BB6 8WX

Billington & Langho · 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 8HQ 6 m
BB6 8HH 54 m
BB6 8ES 80 m
BB6 8HF 105 m
BB6 8ET 113 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB6 8WX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 February 2003
Terminated
1 March 2003
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB6
Postcode sector
BB6 8
Latitude
53.800615
Longitude
-2.454823
British National Grid easting
370,141
British National Grid northing
433,907

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
E00128572
Lower layer super output area
Ribble Valley 008H · E01034764
Middle layer super output area
Ribble Valley 008 · E02005277

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
28
Primary
20
Secondary
3
  1. St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho

    Voluntary aided school

    357 m
  2. Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.5 km
  3. Salesbury Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
124
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 49
  • Anti social behaviour 29
  • Vehicle crime 12
  • Criminal damage and arson 9
  • Other theft 8

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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • BROWNHILL SURGERY

    788-790 WHALLEY NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 9BA

    ODS code P81155

    3.2 km

  • GREAT HARWOOD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code P81730

    3.6 km

  • WHALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    42 KING STREET, WHALLEY, CLITHEROE, BB7 9SL

    ODS code P81017

    3.8 km

  • BLAKEWATER HEALTHCARE

    367 WHALLEY NEW ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 9SR

    ODS code P81704

    4.2 km

  • THE WEAVERS PRACTICE

    HIGH STREET, RISHTON, BLACKBURN, BB1 4LA

    ODS code P81755

    4.5 km

  • LITTLE HARWOOD HEALTH CENTRE

    PLANE TREE ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB1 6PH

    ODS code P81005

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • York Lane

    BCT · Langho

    0.1 miles
  • Rogersfield

    BCT · Langho

    0.1 miles
  • Rogersfield

    BCT · Langho

    0.1 miles
  • York Lane

    BCT · Langho

    0.1 miles
  • Carr Hall

    BCT · Wilpshire

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Ribble Valley 008H, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,633 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
6 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

28 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 3 secondary schools. St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Langho is the nearest published school at 357 m.

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

Recorded crime

124 published events cover 12 months, averaging 10.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 49 events.

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