BB12 7HR

East Whalley, Read & Simonstone · Ribble Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Burnley
Local authority
Ribble Valley
Postcode district
BB12
Postcode sector
BB12 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB12 7HZ 85 m
BB12 7HS 109 m
BB12 7NY 121 m
BB12 7HY 155 m
BB12 7JA 196 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB12 7HR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB12
Postcode sector
BB12 7
Latitude
53.806352
Longitude
-2.343126
British National Grid easting
377,501
British National Grid northing
434,504

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Ribble Valley · E07000124
Parish or community
E04005281
Westminster constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe · E14001422
Output area
E00128614
Lower layer super output area
Ribble Valley 005B · E01025340
Middle layer super output area
Ribble Valley 005 · E02005274

Postcode source versions

Explore BB12

16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Rook Wood, School Lane, Simonstone, Burnley, BB12 7HR 16 November 2023 £865,000
Wood Side, School Lane, Simonstone, Burnley, BB12 7HR 6 April 2023 £370,000
The Anchorage, 9, School Lane, Simonstone, Burnley, BB12 7HR 30 August 2017 £375,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
23
Secondary
2
  1. Simonstone St Peter's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    4 m
  2. Read St John's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    772 m
  3. Padiham St Leonard's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
151
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 56
  • Anti social behaviour 30
  • Criminal damage and arson 18
  • Burglary 17
  • Other theft 10

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
35

19 female, 16 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
2.7
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

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BB12 7 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+
92.9%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
64.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
64.3%
Gigabit-capable
64.3%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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

5

within 5 km

  • PADIHAM GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81130

    2.0 km

  • WHALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    42 KING STREET, WHALLEY, CLITHEROE, BB7 9SL

    ODS code P81017

    4.4 km

  • GREAT HARWOOD MEDICAL GROUP

    GREAT HARWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, WATER STREET, GREAT HARWOOD, BLACKBURN, BB6 7QR

    ODS code P81730

    4.5 km

  • THE CLAYTON MEDICAL CTR.

    WELLINGTON STREET, CLAYTON LE MOORS, ACCRINGTON, BB5 5HU

    ODS code P81218

    4.5 km

  • ROSEGROVE SURGERY

    225-227 GANNOW LANE, BURNLEY, BB12 6HY

    ODS code P81197

    4.6 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

  • School Lane

    BCT · Simonstone

    0.1 miles
  • Haugh Avenue

    BCT · Simonstone

    0.1 miles
  • Clough Lane

    BCT · Simonstone

    0.1 miles
  • Clough Lane

    BCT · Simonstone

    0.3 miles
  • Stork Hotel

    BCT · Read

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Ribble Valley 005B, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,329 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
5 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.

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
1
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 £617,500 from 2 recorded sales in BB12 7HR. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Ribble Valley is £287,641 in June 2026, up 5.0% year on year.

Schools

30 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 2 secondary schools. Simonstone St Peter's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 4 m.

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

Recorded crime

151 published events cover 12 months, averaging 12.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 56 events.

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