BB9 6WA

Barrowford & Pendleside · Pendle · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Pendle
Postcode district
BB9
Postcode sector
BB9 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB9 6SD 0 m
BB9 6SB 60 m
BB9 6DR 84 m
BB9 6DN 89 m
BB9 6DP 104 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB9 6WA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 2002
Terminated
1 October 2005
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB9
Postcode sector
BB9 6
Latitude
53.842763
Longitude
-2.225245
British National Grid easting
385,277
British National Grid northing
438,524

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
E00127779
Lower layer super output area
Pendle 008A · E01025174
Middle layer super output area
Pendle 008 · E02005247

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
57
Primary
33
Secondary
5
  1. East Lancashire Learning Group

    Further education

    312 m
  2. Grow Independent School

    Other independent special school

    518 m
  3. Al-Ikhlaas Primary School

    Other independent school

    528 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,877
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,139
  • Anti social behaviour 542
  • Criminal damage and arson 200
  • Shoplifting 189
  • Other theft 183

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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.

GP practices

11

within 5 km straight-line

  • BARROWFORD SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81757

    651 m

  • DR JEHANGIR (SH)

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

    ODS code P81731

    672 m

  • NELSON MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81170

    672 m

  • PWE PENDLE VALLEY MILL

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

    ODS code P81123

    672 m

  • REEDYFORD HLTH CARE GROUP

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

    ODS code P81032

    672 m

  • WHITEFIELD HEALTHCARE

    CARR ROAD, NELSON, BB9 7SR

    ODS code P81736

    672 m

  • PENDLE VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    47 ARTHUR STREET, BRIERFIELD, NELSON, BB9 5RZ

    ODS code P81070

    1.9 km

  • BRIERCLIFFE SURGERY

    BRIERCLIFFE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, BRIERCLIFFE ROAD, BURNLEY, BB10 2EZ

    ODS code P81053

    3.7 km

  • THE RICHMOND HILL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81025

    4.3 km

  • COLNE ROAD SURGERY

    34-36 COLNE ROAD, BURNLEY, BB10 1LS

    ODS code P81035

    4.7 km

  • THURSBY SURGERY

    2 BROWHEAD ROAD, BURNLEY, BB10 3BF

    ODS code P81095

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Riverside Business Park

    BCT · Carr Hall

    0.1 miles
  • Surrey Road

    BCT · Barrowford

    0.1 miles
  • Riverside Business Park

    BCT · Carr Hall

    0.1 miles
  • Surrey Road

    BCT · Barrowford

    0.1 miles
  • Nelson and Colne College

    BCT · Barrowford

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Pendle 008A, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,536 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
7 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

57 open schools are in scope, including 33 primary and 5 secondary schools. East Lancashire Learning Group is the nearest published school at 312 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,877 published events cover 12 months, averaging 239.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,139 events.

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