BB1 3 postcode sector in the BB1 district

BB1 3 is a sector of the BB1 district: every postcode that starts BB1 3. It has 94 postcodes in use, 7 of them large-user postcodes. A large-user postcode is one Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

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Every postcode in the BB1 3 sector, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in the BB1 3 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 94 postcodes in the BB1 3 sector that ONS places, 9 are new since 2020 and 85 were in use before 2020. Places named: Blackburn. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. M65A6119A678 BB1 3AB: before 2020BB1 3AD: before 2020BB1 3AE: before 2020BB1 3AG: before 2020BB1 3AL: before 2020BB1 3AN: before 2020BB1 3AQ: before 2020BB1 3AR: before 2020BB1 3AT: before 2020BB1 3AZ: before 2020BB1 3BD: before 2020BB1 3BL: before 2020BB1 3BS: before 2020BB1 3BW: before 2020BB1 3BY: before 2020BB1 3BZ: before 2020BB1 3DF: before 2020BB1 3DW: before 2020BB1 3DZ: before 2020BB1 3EA: before 2020BB1 3EE: before 2020BB1 3ES: before 2020BB1 3EU: before 2020BB1 3HD: before 2020BB1 3HF: before 2020BB1 3HJ: before 2020BB1 3HL: before 2020BB1 3HN: before 2020BB1 3HP: before 2020BB1 3HQ: before 2020BB1 3HR: before 2020BB1 3HT: before 2020BB1 3HU: before 2020BB1 3HW: before 2020BB1 3HY: before 2020BB1 3JA: before 2020BB1 3JB: before 2020BB1 3JD: before 2020BB1 3JL: before 2020BB1 3JP: before 2020BB1 3JR: before 2020BB1 3JS: before 2020BB1 3JT: before 2020BB1 3JU: before 2020BB1 3JW: before 2020BB1 3JX: before 2020BB1 3JY: before 2020BB1 3JZ: before 2020BB1 3LA: before 2020BB1 3LB: before 2020BB1 3LD: before 2020BB1 3LE: before 2020BB1 3LF: before 2020BB1 3LG: before 2020BB1 3LH: before 2020BB1 3LJ: before 2020BB1 3LL: before 2020BB1 3LN: before 2020BB1 3LP: before 2020BB1 3LQ: before 2020BB1 3LR: before 2020BB1 3LS: before 2020BB1 3LU: before 2020BB1 3LW: before 2020BB1 3LX: before 2020BB1 3LY: before 2020BB1 3LZ: before 2020BB1 3NA: before 2020BB1 3NB: before 2020BB1 3ND: before 2020BB1 3NG: before 2020BB1 3NH: before 2020BB1 3NJ: before 2020BB1 3NN: before 2020BB1 3NP: before 2020BB1 3NQ: before 2020BB1 3NR: before 2020BB1 3NS: before 2020BB1 3NT: before 2020BB1 3NU: before 2020BB1 3NW: before 2020BB1 3NY: before 2020BB1 3AJ: new since 2020BB1 3AP: new since 2020BB1 3AS: new since 2020BB1 3AX: new since 2020BB1 3AY: new since 2020BB1 3BQ: new since 2020BB1 3DL: new since 2020BB1 3DP: new since 2020BB1 3BG: new since 2020 Blackburn Map of every postcode in the BB1 3 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 94 postcodes in the BB1 3 sector that ONS places, 9 are new since 2020 and 85 were in use before 2020. Places named: Blackburn. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A666A678M65 Blackburn
  • New since 2020: 9
  • In use before 2020: 85

Of the 94 postcodes in the BB1 3 sector that ONS places, 9 are new since 2020 and 85 were in use before 2020.

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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 do homes sell for in BB1 3?

Homes in BB1 3 sold for a typical £151,250 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 26 sales, up 8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£151,250 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£140,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 8% on the 12 months before
  • Detached 1 sale, too few to price
  • Semi-detached £165,000 16 sales
  • Terraced £132,000 8 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

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

Standard sales of homes at market value at the postcodes that start BB1 3. A typical price is the median, the middle sale, given from 5 sales or more.

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

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