,950
10 Sep 201816 PR26 9RJSemi-detached£270,000Leasehold.
2 Jun 201717 PR26 9RJTerraced£173,500
22 May 201517 PR26 9RJTerraced£157,500Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
11 Sep 200717 PR26 9RJTerraced£160,000
30 Oct 202319 PR26 9RJTerraced£185,000
21 Sep 201020 PR26 9RJSemi-detached£72,000Leasehold.
18 Nov 200420 PR26 9RJSemi-detached£125,000Leasehold.
19 Dec 201421 PR26 9RJTerraced£120,000
5 Nov 200722 PR26 9RJSemi-detached£151,000
16 Jan 202523 PR26 9RJTerraced£217,770
19 Dec 201423 PR26 9RJTerraced£160,000
8 May 200823 PR26 9RJTerraced£165,000
19 Dec 201925 PR26 9RJTerraced£238,000
10 Sep 201425 PR26 9RJTerraced£202,000
29 Jul 201527 PR26 9RJTerraced£199,500
19 Oct 201227 PR26 9RJTerraced£193,500
2 Sep 201027 PR26 9RJTerraced£189,000
22 Jan 201628 PR26 9RJSemi-detached£152,000Leasehold.
28 Feb 200328 PR26 9RJDetached£90,000Leasehold.
26 Jun 201528A PR26 9RJSemi-detached£205,000Leasehold.
29 Jun 200728A PR26 9RJSemi-detached£228,500Leasehold.
29 Jun 200728A PR26 9RJSemi-detached£228,500
31 Jan 201229 PR26 9RJTerraced£185,000
16 Apr 200729 PR26 9RJTerraced£169,000
15 Oct 200431 PR26 9RJTerraced£141,250
10 Nov 200331 PR26 9RJTerraced£110,000
7 Aug 202033 PR26 9RJTerraced£220,000
13 Apr 201833 PR26 9RJTerraced£202,000
28 Nov 201433 PR26 9RJTerraced£189,950
18 Jun 201433 PR26 9RJTerraced£103,500
26 Oct 201234 PR26 9RJTerraced£136,000
5 Dec 202536 PR26 9RJTerraced£258,000
23 Apr 201936 PR26 9RJTerraced£150,000
15 May 201837 PR26 9RJTerraced£171,000
7 Nov 201437 PR26 9RJTerraced£120,000
3 Mar 200638 PR26 9RJTerraced£155,999Leasehold.
23 Mar 201841 PR26 9RJDetached£345,000
29 Aug 200641 PR26 9RJDetached£306,000
10 Jun 201643 PR26 9RLTerraced£172,000
4 Mar 201343 PR26 9RLTerraced£162,500
16 May 200843 PR26 9RLSemi-detached£170,000
25 May 200743 PR26 9RLSemi-detached£167,000
15 Dec 202544 PR26 9RNTerraced£220,000Leasehold.
3 Oct 200844 PR26 9RNTerraced£165,000Leasehold.
6 Oct 200644 PR26 9RNTerraced£176,000Leasehold.
29 Nov 201345 PR26 9RLTerraced£167,500
10 Dec 201045 PR26 9RLTerraced£150,000
8 Jan 200845 PR26 9RLTerraced£137,000
21 Sep 201247 PR26 9RLTerraced£151,500
17 Oct 200347 PR26 9RLTerraced£120,000
9 Jul 202448 PR26 9RNTerraced£260,000
5 Dec 201748 PR26 9RNTerraced£202,000
3 Mar 201748 PR26 9RNTerraced£198,500
21 Jun 201348 PR26 9RNTerraced£118,000
11 Oct 201949 PR26 9RLTerraced£255,000
20 Dec 201749 PR26 9RLTerraced£205,000
24 Mar 201649 PR26 9RLTerraced£145,000
18 Dec 200949 PR26 9RLTerraced£140,000
11 Apr 201450 PR26 9RNTerraced£170,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
30 Jun 200650 PR26 9RNTerraced£130,000
3 Nov 200451 PR26 9RLTerraced£120,000
28 Mar 202553 PR26 9RLTerraced£195,000
18 Oct 201953 PR26 9RLTerraced£138,000
22 Aug 200354 PR26 9RNTerraced£98,750
11 Jun 202058 PR26 9RNTerraced£322,000
4 Nov 201158 PR26 9RNTerraced£190,500
15 Aug 200259 PR26 9RLTerraced£69,000
7 Feb 202459A PR26 9RLTerraced£202,500
20 Dec 201261 PR26 9RLTerraced£101,500
13 Jun 200764 PR26 9RNTerraced£155,000
3 Apr 202468 PR26 9RNTerraced£150,000
8 Feb 201368 PR26 9RNTerraced£105,000
2 Oct 201769 PR26 9RLOther£130,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
7 Dec 201871 PR26 9RLDetached£350,000
25 May 201671 PR26 9RLDetached£270,000
28 Nov 201571 PR26 9RLDetached£245,000
23 Jul 200871 PR26 9RLDetached£330,000
10 Jun 201971A PR26 9RLDetached£275,000
29 Aug 200371A PR26 9RLDetached£165,000
29 May 202672 PR26 9RNTerraced£267,500
2 Oct 202372 PR26 9RNTerraced£226,000
19 Jul 201172 PR26 9RNTerraced£204,000
2 Aug 200272 PR26 9RNTerraced£115,000
26 Jun 202073 PR26 9RLTerraced£260,000
23 Sep 201673 PR26 9RLTerraced£234,995
11 Feb 201674 PR26 9RNTerraced£150,000
6 Dec 201074 - 76 PR26 9RNTerraced£150,000
21 May 202474A PR26 9RNTerraced£150,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
10 Feb 201775 PR26 9RLSemi-detached£229,000
12 Feb 201676 PR26 9RNTerraced£155,000
26 Aug 201176 PR26 9RNTerraced£146,000
27 Mar 201777 PR26 9RLSemi-detached£227,000
2 Sep 202478 PR26 9RNTerraced£255,000
30 Jul 202178 PR26 9RNTerraced£239,000
27 Jun 201778 PR26 9RNTerraced£197,000
29 Nov 200778 PR26 9RNTerraced£189,000
10 Aug 200678 PR26 9RNTerraced£169,000
7 Nov 202279 PR26 9RLSemi-detached£325,000
23 Sep 201679 PR26 9RLSemi-detached£234,995
28 Dec 200580 PR26 9RNTerraced£95,000
25 Jun 2009CROSTON POST OFFICE, 80 PR26 9RNTerraced£108,000
22 Aug 201681 PR26 9RLTerraced£172,500
14 Sep 202282 PR26 9RNTerraced£335,000
14 Nov 202284 PR26 9RNDetached£385,000
26 Jun 201584 PR26 9RNDetached£247,000
8 Aug 200788 PR26 9RPDetached£499,000
13 Oct 201788A PR26 9RPDetached£605,000
25 Jan 200888A PR26 9RPDetached£250,000
5 Jan 200788A PR26 9RPDetached£599,900
4 Nov 200588A PR26 9RPDetached£575,000
1 Jun 200790 PR26 9RPSemi-detached£262,000
26 Sep 201492 PR26 9RPSemi-detached£343,000
16 Nov 201092 PR26 9RPSemi-detached£330,000
16 Jun 200692 PR26 9RPSemi-detached£235,000
29 Jan 202196 PR26 9RPSemi-detached£460,000
5 Apr 201296 PR26 9RPSemi-detached£188,000
25 Mar 202198 PR26 9RPTerraced£300,000
2 Sep 201598 PR26 9RPTerraced£208,000
16 Sep 201198 PR26 9RPSemi-detached£200,000
30 Oct 200998 PR26 9RPSemi-detached£205,000
13 Nov 200298 PR26 9RPSemi-detached£146,000
28 Oct 201599 PR26 9RPSemi-detached£275,000
29 May 200799 PR26 9RPSemi-detached£175,000
9 Sep 2022100 PR26 9RPTerraced£195,000
24 Aug 2018100 PR26 9RPTerraced£169,950
22 Oct 2002100 PR26 9RPTerraced£91,950
4 Aug 2021102 PR26 9RPTerraced£205,000
21 Aug 2015102 PR26 9RPTerraced£159,000
11 Jul 2006102 PR26 9RPTerraced£110,000
14 Jul 2023103 PR26 9RPSemi-detached£260,000
30 Aug 2002103 PR26 9RPSemi-detached£99,950
17 Jun 2022104 PR26 9RPTerraced£235,000
24 Feb 2006104 PR26 9RPTerraced£175,000
26 Sep 2014105 PR26 9RPTerraced£137,000
21 Sep 2015107 PR26 9RPTerraced£193,000
24 Mar 2006107 PR26 9RPTerraced£210,000
10 Feb 2006108 PR26 9RPTerraced£143,000
13 Dec 2002108 PR26 9RPTerraced£95,000
17 Jul 2026109 PR26 9RPTerraced£269,100
8 Mar 2019109 PR26 9RPTerraced£220,000
7 Mar 2014109 PR26 9RPTerraced£194,000
15 Jun 2007109 PR26 9RPTerraced£235,000
5 Apr 2023110 PR26 9RPTerraced£185,000
1 Dec 2015110 PR26 9RPTerraced£137,000
20 Aug 2021111 PR26 9RPTerraced£215,000
9 Aug 2002112 PR26 9RPTerraced£68,000
8 Dec 2017113 PR26 9RPTerraced£225,000
7 Jul 2011113 PR26 9RPTerraced£150,000
10 Feb 2006113 PR26 9RPTerraced£152,500
22 Jul 2011114 PR26 9RPTerraced£75,000
30 Aug 2013115 PR26 9RPTerraced£167,300
10 Nov 2008115 PR26 9RPTerraced£175,000
1 Jun 2007115 PR26 9RPTerraced£164,000
30 Jul 2026116 PR26 9RPTerraced£116,000
18 Mar 2011116 PR26 9RPTerraced£125,000
10 Feb 2006117 PR26 9RPSemi-detached£195,000
25 Jul 2003117 PR26 9RPSemi-detached£120,000
3 Aug 2016118 PR26 9RPTerraced£135,000
22 Jul 2014118 PR26 9RPTerraced£125,000
6 Mar 2008118 PR26 9RPTerraced£131,000
17 Jun 2022120 PR26 9RPTerraced£206,000
19 Feb 2016120 PR26 9RPTerraced£169,000
6 Oct 2017122 PR26 9RPTerraced£158,000
23 Oct 2015122 PR26 9RPTerraced£115,500
23 Apr 2007123A PR26 9RPTerraced£185,000Leasehold.
19 Dec 2022123B PR26 9RPFlat or maisonette£218,000Leasehold.
26 Apr 2013123C PR26 9RPFlat or maisonette£145,000Leasehold.
27 Mar 2008123C PR26 9RPTerraced£155,000New build. Leasehold.
18 Feb 2022123D PR26 9RPFlat or maisonette£211,000Leasehold.
15 May 2009123D PR26 9RPFlat or maisonette£155,000Leasehold.
20 Nov 2009123E PR26 9RPSemi-detached£155,000Leasehold.
31 Jan 2022127A PR26 9RPDetached£275,000
11 Jan 2019127A PR26 9RPDetached£269,995
20 Jun 2022CROWN HOTEL PR26 9RNOther£600,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
30 Oct 2025DOB CROSS BARN PR26 9RJDetached£640,000
29 Apr 2022DOB CROSS BARN PR26 9RJDetached£665,000
18 Apr 2008DOB CROSS FARM PR26 9RJDetached£350,000

The full report lists every sale on this street, 258 in all, by house number. Get the full report

House prices and rents in Chorley

A typical home in Chorley cost £216,624 in August 2026, 4.2% more than a year before. That is 18% more than five years earlier and 49% more than ten years earlier.

HomeTypical price, Aug 2026
Detached£345,701
Semi-detached£215,397
Terraced£172,972
Flat or maisonette£118,783
Bought by a first-time buyer£186,036

Private renters in Chorley paid £803 a month on average in September 2026, 7.2% more than a year before. That is 37% more than five years earlier.

HomeAverage rent a month, Sep 2026
One bedroom£601
Two bedrooms£768
Three bedrooms£910
Four or more bedrooms£1,337

Sources: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, with the ONS and the Welsh Government), to August 2026; ONS Price Index of Private Rents, to September 2026. Figures for the whole council area, not this street. The typical price is adjusted for the mix of homes that sold, so it is not the value of any one home; the street's own sales are above. Rents are the average paid on all private tenancies, new and existing, so they move more slowly than rents being advertised.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from October 2008 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

114 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 90 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (48); House, end-terrace (22); House, detached (17). Built: 1900-1929 (38); before 1900 (32); 1930-1949 (9). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (80); rented (private) (17); rented (social) (2).

Each home's certificates and sales (114 addresses)

Gas and electricity use

Homes with gas used 11,159 kWh of it on average in 2024, about the same as the district, and 2,887 kWh of electricity, 16% less than the district's 3,433 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.

PostcodeElectricity metersTypical electricityGas metersTypical gas
PR26 9RJ432,322 kWh 4112,288 kWh
PR26 9RP412,536 kWh 437,696 kWh
PR26 9RL262,228 kWh 257,608 kWh
PR26 9RN182,042 kWh 219,061 kWh
PR26 9RZ223,232 kWh 228,915 kWh
PR26 9AW113,149 kWh 108,804 kWh
PR26 9RA312,265 kWh 3112,910 kWh
PR26 9RG112,597 kWh 1212,844 kWh
PR26 9SE331,958 kWh 3110,016 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 PR26.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, postcode level domestic gas and electricity statistics for 2024 (gas from mid-May to mid-May), Open Government Licence: domestic meters on each postcode, from the gas and electricity industry's meter readings. A postcode with fewer than 5 meters of a fuel has no figures for it.

Council tax

What each band costs in Chorley in 2026-27: Band D £2,430 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,620£1,890£2,160£2,430£2,970£3,510£4,050£4,860

Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band B (23% of about 2,040 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the 3 neighbourhoods (census areas of about 700 homes each) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

  • Conservation area: yes, Croston (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
  • Listed buildings on or by this street: 3.
  • 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.

Listed buildings

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Energy projects nearby

3 energy projects near the street's postcodes.

ProjectKindSizeStageDistance
Ulnes Walton Energy Chorley 09/00/0050 Landfill Gas 1.3 MW Operational Mar 2003 1.2 km (0.7 miles)
Mawdesley Moss Chorley 07/00568/FULMAJ Wind 3 turbines 2.3 MW Operational Aug 2012 3.1 km (1.9 miles)
Farington Waste Recovery Park (Waste AD) South Ribble 07/06/0821 Anaerobic digestion 1.9 MW Operational Sep 2010 4.7 km (2.9 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.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q2 2026 extract, Open Government Licence: renewable electricity and storage projects over 150 kW, operating, being built, permitted or applied for. Shown: wind turbines and plants that burn or digest waste within 5 km (3.1 miles), other projects of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles); refused, withdrawn and abandoned projects are left out. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each project's grid reference.

Roadworks

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 31 October 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 13 addresses are in areas at high risk, 6 at medium risk and 41 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 214 homes the Environment Agency counts, 10 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 31 low and 50 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: at least one 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.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
PR26 9RJnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 2 unlikely
PR26 9RPnot in 2 or 3 0 / 2 / 1 unlikely
PR26 9RLnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 4 unlikely
PR26 9RNnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 5 unlikely
PR26 9HLnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
PR26 9RZnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
PR26 9AWzone 3 2 / 0 / 6 unlikely
PR26 9HZnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
PR26 9RAzone 3 7 / 3 / 19 unlikely
PR26 9RGnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
PR26 9SEnot in 2 or 3 4 / 1 / 4 unlikely

Recorded floods

3 recorded floods covered 2 of the centres of this street's postcodes, most recently in December 2015 (Croston; main river).

WhenFloodSource and causePostcodes
26 Dec 2015Croston Main river; overtopping of defences PR26 9AW, PR26 9RA
22 Jun 2012Croston Village Other; other PR26 9RA
22 Aug 1987Not named Main river; other PR26 9RA

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.

Sources: Environment Agency Recorded Flood Outlines; Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Coastal erosion

No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Sources: Environment Agency, National Coastal Erosion Risk Mapping 2024 (England), and Natural Resources Wales, National Coastal Erosion Risk Management (Wales), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each zone; where a postcode centre is inside a zone, some homes on it may not be.

Storm overflows

2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 54 times, for 265 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Trib of River Lostock, River Yarrow.

OverflowIntoSpillsHoursDistance
Behind 33 the Orchard Cso 123Kf United Utilities Trib of River Lostock 21 54 210 m
Croston Wwtw Crstn United Utilities River Yarrow 33 211 860 m (0.5 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.

Source: Environment Agency, Event Duration Monitoring storm overflow annual return for 2025, from the water companies' monitors on each overflow in England, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each overflow's outlet. A year's figures are published the following spring; a monitor that worked for less of the year undercounts.

Coal mining

No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.

Source: Mining Remediation Authority (formerly the Coal Authority), development high and low risk areas, Open Government Licence. Checked at each postcode's centre, so a home near the edge of an area may differ. It covers coal mining only, not other mining (such as tin, lead, iron or chalk), and is no substitute for a coal mining search. About the risk areas.

Radon

Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is 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.

Source: British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency, Indicative Atlas of Radon in Great Britain, Open Government Licence. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026. Each 1 km square is classed by the highest radon potential found anywhere in it, so a square's figure can overstate it for much of the square; the detailed map is not open data.

Historic landfill

1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 100 m away.

SiteWaste went inWasteDistance
Crompton Fields Drain Pipe Off Station Road, Brickcroft Lane, Croston, Chorley, Lancashire Not recorded Inert 100 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.

Sources: Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales, historic landfill sites (places where waste was put into or onto the land and no environmental permit is now in force), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each site as mapped; the outlines and dates come from old records and can be approximate. Landfill still operating is not included.

Height above sea level

The street's 202 addresses are between 7 m and 9 m above sea level (8 m on average).

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
PR26 9AW100%100%100%0%
PR26 9HL100%67%67%0%
PR26 9HZ100%100%100%0%
PR26 9RA100%67%67%0%
PR26 9RG100%100%100%0%
PR26 9RJ100%100%100%0%
PR26 9RL100%100%96%0%
PR26 9RN100%100%100%0%
PR26 9RP100%100%100%0%
PR26 9RZ100%100%100%0%
PR26 9SE100%100%100%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsCroston 56,000 journeys in 2024–25480 m (0.3 miles)
Rufford 24,000 journeys in 2024–253.9 km (2.4 miles)
Euxton Balshaw Lane 76,000 journeys in 2024–256.9 km (4.3 miles)
Bus stops4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 11 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest School Close Croston50 m
Bus or coach stationBus Station Chorley Town Centre9.8 km (6.1 miles)
EV charging pointsSeven Stars - Preston4.9 km (3.1 miles)
Airport with scheduled flightsLiverpool John Lennon Airport LPL36.9 km (23 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Ratings and care homes: Care Quality Commission, latest ratings as at 2 November 2026 (England only; the CQC does not rate dental practices, and Wales's inspectorates give no ratings). Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeries1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Village Surgeries Croston&Eccleston Good Feb 2017250 m
Pharmacies1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Croston Pharmacy170 m
NHS dentistsTime For Teeth - Garth2.2 km (1.4 miles)
HospitalLancashire Bowel Screening Service (Euxton Hall Hospital) Good Jun 20266.6 km (4.1 miles)
Care homes1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Croston Park Good Aug 2023240 m
Police stationLeyland Police Station5.8 km (3.6 miles)
Cash machines1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Morrisons Daily - Croston, Croston360 m

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or garden2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 7,390 m²60 m
Play area2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 410 m²90 m
Playing field1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 8,890 m²530 m (0.3 miles)
AllotmentsUnnamed 1,540 m²1.8 km (1.1 miles)

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 0.9 hectares in all.

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is Croston Town Bridge, a scheduled monument, 370 m south. 41 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Croston Town BridgeScheduled monument370 m south
Church of St MichaelListed building, Grade II*460 m (0.3 miles) south
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Carr Lane StripWood770 m (0.5 miles) south
Square's WoodWood1 km (0.6 miles) south-east
Silcock's WoodWood1.2 km (0.8 miles) south
Henrietta CovertWood1.3 km (0.8 miles) south
Much Hoole MarshWetland4.6 km (2.9 miles) north-west
Hurst House DelfLake or reservoir4.9 km (3 miles) south-east

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)5.34010
Fine particles (PM2.5)5.8205
Particles (PM10)10.64015

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

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailways
70 to 7450
65 to 69710
60 to 64770
55 to 59150
Under 5534202

168 of the street's 202 addresses are 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 Chorley: see them on the Chorley page.

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 5 November 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspectionExam results
Trinity and St Michael's VA CofE/Methodist Primary School Church of England/MethodistPrimary4–11350 m No published inspection 78% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 13% at the higher standard (2025; 82% in 2024 and 88% in 2023)
Bishop Rawstorne Church of England AcademySecondary11–16570 m (0.4 miles) Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 56.2 (59.3 in 2025 and 58.2 in 2024); 63.1% grade 5+ in English and maths
Bretherton Endowed Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary4–112 km (1.2 miles) Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 68% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 16% at the higher standard (2025; 56% in 2024 and 82% 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

3 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 250 m from the middle of the street.

ProviderKindPlacesLatest inspectionDistance
The Play Stop PR26 9HJ Out-of-school day care 60 Not inspected yet 250 m
Rainbow Day Nursery PR26 9RJ Full day care 40 Good (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 320 m
Croston Acorns Nursery and Pre School PR26 9AA Full day care 49 Outstanding (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 500 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.

Source: Ofsted, childcare providers and inspections management information, as at June 2026, Open Government Licence: providers on the Early Years and Childcare Registers on non-domestic premises, placed at their postcode. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard for each of six areas (Exceptional, Strong, Expected, Needs attention, Urgent improvement) rather than one overall grade; older grades stand until a provider is inspected again. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street.

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 5 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Chimp & Chilli PR26 9RNRetailers - other90 m5 Very good18 Mar 2026
Croston Trinity Methodist Church PR26 9RQRetailers - other170 mExempt
Croston Pharmacy PR26 9RLRetailers - other170 mExempt
Croston Sports Club PR26 9RRPub/bar/nightclub220 m5 Very good25 Jun 2024
Westhead Stores (Londis) PR26 9RRRetailers - other220 m5 Very good20 Aug 2019
The Black Horse Inn PR26 9RQPub/bar/nightclub220 m5 Very good21 Jun 2024
The Wheatsheaf Hotel PR26 9RAPub/bar/nightclub240 m5 Very good22 Sep 2026
Croston Park Rest Home PR26 9RAHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises240 m5 Very good19 Aug 2025
Out Lane Social PR26 9RARestaurant/Cafe/Canteen240 m5 Very good6 Dec 2024
Black Rabbit Croston PR26 9RAOther catering premises240 m5 Very good25 Jun 2026
Lord Nelson Hotel PR26 9HJPub/bar/nightclub250 m5 Very good22 Mar 2024
Panshi PR26 9RBRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen290 m5 Very good26 Sep 2024
Thyme On The Yarrow PR26 9RBRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen290 m5 Very good19 May 2026
Morrison's Daily PR26 9RJRetailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets320 m5 Very good19 May 2026
Rainbow Day Nursery PR26 9RJHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises360 m5 Very good14 Aug 2025

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

20 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences8
Criminal damage and arson4
Other theft3
Anti-social behaviour2
Other crime2
Public order1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Coniston Way (9); On or near Station Road (5); On or near Bramblewood (3); On or near Out Lane (2); On or near Parking Area (1).

Road safety

Source: Department for Transport, road safety data (STATS19), collisions in 2021 to 2025, as published by November 2026. Collisions in which someone was hurt and which were reported to the police, within 150 m of the middle of any of this street's postcodes, or of the street. Severity is the worst injury as the police recorded it.

2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight. 1 involved a pedestrian; 1 involved a child under 16. 50% happened in the dark. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.

By year
YearCollisionsFatal or serious
202110
202200
202300
202400
202510
The most recent
DateSeverityWho was hurtRoadConditions
13 Aug 2025 19:00 Slight 1 person: 1 pedestrian, 1 child B5247, 20 mph Daylight
6 Mar 2021 23:43 Slight 1 person A581, 30 mph Dark, street lights on

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.

Source: Department for Transport, road traffic statistics, annual average daily flows to 2025, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each count point.

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the 5 Output Areas (small census areas of about 125 households each) that this street's postcodes are in: 1,956 residents in 801 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age4640
Children under 1519%17%
Aged 65 and over24%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)79%61%
Owned outright44%33%
Shared ownershipunder 1%1%
Social rented5%17%
Private rented16%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work59%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)3%6%
Retired (of adults)30%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)3%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)34%32%
Travel to work by car or van57%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tram1%4%
By any public transport, including bus1%8%
On foot or by bicycle7%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)49%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away8%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)42%34%
No qualifications12%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification7%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)99%91%
Cannot speak English well or at allunder 1%2%

Deprivation

The 3 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 6 to 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.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

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.

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Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

  • PR26 9RJ: 57 addresses of 58 in the postcode
  • PR26 9RP: 46 addresses of 47 in the postcode
  • PR26 9RL: 31 addresses of 32 in the postcode
  • PR26 9RN: 27 addresses of 30 in the postcode
  • PR26 9HL: 18 addresses of 20 in the postcode
  • PR26 9RZ: 9 addresses of 22 in the postcode
  • PR26 9AW: 6 addresses of 14 in the postcode
  • PR26 9HZ: 5 addresses of 7 in the postcode
  • PR26 9RA: 1 address of 61 in the postcode
  • PR26 9RG: 1 address of 13 in the postcode
  • PR26 9SE: 1 address of 34 in the postcode

Nearby streets

School Close · Westhead Road · Farmhouse Court · Bramblewood · Coniston Way · Yarrow Close · Castle Walks · Out Lane · Lonsdale Drive · Brookfield · Rectory Close · The Hillocks

All the streets in PR26 and across Chorley.

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.