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BB2 5HZ

Chorley North East · Chorley · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Chorley North East
Local authority
Chorley
Constituency
Chorley
Postcode district
BB2
Postcode sector
BB2 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB2 5HX 590 m
PR6 8BP 786 m
BB2 5JN 831 m
BB2 5EL 874 m
BB2 5GY 887 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB2 5HZ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 2009
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB2
Postcode sector
BB2 5
Latitude
53.714655
Longitude
-2.544986
British National Grid easting
364,129
British National Grid northing
424,385

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Chorley · E07000118
Electoral ward
Chorley North East · E05013067
Parish or community
E04005161
Westminster constituency
Chorley · E14001170
Output area
E00126499
Lower layer super output area
Chorley 002A · E01024921
Middle layer super output area
Chorley 002 · E02005190

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
41
Primary
27
Secondary
5

  1. Feniscowles Primary School

    Community school

    1.3 km

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

    Voluntary aided school

    1.6 km

  3. Abbey Village Primary School

    Community school

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
112
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 50
  • Anti social behaviour 24
  • Other theft 8
  • Criminal damage and arson 8
  • Vehicle crime 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • WITHNELL HEALTH CENTRE

    RAILWAY ROAD, WITHNELL, CHORLEY, PR6 8UA

    ODS code P81010

    2.6 km

  • BENTHAM ROAD HEALTH CENTRE

    BENTHAM ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 4QD

    ODS code Y02657

    3.1 km

  • WITTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    PRESTON OLD RD, WITTON, BLACKBURN, BB2 2SU

    ODS code P81022

    3.8 km

  • REDLAM SURGERY

    62-64 REDLAM, BLACKBURN, BB2 1UW

    ODS code P81061

    4.1 km

  • HOLLINS GROVE SURGERY

    153 BLACKBURN ROAD, DARWEN, BB3 1ET

    ODS code P81721

    4.6 km

  • LIMEFIELD SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81214

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Toll Bar

    BCT · Riley Green

    0.5 miles

  • Tintagel Close

    BCT · Feniscowles

    0.6 miles

  • Tintagel Close

    BCT · Feniscowles

    0.6 miles

  • Toll Bar

    BCT · Riley Green

    0.6 miles

  • Stanworth Terrace

    BCT · Abbey Village

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chorley 002A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

23,911 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
2 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

41 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 5 secondary schools. Feniscowles 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

112 published events cover 12 months, averaging 9.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 50 events.

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