Philips Road Blackburn
276 addresses across 21 postcodes (BB1), about 1.6 km (1 mile) long, classed as a local road. USRN 2900536.
- Flood: 22 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 A; Band D in Blackburn with Darwen costs £2,455 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 87% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Ramsgreave and Wilpshire, about 2.2 km (1.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 120 to 166 m above sea level.
- Noise: 38 of its 276 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Little Harwood Health Centre, about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 2,360 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 63% of households owned their home and 22% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jul 2021 | UNIT A2, PERCLIFF WAY BB1 5PF | Other | £126,500 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 9 Apr 2021 | OLD TUFTEX BUILDING BB1 5PG | Other | £1,150,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 20 Jan 2017 | UNIT A3, PERCLIFF WAY BB1 5PF | Other | £96,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 22 Dec 2016 | UNIT A1, PERCLIFF WAY BB1 5PF | Other | £144,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
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.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,637 | £1,910 | £2,182 | £2,455 | £3,001 | £3,547 | £4,092 | £4,911 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band A (50% of about 1,190 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
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, 11 addresses are in areas at high risk, 11 at medium risk and 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BB1 5PF | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| BB1 5PG | not in 2 or 3 | ||
| BB1 5FN | not in 2 or 3 | ||
| BB1 5RB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 2 | unlikely |
| BB1 5RZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BB1 5NA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BB1 5QH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BB1 5RX | not in 2 or 3 | 4 / 1 / 6 | unlikely |
| BB1 5FD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BB1 5SG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| BB1 5UD | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 1 | unlikely |
| BB1 5QB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 3 | unlikely |
| BB1 5TB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| BB1 5FB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BB1 5HP | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| BB1 5PP | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BB1 5RE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| BB1 5RF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BB1 5RL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BB1 5RT | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 4 / 9 | unlikely |
| BB1 5TH | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 276 addresses are between 120 m and 166 m above sea level (135 m on average); the ground rises about 46 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BB1 5FB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BB1 5FD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BB1 5FN | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BB1 5HP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BB1 5NA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BB1 5PF | 98% | 87% | 87% | 0% |
| BB1 5PG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BB1 5PP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BB1 5QB | 100% | 99% | 99% | 0% |
| BB1 5QH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BB1 5RB | 100% | 89% | 89% | 0% |
| BB1 5RE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BB1 5RF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BB1 5RL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BB1 5RT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BB1 5RX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BB1 5RZ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BB1 5SG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BB1 5TB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BB1 5TH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BB1 5UD | 100% | 92% | 92% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Ramsgreave and Wilpshire 92,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Rishton 41,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) | |
| Blackburn 1.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 25 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Promethean Blackburn | 160 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Blackburn Town Centre | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Car parks | Ncp National Car Parks Blackburn, Penny Street | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest evyve Charging Station | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 47.8 km (30 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Little Harwood Health Centre | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Cohens Chemist | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 85 91 Accrington Road (Dental Surgery) | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Royal Blackburn Hospital | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Police station | Lancashire Constabulary Eastern Division | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | ATM | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 690 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 250 m² | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 9,650 m² | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Broadfold Allotments 1.6 ha | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Myles Wife Hey, a listed building (Grade II*), 760 m (0.5 miles) north-west. 4 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Myles Wife Hey | Listed building, Grade II* | 760 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Queen's Park, Blackburn | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) south |
| Corporation Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Windy Bank | Hill | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Reservoir Plantation | Wood | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) east |
| Rishton Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) east |
| Brownhill Plantation | Wood | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) west |
| Parsonage Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north |
| Abbott Clough | Valley | 2 km (1.2 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.3 | 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 | 3 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 25 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 10 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 238 | 276 |
38 of the street's 276 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
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Stephen's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Urgent improvement; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Roe Lee Park Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Daisyfield Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Cedars Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Nov 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Brookhouse Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| Intack Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
| Holy Souls Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn | Primary | 3–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Alban's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn | Primary | 3–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No overall grade (Sep 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distro Direct BB1 5PF | Retailers - other | 230 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Nature's Blends BB1 5PF | Retailers - other | 480 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 29 Oct 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (lancashire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 24% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 12% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 63% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 44% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 23% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 48% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 15% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 19% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 63% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 73% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 22% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 29% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 83% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 6% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 2 to 4 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
- BB1 5PF: 200 addresses of 281 in the postcode
- BB1 5PG: 13 addresses
- BB1 5FN: 11 addresses
- BB1 5RB: 9 addresses of 53 in the postcode
- BB1 5RZ: 7 addresses
- BB1 5NA: 6 addresses of 8 in the postcode
- BB1 5QH: 5 addresses of 11 in the postcode
- BB1 5RX: 4 addresses of 47 in the postcode
- BB1 5FD: 3 addresses of 10 in the postcode
- BB1 5SG: 3 addresses
- BB1 5UD: 3 addresses of 31 in the postcode
- BB1 5QB: 2 addresses of 128 in the postcode
- BB1 5TB: 2 addresses of 9 in the postcode
- BB1 5FB: 1 address of 39 in the postcode
- BB1 5HP: 1 address of 43 in the postcode
- BB1 5PP: 1 address of 23 in the postcode
- BB1 5RE: 1 address of 5 in the postcode
- BB1 5RF: 1 address
- BB1 5RL: 1 address
- BB1 5RT: 1 address of 55 in the postcode
- BB1 5TH: 1 address of 12 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Croft Head Road · Lower Philips Road · Lower Philips Road · Whitebirk Drive · Cunliffe Road · Cunliffe Road · Peacock Road
All the streets in BB1 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.
- 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.