BB2 5JB

Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton · Chorley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Blackburn
Local authority
Chorley
Constituency
Chorley
Postcode district
BB2
Postcode sector
BB2 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB2 5JA 282 m
BB2 5JN 499 m
BB2 5JD 536 m
BB2 5JL 747 m
BB2 5EL 778 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB2 5JB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB2
Postcode sector
BB2 5
Latitude
53.721663
Longitude
-2.551593
British National Grid easting
363,699
British National Grid northing
425,168

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Chorley · E07000118
Parish or community
E04005155
Westminster constituency
Chorley · E14001170
Output area
E00126496
Lower layer super output area
Chorley 002A · E01024921
Middle layer super output area
Chorley 002 · E02005190

Postcode source versions

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Old Toll Bar Cottage, Moulden Brow, Feniscowles, Blackburn, BB2 5JB 19 January 2026 £850,000
Hilltop, Moulden Brow, Feniscowles, Blackburn, BB2 5JB 28 February 2000 £247,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
40
Primary
28
Secondary
5
  1. Feniscowles Primary School

    Community school

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

    Voluntary aided school

    1.2 km
  3. Livesey Saint Francis' Church of England School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
123
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 56
  • Anti social behaviour 25
  • Other theft 9
  • Vehicle crime 9
  • Criminal damage and arson 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9

3 female, 6 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.3
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 0.1% 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+
75%
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

5

within 5 km

  • BENTHAM ROAD HEALTH CENTRE

    BENTHAM ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 4QD

    ODS code Y02657

    3.2 km

  • WITHNELL HEALTH CENTRE

    RAILWAY ROAD, WITHNELL, CHORLEY, PR6 8UA

    ODS code P81010

    3.3 km

  • WITTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    PRESTON OLD RD, WITTON, BLACKBURN, BB2 2SU

    ODS code P81022

    3.6 km

  • REDLAM SURGERY

    62-64 REDLAM, BLACKBURN, BB2 1UW

    ODS code P81061

    3.9 km

  • LIMEFIELD SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81214

    4.4 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

  • Toll Bar

    BCT · Riley Green

    0.1 miles
  • Toll Bar

    BCT · Riley Green

    0.1 miles
  • Finnington Lane

    BCT · Riley Green

    0.2 miles
  • Finnington Lane

    BCT · Riley Green

    0.2 miles
  • Tintagel Close

    BCT · Feniscowles

    0.2 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.

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 £850,000 from 1 recorded sale in BB2 5JB. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Chorley is £212,647 in June 2026, up 3.7% year on year.

Schools

40 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 5 secondary schools. Feniscowles Primary School is the nearest published school at 926 m.

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

Recorded crime

123 published events cover 12 months, averaging 10.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 56 events.

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