Yerburgh Road Mellor, Ribble Valley
10 addresses across 2 postcodes (BB2), about 60 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 31801080.
- Sales: 11 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £455,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 2, E: 1).
- Flood: 2 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 D; Band D in Ribble Valley costs £2,387 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Ramsgreave and Wilpshire, about 3.6 km (2.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Witton Country Park, is about 2.5 km (1.6 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 167 to 172 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 10 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Limefield Surgery, about 3.1 km (1.9 miles) away.
- People: About 300 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 84% of households owned their home and 53% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 14 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often vehicle crime.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | £455,000 | £455,000 | £455,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £287,000 | £287,000 | £287,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £490,000 | £490,000 | £490,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £217,000 | £217,000 | £217,000 |
| 2004 | 3 | £249,000 | £227,000 | £300,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £185,950 | £185,950 | £185,950 |
| 1999 | 1 | £82,000 | £82,000 | £82,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £110,000 | £110,000 | £110,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £149,000 | £149,000 | £149,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Dec 2024 | THE DREEYM BB2 7JJ | Detached | £455,000 | |
| 26 Nov 2021 | LYNTON BB2 7JJ | Semi-detached | £287,000 | Leasehold. |
| 5 Jun 2020 | WOODCOTE BB2 7JJ | Detached | £490,000 | |
| 22 Aug 2014 | LYNTON BB2 7JJ | Semi-detached | £217,000 | Leasehold. |
| 24 Sep 2004 | MERLYN BB2 7JJ | Detached | £227,000 | Leasehold. |
| 17 Sep 2004 | WESTLEA BB2 7JJ | Detached | £249,000 | Leasehold. |
| 14 Jul 2004 | BRAEMAR BB2 7JJ | Detached | £300,000 | |
| 12 Jul 2001 | COPPERS BB2 7JJ | Detached | £185,950 | |
| 19 Feb 1999 | MERLYN BB2 7JJ | Detached | £82,000 | Leasehold. |
| 15 Dec 1998 | THE JASPARS BB2 7JJ | Detached | £110,000 | |
| 14 Mar 1997 | COPPERS BB2 7JJ | Detached | £149,000 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 150 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (2); House, detached (2). Built: 1900-1929 (2); 1976-1982 (1); 1983-1990 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4).
Each home's certificates and sales (4 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Ribble Valley in 2026-27: Band D £2,387 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,591 | £1,856 | £2,121 | £2,387 | £2,917 | £3,447 | £3,978 | £4,773 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (33% of about 720 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): 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)
- Pack Horse Garage Mellor Brow Mellor BB2 7PL: up to 5 homes, 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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BB2 7JJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| BB2 7JL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 2 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 10 addresses are between 167 m and 172 m above sea level (171 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BB2 7JJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BB2 7JL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Ramsgreave and Wilpshire 92,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) |
| Cherry Tree 34,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) | |
| Blackburn 1.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 9 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Post Office Mellor | 130 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Blackburn Town Centre | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Car parks | Car Park on Longsight Road, BB2 | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| EV charging points | Be.EV Charging Station | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 49.9 km (31 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Limefield Surgery | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Mellor Pharmacy | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | New Bank Road (Dental Surgery) | 3 km (1.8 miles) |
| Hospital | The Beardswood Hospital | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Police station | Blackburn Police | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | EG on the move - West End, Preston New Road Cashzone | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Witton Country Park 160 ha | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 810 m² | 170 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.1 ha | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,500 m² | 530 m (0.3 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Roman signal station on Mellor Moor, a scheduled monument, 880 m (0.5 miles) north-east. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Roman signal station on Mellor Moor | Scheduled monument | 880 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Stanley House | Listed building, Grade II* | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Woodfold Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Lodge Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south |
| Mammon Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| The Rann | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Jeffery Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
| Hoolster Hill | Hill | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) south-west |
| Long Dingle | Valley | 3 km (1.9 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.9 | 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 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 8 | 10 |
2 of the street's 10 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 Ribble Valley: see them on the Ribble Valley page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mellor St Mary Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 90 m | No published inspection |
| St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Osbaldeston | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 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 |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's C of E School BB2 7JL | School/college/university | 60 m | 5 Very good | 22 Jun 2026 |
| The Millstone at Mellor BB2 7JR | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 230 m | 5 Very good | 7 Jan 2026 |
| Frank Littler & Sons Ltd BB2 7JR | Retailers - other | 230 m | 5 Very good | 13 Feb 2026 |
| OneStop Village Store BB2 7ER | Retailers - other | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 5 Very good | 9 Apr 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Vehicle crime | 5 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 3 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near St Mary'S Gardens (9); On or near Church Lane (3); On or near Stoops Fold (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 84% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 50% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 29% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 34% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 58% | 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) | 53% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 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
Nearby streets
Thwaites Avenue · Church Close · Brundhurst Fold · St Mary's Gardens · Stoops Fold · Church Lane · St Mary's Gardens · Elswick Lodge · Elswick Gardens · St Mary's Gardens · Mellor Brow · Whitecroft Lane
All the streets in BB2 and across Ribble Valley.
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.