PR6 8DS

Darwen West · Blackburn with Darwen · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Chorley
Local authority
Blackburn with Darwen
Postcode district
PR6
Postcode sector
PR6 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
PR6 8DT 219 m
PR6 8DU 531 m
PR6 8EF 535 m
PR6 8DP 594 m
PR6 8DR 607 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
PR6 8DS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2004
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
PR
Postcode district
PR6
Postcode sector
PR6 8
Latitude
53.700405
Longitude
-2.535835
British National Grid easting
364,721
British National Grid northing
422,795

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Blackburn with Darwen · E06000008
Parish or community
E04000341
Westminster constituency
Rossendale and Darwen · E14001450
Output area
E00063661
Lower layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 018D · E01012628
Middle layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 018 · E02002632

Postcode source versions

Explore PR6

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Red Lee Barn, Bolton Road, Abbey Village, Chorley, PR6 8DS 29 January 2021 £725,000
Red Lee Barn, Bolton Road, Abbey Village, Chorley, PR6 8DS 24 June 2005 £655,000
Red Lee Barn, Bolton Road, Abbey Village, Chorley, PR6 8DS 27 September 2002 £125,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
34
Primary
24
Secondary
5
  1. Abbey Village Primary School

    Community school

    616 m
  2. St Stephen's Tockholes CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.5 km
  3. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Withnell

    Voluntary aided school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
36
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 14
  • Anti social behaviour 9
  • Other theft 4
  • Vehicle crime 3
  • Public order 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

3 female, 4 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.3
PR6 8 residents
6,542

Age bands in PR6 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.1%

937 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

570 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.9%

1,320 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.8%

2,113 residents

Age 65 and over
25.6%

1,696 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider PR6 8 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+
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%

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

7

within 5 km

  • WITHNELL HEALTH CENTRE

    RAILWAY ROAD, WITHNELL, CHORLEY, PR6 8UA

    ODS code P81010

    1.6 km

  • BENTHAM ROAD HEALTH CENTRE

    BENTHAM ROAD, BLACKBURN, BB2 4QD

    ODS code Y02657

    3.9 km

  • HOLLINS GROVE SURGERY

    153 BLACKBURN ROAD, DARWEN, BB3 1ET

    ODS code P81721

    3.9 km

  • DARWEN HEALTHCARE

    JAMES STREET WEST, DARWEN, BB3 1PY

    ODS code P81051

    4.3 km

  • DARWEN HEALTHLINK

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

    ODS code P81140

    4.3 km

  • SPRING-FENISCO HEALTHLINK

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

    ODS code P81633

    4.7 km

  • WITTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    PRESTON OLD RD, WITTON, BLACKBURN, BB2 2SU

    ODS code P81022

    4.8 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

  • Hare and Hounds

    BCT · Abbey Village

    0.4 miles
  • Primary School

    BCT · Abbey Village

    0.4 miles
  • Primary School

    BCT · Abbey Village

    0.4 miles
  • Hare and Hounds

    BCT · Abbey Village

    0.4 miles
  • Station Terrace

    BCT · Abbey Village

    0.4 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

Schools

34 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 5 secondary schools. Abbey Village Primary School is the nearest published school at 616 m.

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

Recorded crime

36 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 14 events.

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