Schools
57 open schools are in scope, including 36 primary and 9 secondary schools. Avondale Primary School is the nearest published school at 164 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BB3 1QN
Darwen West · Blackburn with Darwen · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Darwen West
- Local authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen
- Postcode district
- BB3
- Postcode sector
- BB3 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BB3 1QN
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 August 2006
- Postcode area
- BB
- Postcode district
- BB3
- Postcode sector
- BB3 1
- Latitude
- 53.702757
- Longitude
- -2.476986
- British National Grid easting
- 368,608
- British National Grid northing
- 423,029
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Blackburn with Darwen · E06000008
- Electoral ward
- Darwen West · E05011516
- Parish or community
- E04012080
- Westminster constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen · E14001450
- Output area
- E00063772
- Lower layer super output area
- Blackburn with Darwen 016B · E01012651
- Middle layer super output area
- Blackburn with Darwen 016 · E02002630
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
- 57
- Primary
- 36
- Secondary
- 9
- 164 m
Avondale Primary School
Community school
- 329 m
Crosshill Special School
Academy special converter
- 614 m
St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,445
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,077
- Anti social behaviour 419
- Criminal damage and arson 197
- Vehicle crime 132
- Public order 123
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BB3 1 residents
- 6,401
Age bands in BB3 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 17%
1,244 residents
782 residents
1,966 residents
1,891 residents
1,209 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+
- 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 straight-line
HOLLINS GROVE SURGERY
153 BLACKBURN ROAD, DARWEN, BB3 1ET
ODS code P81721
292 m
DARWEN HEALTHCARE
JAMES STREET WEST, DARWEN, BB3 1PY
ODS code P81051
861 m
DARWEN HEALTHLINK
DARWEN HEALTH CENTRE, JAMES STREET WEST, DARWEN, BB3 1PY
ODS code P81140
861 m
SPRING-FENISCO HEALTHLINK
SPRINGFIELD SURGERY, 102 BOLTON ROAD, DARWEN, BB3 1BZ
ODS code P81633
1.5 km
ROMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
OFF FISHMOOR DRIVE, BLACKBURN, BB2 3UY
ODS code P81709
2.9 km
BENTHAM ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
BENTHAM ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 4QD
ODS code Y02657
3.7 km
ST GEORGES SURGERY
ST GEORGE'S SURGERY, 62 HASLINGDEN ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 3HS
ODS code P81058
4.0 km
PRINGLE STREET SURGERY
216-218 PRINGLE STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 1SB
ODS code P81724
4.4 km
THE CORNERSTONE PRACTICE
SHADSWORTH HOUSE, SHADSWORTH ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 2HR
ODS code P81734
4.4 km
WITTON MEDICAL CENTRE
PRESTON OLD RD, WITTON, BLACKBURN, BB2 2SU
ODS code P81022
4.6 km
REDLAM SURGERY
62-64 REDLAM, BLACKBURN, BB2 1UW
ODS code P81061
4.8 km
WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET SURGERY
WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET, AUDLEY, BLACKBURN, BB1 1LX
ODS code P81707
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Lloyd Street
BCT · Darwen
- 0.1 miles
Lloyd Street
BCT · Darwen
- 0.1 miles
Argyle Street
BCT · Darwen
- 0.1 miles
Avondale Road
BCT · Darwen
- 0.1 miles
Heys Lane
BCT · Darwen
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Blackburn with Darwen 016B, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
10,955 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 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
2,445 published events cover 12 months, averaging 203.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,077 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.