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BL7 0BW

West Pennine · Blackburn with Darwen · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bolton
Ward
West Pennine
Local authority
Blackburn with Darwen
Constituency
Rossendale and Darwen
Postcode district
BL7
Postcode sector
BL7 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BL7 0QN 110 m
BL7 0BL 138 m
BL7 0BQ 151 m
BL7 0BN 182 m
BL7 0BJ 231 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BL7 0BW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BL
Postcode district
BL7
Postcode sector
BL7 0
Latitude
53.650933
Longitude
-2.392390
British National Grid easting
374,161
British National Grid northing
417,229

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Blackburn with Darwen · E06000008
Electoral ward
West Pennine · E05011524
Parish or community
E04000339
Westminster constituency
Rossendale and Darwen · E14001450
Output area
E00063652
Lower layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 018F · E01032486
Middle layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 018 · E02002632

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Property

At this postcode

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6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Kenyon Fold, Broadhead Road, Turton, Bolton, BL7 0BW 7 May 2021 £720,000
Kenyon Fold, Broadhead Road, Turton, Bolton, BL7 0BW 24 August 2016 £640,000
Bexley, Broadhead Road, Turton, Bolton, BL7 0BW 24 March 2016 £665,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
15
Secondary
2

  1. Turton and Edgworth CofE/Methodist Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

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

    Voluntary aided school

    2.9 km

  3. Egerton Primary School

    Community school

    3.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
90
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 30
  • Anti social behaviour 22
  • Other theft 10
  • Burglary 8
  • Criminal damage and arson 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
13

7 female, 6 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
4.3
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 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BL7 0 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

NHS ODS

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • BROMLEY MEADOWS SURGERY

    DARWEN ROAD, BROMLEY CROSS, BOLTON, BL7 9RG

    ODS code P82643

    4.3 km

  • EDGWORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P82034

    4.3 km

  • GARDEN CITY MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P83620

    4.7 km

  • RAMSBOTTOM MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CARR STREET, RAMSBOTTOM, BURY, BL0 9DD

    ODS code P83006

    4.8 km

Organisation records, not service availability
These are records marked active in NHS England's Organisation Data Service for England and Wales. Branch surgeries, pharmacies, dentists and hospitals are not included. They do not confirm patient registration, services, opening hours, appointments or care quality. Distances are straight-line from the postcode point.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Greenthorne Close

    BCT · Edgworth

    0.1 miles

  • Crown Gardens

    BCT · Edgworth

    0.2 miles

  • Crown Gardens

    BCT · Edgworth

    0.2 miles

  • White Horse

    BCT · Edgworth

    0.2 miles

  • Wayside

    BCT · Edgworth

    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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Schools

Published establishments

20 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 2 secondary schools. Turton and Edgworth CofE/Methodist Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

90 published events cover 12 months, averaging 7.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 30 events.

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