Bacup
Bacup is covered by postcode district OL13. It is in the Rossendale council area, Lancashire.
Every postcode in Bacup, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 6
- In use before 2020: 565
Of the 571 postcodes in Bacup that ONS places, 6 are new since 2020 and 565 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 53.6984, longitude -2.2056. 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
The 5 newest postcodes
What is it like to live in Bacup?
Homes sold for a typical £165,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 6.5% on the 12 months before. At 508 of the 548 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 90 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 76 of its 571 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Walsden, 6.7 km 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 Bacup?
Homes in Bacup sold for a typical £165,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 181 sales, up 6.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £313,000 39 sales
- Semi-detached £180,000 37 sales
- Terraced £135,000 105 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole OL13 district, Bacup's main postcode district: a typical £170,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Bacup: 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 Bacup?
6 of the 571 postcodes now in use in Bacup came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 223 homes sold in Bacup were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the OL13 district, 0%.
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 Bacup | Across the OL13 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 181 (0%) | 0 of 207 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 223 (0%) | 0 of 249 (0%) |
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 Bacup?
Ofcom reports on 548 of the 571 postcodes in Bacup. At 508 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 Bacup at risk of flooding?
76 of the 571 postcodes in Bacup 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 90 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 Bacup?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Bacup. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School750 m 88 pupils, 105 places
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup1.1 km 125 pupils, 145 places
- Bacup Thorn Primary School1.1 km 253 pupils, 276 places
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy1.1 km 94 pupils, 210 places
- Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary School1.2 km 221 pupils, 240 places
- Britannia Community Primary School1.8 km 204 pupils, 225 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 Bacup?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bacup is Walsden Rail Station, 6.7 km away in a straight line.
- Walsden Rail Station Railway station 6.7 kmDrive
- Todmorden Rail Station Railway station 7.2 kmDrive
- Smithy Bridge Rail Station Railway station 9.4 kmDrive
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 Bacup?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Bacup. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Irwell Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report January 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01706 253422 500 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Bacup safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,594 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Bacup 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
- 141 September 2025
- 132 October 2025
- 105 November 2025
- 121 December 2025
- 142 January 2026
- 94 February 2026
- 143 March 2026
- 172 April 2026
- 133 May 2026
- 143 June 2026
- 151 July 2026
- 117 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 40, drugs 27, possession of weapons 14, robbery 12, theft from the person 4, bicycle theft 3.
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 Bacup?
- District, borough or city council
- Rossendale
- County council
- Lancashire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen
- Police force area
- Lancashire
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Andy MacNae (Labour)
All 571 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 Bacup
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Rossendale about council tax Council tax, on rossendale.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Bacup
- 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
Bacup postcodes
571 postcodes in use in Bacup, by district:
That district is in the OL postcode area.
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Places near Bacup
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Bacup's £165,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Bacup
- What is it like to live in Bacup?
- Homes sold for a typical £165,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 6.5% on the 12 months before. At 508 of the 548 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 90 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 76 of its 571 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Walsden, 6.7 km 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 Bacup?
- Bacup is covered by postcode district OL13, across 571 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Bacup in?
- Bacup is in the Rossendale council area, and Lancashire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Bacup?
- Bacup is in the Rossendale and Darwen parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Andy MacNae (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Bacup?
- Homes in Bacup sold for a typical £165,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 181 sales, up 6.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Bacup?
- In Bacup, primary schools at its postcodes include Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary School, St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, Bacup and Bacup Thorn Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is The Valley Leadership Academy, 2.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Bacup have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bacup is Walsden, 6.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Bacup?
- Ofcom reports on 548 of the 571 postcodes in Bacup. At 508 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Bacup at risk of flooding?
- 76 of the 571 postcodes in Bacup 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 90 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 Bacup?
- 6 of the 571 postcodes now in use in Bacup came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 223 homes sold in Bacup were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the OL13 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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