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BB8 0LU

Waterside & Horsfield · Pendle · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Waterside & Horsfield
Local authority
Pendle
Constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe
Postcode district
BB8
Postcode sector
BB8 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB8 0LP 25 m
BB8 0NA 61 m
BB8 0JL 68 m
BB8 0NW 68 m
BB8 0NH 85 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB8 0LU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB8
Postcode sector
BB8 0
Latitude
53.857722
Longitude
-2.162688
British National Grid easting
389,397
British National Grid northing
440,177

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Pendle · E07000122
Electoral ward
Waterside & Horsfield · E05013210
Parish or community
E04005232
Westminster constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe · E14001422
Output area
E00127950
Lower layer super output area
Pendle 014F · E01025208
Middle layer super output area
Pendle 014 · E02007003

Postcode source versions

Explore BB8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
40
Primary
24
Secondary
4

  1. Newtown Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    176 m

  2. Park Primary School

    Community school

    260 m

  3. West Street Community Primary School

    Community school

    354 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,167
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 866
  • Anti social behaviour 435
  • Criminal damage and arson 208
  • Public order 139
  • Shoplifting 120

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
19

16 female, 3 male

Postcode households
18
Residents per household
1.1
BB8 0 residents
5,558

Age bands in BB8 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.4%

1,064 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.9%

631 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.2%

1,457 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.4%

1,526 residents

Age 65 and over
19.2%

1,110 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BB8 0 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.

GP practices

8

within 5 km

  • THE RICHMOND HILL PRACTICE

    COLNE HEALTH CENTRE, CRADDOCK ROAD, COLNE, BB8 0JZ

    ODS code P81025

    173 m

  • HARAMBEE SURGERY

    27 SKIPTON ROAD, TRAWDEN, COLNE, BB8 8QU

    ODS code P81732

    2.0 km

  • BARROWFORD SURGERY

    2A-4 RIDGEWAY, BARROWFORD, NELSON, BB9 8QP

    ODS code P81757

    4.1 km

  • DR JEHANGIR (SH)

    YARNSPINNERS PRIMARY HCC, YARNSPINNERS WHARF, CARR ROAD, NELSON, BB9 7SR

    ODS code P81731

    4.3 km

  • NELSON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    YARNSPINNERS PRIMARY HCC, YARNSPINNERS WHARF, CARR ROAD, NELSON, BB9 7SR

    ODS code P81170

    4.3 km

  • PWE PENDLE VALLEY MILL

    YARNSPINNERS PRIMARY HCC, CARR ROAD, NELSON, BB9 7SR

    ODS code P81123

    4.3 km

  • REEDYFORD HLTH CARE GROUP

    YARNSPINNERS PRIMARY HCC, YARNSPINNERS WHARF, CARR ROAD, NELSON, BB9 7SR

    ODS code P81032

    4.3 km

  • WHITEFIELD HEALTHCARE

    CARR ROAD, NELSON, BB9 7SR

    ODS code P81736

    4.3 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

  • British Legion

    BCT · Carry Bridge

    0.0 miles

  • British Legion

    BCT · Colne

    0.1 miles

  • Gordon Street

    BCT · Colne

    0.1 miles

  • Gordon Street

    BCT · Colne

    0.1 miles

  • Farm Foods

    BCS · Colne

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Pendle 014F, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

3,934 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
2 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

40 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 4 secondary schools. Newtown Nursery School is the nearest published school at 176 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,167 published events cover 12 months, averaging 180.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 866 events.

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