Whitworth

Whitworth is covered by postcode district OL12. It is in the Rossendale council area, Lancashire.

Typical price £187,000 Homes sold in Whitworth, last 12 months. ▲ 1.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 180 of 213 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 60 of 214 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 184 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 5 4 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Whitworth, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Whitworth, by flood risk Of the 214 postcodes in Whitworth that ONS places, 20 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 34 are at low risk at worst, 3 are at very low risk only and 154 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 8 postcodes at high or medium risk; 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Whitworth. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. OL12 0TR: not on the flood risk listOL12 0TS: not on the flood risk listOL12 8AB: not on the flood risk listOL12 8AG: not on the flood risk listOL12 8AH: not on the flood risk listOL12 8AL: not on the flood risk listOL12 8AN: not on the flood risk listOL12 8AP: not on the flood risk listOL12 8AQ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8AR: not on the flood risk listOL12 8AS: not on the flood risk listOL12 8AX: not on the flood risk listOL12 8BF: not on the flood risk listOL12 8BH: not on the flood risk listOL12 8BJ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8BL: not on the flood risk listOL12 8BN: not on the flood risk listOL12 8BQ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8DF: not on the flood risk listOL12 8EA: not on the flood risk listOL12 8ED: not on the flood risk listOL12 8EN: not on the flood risk listOL12 8EQ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8ER: not on the flood risk listOL12 8ES: not on the flood risk listOL12 8ET: not on the flood risk listOL12 8EU: not on the flood risk listOL12 8HB: not on the flood risk listOL12 8HD: not on the flood risk listOL12 8HE: not on the flood risk listOL12 8HL: not on the flood risk listOL12 8HN: not on the flood risk listOL12 8HP: not on the flood risk listOL12 8HR: not on the flood risk listOL12 8HS: not on the flood risk listOL12 8HW: not on the flood risk listOL12 8JB: not on the flood risk listOL12 8JD: not on the flood risk listOL12 8JH: not on the flood risk listOL12 8JL: not on the flood risk listOL12 8JN: not on the flood risk listOL12 8JP: not on the flood risk listOL12 8JR: not on the flood risk listOL12 8JS: not on the flood risk listOL12 8JT: not on the flood risk listOL12 8JX: not on the flood risk listOL12 8LA: not on the flood risk listOL12 8LB: not on the flood risk listOL12 8LE: not on the flood risk listOL12 8LH: not on the flood risk listOL12 8LP: not on the flood risk listOL12 8LR: not on the flood risk listOL12 8LS: not on the flood risk listOL12 8LT: not on the flood risk listOL12 8LU: not on the flood risk listOL12 8NF: not on the flood risk listOL12 8NZ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PA: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PE: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PH: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PJ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PL: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PN: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PQ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PR: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PS: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PT: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PU: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PW: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PX: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PY: not on the flood risk listOL12 8PZ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QA: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QB: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QD: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QE: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QG: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QH: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QJ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QL: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QN: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QP: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QQ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QT: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QU: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QX: not on the flood risk listOL12 8QY: not on the flood risk listOL12 8RL: not on the flood risk listOL12 8RP: not on the flood risk listOL12 8RQ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8RS: not on the flood risk listOL12 8RT: not on the flood risk listOL12 8RU: not on the flood risk listOL12 8RW: not on the flood risk listOL12 8RX: not on the flood risk listOL12 8RY: not on the flood risk listOL12 8RZ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SA: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SB: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SG: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SH: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SJ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SL: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SN: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SP: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SR: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SS: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SU: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SW: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SX: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SY: not on the flood risk listOL12 8SZ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8TB: not on the flood risk listOL12 8TD: not on the flood risk listOL12 8TE: not on the flood risk listOL12 8TF: not on the flood risk listOL12 8TG: not on the flood risk listOL12 8TH: not on the flood risk listOL12 8TJ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8TL: not on the flood risk listOL12 8TS: not on the flood risk listOL12 8TT: not on the flood risk listOL12 8TU: not on the flood risk listOL12 8TX: not on the flood risk listOL12 8TY: not on the flood risk listOL12 8TZ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UB: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UD: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UE: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UF: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UG: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UH: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UJ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UL: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UN: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UP: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UQ: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UR: not on the flood risk listOL12 8US: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UT: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UU: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UW: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UX: not on the flood risk listOL12 8UY: not on the flood risk listOL12 8WB: not on the flood risk listOL12 8XL: not on the flood risk listOL12 8BA: very low flood risk onlyOL12 8DY: very low flood risk onlyOL12 8TN: very low flood risk onlyOL12 8AA: low flood risk at worstOL12 8AD: low flood risk at worstOL12 8AE: low flood risk at worstOL12 8AJ: low flood risk at worstOL12 8AT: low flood risk at worstOL12 8AW: low flood risk at worstOL12 8AZ: low flood risk at worstOL12 8DB: low flood risk at worstOL12 8DH: low flood risk at worstOL12 8DJ: low flood risk at worstOL12 8DL: low flood risk at worstOL12 8DP: low flood risk at worstOL12 8DR: low flood risk at worstOL12 8DS: low flood risk at worstOL12 8DT: low flood risk at worstOL12 8DW: low flood risk at worstOL12 8EJ: low flood risk at worstOL12 8EL: low flood risk at worstOL12 8HJ: low flood risk at worstOL12 8JW: low flood risk at worstOL12 8JY: low flood risk at worstOL12 8LD: low flood risk at worstOL12 8LF: low flood risk at worstOL12 8LG: low flood risk at worstOL12 8NU: low flood risk at worstOL12 8NX: low flood risk at worstOL12 8QW: low flood risk at worstOL12 8RA: low flood risk at worstOL12 8RE: low flood risk at worstOL12 8RG: low flood risk at worstOL12 8RH: low flood risk at worstOL12 8RN: low flood risk at worstOL12 8TP: low flood risk at worstOL12 8EH: medium flood risk at worstOL12 8EP: medium flood risk at worstOL12 8HA: medium flood risk at worstOL12 8AY: high flood riskOL12 8BB: high flood riskOL12 8BE: high flood riskOL12 8BG: high flood riskOL12 8BT: high flood riskOL12 8BU: high flood riskOL12 8BX: high flood riskOL12 8DA: high flood riskOL12 8DN: high flood riskOL12 8EG: high flood riskOL12 8HF: high flood riskOL12 8HG: high flood riskOL12 8HH: high flood riskOL12 8LJ: high flood riskOL12 8LW: high flood riskOL12 8QS: high flood riskOL12 8RB: high flood riskOL12 8RF: high flood riskOL12 8TR: high flood risk Whitworth 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to OL12 8HF, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk8 postcodes at high or medium risk6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to OL12 8BE, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk6 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Whitworth, by flood risk Of the 214 postcodes in Whitworth that ONS places, 20 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 34 are at low risk at worst, 3 are at very low risk only and 154 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 8 postcodes at high or medium risk; 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Whitworth. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. Whitworth 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to OL12 8BE, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk6 postcodes at high or medium risk
  • A home or business at high risk: 20
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 34
  • At very low risk only: 3
  • Not on the at-risk list: 154
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 214 postcodes in Whitworth that ONS places, 20 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 34 are at low risk at worst, 3 are at very low risk only and 154 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 53.6602, longitude -2.1752. 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.

OL12 8BE53 at high riskOL12 8BX30 at high riskOL12 8QS18 at high riskOL12 8BU15 at high riskOL12 8TR8 at high riskOL12 8BB7 at high riskOL12 8HF7 at high riskOL12 8HQ4 at high riskOL12 8DN3 at high riskOL12 8HG3 at high riskOL12 8HH3 at high riskOL12 8EG2 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. OL12 8HF, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. OL12 8BE, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Whitworth?

Homes sold for a typical £187,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.9% on the 12 months before. At 180 of the 213 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 184 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 60 of its 214 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Smithy Bridge, 5.1 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 Whitworth?

Homes in Whitworth sold for a typical £187,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 88 sales, up 1.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£187,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£183,500 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 1.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £285,000 15 sales
  • Semi-detached £194,500 28 sales
  • Terraced £168,000 43 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole OL12 district, Whitworth's main postcode district: a typical £200,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Whitworth: 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 Whitworth?

6 of the 214 postcodes now in use in Whitworth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 12 of the 124 homes sold in Whitworth were newly built (10%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the OL12 district, 7%.

The newest postcodes

OL12 8UUsince October 2023OL12 8UTsince February 2023OL12 8JXsince August 2022OL12 8USsince February 2022OL12 8WBsince February 2022OL12 8BFsince June 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 WhitworthAcross the OL12 district
The 12 months to August 2026 3 of 88 (3%) 3 of 435 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 12 of 124 (10%) 35 of 508 (7%)

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 Whitworth?

Ofcom reports on 213 of the 214 postcodes in Whitworth. At 180 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit180 of 213
Postcodes where every home can get superfast208 of 213

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 Whitworth at risk of flooding?

60 of the 214 postcodes in Whitworth 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 184 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 60 of 214 postcodes High: 163Medium: 21Low: 391Very low: 47

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 Whitworth?

The open schools at the postcodes in Whitworth. 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

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Whitworth?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Whitworth is Smithy Bridge Rail Station, 5.1 km away in a straight line.

  • Smithy Bridge Rail Station Railway station 5.1 kmDrive
  • Littleborough Rail Station Railway station 5.6 kmDrive
  • Rochdale 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 Whitworth?

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

Police.uk records 520 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Whitworth over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. The mile also takes in part of Greater Manchester's police force, which has published nothing to Police.uk: crimes there are not in these figures. 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. 41 September 2025
  2. 44 October 2025
  3. 34 November 2025
  4. 41 December 2025
  5. 53 January 2026
  6. 52 February 2026
  7. 37 March 2026
  8. 25 April 2026
  9. 47 May 2026
  10. 41 June 2026
  11. 63 July 2026
  12. 42 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences213 reports
Anti-social behaviour149 reports
Criminal damage and arson40 reports
Other theft29 reports
Public order25 reports
Vehicle crime21 reports
Burglary15 reports
Shoplifting12 reports

Also: drugs 7, other crime 6, robbery 2, possession of weapons 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 Whitworth?

District, borough or city council
Rossendale
County council
Lancashire
Parliamentary constituency
Rossendale and Darwen
Police force area
Lancashire
Region
North West
Country
England
MP
Andy MacNae (Labour)

All 214 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 Whitworth

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Whitworth postcodes

214 postcodes in use in Whitworth, by district:

OL12 postcode district,214 postcodes

That district is in the OL 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 Whitworth

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Whitworth's £187,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Bacup4.7 km, £165,000Rochdale5.0 km, £202,000Littleborough5.1 km, £226,125Summit5.9 km, £190,000Milnrow6.9 km, £225,000Todmorden7.7 km, £178,000Rawtenstall8.2 km, £196,898Heywood8.4 km, £190,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Whitworth

What is it like to live in Whitworth?
Homes sold for a typical £187,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.9% on the 12 months before. At 180 of the 213 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 184 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 60 of its 214 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Smithy Bridge, 5.1 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 Whitworth?
Whitworth is covered by postcode district OL12, across 214 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Whitworth in?
Whitworth is in the Rossendale council area, and Lancashire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Whitworth?
Whitworth 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 Whitworth?
Homes in Whitworth sold for a typical £187,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 88 sales, up 1.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Whitworth?
In Whitworth, primary schools at its postcodes include Our Lady and St Anselm's Roman Catholic Primary School, Whitworth, St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School and Tonacliffe Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Whitworth Community High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Whitworth have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Whitworth is Smithy Bridge, 5.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Whitworth?
Ofcom reports on 213 of the 214 postcodes in Whitworth. At 180 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Whitworth at risk of flooding?
60 of the 214 postcodes in Whitworth 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 184 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 Whitworth?
6 of the 214 postcodes now in use in Whitworth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 12 of the 124 homes sold in Whitworth were newly built (10%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the OL12 district, 7%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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