Church

Church is covered by postcode district BB5. It is in the Hyndburn council area, Lancashire.

Typical price £126,000 Homes sold in Church, last 12 months. ▼ 4.2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 117 of 130 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 31 of 132 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 159 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Church, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Church, by flood risk Of the 132 postcodes in Church that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk, 16 are at medium risk at worst, 10 are at low risk at worst and 101 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 10 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Church. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. M65A6185A679 BB5 0DH: not on the flood risk listBB5 0DJ: not on the flood risk listBB5 0DL: not on the flood risk listBB5 0DQ: not on the flood risk listBB5 0DR: not on the flood risk listBB5 0DS: not on the flood risk listBB5 0DU: not on the flood risk listBB5 0EF: not on the flood risk listBB5 0EJ: not on the flood risk listBB5 0EL: not on the flood risk listBB5 0EW: not on the flood risk listBB5 0FN: not on the flood risk listBB5 4AD: not on the flood risk listBB5 4AE: not on the flood risk listBB5 4AF: not on the flood risk listBB5 4AG: not on the flood risk listBB5 4AJ: not on the flood risk listBB5 4AL: not on the flood risk listBB5 4AN: not on the flood risk listBB5 4AP: not on the flood risk listBB5 4AQ: not on the flood risk listBB5 4AR: not on the flood risk listBB5 4AS: not on the flood risk listBB5 4AT: not on the flood risk listBB5 4AU: not on the flood risk listBB5 4AW: not on the flood risk listBB5 4AX: not on the flood risk listBB5 4AY: not on the flood risk listBB5 4BF: not on the flood risk listBB5 4BY: not on the flood risk listBB5 4DE: not on the flood risk listBB5 4DG: not on the flood risk listBB5 4DH: not on the flood risk listBB5 4DJ: not on the flood risk listBB5 4DL: not on the flood risk listBB5 4DN: not on the flood risk listBB5 4DQ: not on the flood risk listBB5 4DR: not on the flood risk listBB5 4DS: not on the flood risk listBB5 4DT: not on the flood risk listBB5 4DU: not on the flood risk listBB5 4DX: not on the flood risk listBB5 4DY: not on the flood risk listBB5 4DZ: not on the flood risk listBB5 4EA: not on the flood risk listBB5 4EB: not on the flood risk listBB5 4ED: not on the flood risk listBB5 4EF: not on the flood risk listBB5 4EG: not on the flood risk listBB5 4HD: not on the flood risk listBB5 4HG: not on the flood risk listBB5 4HH: not on the flood risk listBB5 4HL: not on the flood risk listBB5 4HP: not on the flood risk listBB5 4HQ: not on the flood risk listBB5 4JA: not on the flood risk listBB5 4JB: not on the flood risk listBB5 4JD: not on the flood risk listBB5 4JE: not on the flood risk listBB5 4JH: not on the flood risk listBB5 4JJ: not on the flood risk listBB5 4JL: not on the flood risk listBB5 4JN: not on the flood risk listBB5 4JS: not on the flood risk listBB5 4JT: not on the flood risk listBB5 4JU: not on the flood risk listBB5 4JY: not on the flood risk listBB5 4JZ: not on the flood risk listBB5 4LA: not on the flood risk listBB5 4LB: not on the flood risk listBB5 4LE: not on the flood risk listBB5 4LF: not on the flood risk listBB5 4LG: not on the flood risk listBB5 4LJ: not on the flood risk listBB5 4LQ: not on the flood risk listBB5 4LW: not on the flood risk listBB5 4RS: not on the flood risk listBB5 4RU: not on the flood risk listBB5 4RX: not on the flood risk listBB5 4RZ: not on the flood risk listBB5 4SA: not on the flood risk listBB5 5DB: not on the flood risk listBB5 5DG: not on the flood risk listBB5 5DH: not on the flood risk listBB5 5DJ: not on the flood risk listBB5 5DN: not on the flood risk listBB5 5DP: not on the flood risk listBB5 5DR: not on the flood risk listBB5 5DS: not on the flood risk listBB5 5DW: not on the flood risk listBB5 5DZ: not on the flood risk listBB5 5EF: not on the flood risk listBB5 5EG: not on the flood risk listBB5 5EH: not on the flood risk listBB5 5EJ: not on the flood risk listBB5 5EL: not on the flood risk listBB5 5EQ: not on the flood risk listBB5 5ES: not on the flood risk listBB5 5EU: not on the flood risk listBB5 5EX: not on the flood risk listBB5 5FR: not on the flood risk listBB5 0EG: low flood risk at worstBB5 0HP: low flood risk at worstBB5 0HS: low flood risk at worstBB5 4HB: low flood risk at worstBB5 4HU: low flood risk at worstBB5 4JG: low flood risk at worstBB5 4JP: low flood risk at worstBB5 4JR: low flood risk at worstBB5 4PD: low flood risk at worstBB5 4PF: low flood risk at worstBB5 0DN: medium flood risk at worstBB5 0DP: medium flood risk at worstBB5 0DX: medium flood risk at worstBB5 0DZ: medium flood risk at worstBB5 0EA: medium flood risk at worstBB5 0ED: medium flood risk at worstBB5 0EP: medium flood risk at worstBB5 0ES: medium flood risk at worstBB5 0ET: medium flood risk at worstBB5 0FG: medium flood risk at worstBB5 4EJ: medium flood risk at worstBB5 4EP: medium flood risk at worstBB5 4JF: medium flood risk at worstBB5 4JQ: medium flood risk at worstBB5 4JX: medium flood risk at worstBB5 0FB: high flood riskBB5 0FD: high flood riskBB5 0FE: high flood riskBB5 4AA: high flood riskBB5 4EQ: high flood risk Church 10 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to BB5 0FD, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk10 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Church, by flood risk Of the 132 postcodes in Church that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk, 16 are at medium risk at worst, 10 are at low risk at worst and 101 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 10 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Church. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. M65A6185 Church
  • A home or business at high risk: 5
  • At medium risk at worst: 16
  • At low risk at worst: 10
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 101
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 132 postcodes in Church that ONS places, 5 have a home or business at high risk, 16 are at medium risk at worst, 10 are at low risk at worst and 101 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 53.7574, longitude -2.3852. 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

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

BB5 0FD22 at high riskBB5 0FE8 at high riskBB5 4AA6 at high riskBB5 4EQ3 at high riskBB5 0FB1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 10 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BB5 0FD, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Church?

Homes sold for a typical £126,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4.2% on the 12 months before. At 117 of the 130 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 159 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 31 of its 132 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Oswald Medical Centre, 550 metres from the middle. The nearest railway station is Church & Oswaldtwistle, 850 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 Church?

Homes in Church sold for a typical £126,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 59 sales, down 4.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£126,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£131,500
12 months to August 2026
£126,000

▼ down 4.2% on the 12 months before

Detached£235,000 8 sales
Semi-detached£154,000 14 sales
Terraced£111,250 36 sales
Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Across the whole BB5 district, Church's main postcode district: a typical £140,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Church: 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 Church?

None of the 132 postcodes now in use in Church came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 80 homes sold in Church were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BB5 district, Under 1%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn ChurchAcross the BB5 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 59 (0%) 0 of 638 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 80 (0%) 3 of 885 (Under 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 Church?

Ofcom reports on 130 of the 132 postcodes in Church. At 117 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit117 of 130
Postcodes where every home can get superfast129 of 130

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 checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Church at risk of flooding?

31 of the 132 postcodes in Church 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 159 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 31 of 132 postcodes High: 40Medium: 119Low: 109

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 Church?

The open schools at the postcodes in Church. 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

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Church?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Church is Church & Oswaldtwistle Rail Station, 850 m away in a straight line.

  • Church & Oswaldtwistle Rail Station Railway station 850 mWalk
  • Accrington Rail Station Railway station 1.1 kmWalk
  • Rishton Rail Station Railway station 2.4 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 Church?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Church. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Church safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 4,961 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Church 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. 373 September 2025
  2. 457 October 2025
  3. 378 November 2025
  4. 402 December 2025
  5. 393 January 2026
  6. 384 February 2026
  7. 444 March 2026
  8. 397 April 2026
  9. 413 May 2026
  10. 408 June 2026
  11. 477 July 2026
  12. 435 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences1,846 reports
Anti-social behaviour1,055 reports
Criminal damage and arson328 reports
Public order326 reports
Shoplifting314 reports
Vehicle crime304 reports
Other theft263 reports
Burglary162 reports

Also: drugs 127, other crime 105, possession of weapons 56, robbery 36, theft from the person 27, bicycle theft 12.

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 postcode

Source: 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 Church?

District, borough or city council
Hyndburn
County council
Lancashire
Parliamentary constituency
Hyndburn
Police force area
Lancashire
Region
North West
Country
England
MP
Sarah Smith (Labour)

All 132 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 Church

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Church postcodes

132 postcodes in use in Church, by district:

BB5 postcode district,132 postcodes

That district is in the BB postcode area.

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Places near Church

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Church's £126,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Accrington1.5 km, £137,500Oswaldtwistle1.8 km, £150,000Clayton-le-Moors2.0 km, £150,500Rishton2.4 km, £144,250Great Harwood3.5 km, £140,000Hapton5.5 km, £180,000Read6.0 km, £380,500Blackburn6.6 km, £167,750 All places A to Z

Questions about Church

What is it like to live in Church?
Homes sold for a typical £126,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4.2% on the 12 months before. At 117 of the 130 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 159 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 31 of its 132 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Oswald Medical Centre, 550 metres from the middle. The nearest railway station is Church & Oswaldtwistle, 850 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 Church?
Church is covered by postcode district BB5, across 132 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Church in?
Church is in the Hyndburn council area, and Lancashire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Church?
Church is in the Hyndburn parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Sarah Smith (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Church?
Homes in Church sold for a typical £126,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 59 sales, down 4.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Church?
In Church, primary schools at its postcodes include St Nicholas Church of England Primary School and Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, Church; secondary schools at its postcodes include Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Church have a railway station?
Yes: Church & Oswaldtwistle is 850 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Church, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Church?
Ofcom reports on 130 of the 132 postcodes in Church. At 117 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Church at risk of flooding?
31 of the 132 postcodes in Church 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 159 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 Church?
None of the 132 postcodes now in use in Church came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 80 homes sold in Church were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BB5 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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