Latitude: 53.7843 / 53°47'3"N
Longitude: -2.6998 / 2°41'59"W
OS Eastings: 353989
OS Northings: 432218
OS Grid: SD539322
Mapcode National: GBR T9W.20
Mapcode Global: WH85M.H4MR
Plus Code: 9C5VQ8M2+P3
Maidenhead Locator System: IO83ps68
What Three Birds: dipper.towhee.bee-eater
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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PR2 8UR is a large user postcode in Fulwood, Preston. It was first introduced in December 1996.
'Large User' postcodes are allocated to organisations which receive large amounts of post. Unlike standard geographic postcodes, which cover up to 80 addresses, a large user postcode is unique to a single address.
To the best of our knowledge, the current address of this postcode is:
Preston College, Fulwood Campus, Fulwood, Preston PR2 8UR.
The geographic coordinates assigned to a large user postcode may not necessarily be the actual coordinates of the location to which mail is delivered. If the address is a PO Box, then the coordinates will usually be the Royal Mail sorting office which handles mail for that postcode. In other cases, the coordinates of the postcode may be the headquarters, or registered office, of an organisation rather than the building which receives mail.
The average commercial rateable value is £840,000. The most common recorded business type is College.
Fulwood is a town, which had a population of 35,830 in the 2011 census.
PR2 8UR is in the Preston travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Central Lancashire Primary Care Trust.
PR2 8UR is approximately 36m (118ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing PR2 8UR
5a2: Urbanites - Urban Professionals and Families - Multi-Ethnic Professionals with Families
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for PR2 8UR
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
1/10 (Very low)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
5/10 (Moderate)
Area Retail Diversity Index
5/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near PR2 8UR include Aldi, Asda, Booths, Co-Operative Food, Farmfoods, Iceland, Lidl, M&S Simply Food, Morrisons and Waitrose. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of PR2 8UR are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
District Council
Preston City Council
Ward
Sharoe Green
Councillor
Maxwell Owen Green (Conservative)
County Council
Lancashire
Electoral Division
Preston Central East
County Councillor
Frank De Molfetta (Labour)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Wyre and Preston North
MP
Ben Wallace (Conservative)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for PR2 8UR.
Broadband statistics for commercial properties are less reliable than for domestic properties, as businesses are more likely to have other forms of Internet access that are not classified as 'Broadband'.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near PR2 8UR.
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