Read
Read is covered by postcode district BB12. It is in the Ribble Valley council area, Lancashire.
Every postcode in Read, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 5
- Some can get gigabit: 14
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 53
- Ofcom gives no figure: 0
Of the 72 postcodes in Read that ONS places, 5 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 14 have some that can and 53 can all get it.
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 53.8078, longitude -2.3516. 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; gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 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 Read?
Homes sold for a typical £380,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 32.9% on the 12 months before. At 53 of the 72 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 72 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 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Padiham Group Practice, 2.6 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Hapton, 3.7 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 Read?
Homes in Read sold for a typical £380,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 32 sales, up 32.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £430,000 18 sales
- Semi-detached 2 sales, too few to price
- Terraced £190,000 12 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole BB12 district, Read's main postcode district: a typical £170,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Read: 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 Read?
None of the 72 postcodes now in use in Read came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 34 homes sold in Read were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BB12 district, Under 1%.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Read | Across the BB12 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 32 (0%) | 0 of 480 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 34 (0%) | 5 of 584 (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 Read?
Ofcom reports on 72 of the 72 postcodes in Read. At 53 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 Read at risk of flooding?
None of the 72 postcodes in Read 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 Read?
The primary schools are at the postcodes in Read. 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
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 Read?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Read is Hapton Rail Station, 3.7 km away in a straight line.
- Hapton Rail Station Railway station 3.7 kmCycle
- Huncoat Rail Station Railway station 4.0 kmCycle
- Whalley Rail Station Railway station 4.4 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 Read?
There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Read. 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.
- Padiham Group Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2026 · Phone 01282 731333 2.6 kmCycle
- Whalley Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2026 · Phone 01254 287100 3.8 kmCycle
- Great Harwood Medical Group Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01254 617570 4.0 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Read safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 98 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Read 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
- 10 September 2025
- 11 October 2025
- 10 November 2025
- 10 December 2025
- 10 January 2026
- 3 February 2026
- 8 March 2026
- 6 April 2026
- 10 May 2026
- 8 June 2026
- 6 July 2026
- 6 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 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 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 Read?
- District, borough or city council
- Ribble Valley
- County council
- Lancashire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Pendle and Clitheroe
- Police force area
- Lancashire
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Jonathan Hinder (Labour)
All 72 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 Read
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Ribble Valley about council tax Council tax, on ribblevalley.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The nearest GP practices
- 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
Read postcodes
72 postcodes in use in Read, by district:
That district is in the BB postcode area.
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Places near Read
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Read's £380,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Read
- What is it like to live in Read?
- Homes sold for a typical £380,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 32.9% on the 12 months before. At 53 of the 72 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 72 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 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Padiham Group Practice, 2.6 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Hapton, 3.7 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 Read?
- Read is covered by postcode district BB12, across 72 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Read in?
- Read is in the Ribble Valley council area, and Lancashire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Read?
- Read 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 Read?
- Homes in Read sold for a typical £380,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 32 sales, up 32.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Read?
- In Read, primary schools at its postcodes include Read St John's CofE Primary School and Simonstone St Peter's Church of England Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Shuttleworth College, 3.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Read have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Read is Hapton, 3.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Read?
- Ofcom reports on 72 of the 72 postcodes in Read. At 53 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Read at risk of flooding?
- None of the 72 postcodes in Read 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 Read?
- None of the 72 postcodes now in use in Read came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 34 homes sold in Read were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BB12 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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