Schools
75 open schools are in scope, including 48 primary and 10 secondary schools. Ashworth Nursery School is the nearest published school at 20 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BB2 1QX
Wensley Fold · Blackburn with Darwen · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Wensley Fold
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Constituency
- Blackburn
- Postcode district
- BB2
- Postcode sector
- BB2 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BB2 1QX
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 February 1990
- Terminated
- 1 May 1994
- Postcode area
- BB
- Postcode district
- BB2
- Postcode sector
- BB2 1
- Latitude
- 53.747367
- Longitude
- -2.494293
- British National Grid easting
- 367,500
- British National Grid northing
- 428,000
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Blackburn with Darwen · E06000008
- Electoral ward
- Wensley Fold · E05011523
- Parish or community
- E43000279
- Westminster constituency
- Blackburn · E14001102
- Output area
- E00063796
- Lower layer super output area
- Blackburn with Darwen 005C · E01012656
- Middle layer super output area
- Blackburn with Darwen 005 · E02002619
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore BB2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 75
- Primary
- 48
- Secondary
- 10
- 20 m
Ashworth Nursery School
Local authority nursery school
- 26 m
St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 328 m
Blackburn College
Further education
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 6,289
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,312
- Anti social behaviour 1,021
- Shoplifting 603
- Public order 473
- Criminal damage and arson 443
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BB2 1 residents
- 5,238
Age bands in BB2 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 22.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 30.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 22%
- Age 65 and over
- 11.2%
1,350 residents
836 residents
1,847 residents
1,332 residents
677 residents
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.
GP practices
19
within 5 km straight-line
FAMILY PRACTICE
BARBARA CASTLE WAY HC, SIMMONS STREET, BLACKBURN, BB2 1AX
ODS code P81694
501 m
OAKENHURST MEDICAL PRACTICE
BARBARA CASTLE WAY HC, SIMMONS STREET, BLACKBURN, BB2 1AX
ODS code P81125
501 m
LIMEFIELD SURGERY
293-295 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 6PL
ODS code P81214
693 m
REDLAM SURGERY
62-64 REDLAM, BLACKBURN, BB2 1UW
ODS code P81061
829 m
OLIVE MEDICAL CENTRE
3 LIME STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 7EP
ODS code P81683
865 m
WITTON MEDICAL CENTRE
PRESTON OLD RD, WITTON, BLACKBURN, BB2 2SU
ODS code P81022
1.2 km
PRIMROSE BANK MEDICAL CENTRE
PRIMROSE BANK, BLACKBURN, BB1 5ER
ODS code P81771
1.4 km
ST GEORGES SURGERY
ST GEORGE'S SURGERY, 62 HASLINGDEN ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 3HS
ODS code P81058
1.6 km
SHIFA SURGERY
BANGOR STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 6DY
ODS code P81622
1.6 km
PRINGLE STREET SURGERY
216-218 PRINGLE STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 1SB
ODS code P81724
1.9 km
WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET SURGERY
WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET, AUDLEY, BLACKBURN, BB1 1LX
ODS code P81707
1.9 km
BENTHAM ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
BENTHAM ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 4QD
ODS code Y02657
2.0 km
LITTLE HARWOOD HEALTH CENTRE
PLANE TREE ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 6PH
ODS code P81005
2.2 km
BLAKEWATER HEALTHCARE
367 WHALLEY NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 9SR
ODS code P81704
2.4 km
STEPPING STONE PRACTICE
LONGTON CLOSE, BLACKBURN, BB1 1XA
ODS code P81167
2.5 km
ROMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
OFF FISHMOOR DRIVE, BLACKBURN, BB2 3UY
ODS code P81709
2.6 km
THE CORNERSTONE PRACTICE
SHADSWORTH HOUSE, SHADSWORTH ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 2HR
ODS code P81734
2.9 km
BROWNHILL SURGERY
788-790 WHALLEY NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 9BA
ODS code P81155
3.3 km
HOLLINS GROVE SURGERY
153 BLACKBURN ROAD, DARWEN, BB3 1ET
ODS code P81721
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Addison Close
BCT · Wensley Fold
- 0.1 miles
Lower Ashworth Close
BCT · Wensley Fold
- 0.1 miles
Lower Ashworth Close
BCT · Wensley Fold
- 0.1 miles
Higson Street
BCT · Blackburn
- 0.1 miles
Higson Street
BCT · Blackburn
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Blackburn with Darwen 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
1 of 10
Overall England rank
1,696 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
6,289 published events cover 12 months, averaging 524.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,312 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.