BB8 7HU

Boulsworth & Foulridge · Pendle · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Colne
Local authority
Pendle
Postcode district
BB8
Postcode sector
BB8 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB8 7JH 65 m
BB8 7EX 72 m
BB8 7HT 115 m
BB8 7JE 120 m
BB8 7ND 129 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB8 7HU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB8
Postcode sector
BB8 7
Latitude
53.862436
Longitude
-2.120603
British National Grid easting
392,166
British National Grid northing
440,696

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Pendle · E07000122
Parish or community
E04005231
Westminster constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe · E14001422
Output area
E00127807
Lower layer super output area
Pendle 006A · E01025178
Middle layer super output area
Pendle 006 · E02005245

Postcode source versions

Explore BB8

35 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
6b, Keighley Road, Laneshawbridge, Colne, BB8 7HU 19 December 2025 £300,000
6a, Keighley Road, Laneshawbridge, Colne, BB8 7HU 20 June 2025 £285,000
7a, Keighley Road, Laneshawbridge, Colne, BB8 7HU 18 December 2023 £238,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
10
Secondary
3
  1. Laneshaw Bridge Primary

    Academy converter

    118 m
  2. Colne Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.5 km
  3. Trawden Forest Primary School

    Community school

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
79
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 35
  • Burglary 12
  • Anti social behaviour 11
  • Criminal damage and arson 9
  • Other theft 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
61

32 female, 29 male

Postcode households
26
Residents per household
2.3
BB8 7 residents
5,023

Age bands in BB8 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.1%

734 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.3%

403 residents

Age 25 to 44
20%

973 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.5%

1,484 residents

Age 65 and over
26.2%

1,273 residents

This postcode contained 1.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BB8 7 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

2

within 5 km

  • HARAMBEE SURGERY

    27 SKIPTON ROAD, TRAWDEN, COLNE, BB8 8QU

    ODS code P81732

    2.0 km

  • THE RICHMOND HILL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81025

    3.0 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

  • Emmott Arms

    BCT · Laneshaw Bridge

    0.1 miles
  • Emmott Arms

    BCT · Laneshaw Bridge

    0.1 miles
  • Kingsley Road

    BCT · Laneshaw Bridge

    0.1 miles
  • Kingsley Road

    BCT · Laneshaw Bridge

    0.1 miles
  • Vernon Road

    BCT · Laneshaw Bridge

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Pendle 006A, 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

20,195 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
3 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
1
Low risk addresses
4
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

Property market

The five-year median is £230,000 from 9 recorded sales in BB8 7HU. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Pendle is £149,613 in June 2026, up 8.6% year on year.

Schools

17 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 3 secondary schools. Laneshaw Bridge Primary is the nearest published school at 118 m.

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

Recorded crime

79 published events cover 12 months, averaging 6.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 35 events.

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