Schools
78 open schools are in scope, including 50 primary and 10 secondary schools. Darwen Vale High School is the nearest published school at 80 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BB3 0FS
West Pennine · Blackburn with Darwen · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- West Pennine
- 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 0FS
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 August 2024
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BB
- Postcode district
- BB3
- Postcode sector
- BB3 0
- Latitude
- 53.714981
- Longitude
- -2.470336
- British National Grid easting
- 369,056
- British National Grid northing
- 424,386
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Blackburn with Darwen · E06000008
- Electoral ward
- West Pennine · E05011524
- Parish or community
- E04000337
- Westminster constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen · E14001450
- Output area
- E00063488
- Lower layer super output area
- Blackburn with Darwen 018A · E01012592
- Middle layer super output area
- Blackburn with Darwen 018 · E02002632
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
- 10
- 80 m
Darwen Vale High School
Academy sponsor led
- 489 m
Lower Darwen Primary School
Community school
- 891 m
St Edward's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,578
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 679
- Anti social behaviour 264
- Criminal damage and arson 143
- Vehicle crime 92
- Other theft 87
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.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- 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
20
within 5 km
HOLLINS GROVE SURGERY
153 BLACKBURN ROAD, DARWEN, BB3 1ET
ODS code P81721
1.2 km
ROMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
OFF FISHMOOR DRIVE, BLACKBURN, BB2 3UY
ODS code P81709
1.5 km
DARWEN HEALTHCARE
JAMES STREET WEST, DARWEN, BB3 1PY
ODS code P81051
2.1 km
DARWEN HEALTHLINK
DARWEN HEALTH CENTRE, JAMES STREET WEST, DARWEN, BB3 1PY
ODS code P81140
2.1 km
ST GEORGES SURGERY
ST GEORGE'S SURGERY, 62 HASLINGDEN ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 3HS
ODS code P81058
2.6 km
SPRING-FENISCO HEALTHLINK
SPRINGFIELD SURGERY, 102 BOLTON ROAD, DARWEN, BB3 1BZ
ODS code P81633
2.7 km
BENTHAM ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
BENTHAM ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 4QD
ODS code Y02657
2.9 km
THE CORNERSTONE PRACTICE
SHADSWORTH HOUSE, SHADSWORTH ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 2HR
ODS code P81734
3.0 km
PRINGLE STREET SURGERY
216-218 PRINGLE STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 1SB
ODS code P81724
3.0 km
WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET SURGERY
WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET, AUDLEY, BLACKBURN, BB1 1LX
ODS code P81707
3.5 km
STEPPING STONE PRACTICE
LONGTON CLOSE, BLACKBURN, BB1 1XA
ODS code P81167
3.7 km
WITTON MEDICAL CENTRE
PRESTON OLD RD, WITTON, BLACKBURN, BB2 2SU
ODS code P81022
3.7 km
REDLAM SURGERY
62-64 REDLAM, BLACKBURN, BB2 1UW
ODS code P81061
3.8 km
FAMILY PRACTICE
BARBARA CASTLE WAY HC, SIMMONS STREET, BLACKBURN, BB2 1AX
ODS code P81694
4.1 km
OAKENHURST MEDICAL PRACTICE
BARBARA CASTLE WAY HC, SIMMONS STREET, BLACKBURN, BB2 1AX
ODS code P81125
4.1 km
PRIMROSE BANK MEDICAL CENTRE
PRIMROSE BANK, BLACKBURN, BB1 5ER
ODS code P81771
4.2 km
OLIVE MEDICAL CENTRE
3 LIME STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 7EP
ODS code P81683
4.3 km
LIMEFIELD SURGERY
293-295 PRESTON NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 6PL
ODS code P81214
4.5 km
SHIFA SURGERY
BANGOR STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 6DY
ODS code P81622
4.7 km
LITTLE HARWOOD HEALTH CENTRE
PLANE TREE ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 6PH
ODS code P81005
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
- 0.1 miles
Global Way
BCT · Lower Darwen
- 0.1 miles
Global Way
BCT · Lower Darwen
- 0.2 miles
Greenbank Terrace
BCT · Lower Darwen
- 0.2 miles
Martinique Drive
BCT · Blackburn
- 0.2 miles
Martinique Drive
BCT · Darwen
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Blackburn with Darwen 018A, 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
6 of 10
Overall England rank
20,207 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 1 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
Recorded crime
1,578 published events cover 12 months, averaging 131.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 679 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.