BB5 3 postcode sector in the BB5 district

BB5 3 is a sector of the BB5 district: every postcode that starts BB5 3. It has 225 postcodes in use, 2 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 BB5 3 sector, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in the BB5 3 sector, by flood risk Of the 225 postcodes in the BB5 3 sector that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 9 are at medium risk at worst, 18 are at low risk at worst and 190 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 9 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Oswaldtwistle. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. M65 BB5 3AA: not on the flood risk listBB5 3AB: not on the flood risk listBB5 3AE: not on the flood risk listBB5 3AF: not on the flood risk listBB5 3AG: not on the flood risk listBB5 3AH: not on the flood risk listBB5 3AJ: not on the flood risk listBB5 3AL: not on the flood risk listBB5 3AN: not on the flood risk listBB5 3AP: not on the flood risk listBB5 3AQ: not on the flood risk listBB5 3AR: not on the flood risk listBB5 3AS: not on the flood risk listBB5 3AT: not on the flood risk listBB5 3AU: not on the flood risk listBB5 3AW: not on the flood risk listBB5 3AX: not on the flood risk listBB5 3AY: not on the flood risk listBB5 3AZ: not on the flood risk listBB5 3BA: not on the flood risk listBB5 3BB: not on the flood risk listBB5 3BD: not on the flood risk listBB5 3BE: not on the flood risk listBB5 3BF: not on the flood risk listBB5 3BG: not on the flood risk listBB5 3BH: not on the flood risk listBB5 3BJ: not on the flood risk listBB5 3BL: not on the flood risk listBB5 3BN: not on the flood risk listBB5 3BP: not on the flood risk listBB5 3BS: not on the flood risk listBB5 3BT: not on the flood risk listBB5 3BU: not on the flood risk listBB5 3BX: not on the flood risk listBB5 3DA: not on the flood risk listBB5 3DB: not on the flood risk listBB5 3DD: not on the flood risk listBB5 3DE: not on the flood risk listBB5 3DF: not on the flood risk listBB5 3DH: not on the flood risk listBB5 3DL: not on the flood risk listBB5 3DQ: not on the flood risk listBB5 3DW: not on the flood risk listBB5 3DY: not on the flood risk listBB5 3DZ: not on the flood risk listBB5 3EA: not on the flood risk listBB5 3EB: not on the flood risk listBB5 3EE: not on the flood risk listBB5 3EF: not on the flood risk listBB5 3EL: not on the flood risk listBB5 3EN: not on the flood risk listBB5 3EP: not on the flood risk listBB5 3EU: not on the flood risk listBB5 3EW: not on the flood risk listBB5 3EX: not on the flood risk listBB5 3EY: not on the flood risk listBB5 3EZ: not on the flood risk listBB5 3FB: not on the flood risk listBB5 3FD: not on the flood risk listBB5 3FE: not on the flood risk listBB5 3FF: not on the flood risk listBB5 3HD: not on the flood risk listBB5 3HE: not on the flood risk listBB5 3HN: not on the flood risk listBB5 3HP: not on the flood risk listBB5 3HQ: not on the flood risk listBB5 3HW: not on the flood risk listBB5 3HZ: not on the flood risk listBB5 3JA: not on the flood risk listBB5 3JD: not on the flood risk listBB5 3JE: not on the flood risk listBB5 3JF: not on the flood risk listBB5 3JG: not on the flood risk listBB5 3JH: not on the flood risk listBB5 3JJ: not on the flood risk listBB5 3JL: not on the flood risk listBB5 3JN: not on the flood risk listBB5 3JQ: not on the flood risk listBB5 3JS: not on the flood risk listBB5 3JW: not on the flood risk listBB5 3LA: not on the flood risk listBB5 3LB: not on the flood risk listBB5 3LD: not on the flood risk listBB5 3LE: not on the flood risk listBB5 3LF: not on the flood risk listBB5 3LG: not on the flood risk listBB5 3LH: not on the flood risk listBB5 3LJ: not on the flood risk listBB5 3LN: not on the flood risk listBB5 3LP: not on the flood risk listBB5 3LR: not on the flood risk listBB5 3LS: not on the flood risk listBB5 3LT: not on the flood risk listBB5 3LW: not on the flood risk listBB5 3LY: not on the flood risk listBB5 3LZ: not on the flood risk listBB5 3NA: not on the flood risk listBB5 3NB: not on the flood risk listBB5 3ND: not on the flood risk listBB5 3NE: not on the flood risk listBB5 3NF: not on the flood risk listBB5 3NH: not on the flood risk listBB5 3NP: not on the flood risk listBB5 3NQ: not on the flood risk listBB5 3NS: not on the flood risk listBB5 3NU: not on the flood risk listBB5 3NW: not on the flood risk listBB5 3NY: not on the flood risk listBB5 3PA: not on the flood risk listBB5 3PF: not on the flood risk listBB5 3PH: not on the flood risk listBB5 3PN: not on the flood risk listBB5 3PP: not on the flood risk listBB5 3PR: not on the flood risk listBB5 3PS: not on the flood risk listBB5 3PT: not on the flood risk listBB5 3PW: not on the flood risk listBB5 3PX: not on the flood risk listBB5 3PY: not on the flood risk listBB5 3PZ: not on the flood risk listBB5 3QA: not on the flood risk listBB5 3QB: not on the flood risk listBB5 3QD: not on the flood risk listBB5 3QE: not on the flood risk listBB5 3QG: not on the flood risk listBB5 3QJ: not on the flood risk listBB5 3QN: not on the flood risk listBB5 3QP: not on the flood risk listBB5 3QQ: not on the flood risk listBB5 3QR: not on the flood risk listBB5 3QS: not on the flood risk listBB5 3QT: not on the flood risk listBB5 3QU: not on the flood risk listBB5 3QW: not on the flood risk listBB5 3QX: not on the flood risk listBB5 3QY: not on the flood risk listBB5 3RA: not on the flood risk listBB5 3RE: not on the flood risk listBB5 3RF: not on the flood risk listBB5 3RJ: not on the flood risk listBB5 3RL: not on the flood risk listBB5 3RN: not on the flood risk listBB5 3RP: not on the flood risk listBB5 3RR: not on the flood risk listBB5 3RS: not on the flood risk listBB5 3RT: not on the flood risk listBB5 3RW: not on the flood risk listBB5 3RX: not on the flood risk listBB5 3RZ: not on the flood risk listBB5 3SA: not on the flood risk listBB5 3SB: not on the flood risk listBB5 3SD: not on the flood risk listBB5 3SE: not on the flood risk listBB5 3SF: not on the flood risk listBB5 3SH: not on the flood risk listBB5 3SJ: not on the flood risk listBB5 3SL: not on the flood risk listBB5 3SN: not on the flood risk listBB5 3SQ: not on the flood risk listBB5 3SR: not on the flood risk listBB5 3SS: not on the flood risk listBB5 3SW: not on the flood risk listBB5 3TB: not on the flood risk listBB5 3TD: not on the flood risk listBB5 3TE: not on the flood risk listBB5 3TF: not on the flood risk listBB5 3TG: not on the flood risk listBB5 3TH: not on the flood risk listBB5 3TJ: not on the flood risk listBB5 3TL: not on the flood risk listBB5 3TN: not on the flood risk listBB5 3TP: not on the flood risk listBB5 3TQ: not on the flood risk listBB5 3BZ: low flood risk at worstBB5 3ER: low flood risk at worstBB5 3HH: low flood risk at worstBB5 3HG: low flood risk at worstBB5 3HR: low flood risk at worstBB5 3HS: low flood risk at worstBB5 3HU: low flood risk at worstBB5 3JP: low flood risk at worstBB5 3JU: low flood risk at worstBB5 3JX: low flood risk at worstBB5 3JY: low flood risk at worstBB5 3QF: low flood risk at worstBB5 3QL: low flood risk at worstBB5 3QZ: low flood risk at worstBB5 3TW: low flood risk at worstBB5 3HY: medium flood risk at worstBB5 3LQ: medium flood risk at worstBB5 3LU: medium flood risk at worstBB5 3LX: medium flood risk at worstBB5 3NT: medium flood risk at worstBB5 3QH: medium flood risk at worstBB5 3RU: medium flood risk at worstBB5 3SY: medium flood risk at worstBB5 3TA: medium flood risk at worstBB5 3BW: high flood riskBB5 3DR: high flood riskBB5 3EG: high flood riskBB5 3DU: high flood riskBB5 3HX: high flood riskBB5 3RG: high flood riskBB5 3RH: high flood riskBB5 3RQ: high flood risk Oswaldtwistle 9 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to BB5 3EG, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk9 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in the BB5 3 sector, by flood risk Of the 225 postcodes in the BB5 3 sector that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 9 are at medium risk at worst, 18 are at low risk at worst and 190 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 9 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Oswaldtwistle. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A679A680 Oswaldtwistle
  • A home or business at high risk: 8
  • At medium risk at worst: 9
  • At low risk at worst: 18
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 190
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 225 postcodes in the BB5 3 sector that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 9 are at medium risk at worst, 18 are at low risk at worst and 190 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.

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

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

BB5 3RG7 at high riskBB5 3DU5 at high riskBB5 3RQ5 at high riskBB5 3EG4 at high riskBB5 3HX3 at high riskBB5 3BW3 at high riskBB5 3DR1 at high riskBB5 3RH1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 9 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BB5 3EG, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What do homes sell for in BB5 3?

Homes in BB5 3 sold for a typical £125,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 92 sales, down 2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£125,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£127,500 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 2% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £275,000 7 sales
  • Semi-detached £169,000 16 sales
  • Terraced £115,000 66 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 3 sales, 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 BB5 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

Postcodes in BB5 3

Pick a postcode to see its council and MP, broadband, flood risk, what homes sell for, council tax, the nearest schools and stations, and crime around it.

BB5 3AABB5 3ABBB5 3ADBB5 3AEBB5 3AFBB5 3AGBB5 3AHBB5 3AJBB5 3ALBB5 3ANBB5 3APBB5 3AQBB5 3ARBB5 3ASBB5 3ATBB5 3AUBB5 3AWBB5 3AXBB5 3AYBB5 3AZBB5 3BABB5 3BBBB5 3BDBB5 3BEBB5 3BFBB5 3BGBB5 3BHBB5 3BJBB5 3BLBB5 3BNBB5 3BPBB5 3BQBB5 3BSBB5 3BTBB5 3BUBB5 3BWBB5 3BXBB5 3BYBB5 3BZBB5 3DABB5 3DBBB5 3DDBB5 3DEBB5 3DFBB5 3DHBB5 3DLBB5 3DNBB5 3DQBB5 3DRBB5 3DTBB5 3DUBB5 3DWBB5 3DYBB5 3DZBB5 3EABB5 3EBBB5 3EEBB5 3EFBB5 3EGBB5 3ELBB5 3ENBB5 3EPBB5 3ERBB5 3EUBB5 3EWBB5 3EXBB5 3EYBB5 3EZBB5 3FBBB5 3FDBB5 3FEBB5 3FFBB5 3FGBB5 3FHBB5 3HDBB5 3HEBB5 3HFBB5 3HGBB5 3HHBB5 3HJBB5 3HNBB5 3HPBB5 3HQBB5 3HRBB5 3HSBB5 3HUBB5 3HWBB5 3HXBB5 3HYBB5 3HZBB5 3JABB5 3JBBB5 3JDBB5 3JEBB5 3JFBB5 3JGBB5 3JHBB5 3JJBB5 3JLBB5 3JNBB5 3JPBB5 3JQBB5 3JRBB5 3JSBB5 3JTBB5 3JUBB5 3JWBB5 3JXBB5 3JYBB5 3JZBB5 3LABB5 3LBBB5 3LDBB5 3LEBB5 3LFBB5 3LGBB5 3LHBB5 3LJBB5 3LLBB5 3LNBB5 3LPBB5 3LQBB5 3LRBB5 3LSBB5 3LTBB5 3LUBB5 3LWBB5 3LXBB5 3LYBB5 3LZBB5 3NABB5 3NBBB5 3NDBB5 3NEBB5 3NFBB5 3NGBB5 3NHBB5 3NPBB5 3NQBB5 3NSBB5 3NTBB5 3NUBB5 3NWBB5 3NYBB5 3PABB5 3PFBB5 3PHBB5 3PJBB5 3PLBB5 3PNBB5 3PPBB5 3PRBB5 3PSBB5 3PTBB5 3PWBB5 3PXBB5 3PYBB5 3PZBB5 3QABB5 3QBBB5 3QDBB5 3QEBB5 3QFBB5 3QGBB5 3QHBB5 3QJBB5 3QLBB5 3QNBB5 3QPBB5 3QQBB5 3QRBB5 3QSBB5 3QTBB5 3QUBB5 3QWBB5 3QXBB5 3QYBB5 3QZBB5 3RABB5 3REBB5 3RFBB5 3RGBB5 3RHBB5 3RJBB5 3RLBB5 3RNBB5 3RPBB5 3RQBB5 3RRBB5 3RSBB5 3RTBB5 3RUBB5 3RWBB5 3RXBB5 3RYBB5 3RZBB5 3SABB5 3SBBB5 3SDBB5 3SEBB5 3SFBB5 3SGBB5 3SHBB5 3SJBB5 3SLBB5 3SNBB5 3SQBB5 3SRBB5 3SSBB5 3SWBB5 3SYBB5 3SZBB5 3TABB5 3TBBB5 3TDBB5 3TEBB5 3TFBB5 3TGBB5 3THBB5 3TJBB5 3TLBB5 3TNBB5 3TPBB5 3TQBB5 3TW

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Postcodes that have ended are not listed. See all our data sources

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