BL7 8AP

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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BL7 8AS 43 m
BL7 8AT 63 m
BL7 8AU 69 m
BL7 8AR 70 m
BL7 8AJ 99 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BL7 8AP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BL
Postcode district
BL7
Postcode sector
BL7 8
Latitude
53.641234
Longitude
-2.496727
British National Grid easting
367,257
British National Grid northing
416,193

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
E00063660
Lower layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 018D · E01012628
Middle layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 018 · E02002632

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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55 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Naylors Terrace, Belmont, Bolton, BL7 8AP 17 December 2024 £238,000
8, Naylors Terrace, Belmont, Bolton, BL7 8AP 29 July 2024 £245,000
19, Naylors Terrace, Belmont, Bolton, BL7 8AP 26 April 2024 £315,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. Turton Belmont Community Primary School

    Community school

    108 m
  2. Egerton Primary School

    Community school

    3.7 km
  3. Walmsley CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    4.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
23
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 6
  • Violence and sexual offences 5
  • Anti social behaviour 4
  • Vehicle crime 3
  • Other theft 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
47

26 female, 21 male

Postcode households
25
Residents per household
1.9
BL7 8 residents
626

Age bands in BL7 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.7%

95 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

68 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.6%

108 residents

Age 45 to 64
36.4%

252 residents

Age 65 and over
24.5%

170 residents

This postcode contained 7.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BL7 8 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+
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%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Post Office

    BCT · Belmont

    0.1 miles
  • High Street

    BCT · Belmont

    0.1 miles
  • Anshaw Close

    BCT · Belmont

    0.1 miles
  • Ryecroft Lane

    BCT · Belmont

    0.1 miles
  • Black Dog Inn

    BCT · Belmont

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,380 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £245,000 from 7 recorded sales in BL7 8AP. 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

Published establishments

6 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Turton Belmont Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 108 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

23 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 6 events.

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