BB6 7XA

Netherton · Hyndburn · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Blackburn
Local authority
Hyndburn
Constituency
Hyndburn
Postcode district
BB6
Postcode sector
BB6 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB6 7TF 163 m
BB6 7WA 207 m
BB6 7UG 213 m
BB6 7TQ 215 m
BB6 7TE 236 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB6 7XA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB6
Postcode sector
BB6 7
Latitude
53.790102
Longitude
-2.384446
British National Grid easting
374,770
British National Grid northing
432,710

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Hyndburn · E07000120
Electoral ward
Netherton · E05005215
Parish or community
E43000096
Westminster constituency
Hyndburn · E14001299
Output area
E00127190
Lower layer super output area
Hyndburn 001B · E01025061
Middle layer super output area
Hyndburn 001 · E02005212

Postcode source versions

Explore BB6

30 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
5, Kingsway, Great Harwood, Blackburn, BB6 7XA 24 September 2024 £367,500
23, Kingsway, Great Harwood, Blackburn, BB6 7XA 16 September 2022 £500,000
3, Kingsway, Great Harwood, Blackburn, BB6 7XA 1 September 2022 £505,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
42
Primary
31
Secondary
5
  1. St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood

    Voluntary aided school

    758 m
  2. Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.5 km
  3. St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Clayton-le-Moors

    Voluntary aided school

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,052
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 423
  • Anti social behaviour 178
  • Criminal damage and arson 86
  • Other theft 72
  • Shoplifting 67

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
83

41 female, 42 male

Postcode households
27
Residents per household
3.1
BB6 7 residents
10,966

Age bands in BB6 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.4%

1,916 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.5%

1,160 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.7%

2,724 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.8%

2,951 residents

Age 65 and over
20.6%

2,266 residents

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BB6 7 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+
88.9%
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
66.7%

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

12

within 5 km

  • GREAT HARWOOD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code P81730

    1.3 km

  • THE CLAYTON MEDICAL CTR.

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

    ODS code P81218

    1.8 km

  • THE WEAVERS PRACTICE

    HIGH STREET, RISHTON, BLACKBURN, BB1 4LA

    ODS code P81755

    3.1 km

  • WHALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    42 KING STREET, WHALLEY, CLITHEROE, BB7 9SL

    ODS code P81017

    3.6 km

  • OSWALD MEDICAL CENTRE

    387-391 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 1RP

    ODS code P81160

    4.2 km

  • ARG HEALTHCARE

    257-259 BLACKBURN ROAD, ACCRINGTON, BB5 0AL

    ODS code P81147

    4.2 km

  • ACCRINGTON VICTORIA GP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y02605

    4.2 km

  • DR BELLO'S SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81166

    4.2 km

  • KING STREET MEDICAL CTR

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

    ODS code P81726

    4.2 km

  • RICHMOND MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P81182

    4.2 km

  • PEEL HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81036

    4.5 km

  • PADIHAM GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81130

    4.8 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Pendle Road

    BCT · Great Harwood

    0.1 miles
  • Pendle Road

    BCT · Great Harwood

    0.1 miles
  • Lyndon Avenue

    BCT · Great Harwood

    0.1 miles
  • Lyndon Avenue

    BCT · Great Harwood

    0.1 miles
  • Harwood Bar

    BCT · Great Harwood

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Hyndburn 001B, 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

15,683 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
5 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
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 £433,750 from 4 recorded sales in BB6 7XA. 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

42 open schools are in scope, including 31 primary and 5 secondary schools. St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood is the nearest published school at 758 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,052 published events cover 12 months, averaging 87.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 423 events.

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