Schools
74 open schools are in scope, including 53 primary and 6 secondary schools. The Willows is the nearest published school at 338 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BB1 4NU
Rishton · Hyndburn · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BB1 4NU
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 May 2004
- Postcode area
- BB
- Postcode district
- BB1
- Postcode sector
- BB1 4
- Latitude
- 53.770335
- Longitude
- -2.412424
- British National Grid easting
- 372,914
- British National Grid northing
- 430,521
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Hyndburn · E07000120
- Electoral ward
- Rishton · E05005218
- Parish or community
- E43000096
- Westminster constituency
- Hyndburn · E14001299
- Output area
- E00127245
- Lower layer super output area
- Hyndburn 003C · E01025072
- Middle layer super output area
- Hyndburn 003 · E02005214
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
- 74
- Primary
- 53
- Secondary
- 6
- 338 m
The Willows
Other independent special school
- 458 m
Rishton Methodist Primary School
Voluntary controlled school
- 481 m
The Hyndburn Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 960
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 446
- Anti social behaviour 176
- Criminal damage and arson 89
- Other theft 52
- Public order 51
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BB1 4 residents
- 6,734
Age bands in BB1 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.1%
1,115 residents
755 residents
1,625 residents
1,824 residents
1,337 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
20
within 5 km straight-line
THE WEAVERS PRACTICE
HIGH STREET, RISHTON, BLACKBURN, BB1 4LA
ODS code P81755
240 m
THE CLAYTON MEDICAL CTR.
WELLINGTON STREET, CLAYTON LE MOORS, ACCRINGTON, BB5 5HU
ODS code P81218
1.9 km
GREAT HARWOOD MEDICAL GROUP
GREAT HARWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, WATER STREET, GREAT HARWOOD, BLACKBURN, BB6 7QR
ODS code P81730
2.1 km
ACCRINGTON VICTORIA GP PRACTICE
ACORN PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 421 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 1RT
ODS code Y02605
2.7 km
DR BELLO'S SURGERY
ACORN PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 421 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 1RT
ODS code P81166
2.7 km
KING STREET MEDICAL CTR
ACORN PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 421 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 1RT
ODS code P81726
2.7 km
RICHMOND MEDICAL CENTRE
ACORN PRIMARY HEALTH C C, 421 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 1RT
ODS code P81182
2.7 km
OSWALD MEDICAL CENTRE
387-391 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 1RP
ODS code P81160
2.8 km
ARG HEALTHCARE
257-259 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 0AL
ODS code P81147
3.1 km
HIGHER HEYS SURGERY
OSWALDTWISTLE, ACCRINGTON, BB5 3BP
ODS code P81699
3.5 km
PEEL HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
ACCRINGTON PALS PHCC, 1 PARADISE STREET, ACCRINGTON, BB5 2EJ
ODS code P81036
3.7 km
LITTLE HARWOOD HEALTH CENTRE
PLANE TREE ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 6PH
ODS code P81005
3.8 km
STEPPING STONE PRACTICE
LONGTON CLOSE, BLACKBURN, BB1 1XA
ODS code P81167
3.9 km
BLAKEWATER HEALTHCARE
367 WHALLEY NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 9SR
ODS code P81704
4.1 km
THE CORNERSTONE PRACTICE
SHADSWORTH HOUSE, SHADSWORTH ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 2HR
ODS code P81734
4.3 km
WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET SURGERY
WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET, AUDLEY, BLACKBURN, BB1 1LX
ODS code P81707
4.4 km
SHIFA SURGERY
BANGOR STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 6DY
ODS code P81622
4.4 km
BROWNHILL SURGERY
788-790 WHALLEY NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 9BA
ODS code P81155
4.4 km
PRIMROSE BANK MEDICAL CENTRE
PRIMROSE BANK, BLACKBURN, BB1 5ER
ODS code P81771
4.6 km
PRINGLE STREET SURGERY
216-218 PRINGLE STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 1SB
ODS code P81724
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Roebuck Inn
BCT · Rishton
- 0.2 miles
Roebuck Inn
BCT · Rishton
- 0.2 miles
James Street
BCT · Rishton
- 0.2 miles
Holt Street
BCT · Rishton
- 0.3 miles
St Peter StreetSchool Stop
BCT · Rishton
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hyndburn 003C, 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
2 of 10
Overall England rank
3,815 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 1 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
960 published events cover 12 months, averaging 80 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 446 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.