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BB5 1SH

Church · Hyndburn · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB5 1TF 37 m
BB5 1SQ 49 m
BB5 1SJ 53 m
BB5 1SF 77 m
BB5 1SN 79 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB5 1SH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB5
Postcode sector
BB5 1
Latitude
53.753661
Longitude
-2.383218
British National Grid easting
374,829
British National Grid northing
428,655

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Hyndburn · E07000120
Electoral ward
Church · E05005210
Parish or community
E43000096
Westminster constituency
Hyndburn · E14001299
Output area
E00127110
Lower layer super output area
Hyndburn 006J · E01034336
Middle layer super output area
Hyndburn 006 · E02005217

Postcode source versions

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Property

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43 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Russia Street, Accrington, BB5 1SH 16 April 2025 £85,000
13, Russia Street, Accrington, BB5 1SH 12 March 2024 £37,000
31, Russia Street, Accrington, BB5 1SH 19 October 2023 £82,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
53
Primary
39
Secondary
7

  1. Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, Church

    Voluntary aided school

    269 m

  2. Accrington Hyndburn Park Primary School

    Community school

    337 m

  3. St Nicholas Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    654 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
5,536
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2,252
  • Anti social behaviour 912
  • Shoplifting 417
  • Criminal damage and arson 394
  • Public order 375

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
139

68 female, 71 male

Postcode households
33
Residents per household
4.2
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 3.1% 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

13

within 5 km

  • OSWALD MEDICAL CENTRE

    387-391 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 1RP

    ODS code P81160

    135 m

  • ACCRINGTON VICTORIA GP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y02605

    183 m

  • DR BELLO'S SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81166

    183 m

  • KING STREET MEDICAL CTR

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

    ODS code P81726

    183 m

  • RICHMOND MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P81182

    183 m

  • ARG HEALTHCARE

    257-259 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 0AL

    ODS code P81147

    522 m

  • PEEL HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81036

    1.2 km

  • HIGHER HEYS SURGERY

    OSWALDTWISTLE, ACCRINGTON, BB5 3BP

    ODS code P81699

    1.6 km

  • THE CLAYTON MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code P81218

    2.3 km

  • THE WEAVERS PRACTICE

    HIGH STREET, RISHTON, BLACKBURN, BB1 4LA

    ODS code P81755

    2.6 km

  • GREAT HARWOOD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code P81730

    4.1 km

  • THE CORNERSTONE PRACTICE

    SHADSWORTH HOUSE, SHADSWORTH ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 2HR

    ODS code P81734

    4.8 km

  • STEPPING STONE PRACTICE

    LONGTON CLOSE, BLACKBURN, BB1 1XA

    ODS code P81167

    4.9 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Princess Street

    BCT · Accrington

    0.1 miles

  • Acorn

    BCT · Accrington

    0.1 miles

  • Princess Street

    BCT · Accrington

    0.1 miles

  • Acorn

    BCT · Accrington

    0.1 miles

  • Gatty Park

    BCT · Peel Bank

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hyndburn 006J, 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

3,235 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
3 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 £82,000 from 3 recorded sales in BB5 1SH. 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

53 open schools are in scope, including 39 primary and 7 secondary schools. Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, Church is the nearest published school at 269 m.

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

Recorded crime

5,536 published events cover 12 months, averaging 461.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,252 events.

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