BB2 6RJ

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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB2 6RF 264 m
BB2 6RG 306 m
BB2 6RP 319 m
BB2 6RE 420 m
BB2 5JH 452 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB2 6RJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB2
Postcode sector
BB2 6
Latitude
53.736408
Longitude
-2.540584
British National Grid easting
364,438
British National Grid northing
426,803

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Blackburn with Darwen · E06000008
Parish or community
E04000340
Westminster constituency
Blackburn · E14001102
Output area
E00063585
Lower layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 010D · E01012611
Middle layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 010 · E02002624

Postcode source versions

Explore BB2

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Woodside, Old Hall Lane, Pleasington, Blackburn, BB2 6RJ 7 August 2025 £875,000
Red Lodge, 1, Old Hall Lane, Pleasington, Blackburn, BB2 6RJ 15 December 2022 £250
Priory Croft, Old Hall Lane, Pleasington, Blackburn, BB2 6RJ 13 November 2020 £510,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
56
Primary
36
Secondary
8
  1. St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School, Feniscowles, Blackburn

    Voluntary aided school

    963 m
  2. Feniscowles Primary School

    Community school

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

    Voluntary aided school

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
346
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 131
  • Anti social behaviour 60
  • Shoplifting 28
  • Criminal damage and arson 28
  • Vehicle crime 21

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
18

8 female, 10 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
2.0
BB2 6 residents
11,372

Age bands in BB2 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
24.8%

2,726 residents

Age 15 to 24
14.6%

1,606 residents

Age 25 to 44
29.7%

3,259 residents

Age 45 to 64
19.5%

2,145 residents

Age 65 and over
11.3%

1,237 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BB2 6 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+
0%
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
0%
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

12

within 5 km

  • WITTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    PRESTON OLD RD, WITTON, BLACKBURN, BB2 2SU

    ODS code P81022

    2.2 km

  • BENTHAM ROAD HEALTH CENTRE

    BENTHAM ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 4QD

    ODS code Y02657

    2.4 km

  • REDLAM SURGERY

    62-64 REDLAM, BLACKBURN, BB2 1UW

    ODS code P81061

    2.5 km

  • LIMEFIELD SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81214

    2.8 km

  • FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81694

    3.8 km

  • OAKENHURST MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81125

    3.8 km

  • OLIVE MEDICAL CENTRE

    3 LIME STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 7EP

    ODS code P81683

    4.1 km

  • ST GEORGES SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81058

    4.3 km

  • ROMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE

    OFF FISHMOOR DRIVE, BLACKBURN, BB2 3UY

    ODS code P81709

    4.6 km

  • PRIMROSE BANK MEDICAL CENTRE

    PRIMROSE BANK, BLACKBURN, BB1 5ER

    ODS code P81771

    4.7 km

  • SHIFA SURGERY

    BANGOR STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 6DY

    ODS code P81622

    4.9 km

  • PRINGLE STREET SURGERY

    216-218 PRINGLE STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 1SB

    ODS code P81724

    4.9 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Bowden Avenue

    BCT · Pleasington

    0.3 miles
  • Crematorium

    BCT · Pleasington

    0.3 miles
  • Railway Station

    BCT · Pleasington

    0.4 miles
  • Pleasington Rail Station

    RSE · Pleasington

    0.4 miles
  • Pleasington Rail Station

    RSE · Pleasington

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

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

20,504 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
4 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 £437,625 from 2 recorded sales in BB2 6RJ. 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

56 open schools are in scope, including 36 primary and 8 secondary schools. St Paul's Roman Catholic Primary School, Feniscowles, Blackburn is the nearest published school at 963 m.

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

Recorded crime

346 published events cover 12 months, averaging 28.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 131 events.

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