BB8 8FB postcode in Colne, Lancashire

BB8 8FB is a postcode in Colne, in the Waterside & Horsfield ward of Pendle. It is in the Pendle and Clitheroe parliamentary constituency and the Lancashire police force area, and has been in use since May 2008.

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 BB8 8FB can get it Across Pendle: 94% Typical price £186,250 Homes sold in BB8 8, last 12 months. ▲ 0.7% on the year before Nearest station Colne 200 m in a straight line

Where BB8 8FB is, and what is near it

Map of BB8 8FB and what is near it Map of BB8 8FB: its centre point, with the 213 other postcodes in the BB8 8 sector, 4 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 18 bus stops and 1 EV charging point. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. BB8 8AA: also in BB8 8BB8 8AB: also in BB8 8BB8 8AD: also in BB8 8BB8 8AE: also in BB8 8BB8 8AF: also in BB8 8BB8 8AG: also in BB8 8BB8 8AH: also in BB8 8BB8 8AJ: also in BB8 8BB8 8AL: also in BB8 8BB8 8AN: also in BB8 8BB8 8AQ: also in BB8 8BB8 8AS: also in BB8 8BB8 8AT: also in BB8 8BB8 8AU: also in BB8 8BB8 8AW: also in BB8 8BB8 8AX: also in BB8 8BB8 8AZ: also in BB8 8BB8 8BA: also in BB8 8BB8 8BD: also in BB8 8BB8 8BE: also in BB8 8BB8 8BF: also in BB8 8BB8 8BG: also in BB8 8BB8 8BQ: also in BB8 8BB8 8DG: also in BB8 8BB8 8DH: also in BB8 8BB8 8DJ: also in BB8 8BB8 8DL: also in BB8 8BB8 8DP: also in BB8 8BB8 8DQ: also in BB8 8BB8 8DR: also in BB8 8BB8 8DS: also in BB8 8BB8 8DT: also in BB8 8BB8 8DU: also in BB8 8BB8 8DW: also in BB8 8BB8 8DX: also in BB8 8BB8 8DY: also in BB8 8BB8 8DZ: also in BB8 8BB8 8EB: also in BB8 8BB8 8EE: also in BB8 8BB8 8EF: also in BB8 8BB8 8EG: also in BB8 8BB8 8EH: also in BB8 8BB8 8EJ: also in BB8 8BB8 8EP: also in BB8 8BB8 8EQ: also in BB8 8BB8 8ER: also in BB8 8BB8 8ET: also in BB8 8BB8 8EW: also in BB8 8BB8 8EY: also in BB8 8BB8 8EZ: also in BB8 8BB8 8FA: also in BB8 8BB8 8FD: also in BB8 8BB8 8FE: also in BB8 8BB8 8FF: also in BB8 8BB8 8FG: also in BB8 8BB8 8FL: also in BB8 8BB8 8FP: also in BB8 8BB8 8HA: also in BB8 8BB8 8HG: also in BB8 8BB8 8HJ: also in BB8 8BB8 8HQ: also in BB8 8BB8 8HT: also in BB8 8BB8 8HZ: also in BB8 8BB8 8JA: also in BB8 8BB8 8JB: also in BB8 8BB8 8JD: also in BB8 8BB8 8JE: also in BB8 8BB8 8JF: also in BB8 8BB8 8JG: also in BB8 8BB8 8JH: also in BB8 8BB8 8JJ: also in BB8 8BB8 8JL: also in BB8 8BB8 8JN: also in BB8 8BB8 8JP: also in BB8 8BB8 8JQ: also in BB8 8BB8 8JR: also in BB8 8BB8 8JW: also in BB8 8BB8 8LB: also in BB8 8BB8 8LE: also in BB8 8BB8 8LH: also in BB8 8BB8 8LJ: also in BB8 8BB8 8LU: also in BB8 8BB8 8LY: also in BB8 8 The Nook School 950 mBarrowford Surgery 2.8 kmNelson station 2.9 kmHarambee Surgery 3.0 kmColne BB8 8FB Map of BB8 8FB and what is near it Map of BB8 8FB: its centre point, with the 213 other postcodes in the BB8 8 sector, 4 schools, 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 18 bus stops and 1 EV charging point. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Nelson station 2.9 kmWaterside & Horsfield BB8 8FB
  • BB8 8FB
  • Other postcodes in BB8 8: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 18 bus stops
  • 1 EV charging point
  • 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 53.8529, longitude -2.1811)

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; charging points: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after BB8 8FB?

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. What each council does: GOV.UK. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at BB8 8FB?

Every home and business at BB8 8FB can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

BB8 8FB 100% Pendle 94%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

BB8 8FB 100% Pendle 98%
Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

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 BB8 8FB?

BinDayBuddy does not read Pendle Borough Council's collection days yet, so the council's own checker is the place to look.

Pendle Borough Council's bin days

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 BB8 8FB 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 BB8 8FB.

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 Pendle

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for BB8 8FB: 1,149 properties in Pendle are at high risk (2.3% of all its properties). All the figures for Pendle

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 BB8 8FB is in 2 of the Environment Agency's flood warning areas. No warning or alert was in force for them at 22:14 on 22 October 2026.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026; warnings in force checked at 22:14 on 22 October 2026, using Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta). Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near BB8 8FB?

Homes in BB8 8 sold for a typical £186,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 84 sales, up 0.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£186,250 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£185,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 0.7% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £300,000 11 sales
  • Semi-detached £207,000 23 sales
  • Terraced £165,500 48 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 BB8 district: a typical £153,500 from 310 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 BB8 8FB

HM Land Registry records 2 standard sales of homes in BB8 8FB from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 22 August 2025. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of 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 BB8 8FB?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 860 homes in the neighbourhood around BB8 8FB. Over half of them (81%) are in council tax band A. More were built before 1900 than in any other period (59%). 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 BB8 8FB

Band D in Pendle for 2026‑27: £2,640. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,760 (band A) to £3,227 (band E); band A, the most common, is £1,760.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 700 (81%)£1,760
Band Babout 110 (13%)£2,053
Band Cabout 20 (2%)£2,347
Band Dabout 10 (1%)£2,640
Band Eabout 20 (2%)£3,227
Band Ffewer than 5£3,814
Band Gfewer than 5£4,400
Band Hfewer than 5£5,280

When the homes were built

  1. 59% Before 1900
  2. Withheld 1900 to 1918
  3. None 1919 to 1939
  4. 6% 1945 to 1964
  5. 9% 1965 to 1982
  6. 8% 1983 to 1999
  7. 13% 2000 to 2009
  8. 5% 2010 to 2019
  9. None 2020 or later

1919 to 1939, 2020 or later: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Pendle 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 BB8 8FB is in (ONS area E01025226), 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 BB8 8FB?

The nearest open schools to BB8 8FB, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near BB8 8FB, 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 BB8 8FB?

The nearest railway station to the centre of BB8 8FB is Colne Rail Station, 200 metres away in a straight line.

  • Colne Rail Station Railway station 200 mWalk
  • Nelson Rail Station Railway station 2.9 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 Knotts Lane Shops, 37 m away.

More stations near BB8 8FB, 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 BB8 8FB?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of BB8 8FB, 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 BB8 8FB?

1 within 1 km 3 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of BB8 8FB, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • Tesla Supercharger Charging point · 8 chargers · CCS · up to 250 kW 700 mWalk
  • Instavolt Charging point · 2 chargers 2.1 kmCycle
  • Instavolt Charging point · 2 chargers 2.8 kmCycle

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

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 BB8 8FB?

The nearest to the centre of BB8 8FB, 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 BB8 8FB?

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 BB8 8FB?

The nearest care homes to the centre of BB8 8FB, 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 BB8 8FB?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of BB8 8FB, 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 BB8 8FB?

The nearest vets to the centre of BB8 8FB 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 BB8 8FB in a conservation area?

The centre of BB8 8FB 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 BB8 8FB?

Police.uk records 174 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of BB8 8FB in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences65 reports
Anti-social behaviour36 reports
Criminal damage and arson21 reports
Shoplifting14 reports
Public order10 reports
Drugs9 reports

Also: other theft 6, burglary 4, vehicle crime 4, other crime 4, possession of weapons 1.

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 BB8 8FB

Ward
Waterside & Horsfield
Parish
Colne
Region
North West
Country
England
Built-up area
Colne
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
May 2008

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

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The nearest postcodes in use, measured in a straight line between centre points.

BB8 8AD0 mBB8 8FE40 mBB8 8AF70 mBB8 8AG100 mBB8 8EQ110 mBB8 8AQ110 m
All of BB8

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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