BB1 8BU postcode in Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen

BB1 8BU is a postcode in Blackburn, in the Shear Brow & Corporation Park ward of Blackburn with Darwen. It is in the Blackburn parliamentary constituency and the Lancashire police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses at BB1 8BU can get it Across Blackburn with Darwen: 93% Typical price £200,000 Homes sold in BB1 8, last 12 months. 0% on the year before Nearest station Blackburn 1.1 km in a straight line

Where BB1 8BU is, and what is near it

Map of BB1 8BU and what is near it Map of BB1 8BU: its centre point, with the 163 other postcodes in the BB1 8 sector, 4 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices and 18 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. BB1 8AA: also in BB1 8BB1 8AB: also in BB1 8BB1 8AE: also in BB1 8BB1 8AF: also in BB1 8BB1 8AG: also in BB1 8BB1 8AH: also in BB1 8BB1 8AL: also in BB1 8BB1 8AN: also in BB1 8BB1 8AP: also in BB1 8BB1 8AT: also in BB1 8BB1 8AW: also in BB1 8BB1 8AY: also in BB1 8BB1 8AZ: also in BB1 8BB1 8BA: also in BB1 8BB1 8BB: also in BB1 8BB1 8BE: also in BB1 8BB1 8BF: also in BB1 8BB1 8BG: also in BB1 8BB1 8BH: also in BB1 8BB1 8BJ: also in BB1 8BB1 8BL: also in BB1 8BB1 8BN: also in BB1 8BB1 8BQ: also in BB1 8BB1 8BS: also in BB1 8BB1 8BT: also in BB1 8BB1 8BX: also in BB1 8BB1 8BY: also in BB1 8BB1 8BZ: also in BB1 8BB1 8DD: also in BB1 8BB1 8DF: also in BB1 8BB1 8DG: also in BB1 8BB1 8DH: also in BB1 8BB1 8DJ: also in BB1 8BB1 8DL: also in BB1 8BB1 8DN: also in BB1 8BB1 8DP: also in BB1 8BB1 8DQ: also in BB1 8BB1 8DR: also in BB1 8BB1 8DS: also in BB1 8BB1 8DT: also in BB1 8BB1 8DU: also in BB1 8BB1 8DW: also in BB1 8BB1 8DY: also in BB1 8BB1 8DZ: also in BB1 8BB1 8EA: also in BB1 8BB1 8EB: also in BB1 8BB1 8ED: also in BB1 8BB1 8EG: also in BB1 8BB1 8EJ: also in BB1 8BB1 8EL: also in BB1 8BB1 8EN: also in BB1 8BB1 8EP: also in BB1 8BB1 8ER: also in BB1 8BB1 8ES: also in BB1 8BB1 8ET: also in BB1 8BB1 8EU: also in BB1 8BB1 8EW: also in BB1 8BB1 8EX: also in BB1 8BB1 8EY: also in BB1 8BB1 8EZ: also in BB1 8BB1 8FR: also in BB1 8BB1 8HA: also in BB1 8BB1 8HH: also in BB1 8BB1 8HJ: also in BB1 8BB1 8HL: also in BB1 8BB1 8HP: also in BB1 8BB1 8HQ: also in BB1 8BB1 8HU: also in BB1 8BB1 8HW: also in BB1 8BB1 8HX: also in BB1 8BB1 8HY: also in BB1 8BB1 8HZ: also in BB1 8BB1 8JA: also in BB1 8BB1 8JB: also in BB1 8BB1 8JD: also in BB1 8BB1 8JE: also in BB1 8BB1 8JN: also in BB1 8BB1 8JR: also in BB1 8BB1 8JS: also in BB1 8BB1 8JW: also in BB1 8BB1 8JX: also in BB1 8BB1 8JY: also in BB1 8BB1 8LE: also in BB1 8BB1 8LF: also in BB1 8BB1 8LG: also in BB1 8BB1 8LP: also in BB1 8BB1 8LW: also in BB1 8BB1 8NN: also in BB1 8BB1 8NP: also in BB1 8BB1 8NU: also in BB1 8BB1 8NW: also in BB1 8BB1 8NX: also in BB1 8BB1 8NY: also in BB1 8BB1 8NZ: also in BB1 8BB1 8RH: also in BB1 8BB1 8RJ: also in BB1 8BB1 8RL: also in BB1 8BB1 8RN: also in BB1 8BB1 8RW: also in BB1 8 School 1.3 kmRoe Lee BB1 8BU Map of BB1 8BU and what is near it Map of BB1 8BU: its centre point, with the 163 other postcodes in the BB1 8 sector, 4 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices and 18 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. School 1.3 kmRoe Lee BB1 8BU
  • BB1 8BU
  • Other postcodes in BB1 8: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 18 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 53.7543, longitude -2.4895)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after BB1 8BU?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at BB1 8BU?

Every home and business at BB1 8BU can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

BB1 8BU 100% Blackburn with Darwen 93%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

BB1 8BU 100% Blackburn with Darwen 99%
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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

When are the bins collected at BB1 8BU?

BinDayBuddy has not read Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council's days for BB1 8BU today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

Check the bin days for BB1 8BU on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is BB1 8BU at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include BB1 8BU.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across Blackburn with Darwen

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for BB1 8BU: 3,475 properties in Blackburn with Darwen are at high risk (4.5% of all its properties). All the figures for Blackburn with Darwen

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of BB1 8BU is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near BB1 8BU?

Homes in BB1 8 sold for a typical £200,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 81 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£200,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£200,000 12 months to August 2025
■ no change on the 12 months before
  • Detached £295,000 11 sales
  • Semi-detached £205,000 43 sales
  • Terraced £138,000 16 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £90,000 11 sales

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

Across the whole BB1 district: a typical £169,350 from 470 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in BB1 8BU

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in BB1 8BU from January 2024 to August 2026. The prices above are for the homes around it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

What council tax band are homes near BB1 8BU?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 520 homes in the neighbourhood around BB1 8BU. Over half of them (73%) are in council tax band A. More were built before 1900 than in any other period (38%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around BB1 8BU

Band D in Blackburn with Darwen for 2026‑27: £2,455. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,637 (band A) to £3,001 (band E); band A, the most common, is £1,637.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 380 (73%)£1,637
Band Babout 80 (15%)£1,910
Band Cabout 40 (8%)£2,182
Band Dabout 10 (2%)£2,455
Band Eabout 10 (2%)£3,001
Band Fwithheld£3,547
Band Gwithheld£4,092
Band Hwithheld£4,911

When the homes were built

  1. 38% Before 1900
  2. 19% 1900 to 1918
  3. 8% 1919 to 1939
  4. 4% 1945 to 1964
  5. 10% 1965 to 1982
  6. 6% 1983 to 1999
  7. 13% 2000 to 2009
  8. None 2010 to 2019
  9. 2% 2020 or later

2010 to 2019: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Blackburn with Darwen before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of BB1 8BU is in (ONS area E01012642), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near BB1 8BU?

The nearest open schools to BB1 8BU, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near BB1 8BU, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to BB1 8BU?

The nearest railway station to the centre of BB1 8BU is Blackburn Rail Station, 1.1 km away in a straight line.

  • Blackburn Rail Station Railway station 1.1 kmWalk
  • Mill Hill (Lancs) Rail Station Railway station 2.2 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

18 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Holland Street, 140 m away.

More stations near BB1 8BU, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near BB1 8BU?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of BB1 8BU, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near BB1 8BU?

OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of BB1 8BU on the map as of 20 October 2026. It does not have every charger: Open Charge Map's own map, linked below, may show more.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near BB1 8BU?

The nearest to the centre of BB1 8BU, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to BB1 8BU?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near BB1 8BU?

The nearest care homes to the centre of BB1 8BU, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near BB1 8BU?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of BB1 8BU, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near BB1 8BU?

The nearest vets to the centre of BB1 8BU on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is BB1 8BU in a conservation area?

The centre of BB1 8BU is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near BB1 8BU?

Police.uk records 492 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of BB1 8BU in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences174 reports
Anti-social behaviour93 reports
Public order49 reports
Criminal damage and arson45 reports
Vehicle crime32 reports
Shoplifting29 reports

Also: drugs 23, other theft 14, other crime 11, robbery 8, burglary 7, possession of weapons 7.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for BB1 8BU

Ward
Shear Brow & Corporation Park
Parish
Not in a parish
Region
North West
Country
England
Built-up area
Blackburn
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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