Schools
53 open schools are in scope, including 34 primary and 8 secondary schools. Avondale Primary School is the nearest published school at 171 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BB3 1YU
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 1YU
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 April 2005
- Terminated
- 1 March 2006
- Postcode area
- BB
- Postcode district
- BB3
- Postcode sector
- BB3 1
- Latitude
- 53.700693
- Longitude
- -2.478599
- British National Grid easting
- 368,500
- British National Grid northing
- 422,800
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
- E00063776
- 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
- 53
- Primary
- 34
- Secondary
- 8
- 171 m
Avondale Primary School
Community school
- 333 m
Crosshill Special School
Academy special converter
- 703 m
Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio
Studio schools
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,404
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,059
- Anti social behaviour 410
- Criminal damage and arson 194
- Vehicle crime 133
- Public order 124
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.
GP practices
11
within 5 km straight-line
HOLLINS GROVE SURGERY
153 BLACKBURN ROAD, DARWEN, BB3 1ET
ODS code P81721
525 m
DARWEN HEALTHCARE
JAMES STREET WEST, DARWEN, BB3 1PY
ODS code P81051
725 m
DARWEN HEALTHLINK
DARWEN HEALTH CENTRE, JAMES STREET WEST, DARWEN, BB3 1PY
ODS code P81140
725 m
SPRING-FENISCO HEALTHLINK
SPRINGFIELD SURGERY, 102 BOLTON ROAD, DARWEN, BB3 1BZ
ODS code P81633
1.3 km
ROMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
OFF FISHMOOR DRIVE, BLACKBURN, BB2 3UY
ODS code P81709
3.1 km
BENTHAM ROAD HEALTH CENTRE
BENTHAM ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 4QD
ODS code Y02657
3.8 km
ST GEORGES SURGERY
ST GEORGE'S SURGERY, 62 HASLINGDEN ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 3HS
ODS code P81058
4.2 km
PRINGLE STREET SURGERY
216-218 PRINGLE STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 1SB
ODS code P81724
4.7 km
THE CORNERSTONE PRACTICE
SHADSWORTH HOUSE, SHADSWORTH ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 2HR
ODS code P81734
4.7 km
WITTON MEDICAL CENTRE
PRESTON OLD RD, WITTON, BLACKBURN, BB2 2SU
ODS code P81022
4.8 km
REDLAM SURGERY
62-64 REDLAM, BLACKBURN, BB2 1UW
ODS code P81061
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Grafton Court
BCT · Darwen
- 0.1 miles
Harwood Street
BCT · Darwen
- 0.1 miles
Grafton Court
BCT · Darwen
- 0.1 miles
Grafton Court
BCT · Darwen
- 0.1 miles
Avondale Primary School
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
2,404 published events cover 12 months, averaging 200.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,059 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.