BB3 2SH

Darwen West · 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 2SL 42 m
BB3 2SQ 85 m
BB3 2SJ 99 m
BB3 2SF 136 m
BB3 2SG 139 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB3 2SH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB3
Postcode sector
BB3 2
Latitude
53.689755
Longitude
-2.471645
British National Grid easting
368,951
British National Grid northing
421,580

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
E00063787
Lower layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 016C · E01012653
Middle layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 016 · E02002630

Postcode source versions

Explore BB3

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
7, Radfield Head, Darwen, BB3 2SH 27 January 2021 £195,000
Manor House, Radfield Head, Darwen, BB3 2SH 28 October 2009 £125,000
6, Radfield Head, Darwen, BB3 2SH 29 August 2002 £37,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
21
Secondary
3
  1. St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen

    Voluntary aided school

    153 m
  2. Holy Trinity VC School

    Voluntary controlled school

    590 m
  3. Darwen Aldridge Community Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    741 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,022
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 871
  • Anti social behaviour 362
  • Criminal damage and arson 163
  • Vehicle crime 129
  • Other theft 109

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
10

5 female, 5 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.5
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 0.1% 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
75%

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

5

within 5 km

  • SPRING-FENISCO HEALTHLINK

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

    ODS code P81633

    373 m

  • DARWEN HEALTHCARE

    JAMES STREET WEST, DARWEN, BB3 1PY

    ODS code P81051

    669 m

  • DARWEN HEALTHLINK

    DARWEN HEALTH CENTRE, JAMES STREET WEST, DARWEN, BB3 1PY

    ODS code P81140

    669 m

  • HOLLINS GROVE SURGERY

    153 BLACKBURN ROAD, DARWEN, BB3 1ET

    ODS code P81721

    1.8 km

  • ROMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE

    OFF FISHMOOR DRIVE, BLACKBURN, BB2 3UY

    ODS code P81709

    4.3 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

  • Manor Road

    BCT · Darwen

    0.1 miles
  • Belgrave Road

    BCT · Darwen

    0.1 miles
  • Chapel Street

    BCT · Darwen

    0.2 miles
  • Inverness Road

    BCT · Darwen

    0.2 miles
  • Almond Street

    BCT · Darwen

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Blackburn with Darwen 016C, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,207 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
8 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.

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
1
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

Schools

33 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 3 secondary schools. St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen is the nearest published school at 153 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,022 published events cover 12 months, averaging 168.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 871 events.

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