BB1 9SS

Little Harwood & Whitebirk · Blackburn with Darwen · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Blackburn
Local authority
Blackburn with Darwen
Constituency
Blackburn
Postcode district
BB1
Postcode sector
BB1 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB1 5ES 78 m
BB1 5AJ 105 m
BB1 5AN 123 m
BB1 5AP 131 m
BB1 9TJ 142 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB1 9SS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB1
Postcode sector
BB1 9
Latitude
53.763609
Longitude
-2.471761
British National Grid easting
368,998
British National Grid northing
429,797

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Blackburn with Darwen · E06000008
Parish or community
E43000279
Westminster constituency
Blackburn · E14001102
Output area
E00181523
Lower layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 001B · E01012608
Middle layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 001 · E02002615

Postcode source versions

Explore BB1

20 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Clarendon Works, Clarendon Road, Blackburn, BB1 9SS 15 June 2026 £250,000
30, Clarendon Road, Blackburn, BB1 9SS 16 August 2023 £110,000
Clarendon Works, Clarendon Road, Blackburn, BB1 9SS 28 January 2022 £360,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
79
Primary
51
Secondary
9
  1. Islamiyah School

    Other independent school

    270 m
  2. St Thomas's Centre

    Pupil referral unit

    287 m
  3. Cedars Primary School

    Community school

    387 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
2,065
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 804
  • Anti social behaviour 393
  • Vehicle crime 199
  • Criminal damage and arson 160
  • Other theft 126

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
42

21 female, 21 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
3.8
BB1 9 residents
10,770

Age bands in BB1 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.4%

2,145 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.3%

1,254 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.9%

2,643 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.8%

2,853 residents

Age 65 and over
19.7%

2,182 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BB1 9 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
41.2%

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

19

within 5 km

  • BLAKEWATER HEALTHCARE

    367 WHALLEY NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 9SR

    ODS code P81704

    209 m

  • LITTLE HARWOOD HEALTH CENTRE

    PLANE TREE ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 6PH

    ODS code P81005

    623 m

  • SHIFA SURGERY

    BANGOR STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 6DY

    ODS code P81622

    755 m

  • PRIMROSE BANK MEDICAL CENTRE

    PRIMROSE BANK, BLACKBURN, BB1 5ER

    ODS code P81771

    1.3 km

  • BROWNHILL SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81155

    1.4 km

  • OLIVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    3 LIME STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 7EP

    ODS code P81683

    1.5 km

  • FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81694

    1.8 km

  • OAKENHURST MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81125

    1.8 km

  • WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET SURGERY

    WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET, AUDLEY, BLACKBURN, BB1 1LX

    ODS code P81707

    2.0 km

  • STEPPING STONE PRACTICE

    LONGTON CLOSE, BLACKBURN, BB1 1XA

    ODS code P81167

    2.0 km

  • PRINGLE STREET SURGERY

    216-218 PRINGLE STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 1SB

    ODS code P81724

    2.4 km

  • LIMEFIELD SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81214

    2.6 km

  • ST GEORGES SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81058

    2.8 km

  • THE CORNERSTONE PRACTICE

    SHADSWORTH HOUSE, SHADSWORTH ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 2HR

    ODS code P81734

    2.9 km

  • REDLAM SURGERY

    62-64 REDLAM, BLACKBURN, BB2 1UW

    ODS code P81061

    3.2 km

  • WITTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    PRESTON OLD RD, WITTON, BLACKBURN, BB2 2SU

    ODS code P81022

    3.5 km

  • THE WEAVERS PRACTICE

    HIGH STREET, RISHTON, BLACKBURN, BB1 4LA

    ODS code P81755

    3.8 km

  • ROMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE

    OFF FISHMOOR DRIVE, BLACKBURN, BB2 3UY

    ODS code P81709

    3.9 km

  • BENTHAM ROAD HEALTH CENTRE

    BENTHAM ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 4QD

    ODS code Y02657

    4.3 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Skew Bridge

    BCT · Bastwell

    0.1 miles
  • Briar Road

    BCT · Roe Lee

    0.1 miles
  • Briar Road

    BCT · Roe Lee

    0.1 miles
  • Seven Trees

    BCT · Bastwell

    0.2 miles
  • Cemetery

    BCT · Roe Lee

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Blackburn with Darwen 001B, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

3,341 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
2 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.

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

Property market

The five-year median is £250,000 from 3 recorded sales in BB1 9SS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Blackburn with Darwen is £165,882 in June 2026, up 5.8% year on year.

Schools

79 open schools are in scope, including 51 primary and 9 secondary schools. Islamiyah School is the nearest published school at 270 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,065 published events cover 12 months, averaging 172.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 804 events.

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