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BL7 8FA

West Pennine · Blackburn with Darwen · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
West Pennine
Local authority
Blackburn with Darwen
Constituency
Rossendale and Darwen
Postcode district
BL7
Postcode sector
BL7 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BL7 8AH 41 m
BL7 8AR 45 m
BL7 8AJ 57 m
BL7 8BS 95 m
BL7 8AL 100 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BL7 8FA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1995
Terminated
1 June 1996
Postcode area
BL
Postcode district
BL7
Postcode sector
BL7 8
Latitude
53.640401
Longitude
-2.496066
British National Grid easting
367,300
British National Grid northing
416,100

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
E00063658
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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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
4
Secondary
1

  1. Turton Belmont Community Primary School

    Community school

    20 m

  2. Egerton Primary School

    Community school

    3.6 km

  3. Walmsley CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    4.2 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
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

Nearby transport

  • Anshaw Close

    BCT · Belmont

    0.1 miles

  • Ryecroft Lane

    BCT · Belmont

    0.1 miles

  • Post Office

    BCT · Belmont

    0.1 miles

  • High Street

    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.

Evidence in context

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Turton Belmont Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 20 m.

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

Recorded crime

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.