BB9 6LR

Barrowford & Pendleside · Pendle · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Nelson
Local authority
Pendle
Postcode district
BB9
Postcode sector
BB9 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB9 6PE 286 m
BB9 6PF 315 m
BB9 6LP 322 m
BB9 6LT 394 m
BB9 6LS 440 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB9 6LR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB9
Postcode sector
BB9 6
Latitude
53.864620
Longitude
-2.216482
British National Grid easting
385,861
British National Grid northing
440,954

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Pendle · E07000122
Parish or community
E04005217
Westminster constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe · E14001422
Output area
E00127787
Lower layer super output area
Pendle 008D · E01025177
Middle layer super output area
Pendle 008 · E02005247

Postcode source versions

Explore BB9

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Water Meetings Farm House, Gisburn Road, Blacko, Nelson, BB9 6LR 11 November 2021 £585,000
Water Meetings Farm House, Gisburn Road, Blacko, Nelson, BB9 6LR 23 November 2018 £490,000
Water Meetings Farm Cottage, Gisburn Road, Blacko, Nelson, BB9 6LR 28 November 2014 £246,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
43
Primary
26
Secondary
5
  1. Blacko Primary School

    Academy converter

    441 m
  2. Barrowford School

    Community school

    1.5 km
  3. Barrowford St Thomas Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
165
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 59
  • Anti social behaviour 35
  • Burglary 20
  • Public order 10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

3 female, 3 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
6.0
BB9 6 residents
4,541

Age bands in BB9 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.1%

668 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.6%

360 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.9%

900 residents

Age 45 to 64
30%

1,425 residents

Age 65 and over
29.4%

1,399 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BB9 6 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

  • BARROWFORD SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81757

    1.9 km

  • DR JEHANGIR (SH)

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

    ODS code P81731

    3.0 km

  • NELSON MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81170

    3.0 km

  • PWE PENDLE VALLEY MILL

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

    ODS code P81123

    3.0 km

  • REEDYFORD HLTH CARE GROUP

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

    ODS code P81032

    3.0 km

  • WHITEFIELD HEALTHCARE

    CARR ROAD, NELSON, BB9 7SR

    ODS code P81736

    3.0 km

  • THE RICHMOND HILL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81025

    3.5 km

  • PENDLE VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    47 ARTHUR STREET, BRIERFIELD, NELSON, BB9 5RZ

    ODS code P81070

    4.4 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

  • Stone Edge View

    BCT · Higherford

    0.2 miles
  • Rising Sun

    BCT · Blacko

    0.2 miles
  • Stone Edge View

    BCT · Higherford

    0.2 miles
  • Rising Sun Inn

    BCT · Blacko

    0.2 miles
  • Middleton Drive

    BCT · Higherford

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Pendle 008D, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,753 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
2 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
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

Property market

The five-year median is £585,000 from 1 recorded sale in BB9 6LR. 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

43 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 5 secondary schools. Blacko Primary School is the nearest published school at 441 m.

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

Recorded crime

165 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 59 events.

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