Whalley

Whalley is covered by postcode district BB7. It is in the Ribble Valley council area, Lancashire.

Typical price £359,950 Homes sold in Whalley, last 12 months. ▲ 2.7% on the year before Gigabit broadband 63 of 76 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 36 of 76 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 285 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Whalley, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Whalley, by flood risk Of the 76 postcodes in Whalley that ONS places, 20 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at medium risk at worst, 10 are at low risk at worst and 40 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 18 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Whalley. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A59 BB7 9AA: not on the flood risk listBB7 9AD: not on the flood risk listBB7 9AG: not on the flood risk listBB7 9BW: not on the flood risk listBB7 9FU: not on the flood risk listBB7 9NX: not on the flood risk listBB7 9RE: not on the flood risk listBB7 9RH: not on the flood risk listBB7 9RJ: not on the flood risk listBB7 9RL: not on the flood risk listBB7 9RN: not on the flood risk listBB7 9RP: not on the flood risk listBB7 9RQ: not on the flood risk listBB7 9RR: not on the flood risk listBB7 9RS: not on the flood risk listBB7 9RT: not on the flood risk listBB7 9RU: not on the flood risk listBB7 9RW: not on the flood risk listBB7 9RX: not on the flood risk listBB7 9SE: not on the flood risk listBB7 9SG: not on the flood risk listBB7 9SU: not on the flood risk listBB7 9SX: not on the flood risk listBB7 9TH: not on the flood risk listBB7 9TJ: not on the flood risk listBB7 9TQ: not on the flood risk listBB7 9TX: not on the flood risk listBB7 9UA: not on the flood risk listBB7 9UE: not on the flood risk listBB7 9UH: not on the flood risk listBB7 9WE: not on the flood risk listBB7 9WH: not on the flood risk listBB7 9XH: not on the flood risk listBB7 9XJ: not on the flood risk listBB7 9XX: not on the flood risk listBB7 9XY: not on the flood risk listBB7 9XZ: not on the flood risk listBB7 9YA: not on the flood risk listBB7 9YD: not on the flood risk listBB7 9YF: not on the flood risk listBB7 9SQ: low flood risk at worstBB7 9SY: low flood risk at worstBB7 9TD: low flood risk at worstBB7 9TF: low flood risk at worstBB7 9TL: low flood risk at worstBB7 9YG: low flood risk at worstBB7 9YH: low flood risk at worstBB7 9YJ: low flood risk at worstBB7 9YL: low flood risk at worstBB7 9YP: low flood risk at worstBB7 9SW: medium flood risk at worstBB7 9TA: medium flood risk at worstBB7 9TE: medium flood risk at worstBB7 9TG: medium flood risk at worstBB7 9TY: medium flood risk at worstBB7 9UD: medium flood risk at worstBB7 9AB: high flood riskBB7 9AF: high flood riskBB7 9GZ: high flood riskBB7 9NU: high flood riskBB7 9NY: high flood riskBB7 9RG: high flood riskBB7 9SL: high flood riskBB7 9SN: high flood riskBB7 9SP: high flood riskBB7 9SR: high flood riskBB7 9SS: high flood riskBB7 9ST: high flood riskBB7 9SZ: high flood riskBB7 9TB: high flood riskBB7 9TN: high flood riskBB7 9TW: high flood riskBB7 9UF: high flood riskBB7 9UG: high flood riskBB7 9XL: high flood riskBB7 9YN: high flood risk Whalley 18 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to BB7 9SP, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk18 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Whalley, by flood risk Of the 76 postcodes in Whalley that ONS places, 20 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at medium risk at worst, 10 are at low risk at worst and 40 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 18 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Whalley. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A59 Whalley
  • A home or business at high risk: 20
  • At medium risk at worst: 6
  • At low risk at worst: 10
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 40
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 76 postcodes in Whalley that ONS places, 20 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at medium risk at worst, 10 are at low risk at worst and 40 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 160 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.8231, longitude -2.4072. 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

20 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.

BB7 9SP41 at high riskBB7 9RG15 at high riskBB7 9SL14 at high riskBB7 9UF13 at high riskBB7 9SR12 at high riskBB7 9TN10 at high riskBB7 9AB5 at high riskBB7 9SN4 at high riskBB7 9GZ4 at high riskBB7 9NY4 at high riskBB7 9TB2 at high riskBB7 9UG2 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 18 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BB7 9SP, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Whalley?

Homes sold for a typical £359,950 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.7% on the 12 months before. At 63 of the 76 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 285 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 36 of its 76 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Whalley, 350 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 Whalley?

Homes in Whalley sold for a typical £359,950 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 43 sales, up 2.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£359,950 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£350,475
12 months to August 2026
£359,950

▲ up 2.7% on the 12 months before

Detached£502,450 14 sales
Semi-detached£333,650 16 sales
Terraced£262,500 12 sales
Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Across the whole BB7 district, Whalley's main postcode district: a typical £273,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Whalley: 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 Whalley?

4 of the 76 postcodes now in use in Whalley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 17 of the 62 homes sold in Whalley were newly built (27%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BB7 district, 16%.

The newest postcodes

BB7 9WHsince December 2023BB7 9WEsince March 2023BB7 9FUsince July 2022BB7 9GZsince November 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 WhalleyAcross the BB7 district
The 12 months to August 2026 3 of 43 (7%) 14 of 498 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 17 of 62 (27%) 115 of 706 (16%)

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 Whalley?

Ofcom reports on 76 of the 76 postcodes in Whalley. At 63 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit63 of 76
Postcodes where every home can get superfast74 of 76

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 Whalley at risk of flooding?

36 of the 76 postcodes in Whalley 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 285 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 36 of 76 postcodes High: 137Medium: 148Low: 249

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 Whalley?

The open schools at the postcodes in Whalley. 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

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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 Whalley?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Whalley is Whalley Rail Station, 350 m away in a straight line.

  • Whalley Rail Station Railway station 350 mWalk
  • Langho Rail Station Railway station 3.4 kmCycle
  • Clitheroe Rail Station Railway station 5.7 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 Whalley?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Whalley. 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 Whalley safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 426 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Whalley 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. 44 September 2025
  2. 31 October 2025
  3. 36 November 2025
  4. 45 December 2025
  5. 31 January 2026
  6. 29 February 2026
  7. 27 March 2026
  8. 33 April 2026
  9. 30 May 2026
  10. 31 June 2026
  11. 41 July 2026
  12. 48 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences204 reports
Anti-social behaviour96 reports
Criminal damage and arson30 reports
Public order24 reports
Other theft20 reports
Vehicle crime14 reports
Burglary13 reports
Drugs10 reports

Also: other crime 6, shoplifting 4, bicycle theft 2, possession of weapons 2, 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 Whalley?

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 76 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 Whalley

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Whalley postcodes

76 postcodes in use in Whalley, by district:

BB7 postcode district,76 postcodes

That district is 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 Whalley

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Whalley's £359,950. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Barrow1.8 km, £362,500Langho3.6 km, £313,000Read4.0 km, £380,500Great Harwood4.1 km, £140,000Clitheroe5.4 km, £225,500Clayton-le-Moors5.5 km, £150,500Rishton6.2 km, £144,250Padiham6.8 km, £115,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Whalley

What is it like to live in Whalley?
Homes sold for a typical £359,950 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.7% on the 12 months before. At 63 of the 76 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 285 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 36 of its 76 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Whalley, 350 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 Whalley?
Whalley is covered by postcode district BB7, across 76 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Whalley in?
Whalley is in the Ribble Valley council area, and Lancashire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Whalley?
Whalley 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 Whalley?
Homes in Whalley sold for a typical £359,950 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 43 sales, up 2.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Whalley?
In Whalley, primary schools at its postcodes include Whalley Church of England Primary School and Oakhill School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Oakhill School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Whalley have a railway station?
Yes: Whalley is 350 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Whalley, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Whalley?
Ofcom reports on 76 of the 76 postcodes in Whalley. At 63 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Whalley at risk of flooding?
36 of the 76 postcodes in Whalley 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 285 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 Whalley?
4 of the 76 postcodes now in use in Whalley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 17 of the 62 homes sold in Whalley were newly built (27%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BB7 district, 16%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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