BB12 8PX

Gawthorpe · Burnley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Burnley
Local authority
Burnley
Constituency
Burnley
Postcode district
BB12
Postcode sector
BB12 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB12 8PU 40 m
BB12 8PY 55 m
BB12 8BY 69 m
BB12 8ND 69 m
BB12 8EL 82 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB12 8PX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1996
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB12
Postcode sector
BB12 8
Latitude
53.802218
Longitude
-2.313499
British National Grid easting
379,450
British National Grid northing
434,035

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
E00126303
Lower layer super output area
Burnley 004C · E01024885
Middle layer super output area
Burnley 004 · E02005179

Postcode source versions

Explore BB12

170 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
37, Victoria Apartments, Padiham, Burnley, BB12 8PX 20 July 2026 £67,500
46, Victoria Apartments, Padiham, Burnley, BB12 8PX 25 June 2026 £63,500
16, Victoria Apartments, Padiham, Burnley, BB12 8PX 7 November 2025 £52,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
42
Primary
25
Secondary
2
  1. Padiham St Leonard's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    283 m
  2. Padiham Green Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    565 m
  3. Padiham Primary School

    Community school

    790 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,532
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 676
  • Anti social behaviour 301
  • Criminal damage and arson 150
  • Public order 81
  • Burglary 71

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
59

19 female, 40 male

Postcode households
49
Residents per household
1.2
BB12 8 residents
8,200

Age bands in BB12 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.4%

1,297 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

815 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.9%

1,810 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.2%

2,225 residents

Age 65 and over
22.1%

1,744 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BB12 8 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+
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

4

within 5 km

  • PADIHAM GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81130

    185 m

  • ROSEGROVE SURGERY

    225-227 GANNOW LANE, BURNLEY, BB12 6HY

    ODS code P81197

    2.7 km

  • IGHTENHILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    TABOR STREET, BURNLEY, BB12 0HL

    ODS code P81165

    3.2 km

  • PARKSIDE SURGERY

    PRESTIGE PARK, COLNE ROAD, BURNLEY, BB11 1PS

    ODS code P81047

    4.8 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

  • Guy Street

    BCT · Padiham

    0.0 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Padiham

    0.1 miles
  • Hirst Street

    BCT · Padiham

    0.1 miles
  • Bank Street

    BCT · Padiham

    0.1 miles
  • Bank 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.

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 £56,000 from 24 recorded sales in BB12 8PX. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Burnley is £134,515 in June 2026, up 9.9% year on year.

Schools

42 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 2 secondary schools. Padiham St Leonard's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 283 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,532 published events cover 12 months, averaging 127.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 676 events.

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