Schools
74 open schools are in scope, including 47 primary and 10 secondary schools. Dar Ul Madinah is the nearest published school at 179 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BB2 6GS
Shear Brow & Corporation Park · Blackburn with Darwen · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Constituency
- Blackburn
- Postcode district
- BB2
- Postcode sector
- BB2 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BB2 6GS
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 1998
- Terminated
- 1 December 1999
- Postcode area
- BB
- Postcode district
- BB2
- Postcode sector
- BB2 6
- Latitude
- 53.752740
- Longitude
- -2.498906
- British National Grid easting
- 367,200
- British National Grid northing
- 428,600
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Blackburn with Darwen · E06000008
- Electoral ward
- Shear Brow & Corporation Park · E05011522
- Parish or community
- E43000279
- Westminster constituency
- Blackburn · E14001102
- Output area
- E00063454
- Lower layer super output area
- Blackburn with Darwen 002D · E01012587
- Middle layer super output area
- Blackburn with Darwen 002 · E02002616
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
- 74
- Primary
- 47
- Secondary
- 10
- 179 m
Dar Ul Madinah
Other independent school
- 207 m
Queen Elizabeth's Primary School
Free schools
- 208 m
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School
Free schools
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,723
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,782
- Anti social behaviour 826
- Public order 362
- Criminal damage and arson 331
- Shoplifting 319
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BB2 6 residents
- 11,372
Age bands in BB2 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 24.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 14.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 19.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 11.3%
2,726 residents
1,606 residents
3,259 residents
2,145 residents
1,237 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
18
within 5 km straight-line
LIMEFIELD SURGERY
293-295 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 6PL
ODS code P81214
456 m
FAMILY PRACTICE
BARBARA CASTLE WAY HC, SIMMONS STREET, BLACKBURN, BB2 1AX
ODS code P81694
724 m
OAKENHURST MEDICAL PRACTICE
BARBARA CASTLE WAY HC, SIMMONS STREET, BLACKBURN, BB2 1AX
ODS code P81125
724 m
OLIVE MEDICAL CENTRE
3 LIME STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 7EP
ODS code P81683
972 m
REDLAM SURGERY
62-64 REDLAM, BLACKBURN, BB2 1UW
ODS code P81061
1.2 km
WITTON MEDICAL CENTRE
PRESTON OLD RD, WITTON, BLACKBURN, BB2 2SU
ODS code P81022
1.5 km
PRIMROSE BANK MEDICAL CENTRE
PRIMROSE BANK, BLACKBURN, BB1 5ER
ODS code P81771
1.5 km
SHIFA SURGERY
BANGOR STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 6DY
ODS code P81622
1.6 km
BLAKEWATER HEALTHCARE
367 WHALLEY NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 9SR
ODS code P81704
2.1 km
LITTLE HARWOOD HEALTH CENTRE
PLANE TREE ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 6PH
ODS code P81005
2.2 km
ST GEORGES SURGERY
ST GEORGE'S SURGERY, 62 HASLINGDEN ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 3HS
ODS code P81058
2.2 km
WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET SURGERY
WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET, AUDLEY, BLACKBURN, BB1 1LX
ODS code P81707
2.4 km
PRINGLE STREET SURGERY
216-218 PRINGLE STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 1SB
ODS code P81724
2.4 km
BENTHAM ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
BENTHAM ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 4QD
ODS code Y02657
2.5 km
BROWNHILL SURGERY
788-790 WHALLEY NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 9BA
ODS code P81155
2.8 km
STEPPING STONE PRACTICE
LONGTON CLOSE, BLACKBURN, BB1 1XA
ODS code P81167
2.8 km
ROMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
OFF FISHMOOR DRIVE, BLACKBURN, BB2 3UY
ODS code P81709
3.2 km
THE CORNERSTONE PRACTICE
SHADSWORTH HOUSE, SHADSWORTH ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 2HR
ODS code P81734
3.4 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Dukes Brow
BCT · Revidge
- 0.1 miles
Harcourt Road
BCT · Blackburn
- 0.1 miles
Harcourt Road
BCT · Blackburn
- 0.1 miles
Granville Road
BCT · Revidge
- 0.2 miles
Alexandra Road
BCT · Revidge
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Blackburn with Darwen 002D, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
8,135 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 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
4,723 published events cover 12 months, averaging 393.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,782 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.