Blackpool
Blackpool is covered by postcode districts FY1, FY2, FY3, FY4, FY5, FY8 and 2 more. It is mostly in the Blackpool council area: 3,488 of its 3,767 postcodes. The others are in Wyre and Fylde. 279 of its 3,767 postcodes are in Lancashire. ONS lists no county for the other 3,488.
Every postcode in Blackpool, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 117
- In use before 2020: 3,650
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 3,767 postcodes in Blackpool that ONS places, 117 are new since 2020 and 3,650 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 53.8189, longitude -3.0340. 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
- 19 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. FY1 9NF, is the newest of them.
- 14 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. FY5 3SR, is the newest of them.
- 13 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. FY5 3FP, is the newest of them.
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. FY4 4UL, is the newest of them.
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. FY2 0QU, is the newest of them.
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. FY4 5LT, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Blackpool?
Homes sold for a typical £142,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.8% on the 12 months before. At 2,889 of the 3,665 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 2,380 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 442 of its 3,767 postcodes. It has at least 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Blackpool North, 1.1 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 Blackpool?
Homes in Blackpool sold for a typical £142,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,768 sales, up 1.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £272,000 213 sales
- Semi-detached £162,500 778 sales
- Terraced £117,800 622 sales
- Flat or maisonette £87,000 155 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole FY4 district, Blackpool's main postcode district: a typical £150,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Blackpool: 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 Blackpool?
117 of the 3,767 postcodes now in use in Blackpool came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 22 of the 2,253 homes sold in Blackpool were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the FY4 district, 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 Blackpool | Across the FY4 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 5 of 1,768 (Under 1%) | 4 of 544 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 22 of 2,253 (Under 1%) | 8 of 692 (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 Blackpool?
Ofcom reports on 3,665 of the 3,767 postcodes in Blackpool. At 2,889 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 Blackpool at risk of flooding?
442 of the 3,767 postcodes in Blackpool 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 2,380 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 Blackpool?
The open schools at the postcodes in Blackpool (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 Kentigern's Catholic Primary School100 m 210 pupils, 202 places
- Devonshire Primary Academy400 m 451 pupils, 472 places
- Blackpool St John's Church of England Primary School850 m 207 pupils, 210 places
- Park Community Academy900 m 340 pupils, 300 places
- Woodlands School900 m 111 pupils, 110 places
- Christ The King Catholic Academy1.4 km 240 pupils, 220 places
- Educational Diversity1.4 km 137 pupils, 175 places
- Revoe Learning Academy1.4 km 436 pupils, 466 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 Blackpool?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Blackpool is Blackpool North Rail Station, 1.1 km away in a straight line.
- Blackpool North Rail Station Railway station 1.1 kmWalk
- Layton (Lancs) Rail Station Railway station 1.8 kmCycle
- Blackpool South Rail Station Railway station 2.4 kmCycle
- North Station (Blackpool Tramway) Underground, metro or tram 1.1 kmWalk
- Talbot Road (Blackpool Tramway) Underground, metro or tram 1.3 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 Blackpool?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Blackpool, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Gp Led Health Centre Phone 01253 953953 650 mWalk
- Marton Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01253 953070 650 mWalk
- Adelaide Street Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2026 · Phone 01253 620725 650 mWalk
- South King Street Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01253 626637 950 mWalk
- Layton Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01253 951955 1.1 kmWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Blackpool safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 12,463 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Blackpool 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
- 1,100 September 2025
- 1,077 October 2025
- 993 November 2025
- 995 December 2025
- 831 January 2026
- 818 February 2026
- 952 March 2026
- 1,045 April 2026
- 1,159 May 2026
- 1,139 June 2026
- 1,249 July 2026
- 1,105 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 298, other crime 255, possession of weapons 183, robbery 154, theft from the person 100, bicycle theft 69.
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 Blackpool?
- Councils
- Blackpool (3,488), Wyre (153) and Fylde (126)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Blackpool South (2,763), Blackpool North and Fleetwood (820) and Fylde (184)
- 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 Blackpool
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Blackpool is in Blackpool; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Blackpool about council tax Council tax, on blackpool.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Blackpool
- 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
Blackpool postcodes
3,767 postcodes in use in Blackpool, by district:
Those districts are in the FY postcode area and PR postcode area.
Check a Blackpool postcode
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 Blackpool
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Blackpool's £142,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Blackpool
- What is it like to live in Blackpool?
- Homes sold for a typical £142,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.8% on the 12 months before. At 2,889 of the 3,665 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 2,380 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 442 of its 3,767 postcodes. It has at least 6 primary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 all-through schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Blackpool North, 1.1 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 Blackpool?
- Blackpool is covered by postcode districts FY1, FY2, FY3, FY4, FY5, FY8 and 2 more, across 3,767 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Blackpool?
- Homes in Blackpool sold for a typical £142,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,768 sales, up 1.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Blackpool?
- In Blackpool, primary schools at its postcodes include St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School, Devonshire Primary Academy and Blackpool St John's Church of England Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Park Community Academy, Woodlands School and Blackpool Skills Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Blackpool have a railway station?
- Yes: Blackpool North is 1.1 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Blackpool, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Blackpool?
- Ofcom reports on 3,665 of the 3,767 postcodes in Blackpool. At 2,889 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Blackpool at risk of flooding?
- 442 of the 3,767 postcodes in Blackpool 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 2,380 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 Blackpool?
- 117 of the 3,767 postcodes now in use in Blackpool came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 22 of the 2,253 homes sold in Blackpool were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the FY4 district, 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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