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BB3 3FF

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 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB3 3LJ 229 m
BB3 3LR 346 m
BB3 3LW 359 m
BB3 3LP 392 m
BB3 3LS 418 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB3 3FF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 2014
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB3
Postcode sector
BB3 3
Latitude
53.695211
Longitude
-2.440886
British National Grid easting
370,986
British National Grid northing
422,174

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
E43000279
Westminster constituency
Rossendale and Darwen · E14001450
Output area
E00063487
Lower layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 018A · E01012592
Middle layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 018 · E02002632

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
29
Primary
18
Secondary
3

  1. Hoddlesden St Paul's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    673 m

  2. Darwen Aldridge Sudell Primary

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

  3. Darwen St Peter's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,040
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 457
  • Anti social behaviour 181
  • Criminal damage and arson 98
  • Vehicle crime 78
  • Other theft 56

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BB3 3 residents
9,610

Age bands in BB3 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.6%

1,614 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.3%

1,032 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.4%

2,326 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.4%

2,418 residents

Age 65 and over
19.3%

1,766 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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • SPRING-FENISCO HEALTHLINK

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

    ODS code P81633

    1.8 km

  • DARWEN HEALTHCARE

    JAMES STREET WEST, DARWEN, BB3 1PY

    ODS code P81051

    2.0 km

  • DARWEN HEALTHLINK

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

    ODS code P81140

    2.0 km

  • HOLLINS GROVE SURGERY

    153 BLACKBURN ROAD, DARWEN, BB3 1ET

    ODS code P81721

    2.7 km

  • ROMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE

    OFF FISHMOOR DRIVE, BLACKBURN, BB2 3UY

    ODS code P81709

    4.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Roman Road

    BCT · Blackamoor

    0.1 miles

  • Roman Road

    BCT · Blackamoor

    0.1 miles

  • Glenshiels Avenue

    BCT · Hoddlesden

    0.1 miles

  • Pole Lane Playing Fields

    BCT · Spring Vale

    0.1 miles

  • Pole Lane Playing Fields

    BCT · Spring Vale

    0.1 miles

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

Schools

29 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 3 secondary schools. Hoddlesden St Paul's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 673 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,040 published events cover 12 months, averaging 86.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 457 events.

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