BB7 1PS

Wiswell & Barrow · Ribble Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Ribble Valley
Postcode district
BB7
Postcode sector
BB7 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB7 9HN 937 m
BB7 1PZ 985 m
BB7 1PY 1.1 km
BB7 1PT 1.1 km
BB7 1PX 1.2 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB7 1PS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB7
Postcode sector
BB7 1
Latitude
53.844473
Longitude
-2.360536
British National Grid easting
376,376
British National Grid northing
438,751

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Ribble Valley · E07000124
Parish or community
E04005273
Westminster constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe · E14001422
Output area
E00174082
Lower layer super output area
Ribble Valley 005E · E01025354
Middle layer super output area
Ribble Valley 005 · E02005274

Postcode source versions

Explore BB7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
16
Primary
11
Secondary
1
  1. St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Sabden

    Voluntary aided school

    1.9 km
  2. Sabden Primary School

    Community school

    1.9 km
  3. Barrow URC Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
15
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5
  • Anti social behaviour 4
  • Other theft 2
  • Vehicle crime 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

3 female, 4 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
3.5
BB7 1 residents
8,113

Age bands in BB7 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16%

1,303 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

802 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.5%

2,155 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.4%

2,233 residents

Age 65 and over
20.2%

1,645 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BB7 1 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+
0%
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
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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • PENDLESIDE MEDICAL PRACT

    CLITHEROE HEALTH CENTRE, RAILWAY VIEW ROAD, CLITHEROE, BB7 2JG

    ODS code P81069

    3.9 km

  • THE CASTLE MEDICAL GROUP

    CLITHEROE HEALTH CENTRE, RAILWAY VIEW ROAD, CLITHEROE, BB7 2JG

    ODS code P81100

    3.9 km

  • WHALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    42 KING STREET, WHALLEY, CLITHEROE, BB7 9SL

    ODS code P81017

    4.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Wellsprings Inn

    BCT · Heyhouses

    0.6 miles
  • Wellsprings Inn

    BCT · Heyhouses

    0.6 miles
  • Pendleton Road

    BCT · Pendleton

    0.7 miles
  • Village

    BCT · Pendleton

    0.7 miles
  • Lamb Row

    BCT · Sabden

    1.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Ribble Valley 005E, 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

31,147 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
7 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

Schools

16 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Sabden is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

15 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5 events.

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