Schools
48 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 6 secondary schools. The Alternative School is the nearest published school at 193 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BB5 2EU
Barnfield · Hyndburn · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BB5 2EU
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BB
- Postcode district
- BB5
- Postcode sector
- BB5 2
- Latitude
- 53.750220
- Longitude
- -2.365474
- British National Grid easting
- 375,997
- British National Grid northing
- 428,266
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Hyndburn · E07000120
- Electoral ward
- Barnfield · E05005207
- Parish or community
- E43000096
- Westminster constituency
- Hyndburn · E14001299
- Output area
- E00127073
- Lower layer super output area
- Hyndburn 008B · E01025036
- Middle layer super output area
- Hyndburn 008 · E02005219
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore BB5
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Holland House, Church Street, Accrington, BB5 2EU | 19 February 2021 | £200,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 48
- Primary
- 35
- Secondary
- 6
- 193 m
The Alternative School
Other independent school
- 449 m
Accrington Woodnook Primary School
Community school
- 482 m
Lee Royd Nursery School
Local authority nursery school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,218
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,073
- Anti social behaviour 877
- Criminal damage and arson 382
- Vehicle crime 371
- Shoplifting 350
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BB5 2 residents
- 8,219
Age bands in BB5 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 19.8%
1,339 residents
863 residents
2,060 residents
2,228 residents
1,599 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.
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
PEEL HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
ACCRINGTON PALS PHCC, 1 PARADISE STREET, ACCRINGTON, BB5 2EJ
ODS code P81036
106 m
ARG HEALTHCARE
257-259 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 0AL
ODS code P81147
717 m
OSWALD MEDICAL CENTRE
387-391 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 1RP
ODS code P81160
1.2 km
ACCRINGTON VICTORIA GP PRACTICE
ACORN PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 421 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 1RT
ODS code Y02605
1.3 km
DR BELLO'S SURGERY
ACORN PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 421 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 1RT
ODS code P81166
1.3 km
KING STREET MEDICAL CTR
ACORN PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 421 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 1RT
ODS code P81726
1.3 km
RICHMOND MEDICAL CENTRE
ACORN PRIMARY HEALTH C C, 421 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 1RT
ODS code P81182
1.3 km
HIGHER HEYS SURGERY
OSWALDTWISTLE, ACCRINGTON, BB5 3BP
ODS code P81699
2.2 km
THE CLAYTON MEDICAL CTR.
WELLINGTON STREET, CLAYTON LE MOORS, ACCRINGTON, BB5 5HU
ODS code P81218
3.0 km
THE WEAVERS PRACTICE
HIGH STREET, RISHTON, BLACKBURN, BB1 4LA
ODS code P81755
3.8 km
GREAT HARWOOD MEDICAL GROUP
GREAT HARWOOD HEALTH CENTRE, WATER STREET, GREAT HARWOOD, BLACKBURN, BB6 7QR
ODS code P81730
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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Cotton Street
BCT · Accrington
- 0.1 miles
Paradise Street
BCT · Accrington
- 0.1 miles
Wellington Court
BCT · Accrington
- 0.1 miles
Inspire
BCT · Accrington
- 0.1 miles
Inspire
BCT · Accrington
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hyndburn 008B, 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
327 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 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
Recorded crime
5,218 published events cover 12 months, averaging 434.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,073 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.