Schools
95 open schools are in scope, including 60 primary and 14 secondary schools. Newfield School is the nearest published school at 361 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BB1 2ND
Blackburn South East · Blackburn with Darwen · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Blackburn
- Ward
- Blackburn South East
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Constituency
- Blackburn
- Postcode district
- BB1
- Postcode sector
- BB1 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BB1 2ND
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BB
- Postcode district
- BB1
- Postcode sector
- BB1 2
- Latitude
- 53.733842
- Longitude
- -2.457663
- British National Grid easting
- 369,906
- British National Grid northing
- 426,479
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Blackburn with Darwen · E06000008
- Electoral ward
- Blackburn South East · E05011513
- Parish or community
- E43000279
- Westminster constituency
- Blackburn · E14001102
- Output area
- E00171893
- 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
Property
8 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 201, Haslingden Road, Blackburn, BB1 2ND | 25 January 2019 | £100,000 |
| 205, Haslingden Road, Blackburn, BB1 2ND | 20 February 2017 | £45,000 |
| 201, Haslingden Road, Blackburn, BB1 2ND | 3 November 2015 | £90,000 |
Schools
Within 5 km of this postcode
- Open schools
- 95
- Primary
- 60
- Secondary
- 14
- 361 m
Newfield School
Community special school
- 710 m
Shadsworth Junior School
Community school
- 910 m
Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,134
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,473
- Anti social behaviour 465
- Criminal damage and arson 259
- Public order 222
- Other theft 182
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 19
- 11 female, 8 male
- Postcode households
- 9
- Residents per household
- 2.1
- BB1 2 residents
- 8,568
Age bands in BB1 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 22.9%
- 2,217 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 13%
- 1,258 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.4%
- 2,554 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.5%
- 2,375 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 13.3%
- 1,288 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BB1 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
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.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 9.1%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 9.1%
- Gigabit-capable
- 9.1%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 100%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
24
within 5 km straight-line
THE CORNERSTONE PRACTICE
SHADSWORTH HOUSE, SHADSWORTH ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 2HR
ODS code P81734
739 m
PRINGLE STREET SURGERY
216-218 PRINGLE STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 1SB
ODS code P81724
1.1 km
ROMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
OFF FISHMOOR DRIVE, BLACKBURN, BB2 3UY
ODS code P81709
1.1 km
ST GEORGES SURGERY
ST GEORGE'S SURGERY, 62 HASLINGDEN ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 3HS
ODS code P81058
1.3 km
WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET SURGERY
WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET, AUDLEY, BLACKBURN, BB1 1LX
ODS code P81707
1.5 km
STEPPING STONE PRACTICE
LONGTON CLOSE, BLACKBURN, BB1 1XA
ODS code P81167
1.5 km
PRIMROSE BANK MEDICAL CENTRE
PRIMROSE BANK, BLACKBURN, BB1 5ER
ODS code P81771
2.4 km
OLIVE MEDICAL CENTRE
3 LIME STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 7EP
ODS code P81683
2.7 km
FAMILY PRACTICE
BARBARA CASTLE WAY HC, SIMMONS STREET, BLACKBURN, BB2 1AX
ODS code P81694
2.8 km
OAKENHURST MEDICAL PRACTICE
BARBARA CASTLE WAY HC, SIMMONS STREET, BLACKBURN, BB2 1AX
ODS code P81125
2.8 km
LITTLE HARWOOD HEALTH CENTRE
PLANE TREE ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 6PH
ODS code P81005
2.8 km
SHIFA SURGERY
BANGOR STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 6DY
ODS code P81622
2.9 km
REDLAM SURGERY
62-64 REDLAM, BLACKBURN, BB2 1UW
ODS code P81061
3.2 km
BENTHAM ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
BENTHAM ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 4QD
ODS code Y02657
3.2 km
WITTON MEDICAL CENTRE
PRESTON OLD RD, WITTON, BLACKBURN, BB2 2SU
ODS code P81022
3.4 km
HOLLINS GROVE SURGERY
153 BLACKBURN ROAD, DARWEN, BB3 1ET
ODS code P81721
3.4 km
LIMEFIELD SURGERY
293-295 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 6PL
ODS code P81214
3.5 km
BLAKEWATER HEALTHCARE
367 WHALLEY NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 9SR
ODS code P81704
3.6 km
HIGHER HEYS SURGERY
OSWALDTWISTLE, ACCRINGTON, BB5 3BP
ODS code P81699
4.3 km
DARWEN HEALTHCARE
JAMES STREET WEST, DARWEN, BB3 1PY
ODS code P81051
4.3 km
Showing 20 of 24 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 61 m
Seacole Close
BCT · Guide
- 78 m
Seacole Close
BCT · Guide
- 139 m
Hospital Drive
BCT · Guide
- 176 m
Hospital Drive
BCT · Guide
- 180 m
Evolution Park
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.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 0
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
3,134 published events cover 12 months, averaging 261 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,473 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.