BB4 7JH

Hareholme & Waterfoot · Rossendale · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Rossendale
Local authority
Rossendale
Postcode district
BB4
Postcode sector
BB4 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB4 7JE 208 m
BB4 7JP 269 m
BB4 7JA 275 m
BB4 7JR 276 m
BB4 7JS 289 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB4 7JH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB4
Postcode sector
BB4 7
Latitude
53.693544
Longitude
-2.265454
British National Grid easting
382,569
British National Grid northing
421,931

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Rossendale · E07000125
Parish or community
E43000099
Westminster constituency
Rossendale and Darwen · E14001450
Output area
E00128781
Lower layer super output area
Rossendale 004G · E01033281
Middle layer super output area
Rossendale 004 · E02005281

Postcode source versions

Explore BB4

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Sunnyfield, Lench Road, Rossendale, BB4 7JH 13 February 2004 £169,000
Myrfield, Lench Road, Rossendale, BB4 7JH 31 August 2001 £122,500
Crabtree Hurst, Lench Road, Rossendale, BB4 7JH 25 May 2001 £173,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
22
Secondary
5
  1. Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    573 m
  2. Staghills Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    713 m
  3. St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch

    Voluntary aided school

    921 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,027
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 436
  • Anti social behaviour 214
  • Criminal damage and arson 81
  • Shoplifting 62
  • Public order 59

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
14

8 female, 6 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
3.5
BB4 7 residents
5,694

Age bands in BB4 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.4%

1,114 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

643 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.4%

1,623 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.8%

1,776 residents

Age 65 and over
19.4%

1,238 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BB4 7 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+
50%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
50%
Gigabit-capable
50%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
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

8

within 5 km straight-line

  • WATERFOOT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WATERFOOT HEALTH CENTRE, COWPE ROAD, WATERFOOT, ROSSENDALE, BB4 7DN

    ODS code P81132

    933 m

  • FAIRMORE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ROSSENDALE PHCC, 161 BACUP ROAD, RAWTENSTALL, ROSSENDALE, BB4 7PL

    ODS code Y02606

    1.3 km

  • ILEX VIEW MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ROSSENDALE PRIMARY HEALTH CC, 161 BACUP ROAD, RAWTENSTALL, ROSSENDALE, BB4 7PL

    ODS code P81118

    1.3 km

  • ST JAMES' MEDICAL CENTRE

    BURNLEY ROAD, RAWTENSTALL, ROSSENDALE, BB4 8HH

    ODS code P81003

    2.3 km

  • HASLINGDEN HEALTHCARE

    HASLINGDEN HEALTH CENTRE, MANCHESTER ROAD, HASLINGDEN, ROSSENDALE, BB4 5SL

    ODS code P81099

    4.1 km

  • HAZELVALLEY FAMILY PRACTICE

    7-9 MANCHESTER ROAD, HASLINGDEN, ROSSENDALE, BB4 5SL

    ODS code P81212

    4.1 km

  • ROSSENDALE VALLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    27 MANCHESTER ROAD, HASLINGDEN, ROSSENDALE, BB4 5SL

    ODS code P81686

    4.1 km

  • IRWELL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    IRWELL MEDICAL CENTRE, IRWELL MILL, ROCHDALE ROAD, BACUP, OL13 9NR

    ODS code P81027

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Lench Road

    BCT · Staghills

    0.1 miles
  • Lench Road

    BCT · Waterfoot

    0.2 miles
  • Hareholme Lane

    BCT · Hareholme

    0.2 miles
  • Hareholme Lane

    BCT · Hareholme

    0.2 miles
  • Warth Bridge

    BCT · Waterfoot

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Rossendale 004G, 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

7,820 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
6 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.

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

Schools

36 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 5 secondary schools. Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 573 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,027 published events cover 12 months, averaging 85.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 436 events.

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