| Postcode | BB3 2RA |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Darwen |
| Nearest station | Darwen (1 km) |
| Bus stops |
Mill Gap Street (N)
Mill Gap Street (S)
Almond Street (N)
India Mill (S)
Inverness Road (NW)
India Mill (N)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 6 View |
| Known addresses |
1 Melville Gardens, Darwen
2 Melville Gardens, Darwen
4 Melville Gardens, Darwen
5 Melville Gardens, Darwen
|
| Main property type | Detached |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 53.689742 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.468117 | |
| Easting | 369184 | |
| Northing | 421579 | |
| Grid reference | SD691215 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 535123 5949134 | |
| what3words | frog.evenly.wicked | |
| FixPhrase | crucial lustily subsidy untitled | |
| Plus code | 9C5VMGQJ+VQ | |
| Altitude | 199 metres (654 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:10 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:38 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 31.1 KMs (19.3 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 | January 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) | 14 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 6 | |
| 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 | £157,919 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | 3.1% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Melville Gardens, Darwen | Detached (leasehold) | Jun 2022 | £400,000 |
| Detached (leasehold) | Feb 2014 | £272,500 | |
| 5 Melville Gardens, Darwen | Detached (leasehold) | Nov 2021 | £315,000 |
| Detached (leasehold) | Nov 2000 | £115,000 | |
| 1 Melville Gardens, Darwen | Detached (leasehold) | Mar 2021 | £255,000 |
| 2 Melville Gardens, Darwen | Detached (leasehold) | Nov 2017 | £275,000 |
| Detached (leasehold) | May 1996 | £98,500 |