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BB5 1RH

Central · Hyndburn · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Accrington
Ward
Central
Local authority
Hyndburn
Constituency
Hyndburn
Postcode district
BB5
Postcode sector
BB5 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB5 1RN 42 m
BB5 1RG 56 m
BB5 1RQ 60 m
BB5 1TD 76 m
BB5 1QS 82 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB5 1RH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB5
Postcode sector
BB5 1
Latitude
53.753876
Longitude
-2.374742
British National Grid easting
375,388
British National Grid northing
428,676

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Hyndburn · E07000120
Electoral ward
Central · E05005209
Parish or community
E43000096
Westminster constituency
Hyndburn · E14001299
Output area
E00127097
Lower layer super output area
Hyndburn 006A · E01025041
Middle layer super output area
Hyndburn 006 · E02005217

Postcode source versions

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Property

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47 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
14, Portland Street, Accrington, BB5 1RH 18 October 2024 £65,000
3, Portland Street, Accrington, BB5 1RH 2 July 2024 £55,500
3, Portland Street, Accrington, BB5 1RH 30 July 2020 £54,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
51
Primary
38
Secondary
6

  1. Accrington Hyndburn Park Primary School

    Community school

    295 m

  2. The Alternative School

    Other independent school

    563 m

  3. Accrington St Mary Magdalen's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    582 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
5,727
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,279
  • Anti social behaviour 975
  • Criminal damage and arson 416
  • Vehicle crime 402
  • Public order 373

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
102

54 female, 48 male

Postcode households
25
Residents per household
4.1
BB5 1 residents
4,495

Age bands in BB5 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
24.3%

1,243 residents

Age 15 to 24
16.7%

853 residents

Age 25 to 44
29.6%

1,514 residents

Age 45 to 64
18.9%

966 residents

Age 65 and over
10.6%

542 residents

This postcode contained 2.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BB5 1 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
100%

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

11

within 5 km

  • ARG HEALTHCARE

    257-259 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 0AL

    ODS code P81147

    130 m

  • OSWALD MEDICAL CENTRE

    387-391 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 1RP

    ODS code P81160

    596 m

  • PEEL HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ACCRINGTON PALS PHCC, 1 PARADISE STREET, ACCRINGTON, BB5 2EJ

    ODS code P81036

    643 m

  • ACCRINGTON VICTORIA GP PRACTICE

    ACORN PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 421 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 1RT

    ODS code Y02605

    690 m

  • DR BELLO'S SURGERY

    ACORN PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 421 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 1RT

    ODS code P81166

    690 m

  • KING STREET MEDICAL CTR

    ACORN PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 421 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 1RT

    ODS code P81726

    690 m

  • RICHMOND MEDICAL CENTRE

    ACORN PRIMARY HEALTH C C, 421 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 1RT

    ODS code P81182

    690 m

  • HIGHER HEYS SURGERY

    OSWALDTWISTLE, ACCRINGTON, BB5 3BP

    ODS code P81699

    1.9 km

  • THE CLAYTON MEDICAL CTR.

    WELLINGTON STREET, CLAYTON LE MOORS, ACCRINGTON, BB5 5HU

    ODS code P81218

    2.4 km

  • THE WEAVERS PRACTICE

    HIGH STREET, RISHTON, BLACKBURN, BB1 4LA

    ODS code P81755

    3.1 km

  • GREAT HARWOOD MEDICAL GROUP

    GREAT HARWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, WATER STREET, GREAT HARWOOD, BLACKBURN, BB6 7QR

    ODS code P81730

    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

  • Lister Street

    BCT · Accrington

    0.1 miles

  • Ellison Street

    BCT · Accrington

    0.1 miles

  • Lister Street

    BCT · Accrington

    0.1 miles

  • Asda

    BCT · Accrington

    0.2 miles

  • Ellison Street

    BCT · Accrington

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hyndburn 006A, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

419 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
4 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
4
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 £60,250 from 2 recorded sales in BB5 1RH. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Hyndburn is £138,818 in June 2026, up 10.7% year on year.

Schools

51 open schools are in scope, including 38 primary and 6 secondary schools. Accrington Hyndburn Park Primary School is the nearest published school at 295 m.

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

Recorded crime

5,727 published events cover 12 months, averaging 477.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,279 events.

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