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BB12 7AE

Gawthorpe · Burnley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Burnley
Ward
Gawthorpe
Local authority
Burnley
Constituency
Burnley
Postcode district
BB12
Postcode sector
BB12 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB12 8QW 53 m
BB12 7AD 64 m
BB12 7AB 67 m
BB12 8QR 82 m
BB12 8QP 84 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB12 7AE
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 May 2015
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB12
Postcode sector
BB12 7
Latitude
53.798339
Longitude
-2.312195
British National Grid easting
379,534
British National Grid northing
433,603

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Burnley · E07000117
Electoral ward
Gawthorpe · E05005157
Parish or community
E04005138
Westminster constituency
Burnley · E14001142
Output area
E00126305
Lower layer super output area
Burnley 004C · E01024885
Middle layer super output area
Burnley 004 · E02005179

Postcode source versions

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Property

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Unit 1 And Unit 3 Green Lane Mills, Green Lane, Padiham, Burnley, BB12 7AE 7 May 2021 £265,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
44
Primary
26
Secondary
2

  1. Padiham Green Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    245 m

  2. St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Padiham

    Voluntary aided school

    555 m

  3. Padiham Primary School

    Community school

    562 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,598
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 703
  • Anti social behaviour 311
  • Criminal damage and arson 155
  • Public order 88
  • Burglary 74

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BB12 7 residents
7,376

Age bands in BB12 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.7%

1,425 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.7%

813 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.7%

1,810 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.2%

2,074 residents

Age 65 and over
19.8%

1,507 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.

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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • PADIHAM GROUP PRACTICE

    PADIHAM MEDICAL CENTRE, 36 BURNLEY ROAD, PADIHAM, BURNLEY, BB12 8BP

    ODS code P81130

    269 m

  • ROSEGROVE SURGERY

    225-227 GANNOW LANE, BURNLEY, BB12 6HY

    ODS code P81197

    2.4 km

  • IGHTENHILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    TABOR STREET, BURNLEY, BB12 0HL

    ODS code P81165

    3.0 km

  • PARKSIDE SURGERY

    PRESTIGE PARK, COLNE ROAD, BURNLEY, BB11 1PS

    ODS code P81047

    4.7 km

  • BURNLEY GROUP PRACTICE

    ST PETERS CENTRE, 3RD FLOOR CHURCH STREET, BURNLEY, BB11 2DL

    ODS code P81020

    4.9 km

  • RIVERSIDE FAMILY PRACTICE

    ST PETERS CENTRE, CHURCH STREET, BURNLEY, BB11 2DL

    ODS code P81780

    4.9 km

  • COLNE ROAD SURGERY

    34-36 COLNE ROAD, BURNLEY, BB10 1LS

    ODS code P81035

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • St James Place

    BCT · Padiham

    0.0 miles

  • Waterside Mews

    BCT · Padiham

    0.1 miles

  • Hill Street

    BCT · Padiham

    0.1 miles

  • Bridge Inn

    BCT · Padiham

    0.1 miles

  • Hill Street

    BCT · Padiham

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Burnley 004C, 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

1,728 of 33,755

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

Schools

44 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 2 secondary schools. Padiham Green Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 245 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,598 published events cover 12 months, averaging 133.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 703 events.

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