Throstle Close Burnley
15 addresses across 1 postcode (BB12), about 130 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 5002197.
- Energy: 13 homes have an energy certificate (C: 13).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 Burnley costs £2,549 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Burnley Central, about 350 m away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Thursby Gardens, is about 30 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 123 to 126 m above sea level.
- Noise: 6 of its 15 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Parkside Surgery, about 260 m away, with 8 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 410 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 31% of households owned their home and 19% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 207 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
13 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 106 m². Most common: House, end-terrace (7); House, mid-terrace (4); House, semi-detached (2). Built: 1991-1995 (12); 1983-1990 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (13).
Each home's certificates and sales (1 address)
Council tax
What each band costs in Burnley in 2026-27: Band D £2,549 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,700 | £1,983 | £2,266 | £2,549 | £3,116 | £3,682 | £4,249 | £5,099 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (93% of about 910 homes).
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): Article 4 Direction: Houses in Multiple Occupation.
- 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)
- Land at Oswald Street: up to 20 homes, permissioned (310 m)
- Multi Autoparts, Bank Top Mill, permissioned (430 m (0.3 miles))
- The Stackhouses, Bank Parade, permissioned (630 m (0.4 miles))
- Land at Cleaver Street, permissioned (730 m (0.5 miles))
- Livingstone Mill: up to 36 homes, not permissioned (770 m (0.5 miles))
- 1st and 2nd Floor, 16 Ormerod Street, permissioned (950 m (0.6 miles))
- Proctors Mill, permissioned (1 km (0.6 miles))
- George Street Mill, not permissioned (1 km (0.6 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
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 15 addresses are between 123 m and 126 m above sea level (125 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BB12 0DH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Burnley Central 115,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 350 m |
| Burnley Barracks 30,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | |
| Burnley Manchester Road 583,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 12 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 34 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Oswald Street Stoneyholme | 90 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Burnley | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Car parks | Tesco Car Park | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | 5 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest E.ON Drive Public Charging Station | 300 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 39.2 km (24 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 8 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Parkside Surgery | 260 m |
| Pharmacies | 10 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Asda Pharmacy | 280 m |
| NHS dentists | 9 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 250 m |
| Hospital | Burnley General Hospital | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Police station | Lancashire Constabulary | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest *Deposit & Withdrawal* Asda Burnley Cashzone | 230 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Thursby Gardens 3.2 ha | 30 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Thompson Park 11 ha | 330 m |
| Play area | 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 290 m² | 170 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.5 ha | 510 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 5,990 m² | 280 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 5 parks and gardens, 36 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Thompson Park, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 520 m (0.3 miles) east. 89 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Thompson Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 520 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Church of St Peter | Listed building, Grade II* | 520 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Oakmount Mill engine and engine house, Wiseman Street | Scheduled monument | 910 m (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Queen's Park, Burnley | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 920 m (0.6 miles) east |
| Burnley Mechanics | Listed building, Grade II* | 1 km (0.6 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Crow Wood | Wood | 620 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Spring Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Heald Wood | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Rowley Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) east |
| Sep Clough | Valley | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) south |
| Castle Hill | Hill | 3.2 km (2 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 6 | 3 |
| Under 55 | 9 | 12 |
6 of the street's 15 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 3 from railways, 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 Burnley: see them on the Burnley page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoneyholme Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 330 m | No published inspection |
| Burnley College | 16 plus | 16–99 | 330 m | No published inspection |
| Burnley Stoneyholme Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 430 m (0.3 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 |
| Burnley St Peter's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 680 m (0.4 miles) | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1 km (0.7 miles) | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Heasandford Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Barden Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Reedley Hallows Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School Church of England/Methodist | Primary | 4–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Basnett Street Nursery School | Nursery | 3–5 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No overall grade (Apr 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asda Cafe - Compass BB12 0EQ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 120 m | 5 Very good | 17 Oct 2022 |
| Hulw BB10 1AF | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 180 m | 5 Very good | 21 Jul 2026 |
| Stoneyholme Primary School BB12 0BN | School/college/university | 180 m | 5 Very good | 20 Jan 2025 |
| Mach Bazaar BB12 0DF | Retailers - other | 200 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 12 Aug 2025 |
| Afghan Rose Restaurant Ltd BB12 0AT | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 210 m | 4 Good | 29 Mar 2026 |
| My Abaseen BB12 0AT | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 210 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Tabi's Takeaway BB10 1AJ | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 210 m | 5 Very good | 22 Dec 2023 |
| S A Grocers BB12 0DB | Retailers - other | 220 m | 4 Good | 7 Nov 2017 |
| Crazy Panda BB12 0AT | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 220 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 31 Mar 2025 |
| Feasto BB12 0AT | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 220 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Poundland BB12 0EQ | Retailers - other | 230 m | 5 Very good | 7 Dec 2017 |
| Durani Foods BB10 1AG | Retailers - other | 230 m | 4 Good | 6 Nov 2024 |
| Rohima & Fatema Frozen Foods BB12 0AS | Retailers - other | 250 m | 4 Good | 25 Jun 2024 |
| Choudrey Grocers BB12 0AS | Retailers - other | 250 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 10 Sep 2026 |
| Worsthorne Social Club BB10 1AX | Pub/bar/nightclub | 260 m | 4 Good | 11 Sep 2017 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 65 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 50 |
| Drugs | 18 |
| Public order | 16 |
| Shoplifting | 16 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 13 |
| Other theft | 13 |
| Vehicle crime | 5 |
| Other crime | 3 |
| Robbery | 3 |
| Burglary | 3 |
| Possession of weapons | 2 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Supermarket (66); On or near Belgrave Street (26); On or near Belford Street (17); On or near Saxon Street (11); On or near Throstle Close (10).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 29 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 25% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 9% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 31% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 20% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 34% | 17% |
| Private rented | 35% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 43% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 13% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 10% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 9% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 17% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 48% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 22% | 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 | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 19% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 34% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 62% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 14% | 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.
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 0DH: 15 addresses
Nearby streets
Dane Street · Norman Street · Cronkshaw Street · Saxon Street · Brougham Street · Daneshouse Road · Devonshire Terrace · Folds Street · Devonshire Terrace · Monk Hall Street · Belford Street · Aspinall Close
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.