Leamington Close Blackburn

13 addresses across 2 postcodes (BB2), about 150 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 2910547.

  • Sales: 16 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £241,000 across 2 sales.
  • 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: 10 homes have an energy certificate (B: 2, C: 5, D: 2, E: 1).
  • Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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: It is in a coalfield, in a low risk area.
  • Storm overflows: 8 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 137 times (193 hours) in 2025.
  • 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 4.9 km (3 miles) away.
  • Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A677, carries 15,690 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
  • Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; 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 Blackburn, about 1.5 km (0.9 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: The nearest park or garden, Corporation Park, is about 480 m (0.3 miles) away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 165 to 169 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 8 of its 13 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Limefield Surgery, about 190 m away, with 6 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
  • People: About 1,040 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 67% of households owned their home and 25% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 250 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
  • Road safety: 3 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025; 2 involved a pedestrian.

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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
20252£241,000£230,000£252,000
20201£150,000£150,000£150,000
20151£66,000£66,000£66,000
20141£100,000£100,000£100,000
20123£82,500£79,700£120,000
20101£180,000£180,000£180,000
20092£158,250£134,000£182,500
20083£133,750£80,250£205,000
20072£205,000£205,000£205,000
All 16 sales, by house number
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
17 Apr 20141 BB2 6ALSemi-detached£100,000New build.
9 Apr 20092 BB2 6ALSemi-detached£182,500New build.
4 Aug 20093 BB2 6ALTerraced£134,000New build.
18 Dec 20254 BB2 6ALTerraced£252,000
7 Mar 20084 BB2 6ALTerraced£205,000
23 Jul 20125 BB2 6ALTerraced£120,000New build.
17 Jul 20206 BB2 6ALTerraced£150,000
19 Dec 20076 BB2 6ALTerraced£205,000New build.
21 Nov 20087 BB2 6ALTerraced£133,750New build.
21 Feb 20258 BB2 6ALTerraced£230,000
18 Oct 20078 BB2 6ALTerraced£205,000New build.
5 Jun 20159 BB2 6ALTerraced£66,000
23 Jul 20129 BB2 6ALTerraced£82,500
19 Nov 201010 BB2 6ALSemi-detached£180,000New build.
20 Dec 201211 BB2 6ALTerraced£79,700
22 Aug 200811 BB2 6ALTerraced£80,250New 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 March 2009 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 123 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (6); House, end-terrace (3); House, semi-detached (1). Built: 1996-2002 (3); 2009 (2); 2003-2006 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4); rented (private) (3).

Each home's certificates and sales (10 addresses)

Gas and electricity use

Homes with gas used 14,272 kWh of it on average in 2024, 20% more than the district's 11,941 kWh, and 3,281 kWh of electricity, about the same as the district. There are gas meters for about 93% of the homes.

PostcodeElectricity metersTypical electricityGas metersTypical gas
BB2 6AL112,777 kWh 1017,063 kWh
BB2 6ER612,653 kWh 5712,843 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 BB2.

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 A (63% of about 540 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 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.

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

Finished in the last three months

  • 4 September 2026 to 8 September 2026: United Utilities Water Ltd, Utility repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (immediate - urgent works)

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

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 0 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.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
BB2 6ALnot in 2 or 3 1 / 0 / 0 unlikely
BB2 6ERnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 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.

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

8 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 137 times, for 193 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into River Blakewater, The River Blakewater, A Tributary of the River Darwen, Trib Arley Brook.

OverflowIntoSpillsHoursDistance
Dukes Brow Cso United Utilities River Blakewater 24 18 300 m
Manor Road Cso (052Er) United Utilities River Blakewater 3 0 510 m (0.3 miles)
Rolleston Road Cso 05029 Bbn0041 United Utilities The River Blakewater, A Tributary of the River Darwen 12 19 680 m (0.4 miles)
Addison Close Cso United Utilities River Blakewater 49 71 680 m (0.4 miles)
Fielden Street Cso United Utilities River Blakewater 3 3 720 m (0.4 miles)
Apple Street Cso United Utilities River Blakewater 5 1 730 m (0.5 miles)
Witton Tanks Cso United Utilities River Blakewater 41 81 830 m (0.5 miles)
Revidge Rd/Preston New Rd Sso United Utilities Trib Arley Brook 0 0 1 km (0.6 miles)

A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.

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

2 of the street's 2 postcodes are 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 highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 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 that area 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 13 addresses are between 165 m and 169 m above sea level (167 m on average).

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
BB2 6AL100%100%100%0%
BB2 6ER100%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 stationsBlackburn 1.3 million journeys in 2024–251.5 km (0.9 miles)
Mill Hill (Lancs) 60,000 journeys in 2024–251.7 km (1 mile)
Cherry Tree 34,000 journeys in 2024–252.3 km (1.4 miles)
Bus stops14 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 49 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Saunders Road Blackburn100 m
Bus or coach stationBus Station Blackburn Town Centre1.3 km (0.8 miles)
Car parksBlackburn mall car park1.2 km (0.7 miles)
EV charging pointsRoam Charging Station1.8 km (1.1 miles)
Airport with scheduled flightsManchester Airport MAN47 km (29 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 surgeries6 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Limefield Surgery Good Jun 2026190 m
Pharmacies15 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Granville Road Pharmacy230 m
NHS dentists10 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest New Bank Road (Dental Surgery)180 m
HospitalThe Beardswood Hospital930 m (0.6 miles)
Care homes10 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Lancaster House Good Oct 201890 m
Police stationBlackburn Police1.5 km (0.9 miles)
Cash machines2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest EG on the move - West End, Preston New Road Cashzone210 m

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 garden2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Corporation Park 22 ha480 m (0.3 miles)
Play area8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,500 m²280 m
Playing field2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Alexandra Meadows 1.7 ha340 m
Allotments1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.5 ha640 m (0.4 miles)

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 23 hectares in all.

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Silas, a listed building (Grade II*), 410 m (0.3 miles) west. 13 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Church of St SilasListed building, Grade II*410 m (0.3 miles) west
Corporation ParkRegistered park or garden, Grade II*730 m (0.5 miles) north-east
Church of St MarkListed building, Grade II*870 m (0.5 miles) south-west
Part of Witton Old Hall medieval lordly residence 340m north east of Feniscliffe BridgeScheduled monument1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-west
Queen's Park, BlackburnRegistered park or garden, Grade II2.9 km (1.8 miles) south-east
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Buncer WoodWood810 m (0.5 miles) south-west
Ned Hole WoodWood920 m (0.6 miles) south-west
Higher Gardens PlantationWood1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-west
Billinge HillHill1.3 km (0.8 miles) west
Ornamental PondLake or reservoir1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-west
Abbott CloughValley4 km (2.5 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)8.94010
Fine particles (PM2.5)6.3205
Particles (PM10)9.84015

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
55 to 5980
Under 55513

8 of the street's 13 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), 5 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 Silas's CofE Primary School Church of EnglandPrimary5–11280 m Good (Apr 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 59% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 35% in 2024 and 42% in 2023)
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnPrimary4–11330 m Report card (Nov 2025): 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 60% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10% at the higher standard (2025; 43% in 2024 and 52% in 2023)
Queen Elizabeth's Primary SchoolPrimary4–11460 m (0.3 miles) Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met 45% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 65% in 2024)
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar SchoolSecondary11–19470 m (0.3 miles) Good (Sep 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 44.3 (47.0 in 2025 and 46.7 in 2024); 34.8% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade C; 12.7% AAB or better; progress average
Wensley Fold CofE Primary Academy Church of EnglandPrimary3–11530 m (0.3 miles) Outstanding (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) 83% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 70% in 2024 and 75% in 2023)
Ashworth Nursery SchoolNursery3–4570 m (0.4 miles) Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met
St Barnabas and St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary4–11610 m (0.4 miles) Good (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 70% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 73% in 2024 and 63% in 2023)
Blackburn College16 plus16–99830 m (0.5 miles) No published inspection A level 2025: average grade C+; 7.1% AAB or better; progress average
Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School MuslimSecondary11–18880 m (0.5 miles) Outstanding (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 68.7 (72.3 in 2025 and 70.8 in 2024); 88.7% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade B; 31% AAB or better; progress average
The Olive School, Blackburn MuslimPrimary4–11940 m (0.6 miles) No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding 98% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 24% at the higher standard (2025; 95% in 2024 and 92% in 2023)
St Wilfrid's Church of England AcademySecondary11–181 km (0.6 miles) No published inspection GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 49.8 (50.8 in 2025 and 50.5 in 2024); 57.6% grade 5+ in English and maths
A level 2025: average grade C-; 4.2% AAB or better; progress below average
St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnPrimary3–111 km (0.6 miles) Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met 59% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 57% in 2024 and 52% 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

The ten nearest nurseries, pre-schools and clubs are all within 1 km (0.6 miles); the nearest is 230 m from the middle of the street.

ProviderKindPlacesLatest inspectionDistance
Dar Ul Madinah Uk Ltd BB2 6HD Full day care 50 Good (Sep 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 230 m
Little Discoverers BB2 6BH Full day care 40 Good (Mar 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 340 m
Palm Tree Community Nursery BB2 6JX Full day care 28 Good (Feb 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 360 m
Willow Tree Day Nursery BB2 6EX Full day care 60 Jan 2026: Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4 370 m
Queen Elizabeth's Nursery School BB2 6DF Full day care 95 Good (Sep 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) 460 m (0.3 miles)
Mi Nursery Beacon Lights BB2 6AY Full day care 64 Good (Aug 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) 620 m (0.4 miles)
Tudor House Day Nursery @ Preston New Rd BB2 7AA Full day care 63 Jan 2026: Expected standard in 3 areas, Needs attention in 3 730 m (0.5 miles)
Jellybean Learners LTD BB2 6AE Full day care (over fives) Not inspected yet 850 m (0.5 miles)
Hamis Daycare BB1 8BS Full day care 40 Good (Apr 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) 940 m (0.6 miles)
School House Nursery BB2 6QQ Full day care 70 Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) 1 km (0.6 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 5 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
The Nile Original BB2 6BSTakeaway/sandwich shop110 m5 Very good3 Jun 2026
Hanah Alam Superstore BB2 6BNRetailers - other120 m5 Very good16 Jul 2025
Granville Road Pharmacy BB2 6HDRetailers - other140 mExempt
One Stop BB2 6JWRetailers - other150 m5 Very good18 Feb 2026
Patels High Class Confectionery BB2 6JWRetailers - other160 m4 Good11 May 2022
SM BARGAIN WORLD BB2 6JWRetailers - other160 mAwaiting inspection
Multisavers BB2 6HGRetailers - other160 m3 Generally satisfactory2 Sep 2025
Sweet Palace BB2 6JWRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen180 m5 Very good7 Apr 2025
Chai Lounge BB2 6JWRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen190 m1 Major improvement necessary10 Nov 2025
Birdy's BB2 6JWRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen190 m4 Good18 Dec 2025
Al Makkah Halal Foods BB2 6JWRetailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets210 m4 Good21 Aug 2026
Chapati Guys BB2 6JWOther catering premises220 m5 Very good30 Mar 2026
Sahara Fried and Grilled Chicken BB2 6JWTakeaway/sandwich shop230 m5 Very good7 Apr 2025
The Two Trees Off Licence BB2 6HDRetailers - other240 m5 Very good11 May 2022
West End Cake Box BB2 6PNManufacturers/packers260 m5 Very good19 Dec 2025

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.

250 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences122
Anti-social behaviour33
Criminal damage and arson18
Public order18
Other theft16
Vehicle crime13
Burglary7
Other crime5
Possession of weapons5
Shoplifting5
Robbery3
Drugs3
Bicycle theft2

Most of these are attached to: On or near Cheltenham Road (44); On or near Granville Road (38); On or near Lancaster Place (24); On or near Foxhouse Street (23); On or near Irene Place (18).

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.

3 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 3 slight. 2 involved a pedestrian; 1 involved a motorcyclist. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.

By year
YearCollisionsFatal or serious
202110
202210
202310
202400
202500
The most recent
DateSeverityWho was hurtRoadConditions
15 Feb 2023 17:15 Slight 1 person: 1 pedestrian Minor road, 30 mph Daylight
5 Oct 2022 10:05 Slight 1 person: 1 pedestrian Minor road, 30 mph Wet road
24 Nov 2021 07:05 Slight 1 person: 1 motorcyclist A677, 30 mph Daylight

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 A677 between B6477 and A6078, with 15,690 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 430 m (0.3 miles) from the street's postcodes.

RoadBetweenVehicles a dayLorriesTen years beforeDistance
A677 B6477 to A6078 15,690 estimated; counted 2021 1% +6% since 2015 430 m (0.3 miles)

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.

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 2 Output Areas (small census areas of about 125 households each) that this street's postcodes are in: 1,039 residents in 259 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 age3240
Children under 1525%17%
Aged 65 and over9%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)67%61%
Owned outright41%33%
Shared ownership0%1%
Social rented9%17%
Private rented24%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work45%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)9%6%
Retired (of adults)13%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)7%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)21%32%
Travel to work by car or van58%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tramunder 1%4%
By any public transport, including bus5%8%
On foot or by bicycle12%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)68%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)25%34%
No qualifications36%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification2%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)73%91%
Cannot speak English well or at all10%2%

Deprivation

The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 1 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

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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.

  • BB2 6AL: 12 addresses of 14 in the postcode
  • BB2 6ER: 1 address of 87 in the postcode

Nearby streets

Limefield Court · Lancaster Place · Burlington Street · Croydon Street · Limefield · Fair Hope Court · Cheltenham Road · Manor Road · Woodfold Place · Harcourt Road · Irene Place · Granville Road

All the streets in BB2 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.