BB6 8AU

Brockhall & Dinckley · Ribble Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Ribble Valley
Constituency
Ribble Valley
Postcode district
BB6
Postcode sector
BB6 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB6 8AY 37 m
BB6 8BN 105 m
BB6 8BL 110 m
BB6 8AT 123 m
BB6 8AS 157 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB6 8AU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1996
Terminated
1 December 1997
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB6
Postcode sector
BB6 8
Latitude
53.823929
Longitude
-2.452660
British National Grid easting
370,300
British National Grid northing
436,500

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Ribble Valley · E07000124
Parish or community
E04005245
Westminster constituency
Ribble Valley · E14001443
Output area
E00174079
Lower layer super output area
Ribble Valley 007B · E01025319
Middle layer super output area
Ribble Valley 007 · E02005276

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.8 km
  2. St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.9 km
  3. St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Hurst Green

    Voluntary aided school

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
33
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 15
  • Anti social behaviour 8
  • Criminal damage and arson 4
  • Burglary 2
  • Drugs 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BB6 8 residents
3,902

Age bands in BB6 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.6%

614 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

404 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.9%

781 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.9%

1,215 residents

Age 65 and over
23.3%

914 residents

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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • WHALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    42 KING STREET, WHALLEY, CLITHEROE, BB7 9SL

    ODS code P81017

    3.1 km

Nearby transport

  • The Academy

    BCT · Brockhall Village

    0.1 miles
  • Brookside Close

    BCT · Old Langho

    0.3 miles
  • Northcote Road

    BCT · Old Langho

    0.4 miles
  • Longsight Road

    BCT · Langho

    1.1 miles
  • Chapel Lane

    BCT · Rileys

    1.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Ribble Valley 007B, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

30,334 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
8 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

10 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

33 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 15 events.

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