Blackburn
Blackburn is covered by postcode districts BB1, BB2 and BB3. It is mostly in the Blackburn with Darwen council area: 2,303 of its 2,428 postcodes. The others are in Ribble Valley and Hyndburn. 125 of its 2,428 postcodes are in Lancashire. ONS lists no county for the other 2,303.
ONS publishes this built-up area as Blackburn (Blackburn with Darwen).
Every postcode in Blackburn, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 136
- In use before 2020: 2,292
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 2,428 postcodes in Blackburn that ONS places, 136 are new since 2020 and 2,292 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and 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 53.7461, longitude -2.4842. 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
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 16 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BB2 2EP, is the newest of them.
- 13 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BB1 7AP, is the newest of them.
- 9 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BB2 7GZ, is the newest of them.
- 8 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BB2 3BS, is the newest of them.
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BB2 3FN, is the newest of them.
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BB2 5JW, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Blackburn?
Homes sold for a typical £167,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.3% on the 12 months before. At 2,037 of the 2,325 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 787 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 224 of its 2,428 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Blackburn, 350 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 Blackburn?
Homes in Blackburn sold for a typical £167,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 964 sales, down 1.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £293,000 167 sales
- Semi-detached £194,500 348 sales
- Terraced £122,000 400 sales
- Flat or maisonette £100,000 49 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole BB2 district, Blackburn's main postcode district: a typical £178,475.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Blackburn: 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 Blackburn?
136 of the 2,428 postcodes now in use in Blackburn came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 135 of the 1,401 homes sold in Blackburn were newly built (10%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BB2 district, 24%.
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 Blackburn | Across the BB2 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 20 of 964 (2%) | 43 of 622 (7%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 135 of 1,401 (10%) | 254 of 1,037 (24%) |
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 Blackburn?
Ofcom reports on 2,325 of the 2,428 postcodes in Blackburn. At 2,037 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 Blackburn at risk of flooding?
224 of the 2,428 postcodes in Blackburn 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 787 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 Blackburn?
The open schools at the postcodes in Blackburn (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
- St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn250 m 214 pupils, 230 places
- St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School600 m 419 pupils, 420 places
- St Matthew's Church of England Primary School750 m 258 pupils, 280 places
- St Michael With St John CofE Primary School800 m 262 pupils, 315 places
- St Alban's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn900 m 154 pupils, 210 places
- St Mary's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn1.0 km 203 pupils, 210 places
- St Luke and St Philips Church of England Primary School1.0 km 202 pupils, 210 places
- Queen Elizabeth's Primary School1.1 km 387 pupils, 392 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 Blackburn?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Blackburn is Blackburn Rail Station, 350 m away in a straight line.
- Blackburn Rail Station Railway station 350 mWalk
- Mill Hill (Lancs) Rail Station Railway station 1.7 kmCycle
- Cherry Tree Rail Station Railway station 2.7 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 Blackburn?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Blackburn, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Family Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01254 617301 550 mWalk
- Oakenhurst Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01254 915823 550 mWalk
- Olive Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2026 · Phone 01254 287070 700 mWalk
- Primrose Bank Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Requires improvement CQC report August 2026 · Phone 01254 672132 900 mWalk
- St Georges Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01254 584888 1.0 kmWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Blackburn safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 7,516 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Blackburn 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
- 663 September 2025
- 700 October 2025
- 629 November 2025
- 581 December 2025
- 537 January 2026
- 502 February 2026
- 600 March 2026
- 618 April 2026
- 653 May 2026
- 662 June 2026
- 705 July 2026
- 666 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 182, burglary 152, possession of weapons 87, robbery 71, theft from the person 33, bicycle theft 24.
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 Blackburn?
- Councils
- Blackburn with Darwen (2,303), Ribble Valley (85) and Hyndburn (40)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Blackburn (2,151), Rossendale and Darwen (152), Ribble Valley (85) and 1 other
- Police force area
- Lancashire
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Blackburn
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Blackburn is in Blackburn with Darwen; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Blackburn with Darwen about council tax Council tax, on blackburn.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Blackburn
- 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 Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Blackburn postcodes
2,428 postcodes in use in Blackburn, by district:
Those districts are all 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 Blackburn
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Blackburn's £167,750. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Blackburn
- What is it like to live in Blackburn?
- Homes sold for a typical £167,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.3% on the 12 months before. At 2,037 of the 2,325 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 787 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 224 of its 2,428 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Blackburn, 350 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 Blackburn?
- Blackburn is covered by postcode districts BB1, BB2 and BB3, across 2,428 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Blackburn?
- Homes in Blackburn sold for a typical £167,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 964 sales, down 1.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Blackburn?
- In Blackburn, primary schools at its postcodes include St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn, St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School and St Matthew's Church of England Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School, St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy and Al Islah Girls' High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Blackburn have a railway station?
- Yes: Blackburn is 350 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Blackburn, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Blackburn?
- Ofcom reports on 2,325 of the 2,428 postcodes in Blackburn. At 2,037 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Blackburn at risk of flooding?
- 224 of the 2,428 postcodes in Blackburn 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 787 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 Blackburn?
- 136 of the 2,428 postcodes now in use in Blackburn came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 135 of the 1,401 homes sold in Blackburn were newly built (10%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BB2 district, 24%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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