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BB1 8QX

Wilpshire & Ramsgreave · Ribble Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Wilpshire & Ramsgreave
Local authority
Ribble Valley
Constituency
Ribble Valley
Postcode district
BB1
Postcode sector
BB1 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB1 8QU 53 m
BB1 8ND 93 m
BB1 8RP 102 m
BB1 8QZ 105 m
BB1 8QY 203 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB1 8QX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 July 1983
Terminated
1 December 1998
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB1
Postcode sector
BB1 8
Latitude
53.773294
Longitude
-2.484069
British National Grid easting
368,194
British National Grid northing
430,880

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Ribble Valley · E07000124
Electoral ward
Wilpshire & Ramsgreave · E05012024
Parish or community
E04005274
Westminster constituency
Ribble Valley · E14001443
Output area
E00128532
Lower layer super output area
Ribble Valley 008B · E01025324
Middle layer super output area
Ribble Valley 008 · E02005277

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
68
Primary
43
Secondary
9

  1. St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    332 m

  2. Holy Souls Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn

    Voluntary aided school

    423 m

  3. Pleckgate High School

    Academy sponsor led

    661 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
1,000
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 376
  • Anti social behaviour 152
  • Vehicle crime 140
  • Criminal damage and arson 76
  • Other theft 63

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BB1 8 residents
11,328

Age bands in BB1 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
23.5%

2,553 residents

Age 15 to 24
14.7%

1,596 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.6%

3,108 residents

Age 45 to 64
21.2%

2,308 residents

Age 65 and over
12.1%

1,316 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

18

within 5 km straight-line

  • BROWNHILL SURGERY

    788-790 WHALLEY NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 9BA

    ODS code P81155

    384 m

  • BLAKEWATER HEALTHCARE

    367 WHALLEY NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 9SR

    ODS code P81704

    1.1 km

  • SHIFA SURGERY

    BANGOR STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 6DY

    ODS code P81622

    1.9 km

  • LITTLE HARWOOD HEALTH CENTRE

    PLANE TREE ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 6PH

    ODS code P81005

    2.0 km

  • OLIVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    3 LIME STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 7EP

    ODS code P81683

    2.3 km

  • PRIMROSE BANK MEDICAL CENTRE

    PRIMROSE BANK, BLACKBURN, BB1 5ER

    ODS code P81771

    2.4 km

  • FAMILY PRACTICE

    BARBARA CASTLE WAY HC, SIMMONS STREET, BLACKBURN, BB2 1AX

    ODS code P81694

    2.6 km

  • OAKENHURST MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BARBARA CASTLE WAY HC, SIMMONS STREET, BLACKBURN, BB2 1AX

    ODS code P81125

    2.6 km

  • LIMEFIELD SURGERY

    293-295 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 6PL

    ODS code P81214

    2.9 km

  • WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET SURGERY

    WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET, AUDLEY, BLACKBURN, BB1 1LX

    ODS code P81707

    3.2 km

  • STEPPING STONE PRACTICE

    LONGTON CLOSE, BLACKBURN, BB1 1XA

    ODS code P81167

    3.4 km

  • PRINGLE STREET SURGERY

    216-218 PRINGLE STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 1SB

    ODS code P81724

    3.6 km

  • REDLAM SURGERY

    62-64 REDLAM, BLACKBURN, BB2 1UW

    ODS code P81061

    3.7 km

  • ST GEORGES SURGERY

    ST GEORGE'S SURGERY, 62 HASLINGDEN ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 3HS

    ODS code P81058

    3.9 km

  • WITTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    PRESTON OLD RD, WITTON, BLACKBURN, BB2 2SU

    ODS code P81022

    4.0 km

  • THE CORNERSTONE PRACTICE

    SHADSWORTH HOUSE, SHADSWORTH ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 2HR

    ODS code P81734

    4.3 km

  • THE WEAVERS PRACTICE

    HIGH STREET, RISHTON, BLACKBURN, BB1 4LA

    ODS code P81755

    4.6 km

  • BENTHAM ROAD HEALTH CENTRE

    BENTHAM ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 4QD

    ODS code Y02657

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Pleckgate Road

    BCT · Roe Lee

    0.1 miles

  • Knowles Arms

    BCT · Pleckgate

    0.2 miles

  • Knowles Arms

    BCT · Pleckgate

    0.2 miles

  • Fern Bank

    BCT · Brownhill

    0.2 miles

  • Brownhill

    BCT · Brownhill

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Ribble Valley 008B, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,871 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
4 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

Schools

68 open schools are in scope, including 43 primary and 9 secondary schools. St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 332 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1,000 published events cover 12 months, averaging 83.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 376 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.