Schools
78 open schools are in scope, including 50 primary and 11 secondary schools. Eden School is the nearest published school at 730 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BB3 0BX
Blackburn South & Lower Darwen · Blackburn with Darwen · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen
- Postcode district
- BB3
- Postcode sector
- BB3 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BB3 0BX
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 March 1983
- Terminated
- 1 May 1994
- Postcode area
- BB
- Postcode district
- BB3
- Postcode sector
- BB3 0
- Latitude
- 53.715904
- Longitude
- -2.495439
- British National Grid easting
- 367,400
- British National Grid northing
- 424,500
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Blackburn with Darwen · E06000008
- Electoral ward
- Blackburn South & Lower Darwen · E05011512
- Parish or community
- E43000279
- Westminster constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen · E14001450
- Output area
- E00063515
- Lower layer super output area
- Blackburn with Darwen 013C · E01012598
- Middle layer super output area
- Blackburn with Darwen 013 · E02002627
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 BB3
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 78
- Primary
- 50
- Secondary
- 11
- 730 m
Eden School
Free schools special
- 778 m
The Heights Blackburn
Free schools alternative provision
- 1.0 km
St Edward's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,545
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 618
- Anti social behaviour 259
- Criminal damage and arson 162
- Shoplifting 99
- Other theft 90
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BB3 0 residents
- 8,948
Age bands in BB3 0
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.6%
1,496 residents
1,016 residents
2,166 residents
2,586 residents
1,553 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
20
within 5 km straight-line
HOLLINS GROVE SURGERY
153 BLACKBURN ROAD, DARWEN, BB3 1ET
ODS code P81721
1.7 km
BENTHAM ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
BENTHAM ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 4QD
ODS code Y02657
1.8 km
ROMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
OFF FISHMOOR DRIVE, BLACKBURN, BB2 3UY
ODS code P81709
2.1 km
DARWEN HEALTHCARE
JAMES STREET WEST, DARWEN, BB3 1PY
ODS code P81051
2.7 km
DARWEN HEALTHLINK
DARWEN HEALTH CENTRE, JAMES STREET WEST, DARWEN, BB3 1PY
ODS code P81140
2.7 km
WITTON MEDICAL CENTRE
PRESTON OLD RD, WITTON, BLACKBURN, BB2 2SU
ODS code P81022
2.8 km
ST GEORGES SURGERY
ST GEORGE'S SURGERY, 62 HASLINGDEN ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 3HS
ODS code P81058
2.8 km
REDLAM SURGERY
62-64 REDLAM, BLACKBURN, BB2 1UW
ODS code P81061
3.0 km
SPRING-FENISCO HEALTHLINK
SPRINGFIELD SURGERY, 102 BOLTON ROAD, DARWEN, BB3 1BZ
ODS code P81633
3.3 km
PRINGLE STREET SURGERY
216-218 PRINGLE STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 1SB
ODS code P81724
3.4 km
LIMEFIELD SURGERY
293-295 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 6PL
ODS code P81214
3.8 km
FAMILY PRACTICE
BARBARA CASTLE WAY HC, SIMMONS STREET, BLACKBURN, BB2 1AX
ODS code P81694
3.9 km
OAKENHURST MEDICAL PRACTICE
BARBARA CASTLE WAY HC, SIMMONS STREET, BLACKBURN, BB2 1AX
ODS code P81125
3.9 km
THE CORNERSTONE PRACTICE
SHADSWORTH HOUSE, SHADSWORTH ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 2HR
ODS code P81734
3.9 km
WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET SURGERY
WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET, AUDLEY, BLACKBURN, BB1 1LX
ODS code P81707
4.0 km
OLIVE MEDICAL CENTRE
3 LIME STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 7EP
ODS code P81683
4.1 km
PRIMROSE BANK MEDICAL CENTRE
PRIMROSE BANK, BLACKBURN, BB1 5ER
ODS code P81771
4.3 km
STEPPING STONE PRACTICE
LONGTON CLOSE, BLACKBURN, BB1 1XA
ODS code P81167
4.4 km
SHIFA SURGERY
BANGOR STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 6DY
ODS code P81622
4.8 km
WITHNELL HEALTH CENTRE
RAILWAY ROAD, WITHNELL, CHORLEY, PR6 8UA
ODS code P81010
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.4 miles
Beech Drive
BCT · Bank Hey
- 0.4 miles
Beech Drive
BCT · Bank Hey
- 0.4 miles
Black Bull
BCT · Bank Hey
- 0.5 miles
Black Bull
BCT · Bank Hey
- 0.5 miles
Bank Hey School
BCT · Bank Hey
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Blackburn with Darwen 013C, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
31,263 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 10 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
1,545 published events cover 12 months, averaging 128.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 618 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.