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BB7 9WS

Whalley & Painter Wood · Ribble Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Whalley & Painter Wood
Local authority
Ribble Valley
Constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe
Postcode district
BB7
Postcode sector
BB7 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB7 9WN 94 m
BB7 9UG 117 m
BB7 9XL 149 m
BB7 9RG 172 m
BB7 9XJ 188 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB7 9WS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB7
Postcode sector
BB7 9
Latitude
53.822914
Longitude
-2.401943
British National Grid easting
373,638
British National Grid northing
436,367

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Ribble Valley · E07000124
Electoral ward
Whalley & Painter Wood · E05012022
Parish or community
E04005287
Westminster constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe · E14001422
Output area
E00185567
Lower layer super output area
Ribble Valley 007D · E01025350
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
18
Primary
15
Secondary
1

  1. Whalley Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    507 m

  2. Oakhill School

    Other independent school

    553 m

  3. St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
358
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 177
  • Anti social behaviour 71
  • Criminal damage and arson 25
  • Other theft 18
  • Public order 17

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BB7 9 residents
10,615

Age bands in BB7 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.8%

1,639 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

1,063 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.7%

2,147 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.5%

3,158 residents

Age 65 and over
22.6%

2,342 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

2

within 5 km

  • WHALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    42 KING STREET, WHALLEY, CLITHEROE, BB7 9SL

    ODS code P81017

    451 m

  • GREAT HARWOOD MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code P81730

    3.8 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Bus Station

    BCS · Whalley

    0.2 miles

  • Sydney Avenue

    BCT · Whalley

    0.2 miles

  • Hayhurst Road

    BCT · Whalley

    0.2 miles

  • Bus Station

    BCS · Whalley

    0.2 miles

  • Hayhurst Road

    BCT · Whalley

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Ribble Valley 007D, 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

31,049 of 33,755

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

18 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 1 secondary schools. Whalley Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 507 m.

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

Recorded crime

358 published events cover 12 months, averaging 29.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 177 events.

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