BB5 4RN

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 4RL 60 m
BB5 4SH 81 m
BB5 4QD 84 m
BB5 4RJ 109 m
BB5 4QN 153 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB5 4RN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1981
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB5
Postcode sector
BB5 4
Latitude
53.743831
Longitude
-2.409329
British National Grid easting
373,101
British National Grid northing
427,571

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
E00127288
Lower layer super output area
Hyndburn 005D · E01025081
Middle layer super output area
Hyndburn 005 · E02005216

Postcode source versions

Explore BB5

80 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
36, Hargreaves Road, Oswaldtwistle, Accrington, BB5 4RN 19 December 2025 £225,000
22, Hargreaves Road, Oswaldtwistle, Accrington, BB5 4RN 4 September 2025 £185,000
57, Hargreaves Road, Oswaldtwistle, Accrington, BB5 4RN 25 July 2025 £220,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
75
Primary
50
Secondary
8
  1. Oswaldtwistle White Ash School

    Community special school

    143 m
  2. Oswaldtwistle West End Primary School

    Academy converter

    355 m
  3. Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary School

    Community school

    461 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,457
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 604
  • Anti social behaviour 284
  • Vehicle crime 110
  • Criminal damage and arson 108
  • Burglary 77

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
119

58 female, 61 male

Postcode households
49
Residents per household
2.4
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 1.3% 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+
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
95.9%

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

21

within 5 km

  • HIGHER HEYS SURGERY

    OSWALDTWISTLE, ACCRINGTON, BB5 3BP

    ODS code P81699

    1.1 km

  • ACCRINGTON VICTORIA GP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y02605

    1.9 km

  • DR BELLO'S SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81166

    1.9 km

  • KING STREET MEDICAL CTR

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

    ODS code P81726

    1.9 km

  • RICHMOND MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P81182

    1.9 km

  • OSWALD MEDICAL CENTRE

    387-391 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 1RP

    ODS code P81160

    2.0 km

  • ARG HEALTHCARE

    257-259 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 0AL

    ODS code P81147

    2.4 km

  • THE WEAVERS PRACTICE

    HIGH STREET, RISHTON, BLACKBURN, BB1 4LA

    ODS code P81755

    2.8 km

  • THE CORNERSTONE PRACTICE

    SHADSWORTH HOUSE, SHADSWORTH ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 2HR

    ODS code P81734

    2.9 km

  • PEEL HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81036

    3.0 km

  • STEPPING STONE PRACTICE

    LONGTON CLOSE, BLACKBURN, BB1 1XA

    ODS code P81167

    3.2 km

  • WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET SURGERY

    WILLIAM HOPWOOD STREET, AUDLEY, BLACKBURN, BB1 1LX

    ODS code P81707

    3.7 km

  • THE CLAYTON MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code P81218

    3.8 km

  • PRINGLE STREET SURGERY

    216-218 PRINGLE STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 1SB

    ODS code P81724

    3.8 km

  • LITTLE HARWOOD HEALTH CENTRE

    PLANE TREE ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 6PH

    ODS code P81005

    4.2 km

  • ST GEORGES SURGERY

    ST GEORGE'S SURGERY, 62 HASLINGDEN ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 3HS

    ODS code P81058

    4.4 km

  • PRIMROSE BANK MEDICAL CENTRE

    PRIMROSE BANK, BLACKBURN, BB1 5ER

    ODS code P81771

    4.5 km

  • ROMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE

    OFF FISHMOOR DRIVE, BLACKBURN, BB2 3UY

    ODS code P81709

    4.5 km

  • SHIFA SURGERY

    BANGOR STREET, BLACKBURN, BB1 6DY

    ODS code P81622

    4.6 km

  • BLAKEWATER HEALTHCARE

    367 WHALLEY NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 9SR

    ODS code P81704

    4.9 km

Showing 20 of 21 matching practices.

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

  • Harlech Drive

    BCT · Oswaldtwistle

    0.0 miles
  • Harlech Drive

    BCT · Oswaldtwistle

    0.1 miles
  • Stanhill Street

    BCT · Oswaldtwistle

    0.1 miles
  • Central Avenue

    BCT · Oswaldtwistle

    0.1 miles
  • Central Avenue

    BCT · Oswaldtwistle

    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 £191,500 from 12 recorded sales in BB5 4RN. 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

75 open schools are in scope, including 50 primary and 8 secondary schools. Oswaldtwistle White Ash School is the nearest published school at 143 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,457 published events cover 12 months, averaging 121.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 604 events.

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