BB8 8SL

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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB8 8SH 41 m
BB8 8SJ 58 m
BB8 8SN 64 m
BB8 8SQ 75 m
BB8 8PN 118 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB8 8SL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB8
Postcode sector
BB8 8
Latitude
53.841982
Longitude
-2.135544
British National Grid easting
391,179
British National Grid northing
438,422

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Pendle · E07000122
Parish or community
E04005227
Westminster constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe · E14001422
Output area
E00127799
Lower layer super output area
Pendle 006C · E01025180
Middle layer super output area
Pendle 006 · E02005245

Postcode source versions

Explore BB8

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
7, Bank Street, Trawden, Colne, BB8 8SL 31 May 2013 £165,000
7, Bank Street, Trawden, Colne, BB8 8SL 4 March 2011 £140,000
3, Bank Street, Trawden, Colne, BB8 8SL 27 February 2004 £82,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
14
Secondary
4
  1. Trawden Forest Primary School

    Community school

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

    Voluntary aided school

    2.2 km
  3. The Nook School

    Other independent special school

    2.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
80
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 37
  • Burglary 9
  • Anti social behaviour 9
  • Vehicle crime 8
  • Criminal damage and arson 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9

3 female, 6 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.3
BB8 8 residents
5,371

Age bands in BB8 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.6%

889 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

508 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.3%

1,300 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.7%

1,643 residents

Age 65 and over
18.9%

1,012 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BB8 8 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

    644 m

  • THE RICHMOND HILL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81025

    2.5 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

  • Lane House Terminus

    BCT · Trawden

    0.1 miles
  • St Marys Church

    BCT · Trawden

    0.1 miles
  • St Marys Church

    BCT · Trawden

    0.1 miles
  • Trawden Arms

    BCT · Trawden

    0.2 miles
  • Trawden Arms

    BCT · Trawden

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Pendle 006C, 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

18,007 of 33,755

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

25 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 4 secondary schools. Trawden Forest Primary School is the nearest published school at 484 m.

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

Recorded crime

80 published events cover 12 months, averaging 6.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 37 events.

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