Colne
Colne is covered by postcode districts BB8 and BB9. It is in the Pendle council area, Lancashire.
Every postcode in Colne, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 24
- In use before 2020: 552
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 576 postcodes in Colne that ONS places, 24 are new since 2020 and 552 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 53.8573, longitude -2.1677. 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. BB8 7AY, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Colne?
Homes sold for a typical £145,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.6% on the 12 months before. At 520 of the 570 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 286 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 62 of its 576 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Colne, 950 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 Colne?
Homes in Colne sold for a typical £145,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 255 sales, up 3.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £292,500 15 sales
- Semi-detached £207,000 51 sales
- Terraced £125,000 176 sales
- Flat or maisonette £105,000 13 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole BB8 district, Colne's main postcode district: a typical £153,500.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Colne: 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 Colne?
24 of the 576 postcodes now in use in Colne came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 6 of the 298 homes sold in Colne were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BB8 district, 5%.
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 Colne | Across the BB8 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 255 (0%) | 0 of 310 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 6 of 298 (2%) | 19 of 384 (5%) |
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 Colne?
Ofcom reports on 570 of the 576 postcodes in Colne. At 520 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 Colne at risk of flooding?
62 of the 576 postcodes in Colne 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 286 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 Colne?
The open schools at the postcodes in Colne (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
- West Street Community Primary School200 m 181 pupils, 230 places
- Park Primary School600 m 319 pupils, 420 places
- Colne Lord Street School750 m 327 pupils, 420 places
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy1.2 km
- Colne Primet Primary School1.6 km 185 pupils, 210 places
- Colne Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School1.7 km 187 pupils, 189 places
- Pendle View Primary School2.0 km 132 pupils, 133 places
- Laneshaw Bridge Primary3.1 km 204 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 Colne?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Colne is Colne Rail Station, 950 m away in a straight line.
- Colne Rail Station Railway station 950 mWalk
- Nelson Rail Station Railway station 3.9 kmCycle
- Brierfield Rail Station Railway station 5.8 kmDrive
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 Colne?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Colne. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- The Richmond Hill Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01282 731731 200 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Colne safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 2,205 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Colne 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
- 192 September 2025
- 210 October 2025
- 177 November 2025
- 185 December 2025
- 170 January 2026
- 164 February 2026
- 162 March 2026
- 208 April 2026
- 207 May 2026
- 191 June 2026
- 185 July 2026
- 154 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: vehicle crime 63, other crime 59, possession of weapons 26, robbery 13, theft from the person 9, bicycle theft 2.
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 Colne?
- District, borough or city council
- Pendle
- County council
- Lancashire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Pendle and Clitheroe
- Police force area
- Lancashire
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Jonathan Hinder (Labour)
All 576 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 Colne
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- 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 Colne
- 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
Colne postcodes
576 postcodes in use in Colne, 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 Colne
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Colne's £145,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Colne
- What is it like to live in Colne?
- Homes sold for a typical £145,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.6% on the 12 months before. At 520 of the 570 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 286 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 62 of its 576 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Colne, 950 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 Colne?
- Colne is covered by postcode districts BB8 and BB9, across 576 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Colne in?
- Colne is in the Pendle council area, and Lancashire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Colne?
- Colne is in the Pendle and Clitheroe parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Jonathan Hinder (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Colne?
- Homes in Colne sold for a typical £145,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 255 sales, up 3.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Colne?
- In Colne, primary schools at its postcodes include West Street Community Primary School, Park Primary School and Colne Lord Street School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Colne Park High School, Colne Primet Academy and Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Colne have a railway station?
- Yes: Colne is 950 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Colne, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Colne?
- Ofcom reports on 570 of the 576 postcodes in Colne. At 520 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Colne at risk of flooding?
- 62 of the 576 postcodes in Colne 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 286 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 Colne?
- 24 of the 576 postcodes now in use in Colne came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 6 of the 298 homes sold in Colne were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BB8 district, 5%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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