BL7 0AB

West Pennine · Blackburn with Darwen · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bolton
Local authority
Blackburn with Darwen
Postcode district
BL7
Postcode sector
BL7 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BL7 0AD 34 m
BL7 0AE 69 m
BL7 0AA 81 m
BL7 0DR 91 m
BL7 0AG 110 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BL7 0AB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BL
Postcode district
BL7
Postcode sector
BL7 0
Latitude
53.640736
Longitude
-2.396455
British National Grid easting
373,886
British National Grid northing
416,096

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Blackburn with Darwen · E06000008
Parish or community
E04000339
Westminster constituency
Rossendale and Darwen · E14001450
Output area
E00063657
Lower layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 018F · E01032486
Middle layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 018 · E02002632

Postcode source versions

Explore BL7

24 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
97, Bolton Road, Turton, Bolton, BL7 0AB 12 February 2026 £255,000
115, Bolton Road, Turton, Bolton, BL7 0AB 19 May 2023 £217,500
109, Bolton Road, Turton, Bolton, BL7 0AB 19 August 2022 £235,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
20
Secondary
4
  1. Turton and Edgworth CofE/Methodist Primary School

    Academy converter

    144 m
  2. St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hawkshaw

    Voluntary aided school

    2.4 km
  3. Eagley Junior School

    Academy converter

    2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
91
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 31
  • Anti social behaviour 22
  • Burglary 12
  • Other theft 8
  • Criminal damage and arson 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
24

13 female, 11 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
2.0
BL7 0 residents
3,244

Age bands in BL7 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.7%

475 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.1%

296 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.9%

611 residents

Age 45 to 64
34.4%

1,113 residents

Age 65 and over
22.9%

741 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BL7 0 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

8

within 5 km

  • BROMLEY MEADOWS SURGERY

    DARWEN ROAD, BROMLEY CROSS, BOLTON, BL7 9RG

    ODS code P82643

    3.2 km

  • EDGWORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    EGERTON & DUNSCAR HEALTH CENTRE, DARWEN ROAD, BROMLEY CROSS, BOLTON, BL7 9RG

    ODS code P82034

    3.2 km

  • HARWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    HOUGH FOLD WAY, HARWOOD, BOLTON, BL2 3HQ

    ODS code P82016

    4.1 km

  • MANDALAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    933 BLACKBURN ROAD, SHARPLES, BOLTON, BL1 7LR

    ODS code P82023

    4.1 km

  • GARDEN CITY MEDICAL CENTRE

    1A GARDEN CITY, RAMSBOTTOM, BURY, BL0 9TN

    ODS code P83620

    4.5 km

  • TOWER FAMILY HEALTHCARE

    16 MARKET STREET, TOTTINGTON, BURY, BL8 4AD

    ODS code P83012

    4.6 km

  • CROMPTON VIEW SURGERY

    CROMPTON HEALTH CENTRE, 501 CROMPTON WAY, BOLTON, BL1 8UP

    ODS code P82607

    5.0 km

  • THE OAKS FAMILY PRACTICE

    501 CROMPTON WAY, BOLTON, BL1 8UP

    ODS code P82021

    5.0 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

  • Sandy Bank Rd

    BCT · Turton Bottoms

    0.0 miles
  • Sandy Bank Rd

    BCT · Turton Bottoms

    0.0 miles
  • Wellington Mews

    BCT · Turton Bottoms

    0.2 miles
  • Harbour Lane

    BCT · Edgworth

    0.2 miles
  • Wellington Mews

    BCT · Turton Bottoms

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Blackburn with Darwen 018F, 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

25,136 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
5 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 £234,750 from 4 recorded sales in BL7 0AB. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Blackburn with Darwen is £165,882 in June 2026, up 5.8% year on year.

Schools

26 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 4 secondary schools. Turton and Edgworth CofE/Methodist Primary School is the nearest published school at 144 m.

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

Recorded crime

91 published events cover 12 months, averaging 7.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 31 events.

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