Aintree Drive Blackburn

69 addresses across 1 postcode (BB3), about 460 m (0.3 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 2904140.

  • Sales: 184 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £199,995 across 1 sale.
  • Prices and rents: A typical home in Blackburn with Darwen cost £160,727 in August 2026 (-0.2% on a year); private rents averaged £715 a month.
  • Energy: 47 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 17, D: 29).
  • Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
  • Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
  • Coal mining: It is in a coalfield, in a low risk area.
  • Radon: Up to 3 to 5% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
  • Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Suezlower, Eccleshill Road - Anaerobic Digestion Facility, is 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
  • Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Blackburn with Darwen costs £2,455 a year in 2026-27.
  • Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
  • Transport: The nearest railway station is Mill Hill (Lancs), about 2.6 km (1.6 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: The nearest park or garden, Queen's Park, is about 1.7 km (1.1 miles) away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 129 to 158 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 12 of its 69 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Roman Road Health Centre, about 620 m (0.4 miles) away.
  • People: About 320 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 91% of households owned their home and 33% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 42 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
  • Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.

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House sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20261£199,995£199,995£199,995
20253£189,950£177,000£230,000
20241£164,000£164,000£164,000
20233£210,000£155,000£235,000
20224£200,000£150,000£210,000
20214£200,250£127,000£230,000
20204£131,500£120,500£145,000
20194£141,000£130,000£218,000
20183£119,000£115,000£126,000
20174£125,000£107,000£141,000
20163£165,000£120,000£186,000
20154£159,750£120,000£187,500
All 184 sales, by house number
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
15 Feb 20021 BB3 0QWDetached£66,000
29 May 19981 BB3 0QWDetached£59,995New build.
10 Sep 19991A BB3 0QWDetached£69,995New build.
12 Sep 19962 BB3 0QWDetached£65,995New build.
19 Mar 20213 BB3 0QWDetached£217,500
23 May 20143 BB3 0QWDetached£165,000
12 Dec 19973 BB3 0QWDetached£81,995New build.
27 Jun 20194 BB3 0QWDetached£137,000
2 Aug 19964 BB3 0QWDetached£56,000New build.
29 Nov 19965 BB3 0QWDetached£74,995New build.
31 Jul 19986 BB3 0QWDetached£57,000
6 Sep 19966 BB3 0QWDetached£56,995New build.
23 Sep 20167 BB3 0QWDetached£165,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
20 Oct 20047 BB3 0QWDetached£125,000
24 Jan 20037 BB3 0QWDetached£89,000
8 Jun 19987 BB3 0QWDetached£84,995New build.
14 Feb 19978 BB3 0QWDetached£67,995New build.
11 Sep 20039 BB3 0QWDetached£121,500
26 Jun 19979 BB3 0QWDetached£75,995New build.
28 Nov 200510 BB3 0QWDetached£137,500
30 May 199710 BB3 0QWDetached£71,995New build.
9 Dec 201611 BB3 0QWDetached£186,000
8 Mar 200211 BB3 0QWDetached£92,350
17 Apr 199811 BB3 0QWDetached£83,995New build.
24 Mar 200412 BB3 0QWDetached£30,000
27 Jun 199712 BB3 0QWDetached£73,995New build.
20 Dec 200114 BB3 0QWDetached£77,500
20 Dec 199614 BB3 0QWDetached£61,995New build.
19 Feb 201615 BB3 0QWDetached£165,000
16 Aug 200515 BB3 0QWDetached£176,000
30 Jan 199815 BB3 0QWDetached£84,000New build.
21 Dec 199516 BB3 0QWDetached£63,995New build.
27 Aug 200417 BB3 0QWDetached£160,000
16 Apr 199917 BB3 0QWDetached£77,995New build.
26 Jan 199618 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£52,995New build.
29 Oct 199819 BB3 0QWDetached£67,995New build.
14 Mar 202520 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£189,950
15 Nov 201320 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£124,950
30 Apr 199720 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£51,995New build.
23 Nov 202221 BB3 0QWDetached£195,000
6 Jan 201421 BB3 0QWDetached£142,000
16 Jul 200421 BB3 0QWDetached£138,000
29 May 199821 BB3 0QWDetached£67,995New build.
22 Jul 201122 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£105,000
26 Mar 200422 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£93,000
30 Oct 199822 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£44,950
29 May 199822 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£42,000
20 Dec 199522 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£43,995New build.
2 Sep 202123 BB3 0QWDetached£230,000
14 Aug 202023 BB3 0QWDetached£205,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
20 May 201623 BB3 0QWDetached£170,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
7 Jan 200523 BB3 0QWDetached£171,000
20 Feb 200423 BB3 0QWDetached£145,000
14 Jun 199923 BB3 0QWDetached£79,995New build.
21 Dec 199524 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£43,995New build.
9 Jan 201525 BB3 0QWDetached£142,500
12 Jan 200425 BB3 0QWDetached£120,000
18 Oct 200225 BB3 0QWDetached£99,995
28 Nov 199725 BB3 0QWDetached£68,995New build.
2 Dec 200526 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£119,950
22 Aug 200326 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£88,500
2 Sep 199626 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£51,995New build.
22 Sep 202327 BB3 0QWDetached£235,000
26 Jun 202027 BB3 0QWDetached£145,000
16 Oct 199827 BB3 0QWDetached£77,995New build.
30 Aug 202428 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£164,000
6 Dec 201928 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£130,000
7 Aug 200628 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£124,000
13 Mar 200128 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£52,500
14 Apr 199728 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£53,995New build.
23 May 200829 BB3 0QWDetached£142,500
4 Dec 199729 BB3 0QWDetached£61,995New build.
28 Jun 199630 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£43,995New build.
17 Jan 200331 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£79,950
19 Jul 199931 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£55,995New build.
11 Dec 201532 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£120,000
22 Aug 200332 BB3 0QWDetached£77,250
21 Jun 199632 BB3 0QWDetached£43,995New build.
30 Jun 199933 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£55,495New build.
27 Nov 200934 BB3 0QWDetached£115,000
21 Dec 199934 BB3 0QWDetached£55,000
27 Jun 199734 BB3 0QWDetached£57,995New build.
21 May 201235 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£91,000
30 Jun 199935 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£44,495New build.
15 Dec 200635A BB3 0QWSemi-detached£115,000
30 Jun 199935A BB3 0QWSemi-detached£44,495New build.
18 Jan 201936 BB3 0QWDetached£218,000
24 Apr 201536 BB3 0QWDetached£177,000
19 Mar 201036 BB3 0QWDetached£180,000
18 Oct 199936 BB3 0QWDetached£89,995
9 Nov 202037 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£137,500
28 May 199937 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£54,995New build.
1 May 201538 BB3 0QWDetached£187,500
12 Feb 201038 BB3 0QWDetached£190,000
27 Feb 199838 BB3 0QWDetached£78,000New build.
26 Jan 201839 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£126,000
28 May 199939 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£54,995New build.
20 Dec 201340 BB3 0QWDetached£164,500
27 Nov 200040 BB3 0QWDetached£79,950
30 Jun 199740 BB3 0QWDetached£78,000New build.
30 Aug 201341 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£105,000
29 Jun 200741 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£136,500
18 Sep 200241 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£63,950
28 Jun 199941 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£46,995New build.
28 Jan 202242 BB3 0QWDetached£210,000
15 Dec 199742 BB3 0QWDetached£69,995New build.
31 Aug 202243 BB3 0QWTerraced£150,000
14 Nov 200343 BB3 0QWTerraced£81,950
14 Sep 199943 BB3 0QWTerraced£49,995New build.
5 May 202344 BB3 0QWDetached£210,000
13 Apr 202144 BB3 0QWDetached£183,000
7 May 201044 BB3 0QWDetached£150,000
25 Nov 199844 BB3 0QWDetached£71,995New build.
17 Jun 201145 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£100,000
25 Jun 199945 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£46,995New build.
8 Apr 199946 BB3 0QWDetached£67,995
20 Nov 202047 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£120,500
25 May 199947 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£46,995New build.
5 Jul 200248 BB3 0QWDetached£70,000
30 Sep 199848 BB3 0QWDetached£59,995New build.
14 Nov 200349 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£90,500
23 Jul 199949 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£55,995New build.
29 Sep 201750 BB3 0QWDetached£141,000
12 Dec 200350 BB3 0QWDetached£107,000
18 Dec 199850 BB3 0QWDetached£59,995New build.
8 Dec 200551 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£130,000
9 Jan 200451 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£105,000
23 Apr 199951 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£54,995New build.
5 Jun 202352 BB3 0QWOther£3,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
24 Nov 201752 BB3 0QWDetached£135,000
16 Dec 199852 BB3 0QWDetached£59,995New build.
1 May 202653 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£199,995
27 Mar 202653 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£185,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
10 Aug 201853 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£115,000
20 Jul 200753 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£128,000
23 Apr 199953 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£46,995New build.
30 Nov 202054 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£125,500
28 Mar 201454 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£95,000
24 Jul 199854 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£46,995New build.
14 Nov 202555 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£177,000
29 Jul 201655 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£120,000
1 Apr 201055 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£116,500
12 Mar 201055 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£124,950
13 May 200555 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£95,000
26 Mar 199955 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£46,995New build.
23 Jun 202356 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£155,000
17 Jul 199856 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£46,995New build.
28 Sep 201857 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£119,000
2 Nov 201257 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£110,000
14 Sep 200557 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£98,500
2 Mar 200157 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£46,250
22 Feb 199957 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£43,995New build.
21 Jul 201758 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£115,000
30 Nov 200658 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£117,000
26 Jun 199858 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£42,995New build.
9 Dec 200959 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£155,000
26 Feb 199959 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£43,995New build.
14 Dec 201060 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£120,000
14 Jul 200660 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£127,995
12 Dec 200260 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£56,950
26 Jun 199860 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£42,995New build.
21 Feb 202561 BB3 0QWDetached£230,000
28 Oct 201161 BB3 0QWDetached£140,000
1 Feb 200861 BB3 0QWDetached£165,000
23 Apr 199961 BB3 0QWDetached£67,995New build.
19 Aug 202263 BB3 0QWDetached£205,000
31 Aug 200763 BB3 0QWDetached£171,500
14 Jul 200663 BB3 0QWDetached£160,000
28 May 199963 BB3 0QWDetached£67,995New build.
7 Feb 200365 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£59,000
22 Dec 199865 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£43,995New build.
5 Feb 202167 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£127,000
27 Oct 201767 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£107,000
16 Sep 201167 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£95,000
18 Sep 200967 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£106,000
11 Aug 200667 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£115,000
15 Dec 200367 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£83,000
1 Aug 200367 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£59,950
18 Dec 199867 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£43,995New build.
27 Nov 201369 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£90,900Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
18 Dec 199869 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£54,995New build.
18 Apr 201971 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£145,000
12 Nov 201071 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£124,995
21 Dec 199871 BB3 0QWSemi-detached£55,995New build.

House prices and rents in Blackburn with Darwen

A typical home in Blackburn with Darwen cost £160,727 in August 2026, 0.2% less than a year before. That is 25% more than five years earlier and 52% more than ten years earlier.

HomeTypical price, Aug 2026
Detached£280,280
Semi-detached£178,974
Terraced£135,429
Flat or maisonette£87,504
Bought by a first-time buyer£145,946

Private renters in Blackburn with Darwen paid £715 a month on average in September 2026, 3.8% more than a year before. That is 38% more than five years earlier.

HomeAverage rent a month, Sep 2026
One bedroom£535
Two bedrooms£663
Three bedrooms£783
Four or more bedrooms£1,113

Sources: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry, with the ONS and the Welsh Government), to August 2026; ONS Price Index of Private Rents, to September 2026. Figures for the whole council area, not this street. The typical price is adjusted for the mix of homes that sold, so it is not the value of any one home; the street's own sales are above. Rents are the average paid on all private tenancies, new and existing, so they move more slowly than rents being advertised.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from September 2008 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

47 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 71 m². Most common: House, detached (24); House, semi-detached (23). Built: 1996-2002 (31); 1991-1995 (9); 2003-2006 (4). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (31); rented (private) (1); rented (social) (1).

Each home's certificates and sales (47 addresses)

Gas and electricity use

Homes with gas used 9,125 kWh of it on average in 2024, 20% less than the district's 11,400 kWh, and 3,324 kWh of electricity, 11% more than the district's 3,003 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.

These are all the homes on the postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is BB3.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, postcode level domestic gas and electricity statistics for 2024 (gas from mid-May to mid-May), Open Government Licence: domestic meters on each postcode, from the gas and electricity industry's meter readings. A postcode with fewer than 5 meters of a fuel has no figures for it.

Council tax

What each band costs in Blackburn with Darwen in 2026-27: Band D £2,455 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,637£1,910£2,182£2,455£3,001£3,547£4,092£4,911

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (43% of about 680 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

  • Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
  • Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
  • Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
  • Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
  • Green belt: no.

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Energy projects nearby

1 energy project near the street's postcodes, 1 of it not yet operating.

ProjectKindSizeStageDistance
Suezlower, Eccleshill Road - Anaerobic Digestion Facility Blackburn with Darwen 10/22/1006 Anaerobic digestion Permission granted, not yet built Mar 2023 1.3 km (0.8 miles)

Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.

Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Renewable Energy Planning Database, Q2 2026 extract, Open Government Licence: renewable electricity and storage projects over 150 kW, operating, being built, permitted or applied for. Shown: wind turbines and plants that burn or digest waste within 5 km (3.1 miles), other projects of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles); refused, withdrawn and abandoned projects are left out. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each project's grid reference.

Roadworks

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 31 October 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.

Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.

High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.

Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.

Recorded floods

No recorded flood covers the centre of this street's postcodes.

Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.

Sources: Environment Agency Recorded Flood Outlines; Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Coastal erosion

No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Sources: Environment Agency, National Coastal Erosion Risk Mapping 2024 (England), and Natural Resources Wales, National Coastal Erosion Risk Management (Wales), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each zone; where a postcode centre is inside a zone, some homes on it may not be.

Storm overflows

No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Source: Environment Agency, Event Duration Monitoring storm overflow annual return for 2025, from the water companies' monitors on each overflow in England, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each overflow's outlet. A year's figures are published the following spring; a monitor that worked for less of the year undercounts.

Coal mining

This postcode is in a coalfield, in a low risk area: coal was mined in the area, but no workings shallow enough to matter for building are recorded.

Conveyancers usually still order a coal mining search (CON29M) for a home in a coalfield.

Source: Mining Remediation Authority (formerly the Coal Authority), development high and low risk areas, Open Government Licence. Checked at each postcode's centre, so a home near the edge of an area may differ. It covers coal mining only, not other mining (such as tin, lead, iron or chalk), and is no substitute for a coal mining search. About the risk areas.

Radon

The postcode is in a 1 km square with radon potential up to 3 to 5%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of the square is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.

Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.

Source: British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency, Indicative Atlas of Radon in Great Britain, Open Government Licence. Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI 2026. Each 1 km square is classed by the highest radon potential found anywhere in it, so a square's figure can overstate it for much of the square; the detailed map is not open data.

Historic landfill

No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.

Sources: Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales, historic landfill sites (places where waste was put into or onto the land and no environmental permit is now in force), Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to the edge of each site as mapped; the outlines and dates come from old records and can be approximate. Landfill still operating is not included.

Height above sea level

The street's 69 addresses are between 129 m and 158 m above sea level (147 m on average); the ground rises about 29 m from the lowest to the highest.

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
BB3 0QW100%100%100%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsMill Hill (Lancs) 60,000 journeys in 2024–252.6 km (1.6 miles)
Blackburn 1.3 million journeys in 2024–252.6 km (1.6 miles)
Darwen 346,000 journeys in 2024–252.9 km (1.8 miles)
Bus stops9 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 35 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest St James Church Blackamoor210 m
Bus or coach stationArrival Stand Blackburn Town Centre2.9 km (1.8 miles)
Car parksParking space on Carrington Avenue1.9 km (1.2 miles)
EV charging points3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Osprey Charging Station1.2 km (0.8 miles)
Airport with scheduled flightsManchester Airport MAN43.5 km (27 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Ratings and care homes: Care Quality Commission, latest ratings as at 2 November 2026 (England only; the CQC does not rate dental practices, and Wales's inspectorates give no ratings). Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeries1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Roman Road Health Centre Good Jan 2017620 m (0.4 miles)
Pharmacies2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Fishmoor Pharmacy620 m (0.4 miles)
NHS dentists1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dept Of Special Care Dentistry1.3 km (0.8 miles)
HospitalRoyal Blackburn Hospital Good Feb 20191.3 km (0.8 miles)
Care homes2 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Fosse Bank House Good Jan 2018240 m
Police stationPolice Headquarters1.5 km (0.9 miles)
Cash machines1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Payzone590 m (0.4 miles)

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or gardenQueen's Park 12 ha1.7 km (1.1 miles)
Play area3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 270 m²600 m (0.4 miles)
Playing field1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.9 ha510 m (0.3 miles)
Allotments1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,540 m²630 m (0.4 miles)

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is Queen's Park, Blackburn, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north. 1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Queen's Park, BlackburnRegistered park or garden, Grade II1.9 km (1.2 miles) north
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Higher Croft WoodWood570 m (0.4 miles) north
Fishmoor ReservoirLake or reservoir810 m (0.5 miles) north-east
Guide ReservoirLake or reservoir1 km (0.6 miles) north-east
Fernhurst WoodWood1.4 km (0.9 miles) west
Fernhurst HillHill2.1 km (1.3 miles) west
CloughValley3.1 km (1.9 miles) east

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)8.54010
Fine particles (PM2.5)6.4205
Particles (PM10)10.04015

All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.

Road and rail noise

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailways
65 to 6910
60 to 6460
55 to 5950
Under 555769

12 of the street's 69 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.

Climate, daylight and earthquakes

Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Blackburn with Darwen: see them on the Blackburn with Darwen page.

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 4 November 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspectionExam results
St James' Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary4–11210 m No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good 50% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 4% at the higher standard (2025; 50% in 2024 and 52% in 2023)
Lower Darwen Primary SchoolPrimary4–11550 m (0.3 miles) Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 41% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 35% in 2024 and 31% in 2023)
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnPrimary4–11830 m (0.5 miles) Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met 79% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 5% at the higher standard (2025; 68% in 2024 and 55% in 2023)
Darwen Vale High SchoolSecondary11–161 km (0.6 miles) Good (Jan 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 39.0 (43.1 in 2025 and 42.5 in 2024); 28.2% grade 5+ in English and maths
Longshaw Infant SchoolPrimary4–71.1 km (0.7 miles) Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met None published
Longshaw Nursery SchoolNursery2–51.3 km (0.8 miles) No published inspection
Blackburn the Redeemer CofE Primary Church of EnglandPrimary4–111.5 km (0.9 miles) No overall grade (Dec 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding 85% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 8% at the higher standard (2025; 81% in 2024 and 83% in 2023)
Longshaw Community Junior SchoolPrimary7–111.5 km (0.9 miles) No published inspection 67% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6% at the higher standard (2025; 73% in 2024 and 68% in 2023)
Blackburn Central High SchoolSecondary11–161.7 km (1 mile) No published inspection GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 41.0 (41.0 in 2025 and 41.2 in 2024); 37.2% grade 5+ in English and maths
St Edward's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Roman CatholicPrimary4–111.7 km (1.1 miles) No published inspection 70% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 70% in 2024 and 68% in 2023)
St Mary's and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnPrimary4–111.8 km (1.1 miles) No published inspection 63% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10% at the higher standard (2025; 70% in 2024 and 72% in 2023)
Shadsworth Junior SchoolPrimary7–111.9 km (1.2 miles) Good (Oct 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) 60% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 62% in 2024 and 54% in 2023)

Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.

Nurseries and childcare

7 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 370 m from the middle of the street.

ProviderKindPlacesLatest inspectionDistance
Kiddiwinks Day Nursery (Blackburn) Limited BB1 2LB Full day care 91 Good (Feb 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 370 m
Higher Croft Children's Centre BB2 3UY Sessional day care 60 Good (Jan 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 620 m (0.4 miles)
Riverside Nursery BB3 0PR Full day care 82 Outstanding (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 890 m (0.6 miles)
School's Out Holiday Squad BB2 3NF Out-of-school day care 15 Not inspected yet 1.2 km (0.7 miles)
Everbloom Childcare @Shadsworth Business Park BB1 2QS Full day care 64 Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.3 km (0.8 miles)
Kids Planet Blackburn BB2 4JJ Full day care 96 Good (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 1.5 km (0.9 miles)
The Out of School Experience @ Redeemer BB2 4JJ Out-of-school day care 50 Not inspected yet 1.5 km (0.9 miles)

Ofsted also registers 55 childminders and 1 home childcarers (nannies) in Blackburn with Darwen. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.

Source: Ofsted, childcare providers and inspections management information, as at June 2026, Open Government Licence: providers on the Early Years and Childcare Registers on non-domestic premises, placed at their postcode. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives a standard for each of six areas (Exceptional, Strong, Expected, Needs attention, Urgent improvement) rather than one overall grade; older grades stand until a provider is inspected again. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street.

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 4 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Kim & Aim Food and Booze BB1 2LARetailers - other310 m3 Generally satisfactory17 Apr 2025
Kiddiwinks BB1 2LBHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises340 m5 Very good21 Oct 2025
JJ's Munchies BB2 3WFHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises460 m (0.3 miles)Awaiting inspection
One Stop Lower Darwen BB3 0QDRetailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets490 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good30 Jun 2026

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

42 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences18
Other crime6
Criminal damage and arson5
Other theft4
Anti-social behaviour3
Drugs2
Theft from the person1
Vehicle crime1
Public order1
Burglary1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Ermine Close (13); On or near Greenfield View (9); On or near Stopes Brow (6); On or near Crambe Heights (5); On or near Aster Chase (2).

Road safety

Source: Department for Transport, road safety data (STATS19), collisions in 2021 to 2025, as published by November 2026. Collisions in which someone was hurt and which were reported to the police, within 150 m of the middle of any of this street's postcodes, or of the street. Severity is the worst injury as the police recorded it.

1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. 1 involved a motorcyclist. 100% happened in the dark. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.

By year
YearCollisionsFatal or serious
202100
202200
202300
202410
202500
The most recent
DateSeverityWho was hurtRoadConditions
3 Jun 2024 21:00 Slight 1 person: 1 motorcyclist B6231, 30 mph Dark, street lights on

Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.

Traffic on nearby roads

No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.

Source: Department for Transport, road traffic statistics, annual average daily flows to 2025, Open Government Licence. Distances are from the nearest postcode centre to each count point.

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the Output Area (a small census area of about 125 households) that this street's postcodes are in: 319 residents in 129 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age4440
Children under 1517%17%
Aged 65 and over16%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)91%61%
Owned outright38%33%
Shared ownership0%1%
Social rented2%17%
Private rented8%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work70%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)2%6%
Retired (of adults)22%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)3%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)20%32%
Travel to work by car or van70%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tram0%4%
By any public transport, including busunder 1%8%
On foot or by bicycle7%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)65%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away7%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)33%34%
No qualifications11%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification8%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)98%91%
Cannot speak English well or at allunder 1%2%

Deprivation

The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 7 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

What has changed

  • Roadworks Street works permit: United Utilities Water Ltd: Remedial works, 19 October 2026 to 21 October 2026 (some carriageway incursion) found 3 November 2026

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Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

Nearby streets

Stopes Brow · Verbena Close · Greenfield View · Begonia View · Ermine Close · Newfield Drive · Trillium Way · Caltha Drive · Crambe Heights · Aster Chase · Dahlia Close · Delphinium Way

All the streets in BB3 and across Blackburn with Darwen.

What this page cannot tell you

  • Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
  • What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
  • How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
  • Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
  • Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
  • How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
  • Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
  • How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.

How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.