Brierfield
Brierfield is covered by postcode districts BB9 and BB10. It is mostly in the Pendle council area: 297 of its 298 postcodes. The other is in Burnley.
Every postcode in Brierfield, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 9
- In use before 2020: 289
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 298 postcodes in Brierfield that ONS places, 9 are new since 2020 and 289 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 53.8234, longitude -2.2303. 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
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BB9 5FL, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Brierfield?
Homes sold for a typical £163,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.9% on the 12 months before. At 264 of the 292 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 227 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 39 of its 298 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Brierfield, 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 Brierfield?
Homes in Brierfield sold for a typical £163,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 134 sales, up 1.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £258,500 28 sales
- Semi-detached £195,000 46 sales
- Terraced £95,000 53 sales
- Flat or maisonette £159,950 7 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole BB9 district, Brierfield's main postcode district: a typical £135,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Brierfield: 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 Brierfield?
9 of the 298 postcodes now in use in Brierfield came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 7 of the 140 homes sold in Brierfield were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BB9 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 Brierfield | Across the BB9 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 134 (0%) | 1 of 504 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 7 of 140 (5%) | 9 of 612 (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 Brierfield?
Ofcom reports on 292 of the 298 postcodes in Brierfield. At 264 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 Brierfield at risk of flooding?
39 of the 298 postcodes in Brierfield 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 227 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 Brierfield?
The open schools at the postcodes in Brierfield. 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
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 Brierfield?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Brierfield is Brierfield Rail Station, 400 m away in a straight line.
- Brierfield Rail Station Railway station 400 mWalk
- Nelson Rail Station Railway station 1.7 kmCycle
- Burnley Central Rail Station Railway station 3.5 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 Brierfield?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Brierfield. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Pendle View Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01282 614599 300 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Brierfield safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 2,496 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Brierfield 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
- 241 September 2025
- 193 October 2025
- 180 November 2025
- 198 December 2025
- 183 January 2026
- 153 February 2026
- 235 March 2026
- 188 April 2026
- 244 May 2026
- 228 June 2026
- 278 July 2026
- 175 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: vehicle crime 74, other crime 64, possession of weapons 42, robbery 9, theft from the person 7, 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 Brierfield?
- Councils
- Pendle (297) and Burnley (1)
- County council
- Lancashire
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Burnley (282) and Pendle and Clitheroe (16)
- 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 Brierfield
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Brierfield is in Pendle; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Pendle about council tax Council tax, on pendle.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Brierfield
- 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
Brierfield postcodes
298 postcodes in use in Brierfield, by district:
Those districts are all in the BB postcode area.
Check a Brierfield 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 Brierfield
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Brierfield's £163,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Brierfield
- What is it like to live in Brierfield?
- Homes sold for a typical £163,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.9% on the 12 months before. At 264 of the 292 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 227 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 39 of its 298 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Brierfield, 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 Brierfield?
- Brierfield is covered by postcode districts BB9 and BB10, across 298 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Brierfield?
- Homes in Brierfield sold for a typical £163,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 134 sales, up 1.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Brierfield?
- In Brierfield, primary schools at its postcodes include Pendle Primary Academy, Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy and Reedley Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Marsden Heights Community College. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Brierfield have a railway station?
- Yes: Brierfield is 400 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Brierfield, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Brierfield?
- Ofcom reports on 292 of the 298 postcodes in Brierfield. At 264 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Brierfield at risk of flooding?
- 39 of the 298 postcodes in Brierfield 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 227 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 Brierfield?
- 9 of the 298 postcodes now in use in Brierfield came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 7 of the 140 homes sold in Brierfield were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BB9 district, 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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