Burnley
Burnley is covered by postcode districts BB10, BB11 and BB12. It is mostly in the Burnley council area: 1,866 of its 1,872 postcodes. The others are in Pendle.
Every postcode in Burnley, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 36
- At medium risk at worst: 12
- At low risk at worst: 94
- At very low risk only: 4
- Not on the at-risk list: 1,726
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 1,872 postcodes in Burnley that ONS places, 36 have a home or business at high risk, 12 are at medium risk at worst, 94 are at low risk at worst, 4 are at very low risk only and 1,726 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
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. 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 53.7928, longitude -2.2458. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at high risk
36 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 20 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BB11 3EA, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 7 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BB11 1NR, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BB11 3JT, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Burnley?
Homes sold for a typical £140,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 7.7% on the 12 months before. At 1,655 of the 1,804 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 447 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 146 of its 1,872 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 Burnley Central, 100 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 Burnley?
Homes in Burnley sold for a typical £140,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 837 sales, up 7.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £292,500 135 sales
- Semi-detached £180,000 248 sales
- Terraced £96,000 426 sales
- Flat or maisonette £83,250 28 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole BB11 district, Burnley's main postcode district: a typical £135,500.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Burnley: 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 Burnley?
50 of the 1,872 postcodes now in use in Burnley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 23 of the 1,197 homes sold in Burnley were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BB11 district, 4%.
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 Burnley | Across the BB11 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 1 of 837 (Under 1%) | 1 of 240 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 23 of 1,197 (2%) | 16 of 395 (4%) |
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 Burnley?
Ofcom reports on 1,804 of the 1,872 postcodes in Burnley. At 1,655 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 Burnley at risk of flooding?
146 of the 1,872 postcodes in Burnley 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 447 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 Burnley?
The open schools at the postcodes in Burnley (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
- Burnley St Peter's Church of England Primary School450 m 210 pupils, 210 places
- The Heights Burnley650 m 0 pupils, 150 places
- Burnley Stoneyholme Community Primary School800 m 406 pupils, 420 places
- St Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy1.1 km 197 pupils, 210 places
- Burnley Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School1.1 km 206 pupils, 210 places
- Rawdhatul Uloom1.1 km 109 pupils, 120 places
- Burnley Springfield Community Primary School1.2 km 203 pupils, 251 places
- St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy1.3 km 191 pupils, 210 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 Burnley?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Burnley is Burnley Central Rail Station, 100 m away in a straight line.
- Burnley Central Rail Station Railway station 100 mWalk
- Burnley Barracks Rail Station Railway station 850 mWalk
- Burnley Manchester Road Rail Station Railway station 900 mWalk
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 Burnley?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Burnley, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Parkside Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01282 731444 400 mWalk
- Burnley Group Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Requires improvement CQC report April 2026 · Phone 01282 644222 450 mWalk
- Riverside Family Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01282 644123 450 mWalk
- Yorkshire Street Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2026 · Phone 01282 731361 850 mWalk
- Colne Road Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01282 731490 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 Burnley safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 7,616 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Burnley 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
- 650 September 2025
- 633 October 2025
- 553 November 2025
- 586 December 2025
- 569 January 2026
- 525 February 2026
- 616 March 2026
- 708 April 2026
- 651 May 2026
- 671 June 2026
- 733 July 2026
- 721 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 209, other crime 181, robbery 98, possession of weapons 59, theft from the person 47, bicycle theft 43.
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 Burnley?
- Councils
- Burnley (1,866) and Pendle (6)
- County council
- Lancashire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Burnley
- Police force area
- Lancashire
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Oliver Ryan (Labour (Co-op))
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. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Burnley
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Burnley is in Burnley; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Burnley about council tax Council tax, on burnley.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Burnley
- 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
Burnley postcodes
1,872 postcodes in use in Burnley, by district:
Those districts are all in the BB postcode area.
Check a Burnley 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 Burnley
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Burnley's £140,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Burnley
- What is it like to live in Burnley?
- Homes sold for a typical £140,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 7.7% on the 12 months before. At 1,655 of the 1,804 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 447 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 146 of its 1,872 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 Burnley Central, 100 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 Burnley?
- Burnley is covered by postcode districts BB10, BB11 and BB12, across 1,872 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Burnley?
- Burnley is in the Burnley parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Oliver Ryan (Labour (Co-op)), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Burnley?
- Homes in Burnley sold for a typical £140,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 837 sales, up 7.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Burnley?
- In Burnley, primary schools at its postcodes include Burnley St Peter's Church of England Primary School, The Heights Burnley and Burnley Stoneyholme Community Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Olive High, Lincoln House School and Olive High Boys. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Burnley have a railway station?
- Yes: Burnley Central is 100 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Burnley, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Burnley?
- Ofcom reports on 1,804 of the 1,872 postcodes in Burnley. At 1,655 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Burnley at risk of flooding?
- 146 of the 1,872 postcodes in Burnley 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 447 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 Burnley?
- 50 of the 1,872 postcodes now in use in Burnley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 23 of the 1,197 homes sold in Burnley were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BB11 district, 4%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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