Foulridge

Foulridge is covered by postcode district BB8. It is in the Pendle council area, Lancashire.

Typical price £232,500 Homes sold in Foulridge, last 12 months. ▼ 8.5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 47 of 56 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Foulridge, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Foulridge, by flood risk Of the 56 postcodes in Foulridge that ONS places, 56 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Foulridge. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A56 BB8 7AJ: not on the flood risk listBB8 7AL: not on the flood risk listBB8 7AZ: not on the flood risk listBB8 7GQ: not on the flood risk listBB8 7GZ: not on the flood risk listBB8 7JY: not on the flood risk listBB8 7JZ: not on the flood risk listBB8 7LA: not on the flood risk listBB8 7LB: not on the flood risk listBB8 7LD: not on the flood risk listBB8 7LE: not on the flood risk listBB8 7LF: not on the flood risk listBB8 7LG: not on the flood risk listBB8 7NB: not on the flood risk listBB8 7NF: not on the flood risk listBB8 7NH: not on the flood risk listBB8 7NN: not on the flood risk listBB8 7NP: not on the flood risk listBB8 7NQ: not on the flood risk listBB8 7NR: not on the flood risk listBB8 7NS: not on the flood risk listBB8 7NT: not on the flood risk listBB8 7NU: not on the flood risk listBB8 7NW: not on the flood risk listBB8 7NX: not on the flood risk listBB8 7NY: not on the flood risk listBB8 7NZ: not on the flood risk listBB8 7PA: not on the flood risk listBB8 7PB: not on the flood risk listBB8 7PD: not on the flood risk listBB8 7PE: not on the flood risk listBB8 7PF: not on the flood risk listBB8 7PG: not on the flood risk listBB8 7PH: not on the flood risk listBB8 7PJ: not on the flood risk listBB8 7PL: not on the flood risk listBB8 7PN: not on the flood risk listBB8 7PP: not on the flood risk listBB8 7PQ: not on the flood risk listBB8 7PS: not on the flood risk listBB8 7PT: not on the flood risk listBB8 7PU: not on the flood risk listBB8 7PW: not on the flood risk listBB8 7PX: not on the flood risk listBB8 7PY: not on the flood risk listBB8 7PZ: not on the flood risk listBB8 7QA: not on the flood risk listBB8 7QB: not on the flood risk listBB8 7QD: not on the flood risk listBB8 7QE: not on the flood risk listBB8 7QF: not on the flood risk listBB8 7QG: not on the flood risk listBB8 7QP: not on the flood risk listBB8 7QT: not on the flood risk listBB8 7QY: not on the flood risk listBB8 7RE: not on the flood risk list Foulridge Map of every postcode in Foulridge, by flood risk Of the 56 postcodes in Foulridge that ONS places, 56 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Foulridge. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A56 Foulridge
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 56

Of the 56 postcodes in Foulridge that ONS places, 56 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. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.8766, longitude -2.1693. 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

What is it like to live in Foulridge?

Homes sold for a typical £232,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 8.5% on the 12 months before. At 47 of the 56 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 56 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Richmond Hill Practice, 2.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Colne, 2.6 km 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 Foulridge?

Homes in Foulridge sold for a typical £232,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 20 sales, down 8.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£232,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£254,000
12 months to August 2026
£232,500

▼ down 8.5% on the 12 months before

Detached£351,500 6 sales
Semi-detached£210,000 5 sales
Terraced£177,000 9 sales

Across the whole BB8 district, Foulridge's main postcode district: a typical £153,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Foulridge: 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 Foulridge?

3 of the 56 postcodes now in use in Foulridge came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 13 of the 42 homes sold in Foulridge were newly built (31%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BB8 district, 5%.

The newest postcodes

BB8 7AZsince January 2025BB8 7GZsince February 2024BB8 7REsince December 2020

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

PeriodIn FoulridgeAcross the BB8 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 20 (0%) 0 of 310 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 13 of 42 (31%) 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 Foulridge?

Ofcom reports on 56 of the 56 postcodes in Foulridge. At 47 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit47 of 56
Postcodes where every home can get superfast55 of 56

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.

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

Is Foulridge at risk of flooding?

None of the 56 postcodes in Foulridge is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 Foulridge?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Foulridge. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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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 Foulridge?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Foulridge is Colne Rail Station, 2.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Colne Rail Station Railway station 2.6 kmCycle
  • Nelson Rail Station Railway station 5.5 kmDrive
  • Brierfield Rail Station Railway station 7.3 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 Foulridge?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Foulridge. 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.

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

Is Foulridge safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 334 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Foulridge 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. 32 September 2025
  2. 35 October 2025
  3. 20 November 2025
  4. 38 December 2025
  5. 22 January 2026
  6. 31 February 2026
  7. 18 March 2026
  8. 18 April 2026
  9. 37 May 2026
  10. 35 June 2026
  11. 27 July 2026
  12. 21 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences149 reports
Anti-social behaviour70 reports
Criminal damage and arson26 reports
Public order21 reports
Burglary15 reports
Vehicle crime15 reports
Other theft12 reports
Other crime10 reports

Also: shoplifting 7, drugs 7, bicycle theft 1, robbery 1.

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 Foulridge?

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 56 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

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Foulridge postcodes

56 postcodes in use in Foulridge, by district:

BB8 postcode district,56 postcodes

That district is in the BB postcode area.

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Places near Foulridge

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Foulridge's £232,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Colne2.1 km, £145,000Trawden4.0 km, £186,500Barrowford4.4 km, £190,000Earby4.6 km, £163,500Barnoldswick4.7 km, £150,000Nelson5.2 km, £102,000Brierfield7.1 km, £163,000Burnley10.6 km, £140,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Foulridge

What is it like to live in Foulridge?
Homes sold for a typical £232,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 8.5% on the 12 months before. At 47 of the 56 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 56 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is The Richmond Hill Practice, 2.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Colne, 2.6 km 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 Foulridge?
Foulridge is covered by postcode district BB8, across 56 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Foulridge in?
Foulridge is in the Pendle council area, and Lancashire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Foulridge?
Foulridge 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 Foulridge?
Homes in Foulridge sold for a typical £232,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 20 sales, down 8.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Foulridge?
In Foulridge, primary schools at its postcodes include Foulridge Saint Michael and All Angels CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Colne Park High School, 1.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Foulridge have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Foulridge is Colne, 2.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Foulridge?
Ofcom reports on 56 of the 56 postcodes in Foulridge. At 47 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Foulridge at risk of flooding?
None of the 56 postcodes in Foulridge is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Foulridge?
3 of the 56 postcodes now in use in Foulridge came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 13 of the 42 homes sold in Foulridge were newly built (31%), 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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