OL13 9AB

Britannia & Lee Mill · Rossendale · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Rossendale
Postcode district
OL13
Postcode sector
OL13 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OL13 0BQ 17 m
OL13 9NW 56 m
OL13 0AH 71 m
OL13 0AD 75 m
OL13 9NZ 92 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OL13 9AB
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 July 1997
Postcode area
OL
Postcode district
OL13
Postcode sector
OL13 9
Latitude
53.701482
Longitude
-2.199903
British National Grid easting
386,900
British National Grid northing
422,800

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Rossendale · E07000125
Parish or community
E43000099
Westminster constituency
Rossendale and Darwen · E14001450
Output area
E00128762
Lower layer super output area
Rossendale 003C · E01025369
Middle layer super output area
Rossendale 003 · E02005280

Postcode source versions

Explore OL13

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
17
Secondary
2
  1. St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    630 m
  2. Bacup Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    646 m
  3. Bacup Thorn Primary School

    Community school

    646 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,416
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 567
  • Anti social behaviour 256
  • Criminal damage and arson 149
  • Shoplifting 98
  • Other theft 96

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
OL13 9 residents
8,165

Age bands in OL13 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.1%

1,641 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

800 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.5%

2,060 residents

Age 45 to 64
26%

2,018 residents

Age 65 and over
16.1%

1,253 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.

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • IRWELL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    IRWELL MEDICAL CENTRE, IRWELL MILL, ROCHDALE ROAD, BACUP, OL13 9NR

    ODS code P81027

    220 m

  • WATERFOOT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WATERFOOT HEALTH CENTRE, COWPE ROAD, WATERFOOT, ROSSENDALE, BB4 7DN

    ODS code P81132

    3.6 km

  • WHITWORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    MARKET STREET, WHITWORTH, ROCHDALE, OL12 8QS

    ODS code P81088

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Irwell Medical Centre

    BCT · Bacup

    0.0 miles
  • Henrietta Street

    BCT · Bacup

    0.1 miles
  • Union Street

    BCT · Bacup

    0.1 miles
  • Health Centre

    BCT · Bacup

    0.1 miles
  • Market Street

    BCT · Bacup

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Rossendale 003C, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

2,801 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
5 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

21 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 2 secondary schools. St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy is the nearest published school at 630 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,416 published events cover 12 months, averaging 118 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 567 events.

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