BB12 8TZ

Whittlefield with Ightenhill · Burnley · England

Updated September 2026

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB12 8TY 515 m
BB12 9AR 652 m
BB12 9AP 715 m
BB12 9AB 760 m
BB12 8NQ 764 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB12 8TZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB12
Postcode sector
BB12 8
Latitude
53.812363
Longitude
-2.304053
British National Grid easting
380,077
British National Grid northing
435,161

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Burnley · E07000117
Parish or community
E04005136
Westminster constituency
Burnley · E14001142
Output area
E00126455
Lower layer super output area
Burnley 005C · E01024912
Middle layer super output area
Burnley 005 · E02005180

Postcode source versions

Explore BB12

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
45
Primary
27
Secondary
2
  1. Padiham St Leonard's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.3 km
  2. Padiham Primary School

    Community school

    1.6 km
  3. Shuttleworth College

    Foundation school

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
599
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 213
  • Anti social behaviour 128
  • Criminal damage and arson 72
  • Shoplifting 41
  • Public order 40

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
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% 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+
0%
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
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

9

within 5 km

  • PADIHAM GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81130

    1.5 km

  • ROSEGROVE SURGERY

    225-227 GANNOW LANE, BURNLEY, BB12 6HY

    ODS code P81197

    3.0 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

    4.6 km

  • COLNE ROAD SURGERY

    34-36 COLNE ROAD, BURNLEY, BB10 1LS

    ODS code P81035

    4.6 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

  • THURSBY SURGERY

    2 BROWHEAD ROAD, BURNLEY, BB10 3BF

    ODS code P81095

    4.9 km

  • PENDLE VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    47 ARTHUR STREET, BRIERFIELD, NELSON, BB9 5RZ

    ODS code P81070

    5.0 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Sabden Road

    BCT · Clay Bank

    0.5 miles
  • Higham Road

    BCT · Clay Bank

    0.5 miles
  • Pennine Grove

    BCT · Clay Bank

    0.6 miles
  • Fir Trees Lane

    BCT · Higham

    0.6 miles
  • Hargrove Avenue

    BCT · Padiham

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Burnley 005C, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

30,216 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
9 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

45 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 2 secondary schools. Padiham St Leonard's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

599 published events cover 12 months, averaging 49.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 213 events.

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