BB8 6BG

Barnoldswick · Pendle · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Pendle
Postcode district
BB8
Postcode sector
BB8 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB18 6BG 3 m
BB18 6FH 44 m
BB18 6BE 47 m
BB18 6FG 60 m
BB18 6BD 92 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB8 6BG
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 August 1997
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB8
Postcode sector
BB8 6
Latitude
53.916325
Longitude
-2.179359
British National Grid easting
388,317
British National Grid northing
446,700

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Pendle · E07000122
Parish or community
E04013238
Westminster constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe · E14001422
Output area
E00127885
Lower layer super output area
Pendle 002D · E01025198
Middle layer super output area
Pendle 002 · E02005241

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. Barnoldswick Church of England Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    248 m
  2. West Craven High School

    Academy converter

    433 m
  3. Coates Lane Primary School

    Community school

    622 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
579
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 223
  • Anti social behaviour 131
  • Criminal damage and arson 57
  • Public order 40
  • Other theft 35

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
Postcode sector residents
Not available

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 not available.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • BARNOLDSWICK MED CTR

    PARK ROAD, BARNOLDSWICK, BB18 5BG

    ODS code P81078

    445 m

  • THE PENDLE MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    EDWARD STREET, EARBY, BARNOLDSWICK, BB18 6QT

    ODS code P81065

    2.3 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

  • Silentnight

    BCT · Long Ing

    0.1 miles
  • Silentnight

    BCT · Long Ing

    0.1 miles
  • Sussex Street

    BCT · Barnoldswick

    0.2 miles
  • Coates Avenue

    BCT · Coates

    0.2 miles
  • West Craven Sports Centre

    BCT · Barnoldswick

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Pendle 002D, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,135 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
7 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Barnoldswick Church of England Controlled Primary School is the nearest published school at 248 m.

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

Recorded crime

579 published events cover 12 months, averaging 48.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 223 events.

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