Barrowford Road Higham, Pendle
27 addresses across 6 postcodes (BB12), about 1.9 km (1.2 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 29801024.
- Sales: 15 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £1,670,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Pendle cost £156,011 in August 2026 (+9% on a year); private rents averaged £673 a month.
- Energy: 9 homes have an energy certificate (D: 1, E: 3, F: 2, G: 3).
- Flood: 4 addresses on its postcodes are in areas 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: 2 of its postcodes are in a coal mining high risk area; ask for a coal mining search.
- Radon: Up to 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Energy projects: 2 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, The Old Vicarage, Reedley - Battery Storage, is 1.9 km (1.2 miles) away.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A6068, carries 14,820 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Pendle costs £2,640 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Rose Grove, about 4 km (2.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.4 km (1.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 146 to 229 m above sea level.
- Noise: 13 of its 27 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Padiham Group Practice, about 2.3 km (1.4 miles) away.
- People: About 440 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 87% of households owned their home and 29% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: 2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | £1,670,000 | £1,670,000 | £1,670,000 |
| 2024 | 2 | £200,000 | £190,000 | £210,000 |
| 2023 | 2 | £496,500 | £220,000 | £773,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £450,000 | £450,000 | £450,000 |
| 2020 | 2 | £426,500 | £153,000 | £700,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £400,000 | £400,000 | £400,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £120,000 | £120,000 | £120,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £150,000 | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £385,000 | £385,000 | £385,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Mar 2023 | ACRE HOUSE BB12 9ER | Detached | £773,000 | |
| 25 Jun 2021 | ACRE HOUSE BB12 9ER | Detached | £450,000 | |
| 25 Nov 2019 | ACRE HOUSE BB12 9ER | Detached | £400,000 | |
| 17 Jul 2020 | ALLANDALE BB12 9AT | Semi-detached | £153,000 | |
| 11 Oct 2019 | ALLANDALE BB12 9AT | Other | £130,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 17 Dec 2010 | ALLANDALE BB12 9AT | Detached | £150,000 | |
| 7 Mar 2024 | BRANKSMERE BB12 9AT | Semi-detached | £190,000 | |
| 11 Feb 2011 | BRANKSMERE BB12 9AT | Semi-detached | £120,000 | |
| 25 Mar 2026 | FENCE HOUSE BB12 9ER | Detached | £1,670,000 | |
| 18 Sep 2023 | GLENGARTH BB12 9AT | Semi-detached | £220,000 | |
| 2 Mar 2018 | HOLLY HILL BB12 9AR | Other | £645,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 11 Jan 2024 | OAKLEA BB12 9AT | Semi-detached | £210,000 | |
| 2 Nov 2021 | ROOSTERS BISTRO BB12 9ER | Other | £995,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 19 Oct 2020 | WHITE LEE BB12 9ER | Detached | £700,000 | |
| 22 Mar 2002 | WHITE LEE BB12 9ER | Detached | £385,000 |
House prices and rents in Pendle
A typical home in Pendle cost £156,011 in August 2026, 9% more than a year before. That is 23% more than five years earlier and 64% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £301,637 |
| Semi-detached | £185,240 |
| Terraced | £137,300 |
| Flat or maisonette | £89,102 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £141,865 |
Private renters in Pendle paid £673 a month on average in September 2026, 6.4% more than a year before. That is 37% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £499 |
| Two bedrooms | £636 |
| Three bedrooms | £743 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,099 |
Energy performance certificates
9 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 211 m². Most common: House, detached (7); House, semi-detached (2). Built: before 1900 (7); 1930-1949 (1); Pre-1900 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (4); owner-occupied (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (9 addresses)
- Acre House, Barrowford Road, Higham
- FENCE HOUSE, BARROWFORD ROAD, HIGHAM
- Higher White Lee Farm, Barrowford Road, Higham
- High House Farm, Barrowford Road, Padiham
- Holly Hill, Barrowford Road, Padiham
- Lynn Cottage Higher White Lee Farm, Barrowford Road, Higham
- Meadowtop, Higham
- Old Jeremys Farm, Barrowford Road, Padiham
- WHITE LEE, BARROWFORD ROAD, LANCASHIRE
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 14,079 kWh of it on average in 2024, 26% more than the district's 11,160 kWh, and 4,742 kWh of electricity, 54% more than the district's 3,077 kWh. There are gas meters for about 50% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BB12 9ER | 5 | 9,466 kWh | under 5 | |
| BB12 9AT | 7 | 2,322 kWh | 6 | 15,728 kWh |
These are all the homes on each 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 BB12.
Council tax
What each band costs in Pendle in 2026-27: Band D £2,640 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,760 | £2,053 | £2,347 | £2,640 | £3,227 | £3,814 | £4,400 | £5,280 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band D (26% of about 1,420 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 8.
- 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: yes, Pendle, Burnley.
Listed buildings
- FOUR ALLS INN, grade II
- HIGHAM HALL, grade II
- Higham House, grade II
- Higham War Memorial, grade II
- JACKSON FOLD, grade II
- LOWER HOUSE FARMHOUSE, grade II
- Parish Church of St John the Evangelist, grade II
- SCHOOL ADJACENT TO ST JOHN'S CHURCH, grade II
Energy projects nearby
5 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 2 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Old Vicarage, Reedley - Battery Storage Pendle 23/0507/FUL | Battery storage | 100 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Jun 2025 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Hapton Valley Transfer Station, Accrington Road - Combined Heat And Power Burnley LCC/2023/0024 | Energy from waste (incinerator) | Permission granted, not yet built Nov 2023 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) | |
| Queen's Park Road Energy Burnley 1991/0191 | Landfill Gas | 1.8 MW | Operational Sep 2000 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| New Barn Farm Burnley APP/2002/0516 | Wind 3 turbines | 4.5 MW | Operational Feb 2007 | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Queens Park Energy | Landfill Gas | 1.9 MW | Operational Nov 2000 | 4.9 km (3 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.
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 7 October 2026: BT, Utility asset works, two-way signals, on the carriageway (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 3 at medium risk and 2 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| BB12 9ER | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| BB12 9AS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| BB12 9AR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BB12 9ET | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BB12 9ES | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BB12 9AT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 3 / 0 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any 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.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
2 of the street's 6 postcodes are in a coal mining high risk area, where coal mining features at or near the surface, such as shallow workings or old mine shafts, are recorded or likely and could affect the ground. 4 more are elsewhere in the coalfield, at low risk.
Ask your conveyancer for a coal mining search (CON29M) on the home: it says what is recorded beneath and near it, and whether there have been claims for subsidence damage.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 1 to 3%: 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 that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
By postcode centre: less than 1% (3); 1 to 3% (4).
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. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 27 addresses are between 146 m and 229 m above sea level (197 m on average); the ground rises about 83 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BB12 9AR | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| BB12 9AS | 33% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| BB12 9AT | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| BB12 9ER | 100% | 88% | 88% | 0% |
| BB12 9ES | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| BB12 9ET | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Rose Grove 73,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Hapton 13,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) | |
| Brierfield 37,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km (2.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Fir Trees Lane Higham | 90 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Burnley | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 42.6 km (26 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Padiham Group Practice Good Aug 2026 | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 61 - 63 Church Street | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Burnley General Hospital Good Jan 2023 | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| Care homes | Hilton Residential Home Good Feb 2019 | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Police station | Lancashire Police - Padiham Customer Service Reception | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | Park Garage Group - Padiham, Padiham Cashzone | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 340 m² | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 670 m² | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.4 ha | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 860 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Gawthorpe Hall, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 2.3 km (1.4 miles) south. 9 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Gawthorpe Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| West Close Clough | Valley | 710 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Whitaker Clough | Valley | 1 km (0.6 miles) south |
| Jack Hill | Hill | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Dean Height | Hill | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Wall Green Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Churn Clough Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.6 | 40 | 15 |
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
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 4 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 6 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 14 | 27 |
13 of the street's 27 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 Pendle: see them on the Pendle page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higham St John's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Urgent improvement; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Urgent improvement; Early years: Urgent improvement; Safeguarding standards: Met | 53% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6% at the higher standard (2025; 59% in 2024 and 60% 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
No nursery, pre-school or out-of-school club on Ofsted's register is within 1.5 km (0.9 miles) of the middle of the street.
Ofsted also registers 428 childminders and 26 home childcarers (nannies) in Lancashire. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (lancashire).
Road safety
2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 2 slight. 1 involved a motorcyclist. Most were on roads with a 50 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Nov 2025 08:00 | Slight | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | A6068, 50 mph | Wet road |
| 7 Aug 2025 10:49 | Slight | 1 person | A6068, 50 mph | Wet road |
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
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A6068 between A671 and M65/A682, with 14,820 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 130 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A6068 | A671 to M65/A682 | 14,820 estimated; counted 2022 | 1% | +31% since 2015 | 130 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 61 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 8% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 42% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 87% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 70% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 46% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 45% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 29% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 64% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 56% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 29% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 27% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 6 to 9 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- BB12 9ER: 12 addresses of 17 in the postcode
- BB12 9AS: 6 addresses of 8 in the postcode
- BB12 9AR: 3 addresses of 6 in the postcode
- BB12 9ET: 3 addresses of 4 in the postcode
- BB12 9ES: 2 addresses of 3 in the postcode
- BB12 9AT: 1 address of 9 in the postcode
Nearby streets
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.