Schools
94 open schools are in scope, including 59 primary and 14 secondary schools. Newfield School is the nearest published school at 193 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BB1 1US
Audley & Queen's Park · Blackburn with Darwen · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Constituency
- Blackburn
- Postcode district
- BB1
- Postcode sector
- BB1 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BB1 1US
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1991
- Postcode area
- BB
- Postcode district
- BB1
- Postcode sector
- BB1 1
- Latitude
- 53.738530
- Longitude
- -2.456289
- British National Grid easting
- 370,000
- British National Grid northing
- 427,000
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Blackburn with Darwen · E06000008
- Electoral ward
- Audley & Queen's Park · E05011508
- Parish or community
- E43000279
- Westminster constituency
- Blackburn · E14001102
- Output area
- E00063675
- Lower layer super output area
- Blackburn with Darwen 011F · E01012632
- Middle layer super output area
- Blackburn with Darwen 011 · E02002625
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore BB1
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 94
- Primary
- 59
- Secondary
- 14
- 193 m
Newfield School
Community special school
- 396 m
Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 512 m
Shadsworth Junior School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,619
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,628
- Anti social behaviour 559
- Criminal damage and arson 290
- Public order 254
- Other theft 231
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BB1 1 residents
- 12,675
Age bands in BB1 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 24.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 17%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28%
- Age 45 to 64
- 21%
- Age 65 and over
- 9.1%
2,925 residents
1,989 residents
3,279 residents
2,468 residents
1,066 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
27
within 5 km straight-line
THE CORNERSTONE PRACTICE
SHADSWORTH HOUSE, SHADSWORTH ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 2HR
ODS code P81734
269 m
PRINGLE STREET SURGERY
216-218 PRINGLE STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 1SB
ODS code P81724
843 m
STEPPING STONE PRACTICE
LONGTON CLOSE, BLACKBURN, BB1 1XA
ODS code P81167
1.0 km
WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET SURGERY
WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET, AUDLEY, BLACKBURN, BB1 1LX
ODS code P81707
1.0 km
ST GEORGES SURGERY
ST GEORGE'S SURGERY, 62 HASLINGDEN ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 3HS
ODS code P81058
1.3 km
ROMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
OFF FISHMOOR DRIVE, BLACKBURN, BB2 3UY
ODS code P81709
1.5 km
PRIMROSE BANK MEDICAL CENTRE
PRIMROSE BANK, BLACKBURN, BB1 5ER
ODS code P81771
2.0 km
LITTLE HARWOOD HEALTH CENTRE
PLANE TREE ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 6PH
ODS code P81005
2.4 km
OLIVE MEDICAL CENTRE
3 LIME STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 7EP
ODS code P81683
2.4 km
SHIFA SURGERY
BANGOR STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 6DY
ODS code P81622
2.5 km
FAMILY PRACTICE
BARBARA CASTLE WAY HC, SIMMONS STREET, BLACKBURN, BB2 1AX
ODS code P81694
2.5 km
OAKENHURST MEDICAL PRACTICE
BARBARA CASTLE WAY HC, SIMMONS STREET, BLACKBURN, BB2 1AX
ODS code P81125
2.5 km
BLAKEWATER HEALTHCARE
367 WHALLEY NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 9SR
ODS code P81704
3.2 km
REDLAM SURGERY
62-64 REDLAM, BLACKBURN, BB2 1UW
ODS code P81061
3.2 km
LIMEFIELD SURGERY
293-295 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 6PL
ODS code P81214
3.4 km
WITTON MEDICAL CENTRE
PRESTON OLD RD, WITTON, BLACKBURN, BB2 2SU
ODS code P81022
3.4 km
BENTHAM ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
BENTHAM ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 4QD
ODS code Y02657
3.4 km
HOLLINS GROVE SURGERY
153 BLACKBURN ROAD, DARWEN, BB3 1ET
ODS code P81721
3.9 km
HIGHER HEYS SURGERY
OSWALDTWISTLE, ACCRINGTON, BB5 3BP
ODS code P81699
4.1 km
THE WEAVERS PRACTICE
HIGH STREET, RISHTON, BLACKBURN, BB1 4LA
ODS code P81755
4.3 km
Showing 20 of 27 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Sett End
BCT · Shadsworth
- 0.1 miles
Sett End
BCT · Shadsworth
- 0.1 miles
Queens Park Road
BCT · Queens Park
- 0.1 miles
Queens Park Road
BCT · Queens Park
- 0.2 miles
Surgery
BCT · Shadsworth
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Blackburn with Darwen 011F, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
3 of 10
Overall England rank
8,557 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
3,619 published events cover 12 months, averaging 301.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,628 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.