Accrington
Accrington is covered by postcode district BB5. It is in the Hyndburn council area, Lancashire.
Every postcode in Accrington, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 15
- In use before 2020: 791
Of the 806 postcodes in Accrington that ONS places, 15 are new since 2020 and 791 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.7520, longitude -2.3639. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
What is it like to live in Accrington?
Homes sold for a typical £137,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 12.7% on the 12 months before. At 659 of the 771 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 226 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 126 of its 806 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Accrington, 400 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Accrington?
Homes in Accrington sold for a typical £137,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 323 sales, up 12.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £290,000 36 sales
- Semi-detached £190,000 90 sales
- Terraced £113,500 195 sales
- Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole BB5 district, Accrington's main postcode district: a typical £140,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Accrington: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Accrington?
15 of the 806 postcodes now in use in Accrington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 435 homes sold in Accrington were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BB5 district, Under 1%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Accrington | Across the BB5 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 323 (0%) | 0 of 638 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 1 of 435 (Under 1%) | 3 of 885 (Under 1%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Accrington?
Ofcom reports on 771 of the 806 postcodes in Accrington. At 659 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Accrington at risk of flooding?
126 of the 806 postcodes in Accrington have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 226 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Accrington?
The open schools at the postcodes in Accrington (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- The Alternative School200 m 172 pupils, 260 places
- Accrington St John with St Augustine Church of England Primary School550 m 207 pupils, 210 places
- Accrington Woodnook Primary School550 m 220 pupils, 285 places
- Accrington Benjamin Hargreaves Church of England Primary School600 m 137 pupils, 161 places
- Accrington St Mary Magdalen's Church of England Primary School800 m 176 pupils, 210 places
- St Anne's and St Joseph's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy800 m 130 pupils, 210 places
- Accrington Peel Park Primary School850 m 570 pupils, 630 places
- Accrington Hyndburn Park Primary School1.0 km 434 pupils, 530 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Accrington?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Accrington is Accrington Rail Station, 400 m away in a straight line.
- Accrington Rail Station Railway station 400 mWalk
- Church & Oswaldtwistle Rail Station Railway station 1.8 kmCycle
- Huncoat Rail Station Railway station 2.4 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Accrington?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Accrington, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Peel House Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01254 282282 200 mWalk
- Arg Healthcare Care Quality Commission rating: Inadequate CQC report September 2026 · Phone 01254 233048 750 mWalk
- Oswald Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2023, over 3 years old · Phone 01254 282501 1.3 kmCycle
- Accrington Victoria Gp Practice Phone 01254 735880 1.4 kmCycle
- Dr Bello's Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01254 457512 1.4 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Accrington safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 5,451 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Accrington over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 435 September 2025
- 529 October 2025
- 428 November 2025
- 455 December 2025
- 430 January 2026
- 436 February 2026
- 466 March 2026
- 422 April 2026
- 447 May 2026
- 438 June 2026
- 488 July 2026
- 477 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 135, other crime 109, possession of weapons 69, robbery 44, theft from the person 25, bicycle theft 15.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Accrington?
- District, borough or city council
- Hyndburn
- County council
- Lancashire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hyndburn
- Police force area
- Lancashire
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Sarah Smith (Labour)
All 806 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Accrington
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Hyndburn about council tax Council tax, on hyndburnbc.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Accrington
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Accrington postcodes
806 postcodes in use in Accrington, by district:
That district is in the BB postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Accrington
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Accrington's £137,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Accrington
- What is it like to live in Accrington?
- Homes sold for a typical £137,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 12.7% on the 12 months before. At 659 of the 771 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 226 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 126 of its 806 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Accrington, 400 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Accrington?
- Accrington is covered by postcode district BB5, across 806 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Accrington in?
- Accrington is in the Hyndburn council area, and Lancashire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Accrington?
- Accrington is in the Hyndburn parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Sarah Smith (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Accrington?
- Homes in Accrington sold for a typical £137,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 323 sales, up 12.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Accrington?
- In Accrington, primary schools at its postcodes include The Alternative School, Accrington St John with St Augustine Church of England Primary School and Accrington Woodnook Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Alternative School, Accrington Academy and Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Accrington have a railway station?
- Yes: Accrington is 400 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Accrington, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Accrington?
- Ofcom reports on 771 of the 806 postcodes in Accrington. At 659 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Accrington at risk of flooding?
- 126 of the 806 postcodes in Accrington have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 226 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Accrington?
- 15 of the 806 postcodes now in use in Accrington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 435 homes sold in Accrington were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BB5 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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