Long Meadow Mellor Brook, South Ribble
22 addresses across 2 postcodes (BB2), about 130 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 36401302.
- Sales: 21 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £350,000 across 2 sales.
- Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (C: 5, D: 3, E: 2).
- Flood: 3 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band E; Band D in South Ribble costs £2,443 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Pleasington, about 4.4 km (2.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Witton Country Park, is about 2.7 km (1.7 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 112 to 114 m above sea level.
- Noise: 10 of its 22 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Limefield Surgery, about 3.7 km (2.3 miles) away.
- People: About 820 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 89% of households owned their home and 43% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 16 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | £350,000 | £300,000 | £400,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £750,000 | £750,000 | £750,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £715,000 | £715,000 | £715,000 |
| 2020 | 2 | £240,000 | £225,000 | £255,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £245,000 | £245,000 | £245,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | £190,000 | £185,000 | £195,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £215,000 | £215,000 | £215,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £290,000 | £290,000 | £290,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £280,000 | £280,000 | £280,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £173,000 | £173,000 | £173,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £206,000 | £206,000 | £206,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £139,000 | £139,000 | £139,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Oct 2025 | 9 BB2 7NX | Detached | £300,000 | |
| 1 Aug 2025 | 13 BB2 7NX | Detached | £400,000 | |
| 15 Jul 2022 | 20 BB2 7NX | Detached | £750,000 | |
| 1 Sep 2021 | 20 BB2 7NX | Detached | £715,000 | |
| 14 Sep 2020 | 12 BB2 7NX | Detached | £255,000 | |
| 13 Mar 2020 | 18 BB2 7NX | Detached | £225,000 | |
| 21 Nov 2019 | 14 BB2 7NX | Detached | £245,000 | |
| 15 Oct 2015 | 4 BB2 7NX | Detached | £195,000 | |
| 24 Mar 2015 | 14 BB2 7NX | Detached | £185,000 | |
| 22 Aug 2014 | 8 BB2 7NX | Detached | £215,000 | |
| 17 Aug 2012 | 13 BB2 7NX | Detached | £290,000 | |
| 16 Nov 2011 | 22 BB2 7NX | Detached | £280,000 | |
| 10 Aug 2009 | 8 BB2 7NX | Detached | £173,000 | |
| 28 Apr 2004 | 14 BB2 7NX | Detached | £206,000 | |
| 17 Apr 2003 | 14 BB2 7NX | Detached | £139,000 | |
| 25 Jun 2001 | 10 BB2 7NX | Semi-detached | £95,000 | |
| 26 Mar 2001 | 13 BB2 7NX | Detached | £149,600 | |
| 7 Nov 2000 | 5 BB2 7NX | Detached | £93,000 | |
| 29 Sep 1999 | 20 BB2 7NX | Detached | £125,000 | |
| 30 Apr 1997 | 12 BB2 7NX | Detached | £89,000 | |
| 22 Jul 1996 | 9 BB2 7NX | Detached | £80,000 |
Energy performance certificates
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 121 m². Most common: House, detached (10). Built: 1967-1975 (5); 2007 onwards (1); 1950-1966 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (7); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (6 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in South Ribble in 2026-27: Band D £2,443 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,628 | £1,900 | £2,171 | £2,443 | £2,985 | £3,528 | £4,071 | £4,885 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band E (23% of about 1,000 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- INTACK COTTAGE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Pack Horse Garage Mellor Brow Mellor BB2 7PL: up to 5 homes, permissioned (580 m (0.4 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BB2 7NX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| BB2 7NU | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 2 / 2 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 22 addresses are between 112 m and 114 m above sea level (113 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BB2 7NU | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| BB2 7NX | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Pleasington 9,760 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
| Cherry Tree 34,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) | |
| Ramsgreave and Wilpshire 92,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 11 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Windmill Mellor Brook | 120 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Blackburn Town Centre | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Car parks | Car Park on Longsight Road, BB2 | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | Be.EV Charging Station | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 50.1 km (31 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Limefield Surgery | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Mellor Pharmacy | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Samlesbury Dental Suite | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Hospital | The Beardswood Hospital | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Police station | Blackburn Police | 5.2 km (3.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | Euro Garages Five Barred Gate | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Witton Country Park 160 ha | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 260 m² | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.1 ha | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,500 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Stanley House, a listed building (Grade II*), 880 m (0.5 miles) south-east. 3 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Stanley House | Listed building, Grade II* | 880 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Woodfold Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south |
| Roman signal station on Mellor Moor | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Mammon Wood | Wood | 900 m (0.6 miles) north |
| Carter Fold Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Lodge Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| Jeffery Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south |
| Hoolster Hill | Hill | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-west |
| Long Dingle | Valley | 3 km (1.9 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 5 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 12 | 22 |
10 of the street's 22 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 South Ribble: see them on the South Ribble page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mellor St Mary Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Osbaldeston | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 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 |
| Balderstone St Leonard's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakeri (RRV Bakes Ltd) BB2 7NU | Other catering premises | 140 m | 5 Very good | 24 Oct 2025 |
| Windmill Petrol Station BB2 7PU | Retailers - other | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 10 Feb 2020 |
| Windmill Service Station BB2 7PU | Retailers - other | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 30 May 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 8 |
| Other theft | 5 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Petrol Station (5); On or near Preston New Road (5); On or near Long Meadow (4); On or near Branch Road (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 29% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 89% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 57% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 35% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 32% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 62% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 51% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 11% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 43% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 7 to 8 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
Nearby streets
Intack Lane · Branch Road · Bosburn Drive
All the streets in BB2 and across South Ribble.
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.
- 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.