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BB5 6DF

Huncoat · Hyndburn · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Accrington
Ward
Huncoat
Local authority
Hyndburn
Constituency
Hyndburn
Postcode district
BB5
Postcode sector
BB5 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB5 6DG 50 m
BB5 6DB 76 m
BB5 6DQ 84 m
BB5 6DD 102 m
BB5 6DJ 116 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB5 6DF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB5
Postcode sector
BB5 6
Latitude
53.760753
Longitude
-2.356647
British National Grid easting
376,585
British National Grid northing
429,435

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Hyndburn · E07000120
Electoral ward
Huncoat · E05005212
Parish or community
E43000096
Westminster constituency
Hyndburn · E14001299
Output area
E00127143
Lower layer super output area
Hyndburn 004B · E01025052
Middle layer super output area
Hyndburn 004 · E02005215

Postcode source versions

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Property

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21 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
5, Hatfield Road, Accrington, BB5 6DF 22 April 2026 £185,000
1, Hatfield Road, Accrington, BB5 6DF 25 February 2026 £265,000
7, Hatfield Road, Accrington, BB5 6DF 14 January 2022 £170,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
50
Primary
37
Secondary
6

  1. Accrington Peel Park Primary School

    Foundation school

    386 m

  2. Accrington St John with St Augustine Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    419 m

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

    Voluntary aided school

    881 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,812
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,484
  • Anti social behaviour 646
  • Shoplifting 264
  • Public order 262
  • Vehicle crime 261

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
43

20 female, 23 male

Postcode households
20
Residents per household
2.1
BB5 6 residents
10,927

Age bands in BB5 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.7%

1,993 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.4%

1,218 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.5%

2,726 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.6%

2,951 residents

Age 65 and over
16.7%

1,786 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BB5 6 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
55%

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

    1.3 km

  • ARG HEALTHCARE

    257-259 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 0AL

    ODS code P81147

    1.5 km

  • OSWALD MEDICAL CENTRE

    387-391 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 1RP

    ODS code P81160

    2.0 km

  • ACCRINGTON VICTORIA GP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y02605

    2.1 km

  • DR BELLO'S SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81166

    2.1 km

  • KING STREET MEDICAL CTR

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

    ODS code P81726

    2.1 km

  • RICHMOND MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P81182

    2.1 km

  • THE CLAYTON MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code P81218

    2.4 km

  • HIGHER HEYS SURGERY

    OSWALDTWISTLE, ACCRINGTON, BB5 3BP

    ODS code P81699

    3.3 km

  • THE WEAVERS PRACTICE

    HIGH STREET, RISHTON, BLACKBURN, BB1 4LA

    ODS code P81755

    3.9 km

  • GREAT HARWOOD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code P81730

    4.4 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

  • Hatfield Road

    BCT · Hillock Vale

    0.1 miles

  • Peel Park Avenue

    BCT · Hillock Vale

    0.1 miles

  • Alice Street

    BCT · Hillock Vale

    0.1 miles

  • Alice Street

    BCT · Hillock Vale

    0.1 miles

  • William Street

    BCT · Hillock Vale

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hyndburn 004B, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,653 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
6 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
1
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 £185,000 from 3 recorded sales in BB5 6DF. 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

50 open schools are in scope, including 37 primary and 6 secondary schools. Accrington Peel Park Primary School is the nearest published school at 386 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,812 published events cover 12 months, averaging 317.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,484 events.

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