| Postcode | BB3 2QA |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Darwen |
| Nearest station | Darwen (1 km) |
| Bus stops |
Huntington Drive (SE)
Mill Gap Street (N)
Chapel Street (N)
Cross Street (NW)
Cross Street (SE)
India Mill (S)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 17 View |
| Known addresses |
1 Melville Avenue, Darwen
2 Melville Avenue, Darwen
4 Melville Avenue, Darwen
5 Melville Avenue, Darwen
6 Melville Avenue, Darwen
7 Melville Avenue, Darwen
10 Melville Avenue, Darwen
11 Melville Avenue, Darwen
12 Melville Avenue, Darwen
14 Melville Avenue, Darwen
16 Melville Avenue, Darwen
|
| Main property type | Detached |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 53.688218 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.46704 | |
| Easting | 369254 | |
| Northing | 421409 | |
| Grid reference | SD692214 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 535195 5948965 | |
| what3words | ozone.plants.lovely | |
| FixPhrase | crucial lustily subpanel treachery | |
| Plus code | 9C5VMGQM+75 | |
| Altitude | 207 metres (680 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:58 | |
| Sunset (today) | 15:59 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 31.2 KMs (19.4 miles) |
| Parish | Darwen | E04012080 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Darwen South | E05011515 |
| Unitary Authority | Blackburn with Darwen | E06000008 |
| County | Lancashire | E10000017 |
| Constituency (2024) | Rossendale and Darwen | E14001450 |
| MP | Andy MacNae | Labour |
| Police force | Lancashire | |
| Water company | United Utilities | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Blackburn with Darwen | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Lancashire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 |
| Date introduced | August 1993 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 |
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) |
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean |
| Population (2011) | 44 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 14 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
|
| Average household income (2020) |
Lowest (£22,200)
Highest (£108,100)
|
|
| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban city and town | |
| Built up area (2024) | Darwen | E63008053 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00063819 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5A1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Blackburn with Darwen 017D | E01012659 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Blackburn with Darwen 017D | E01012659 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | South Darwen & Whitehall | E02002631 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | South Darwen & Whitehall | E02002631 |
| Travel to work area | Blackburn | E30000170 |
| Average property price in Blackburn | £159,034 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 2.7% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Melville Avenue, Darwen | Detached (freehold) | Sep 2023 | £255,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | Nov 2011 | £150,000 | |
| New build detached (freehold) | Feb 2002 | £100,950 | |
| 5 Melville Avenue, Darwen | Detached (leasehold) | Aug 2020 | £369,000 |
| Detached (leasehold) | Dec 2017 | £360,000 | |
| Detached (leasehold) | Jul 2007 | £375,000 | |
| 11 Melville Avenue, Darwen | Detached (freehold) | May 2015 | £185,000 |
| Detached (freehold) | May 2001 | £102,000 | |
| 12 Melville Avenue, Darwen | Detached (freehold) | Aug 2014 | £195,000 |
| New build detached (freehold) | Jan 2002 | £97,950 | |
| 2 Melville Avenue, Darwen | Detached (leasehold) | May 2014 | £201,000 |
| Detached (leasehold) | May 2002 | £124,950 | |
| 6 Melville Avenue, Darwen | Detached (leasehold) | Jun 2013 | £200,000 |
| 7 Melville Avenue, Darwen | Detached (freehold) | Aug 2012 | £232,000 |
| New build detached (freehold) | May 1998 | £112,000 | |
| 10 Melville Avenue, Darwen | Detached (freehold) | Oct 2002 | £159,500 |
| New build detached (freehold) | Mar 1997 | £105,000 | |
| 4 Melville Avenue, Darwen | Detached (leasehold) | Sep 2002 | £133,500 |
| 1 Melville Avenue, Darwen | Detached (leasehold) | Jul 2002 | £128,000 |