BB3 2HL

Darwen South · Blackburn with Darwen · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Darwen
Local authority
Blackburn with Darwen
Postcode district
BB3
Postcode sector
BB3 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB3 2FD 50 m
BB3 2FL 82 m
BB3 2FG 103 m
BB3 2HP 105 m
BB3 2FQ 109 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB3 2HL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB3
Postcode sector
BB3 2
Latitude
53.682527
Longitude
-2.448536
British National Grid easting
370,472
British National Grid northing
420,766

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Blackburn with Darwen · E06000008
Parish or community
E04012080
Westminster constituency
Rossendale and Darwen · E14001450
Output area
E00063603
Lower layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 017C · E01012616
Middle layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 017 · E02002631

Postcode source versions

Explore BB3

88 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
151, Cranberry Lane, Darwen, BB3 2HL 19 December 2025 £365,000
107, Cranberry Lane, Darwen, BB3 2HL 17 December 2024 £168,000
32, Cranberry Lane, Darwen, BB3 2HL 29 August 2024 £137,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
14
Secondary
3
  1. Darwen, St Barnabas CofE Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    431 m
  2. Ashleigh Primary School

    Foundation school

    997 m
  3. Aurora Woodlands School

    Other independent special school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
656
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 264
  • Anti social behaviour 124
  • Criminal damage and arson 62
  • Vehicle crime 57
  • Other theft 47

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
145

71 female, 74 male

Postcode households
65
Residents per household
2.2
BB3 2 residents
9,125

Age bands in BB3 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.6%

1,481 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

922 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.8%

2,312 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.4%

2,539 residents

Age 65 and over
18.9%

1,694 residents

This postcode contained 1.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BB3 2 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
96.6%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
96.6%
Gigabit-capable
96.6%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
94.9%

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

4

within 5 km

  • SPRING-FENISCO HEALTHLINK

    SPRINGFIELD SURGERY, 102 BOLTON ROAD, DARWEN, BB3 1BZ

    ODS code P81633

    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

  • HOLLINS GROVE SURGERY

    153 BLACKBURN ROAD, DARWEN, BB3 1ET

    ODS code P81721

    3.2 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Cranberry Close

    BCT · Spring Vale

    0.0 miles
  • Cranberry Close

    BCT · Spring Vale

    0.0 miles
  • Martin Drive

    BCT · Darwen

    0.1 miles
  • Cumberland Close

    BCT · Darwen

    0.1 miles
  • Causeway Street

    BCT · Darwen

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Blackburn with Darwen 017C, 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

18,829 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
6 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 £155,000 from 9 recorded sales in BB3 2HL. 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

21 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 3 secondary schools. Darwen, St Barnabas CofE Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 431 m.

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

Recorded crime

656 published events cover 12 months, averaging 54.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 264 events.

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