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BB12 8UN

Whittlefield with Ightenhill · Burnley · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Burnley
Ward
Whittlefield with Ightenhill
Local authority
Burnley
Constituency
Burnley
Postcode district
BB12
Postcode sector
BB12 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB12 8UW 50 m
BB12 7TP 67 m
BB12 8XB 90 m
BB12 8TW 112 m
BB12 8XA 136 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB12 8UN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 1987
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB12
Postcode sector
BB12 8
Latitude
53.800631
Longitude
-2.275440
British National Grid easting
381,956
British National Grid northing
433,848

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Burnley · E07000117
Electoral ward
Whittlefield with Ightenhill · E05005164
Parish or community
E04005136
Westminster constituency
Burnley · E14001142
Output area
E00126453
Lower layer super output area
Burnley 005C · E01024912
Middle layer super output area
Burnley 005 · E02005180

Postcode source versions

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Property

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55 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
38, Cumbrian Way, Burnley, BB12 8UN 14 October 2025 £400,000
45, Cumbrian Way, Burnley, BB12 8UN 10 October 2025 £370,000
70, Cumbrian Way, Burnley, BB12 8UN 27 June 2025 £359,950

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
61
Primary
33
Secondary
6

  1. St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter

    845 m

  2. Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School

    Voluntary aided school

    845 m

  3. Burnley Ightenhill Primary School

    Community school

    889 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,672
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 672
  • Anti social behaviour 290
  • Burglary 148
  • Criminal damage and arson 135
  • Other theft 100

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
91

49 female, 42 male

Postcode households
33
Residents per household
2.8
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 1.1% 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
33.3%

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

12

within 5 km

  • IGHTENHILL MEDICAL CENTRE

    TABOR STREET, BURNLEY, BB12 0HL

    ODS code P81165

    968 m

  • ROSEGROVE SURGERY

    225-227 GANNOW LANE, BURNLEY, BB12 6HY

    ODS code P81197

    1.3 km

  • PARKSIDE SURGERY

    PRESTIGE PARK, COLNE ROAD, BURNLEY, BB11 1PS

    ODS code P81047

    2.3 km

  • PADIHAM GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81130

    2.5 km

  • COLNE ROAD SURGERY

    34-36 COLNE ROAD, BURNLEY, BB10 1LS

    ODS code P81035

    2.5 km

  • BURNLEY GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81020

    2.6 km

  • RIVERSIDE FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81780

    2.6 km

  • THURSBY SURGERY

    2 BROWHEAD ROAD, BURNLEY, BB10 3BF

    ODS code P81095

    2.9 km

  • YORKSHIRE STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    80 YORKSHIRE STREET, BURNLEY, BB11 3BT

    ODS code P81008

    3.0 km

  • BURNLEY WOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    50 PARLIAMENT STREET, BURNLEY, BB11 3HR

    ODS code P81137

    3.2 km

  • PENDLE VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    47 ARTHUR STREET, BRIERFIELD, NELSON, BB9 5RZ

    ODS code P81070

    4.0 km

  • BRIERCLIFFE SURGERY

    BRIERCLIFFE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, BRIERCLIFFE ROAD, BURNLEY, BB10 2EZ

    ODS code P81053

    4.3 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

  • Castlerigg Drive

    BCT · Padiham Road

    0.1 miles

  • Castlerigg Drive

    BCT · Padiham Road

    0.1 miles

  • Dovedale Drive

    BCT · Padiham Road

    0.2 miles

  • Dovedale Drive

    BCT · Padiham Road

    0.2 miles

  • Grisedale Drive

    BCT · Padiham Road

    0.2 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.

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
1
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 £330,000 from 11 recorded sales in BB12 8UN. 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

61 open schools are in scope, including 33 primary and 6 secondary schools. St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is the nearest published school at 845 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,672 published events cover 12 months, averaging 139.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 672 events.

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