BB12 8TD

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 8TF 37 m
BB12 8TH 72 m
BB12 8TE 90 m
BB12 8TG 95 m
BB12 8SS 118 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB12 8TD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB12
Postcode sector
BB12 8
Latitude
53.795766
Longitude
-2.302490
British National Grid easting
380,172
British National Grid northing
433,314

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
E00126310
Lower layer super output area
Burnley 004B · E01024884
Middle layer super output area
Burnley 004 · E02005179

Postcode source versions

Explore BB12

15 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
10, Wordsworth Avenue, Padiham, Burnley, BB12 8TD 12 December 2025 £130,000
20, Wordsworth Avenue, Padiham, Burnley, BB12 8TD 23 April 2025 £82,000
3, Wordsworth Avenue, Padiham, Burnley, BB12 8TD 22 December 2020 £95,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
49
Primary
29
Secondary
3
  1. Whitegate Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    83 m
  2. Padiham Primary School

    Community school

    277 m
  3. Shuttleworth College

    Foundation school

    283 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,984
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 847
  • Anti social behaviour 376
  • Criminal damage and arson 182
  • Public order 118
  • Burglary 112

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
82

42 female, 40 male

Postcode households
26
Residents per household
3.2
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 1% 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+
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
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

10

within 5 km

  • PADIHAM GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81130

    917 m

  • ROSEGROVE SURGERY

    225-227 GANNOW LANE, BURNLEY, BB12 6HY

    ODS code P81197

    1.7 km

  • IGHTENHILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    TABOR STREET, BURNLEY, BB12 0HL

    ODS code P81165

    2.3 km

  • PARKSIDE SURGERY

    PRESTIGE PARK, COLNE ROAD, BURNLEY, BB11 1PS

    ODS code P81047

    4.0 km

  • BURNLEY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81020

    4.2 km

  • RIVERSIDE FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81780

    4.2 km

  • COLNE ROAD SURGERY

    34-36 COLNE ROAD, BURNLEY, BB10 1LS

    ODS code P81035

    4.4 km

  • YORKSHIRE STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    80 YORKSHIRE STREET, BURNLEY, BB11 3BT

    ODS code P81008

    4.5 km

  • BURNLEY WOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    50 PARLIAMENT STREET, BURNLEY, BB11 3HR

    ODS code P81137

    4.6 km

  • THURSBY SURGERY

    2 BROWHEAD ROAD, BURNLEY, BB10 3BF

    ODS code P81095

    4.7 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

  • Milton Street

    BCT · Padiham

    0.1 miles
  • Milton Street

    BCT · Padiham

    0.1 miles
  • Shuttleworth College Grounds

    BCT · Whitegate

    0.1 miles
  • Cowley Crescent

    BCT · Whitegate

    0.2 miles
  • Whitegate

    BCT · Whitegate

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Burnley 004B, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,868 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
5 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
1
Low risk addresses
3
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 £106,000 from 2 recorded sales in BB12 8TD. 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

49 open schools are in scope, including 29 primary and 3 secondary schools. Whitegate Nursery School is the nearest published school at 83 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,984 published events cover 12 months, averaging 165.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 847 events.

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