BB2 5EH

Livesey with Pleasington · Blackburn with Darwen · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Blackburn
Local authority
Blackburn with Darwen
Constituency
Blackburn
Postcode district
BB2
Postcode sector
BB2 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB2 5EQ 39 m
BB2 5EJ 76 m
BB2 5EG 126 m
BB2 5EL 157 m
BB2 5JT 177 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB2 5EH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB2
Postcode sector
BB2 5
Latitude
53.723044
Longitude
-2.538457
British National Grid easting
364,567
British National Grid northing
425,315

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Blackburn with Darwen · E06000008
Parish or community
E04013124
Westminster constituency
Blackburn · E14001102
Output area
E00063575
Lower layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 010C · E01012610
Middle layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 010 · E02002624

Postcode source versions

Explore BB2

17 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Park Place, Feniscowles, Blackburn, BB2 5EH 4 April 2023 £155,000
2, Park Place, Feniscowles, Blackburn, BB2 5EH 31 January 2020 £127,500
1, Park Place, Feniscowles, Blackburn, BB2 5EH 15 July 2016 £95,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
52
Primary
32
Secondary
8
  1. Feniscowles Primary School

    Community school

    305 m
  2. St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School, Feniscowles, Blackburn

    Voluntary aided school

    573 m
  3. Livesey Saint Francis' Church of England School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
345
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 135
  • Anti social behaviour 62
  • Vehicle crime 30
  • Criminal damage and arson 27
  • Shoplifting 26

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
44

23 female, 21 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
2.9
BB2 5 residents
7,519

Age bands in BB2 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.6%

1,052 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

635 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.4%

1,545 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.1%

2,099 residents

Age 65 and over
26.2%

1,893 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BB2 5 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
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

11

within 5 km

  • BENTHAM ROAD HEALTH CENTRE

    BENTHAM ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 4QD

    ODS code Y02657

    2.3 km

  • WITTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    PRESTON OLD RD, WITTON, BLACKBURN, BB2 2SU

    ODS code P81022

    2.8 km

  • REDLAM SURGERY

    62-64 REDLAM, BLACKBURN, BB2 1UW

    ODS code P81061

    3.1 km

  • WITHNELL HEALTH CENTRE

    RAILWAY ROAD, WITHNELL, CHORLEY, PR6 8UA

    ODS code P81010

    3.6 km

  • LIMEFIELD SURGERY

    293-295 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 6PL

    ODS code P81214

    3.8 km

  • ROMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE

    OFF FISHMOOR DRIVE, BLACKBURN, BB2 3UY

    ODS code P81709

    4.4 km

  • FAMILY PRACTICE

    BARBARA CASTLE WAY HC, SIMMONS STREET, BLACKBURN, BB2 1AX

    ODS code P81694

    4.5 km

  • OAKENHURST MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BARBARA CASTLE WAY HC, SIMMONS STREET, BLACKBURN, BB2 1AX

    ODS code P81125

    4.5 km

  • HOLLINS GROVE SURGERY

    153 BLACKBURN ROAD, DARWEN, BB3 1ET

    ODS code P81721

    4.5 km

  • ST GEORGES SURGERY

    ST GEORGE'S SURGERY, 62 HASLINGDEN ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 3HS

    ODS code P81058

    4.5 km

  • OLIVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    3 LIME STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 7EP

    ODS code P81683

    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

  • Star Drive

    BCT · Feniscowles

    0.1 miles
  • Star Drive

    BCT · Feniscowles

    0.1 miles
  • Primary School

    BCT · Feniscowles

    0.2 miles
  • Feniscowles Infant School

    BCT · Feniscowles

    0.2 miles
  • Feildens Arms

    BCT · Feniscowles

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Blackburn with Darwen 010C, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,543 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
4 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
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 £155,000 from 1 recorded sale in BB2 5EH. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Blackburn with Darwen is £165,882 in June 2026, up 5.8% year on year.

Schools

52 open schools are in scope, including 32 primary and 8 secondary schools. Feniscowles Primary School is the nearest published school at 305 m.

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

Recorded crime

345 published events cover 12 months, averaging 28.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 135 events.

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