BB9 8BQ

Marsden & Southfield · 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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BB9 8BY 74 m
BB9 8BX 95 m
BB9 8DE 146 m
BB9 8BH 154 m
BB9 8BW 157 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BB9 8BQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BB
Postcode district
BB9
Postcode sector
BB9 8
Latitude
53.840105
Longitude
-2.187557
British National Grid easting
387,756
British National Grid northing
438,221

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Pendle · E07000122
Parish or community
E04005233
Westminster constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe · E14001422
Output area
E00127959
Lower layer super output area
Pendle 012C · E01025209
Middle layer super output area
Pendle 012 · E02005251

Postcode source versions

Explore BB9

14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
125, Walton Lane, Nelson, BB9 8BQ 27 May 2022 £196,000
137, Walton Lane, Nelson, BB9 8BQ 24 October 2016 £132,500
143, Walton Lane, Nelson, BB9 8BQ 24 June 2016 £150,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
54
Primary
31
Secondary
6
  1. Castercliff Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    255 m
  2. Walton Lane Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    371 m
  3. Pendle Community High School & College

    Community special school

    626 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,425
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,025
  • Anti social behaviour 457
  • Criminal damage and arson 198
  • Other theft 148
  • Public order 110

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
35

18 female, 17 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
3.5
BB9 8 residents
8,961

Age bands in BB9 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.8%

1,872 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.2%

1,042 residents

Age 25 to 44
26%

2,224 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.6%

2,023 residents

Age 65 and over
16.4%

1,409 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BB9 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
100%

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

10

within 5 km

  • DR JEHANGIR (SH)

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

    ODS code P81731

    2.1 km

  • NELSON MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81170

    2.1 km

  • PWE PENDLE VALLEY MILL

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

    ODS code P81123

    2.1 km

  • REEDYFORD HLTH CARE GROUP

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

    ODS code P81032

    2.1 km

  • WHITEFIELD HEALTHCARE

    CARR ROAD, NELSON, BB9 7SR

    ODS code P81736

    2.1 km

  • THE RICHMOND HILL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P81025

    2.4 km

  • BARROWFORD SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81757

    2.6 km

  • PENDLE VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    47 ARTHUR STREET, BRIERFIELD, NELSON, BB9 5RZ

    ODS code P81070

    3.3 km

  • HARAMBEE SURGERY

    27 SKIPTON ROAD, TRAWDEN, COLNE, BB8 8QU

    ODS code P81732

    3.4 km

  • BRIERCLIFFE SURGERY

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

    ODS code P81053

    3.7 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

  • Andrew Road

    BCT · Marsden Park

    0.0 miles
  • Andrew Road

    BCT · Marsden Park

    0.1 miles
  • Marsden Park

    BCT · Marsden Park

    0.1 miles
  • Marsden Park

    BCT · Marsden Park

    0.1 miles
  • Walton Place

    BCT · Marsden Park

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Pendle 012C, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,867 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
8 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 £196,000 from 1 recorded sale in BB9 8BQ. 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

54 open schools are in scope, including 31 primary and 6 secondary schools. Castercliff Primary School is the nearest published school at 255 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,425 published events cover 12 months, averaging 202.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,025 events.

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