BL7 0JW

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 0JN 748 m
BB3 3QP 1.1 km
BL7 0JP 1.2 km
BL7 0JL 1.4 km
BL7 0JJ 1.7 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BL7 0JW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BL
Postcode district
BL7
Postcode sector
BL7 0
Latitude
53.689926
Longitude
-2.397053
British National Grid easting
373,877
British National Grid northing
421,569

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
E00063651
Lower layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 018E · E01032485
Middle layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 018 · E02002632

Postcode source versions

Explore BL7

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Higher Pastures Farm, High Barn, Broadhead Road, Turton, Bolton, BL7 0JW 18 March 2026 £880,000
The Grange, Broadhead Road, Turton, Bolton, BL7 0JW 24 October 2025 £450,000
Higher Pasture Farm, Broadhead Road, Turton, Bolton, BL7 0JW 15 November 2022 £630,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
16
Primary
11
Secondary
2
  1. Lower Pastures

    Other independent special school

    813 m
  2. Hoddlesden St Paul's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.4 km
  3. Belthorn Academy Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

4 female, 4 male

Postcode households
4
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 0.2% 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+
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

3

within 5 km

  • SPRING-FENISCO HEALTHLINK

    SPRINGFIELD SURGERY, 102 BOLTON ROAD, DARWEN, BB3 1BZ

    ODS code P81633

    4.6 km

  • DARWEN HEALTHCARE

    JAMES STREET WEST, DARWEN, BB3 1PY

    ODS code P81051

    5.0 km

  • DARWEN HEALTHLINK

    DARWEN HEALTH CENTRE, JAMES STREET WEST, DARWEN, BB3 1PY

    ODS code P81140

    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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • The Grange

    BCT · Hoddlesden

    0.2 miles
  • The Grange

    BCT · Hoddlesden

    0.2 miles
  • Higher Giles Farm

    BCT · Broadhead

    1.0 miles
  • Higher Giles Farm

    BCT · Broadhead

    1.0 miles
  • Pickup Bank Chapel

    BCT · Hoddlesden

    1.1 miles

Relative deprivation

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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,463 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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 £727,500 from 4 recorded sales in BL7 0JW. 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

16 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 2 secondary schools. Lower Pastures is the nearest published school at 813 m.

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

Recorded crime

1 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 1 events.

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