BB5 4NY

St Oswald's · Hyndburn · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Accrington
Local authority
Hyndburn
Constituency
Hyndburn
Postcode district
BB5
Postcode sector
BB5 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB5 4PA 158 m
BB5 4NZ 173 m
BB5 4RG 204 m
BB5 4NQ 226 m
BB5 4RE 235 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB5 4NY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB5
Postcode sector
BB5 4
Latitude
53.751620
Longitude
-2.402413
British National Grid easting
373,562
British National Grid northing
428,435

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Hyndburn · E07000120
Parish or community
E43000096
Westminster constituency
Hyndburn · E14001299
Output area
E00127292
Lower layer super output area
Hyndburn 005D · E01025081
Middle layer super output area
Hyndburn 005 · E02005216

Postcode source versions

Explore BB5

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Lower Aspen Cottage, 2, Lower Aspen Lane, Oswaldtwistle, Accrington, BB5 4NY 16 February 2026 £412,000
Lower Aspen Barn, Lower Aspen Lane, Oswaldtwistle, Accrington, BB5 4NY 29 November 2019 £499,950

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
70
Primary
47
Secondary
8
  1. Oswaldtwistle School

    Pupil referral unit

    831 m
  2. Oswaldtwistle St Paul's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    831 m
  3. Oswaldtwistle West End Primary School

    Academy converter

    834 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,503
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,038
  • Anti social behaviour 457
  • Vehicle crime 173
  • Criminal damage and arson 169
  • Shoplifting 161

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
13

5 female, 8 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
3.3
BB5 4 residents
8,950

Age bands in BB5 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.3%

1,509 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

929 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.5%

2,048 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.4%

2,393 residents

Age 65 and over
21.2%

1,850 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BB5 4 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

19

within 5 km

  • ACCRINGTON VICTORIA GP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y02605

    1.2 km

  • DR BELLO'S SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81166

    1.2 km

  • KING STREET MEDICAL CTR

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

    ODS code P81726

    1.2 km

  • RICHMOND MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P81182

    1.2 km

  • OSWALD MEDICAL CENTRE

    387-391 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 1RP

    ODS code P81160

    1.3 km

  • HIGHER HEYS SURGERY

    OSWALDTWISTLE, ACCRINGTON, BB5 3BP

    ODS code P81699

    1.3 km

  • ARG HEALTHCARE

    257-259 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 0AL

    ODS code P81147

    1.8 km

  • THE WEAVERS PRACTICE

    HIGH STREET, RISHTON, BLACKBURN, BB1 4LA

    ODS code P81755

    2.0 km

  • PEEL HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81036

    2.4 km

  • THE CLAYTON MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code P81218

    2.8 km

  • THE CORNERSTONE PRACTICE

    SHADSWORTH HOUSE, SHADSWORTH ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 2HR

    ODS code P81734

    3.6 km

  • STEPPING STONE PRACTICE

    LONGTON CLOSE, BLACKBURN, BB1 1XA

    ODS code P81167

    3.6 km

  • GREAT HARWOOD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code P81730

    4.1 km

  • WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET SURGERY

    WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET, AUDLEY, BLACKBURN, BB1 1LX

    ODS code P81707

    4.2 km

  • LITTLE HARWOOD HEALTH CENTRE

    PLANE TREE ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 6PH

    ODS code P81005

    4.3 km

  • PRINGLE STREET SURGERY

    216-218 PRINGLE STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 1SB

    ODS code P81724

    4.4 km

  • PRIMROSE BANK MEDICAL CENTRE

    PRIMROSE BANK, BLACKBURN, BB1 5ER

    ODS code P81771

    4.8 km

  • SHIFA SURGERY

    BANGOR STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 6DY

    ODS code P81622

    4.9 km

  • BLAKEWATER HEALTHCARE

    367 WHALLEY NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 9SR

    ODS code P81704

    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

  • Buttermere Drive

    BCT · West End

    0.1 miles
  • Buttermere Drive

    BCT · West End

    0.1 miles
  • Community Centre

    BCT · West End

    0.2 miles
  • Community Centre

    BCT · West End

    0.2 miles
  • Browning Avenue

    BCT · West End

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hyndburn 005D, 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

18,632 of 33,755

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

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 £412,000 from 1 recorded sale in BB5 4NY. 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

70 open schools are in scope, including 47 primary and 8 secondary schools. Oswaldtwistle School is the nearest published school at 831 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,503 published events cover 12 months, averaging 208.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,038 events.

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