BB5 6NU

Huncoat · Hyndburn · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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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 6TD 65 m
BB5 6NW 68 m
BB5 6NL 73 m
BB5 6EB 127 m
BB5 6TP 154 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB5 6NU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 2005
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB5
Postcode sector
BB5 6
Latitude
53.770219
Longitude
-2.346820
British National Grid easting
377,238
British National Grid northing
430,485

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
E00171908
Lower layer super output area
Hyndburn 002G · E01025053
Middle layer super output area
Hyndburn 002 · E02005213

Postcode source versions

Explore BB5

62 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
18, Apartment 3, Honeysuckle Court, Huncoat, Accrington, BB5 6NU 24 February 2026 £100,000
20, Apartment 7, Honeysuckle Court, Huncoat, Accrington, BB5 6NU 31 October 2025 £66,000
15, Honeysuckle Court, Huncoat, Accrington, BB5 6NU 7 March 2025 £230,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
58
Primary
42
Secondary
8
  1. Accrington Huncoat Primary School

    Academy converter

    320 m
  2. Accrington Peel Park Primary School

    Foundation school

    1.5 km
  3. Accrington St John with St Augustine Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
600
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 242
  • Anti social behaviour 132
  • Vehicle crime 62
  • Criminal damage and arson 40
  • Public order 34

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
79

38 female, 41 male

Postcode households
37
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 0.7% 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+
15.8%
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

13

within 5 km

  • PEEL HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81036

    2.5 km

  • THE CLAYTON MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code P81218

    2.5 km

  • ARG HEALTHCARE

    257-259 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 0AL

    ODS code P81147

    2.7 km

  • OSWALD MEDICAL CENTRE

    387-391 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 1RP

    ODS code P81160

    3.1 km

  • ACCRINGTON VICTORIA GP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y02605

    3.2 km

  • DR BELLO'S SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81166

    3.2 km

  • KING STREET MEDICAL CTR

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

    ODS code P81726

    3.2 km

  • RICHMOND MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P81182

    3.2 km

  • PADIHAM GROUP PRACTICE

    PADIHAM MEDICAL CENTRE, 36 BURNLEY ROAD, PADIHAM, BURNLEY, BB12 8BP

    ODS code P81130

    4.0 km

  • GREAT HARWOOD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code P81730

    4.3 km

  • THE WEAVERS PRACTICE

    HIGH STREET, RISHTON, BLACKBURN, BB1 4LA

    ODS code P81755

    4.4 km

  • HIGHER HEYS SURGERY

    OSWALDTWISTLE, ACCRINGTON, BB5 3BP

    ODS code P81699

    4.5 km

  • ROSEGROVE SURGERY

    225-227 GANNOW LANE, BURNLEY, BB12 6HY

    ODS code P81197

    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

  • Huncoat Rail Station

    RLY · Huncoat

    0.1 miles
  • Huncoat Rail Station

    RSE · Huncoat

    0.1 miles
  • Huncoat Rail Station

    RSE · Huncoat

    0.1 miles
  • Rail Station

    BCT · Huncoat

    0.1 miles
  • Alder Grove

    BCT · Huncoat

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hyndburn 002G, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,156 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
5 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
2
Medium risk addresses
3
Low risk addresses
8
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 £98,750 from 4 recorded sales in BB5 6NU. 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

58 open schools are in scope, including 42 primary and 8 secondary schools. Accrington Huncoat Primary School is the nearest published school at 320 m.

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

Recorded crime

600 published events cover 12 months, averaging 50 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 242 events.

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