BB7 3BQ

Chipping · 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
BB7
Postcode sector
BB7 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB7 3BH 556 m
BB7 3BJ 1.5 km
BB7 3BG 1.7 km
BB7 3BD 1.8 km
BB7 3BA 1.8 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB7 3BQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB7
Postcode sector
BB7 3
Latitude
53.948516
Longitude
-2.549833
British National Grid easting
364,011
British National Grid northing
450,407

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Ribble Valley · E07000124
Electoral ward
Chipping · E05012005
Parish or community
E04005247
Westminster constituency
Ribble Valley · E14001443
Output area
E00128522
Lower layer super output area
Ribble Valley 004A · E01025322
Middle layer super output area
Ribble Valley 004 · E02005273

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Thorneyholme Roman Catholic Primary School, Dunsop Bridge

    Voluntary aided school

    1.7 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

7 female, 5 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.4
BB7 3 residents
2,811

Age bands in BB7 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.2%

376 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

267 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.2%

467 residents

Age 45 to 64
35.7%

1,101 residents

Age 65 and over
28.3%

871 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BB7 3 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Harden Farm Cottages

    BCT · Dunsop Bridge

    0.3 miles
  • Trout Farm

    BCT · Dunsop Bridge

    1.2 miles
  • War Memorial

    BCT · Dunsop Bridge

    1.2 miles
  • Car Park

    BCT · Dunsop Bridge

    1.3 miles
  • Car Park

    BCT · Dunsop Bridge

    1.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Ribble Valley 004A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,530 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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
1
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

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Thorneyholme Roman Catholic Primary School, Dunsop Bridge is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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