Darwen
Darwen is covered by postcode districts BB2 and BB3. It is in the Blackburn with Darwen council area, England.
Every postcode in Darwen, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 35
- At medium risk at worst: 16
- At low risk at worst: 24
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 643
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 718 postcodes in Darwen that ONS places, 35 have a home or business at high risk, 16 are at medium risk at worst, 24 are at low risk at worst and 643 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 53.6960, longitude -2.4661. 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
35 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
- 17 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BB3 1HG, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 10 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BB3 2QJ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BB3 0DN, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Darwen?
Homes sold for a typical £147,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.4% on the 12 months before. At 528 of the 699 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 625 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 75 of its 718 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 4 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Darwen, 250 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 Darwen?
Homes in Darwen sold for a typical £147,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 375 sales, up 1.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £310,000 53 sales
- Semi-detached £197,500 70 sales
- Terraced £125,000 244 sales
- Flat or maisonette £125,000 8 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole BB3 district, Darwen's main postcode district: a typical £160,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Darwen: 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 Darwen?
41 of the 718 postcodes now in use in Darwen came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 21 of the 516 homes sold in Darwen were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BB3 district, 17%.
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 Darwen | Across the BB3 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 4 of 375 (1%) | 17 of 459 (4%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 21 of 516 (4%) | 117 of 706 (17%) |
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 Darwen?
Ofcom reports on 699 of the 718 postcodes in Darwen. At 528 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 Darwen at risk of flooding?
75 of the 718 postcodes in Darwen 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 625 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 Darwen?
The open schools at the postcodes in Darwen (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
- Holy Trinity VC School250 m 119 pupils, 420 places
- Darwen St James CofE Primary Academy600 m 203 pupils, 265 places
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen650 m 165 pupils, 210 places
- Darwen Aldridge Sudell Primary650 m 167 pupils, 210 places
- Darwen St Peter's Church of England Primary School800 m 240 pupils, 315 places
- Avondale Primary School1.1 km 400 pupils, 420 places
- Crosshill Special School1.3 km 183 pupils, 185 places
- Ashleigh Primary School1.6 km 220 pupils, 236 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 Darwen?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Darwen is Darwen Rail Station, 250 m away in a straight line.
- Darwen Rail Station Railway station 250 mWalk
- Mill Hill (Lancs) Rail Station Railway station 5.0 kmCycle
- Cherry Tree Rail Station Railway station 5.4 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 Darwen?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Darwen. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Darwen Healthcare Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report November 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01254 964640 350 mWalk
- Darwen Healthlink Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01254 226600 350 mWalk
- Spring-Fenisco Healthlink Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2026 · Phone 01254 282870 550 mWalk
- Hollins Grove Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2026 · Phone 01254 701961 1.3 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Darwen safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 2,399 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Darwen 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
- 194 September 2025
- 180 October 2025
- 212 November 2025
- 247 December 2025
- 203 January 2026
- 166 February 2026
- 204 March 2026
- 191 April 2026
- 223 May 2026
- 211 June 2026
- 175 July 2026
- 193 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 71, burglary 70, possession of weapons 31, robbery 9, theft from the person 4, bicycle theft 4.
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 Darwen?
- Council
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Parliamentary constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen
- Police force area
- Lancashire
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Andy MacNae (Labour)
All 718 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 Darwen
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Blackburn with Darwen about council tax Council tax, on blackburn.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Darwen
- 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
Darwen postcodes
718 postcodes in use in Darwen, by district:
Those districts are all in the BB postcode area.
Check a Darwen 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 Darwen
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Darwen's £147,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Darwen
- What is it like to live in Darwen?
- Homes sold for a typical £147,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.4% on the 12 months before. At 528 of the 699 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 625 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 75 of its 718 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 4 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Darwen, 250 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 Darwen?
- Darwen is covered by postcode districts BB2 and BB3, across 718 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Darwen in?
- Darwen is in the Blackburn with Darwen council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Darwen?
- Darwen is in the Rossendale and Darwen parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Andy MacNae (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Darwen?
- Homes in Darwen sold for a typical £147,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 375 sales, up 1.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Darwen?
- In Darwen, primary schools at its postcodes include Holy Trinity VC School, Darwen St James CofE Primary Academy and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Darwen; secondary schools at its postcodes include Darwen Aldridge Community Academy, Aldridge UTC Darwen and Crosshill Special School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Darwen have a railway station?
- Yes: Darwen is 250 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Darwen, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Darwen?
- Ofcom reports on 699 of the 718 postcodes in Darwen. At 528 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Darwen at risk of flooding?
- 75 of the 718 postcodes in Darwen 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 625 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 Darwen?
- 41 of the 718 postcodes now in use in Darwen came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 21 of the 516 homes sold in Darwen were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BB3 district, 17%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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