| Postcode | BB3 2RF | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Darwen | 
| Nearest station | Darwen (0 km) | 
| Bus stops | Bank Street (W) Bus Station Set Down (E) Library (NW) The Crown (NW) The Crown (SE) Town Centre (SE) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 53.695288 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.465694 | |
| Easting | 369348 | |
| Northing | 422195 | |
| Grid reference | SD693221 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 535278 5949752 | |
| what3words | spared.gift.digits | |
| FixPhrase | crucial lustily sureness twisted | |
| Plus code | 9C5VMGWM+4P | |
| Altitude | 161 metres (529 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:08 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:40 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 31.2 KMs (19.4 miles) | 
| Parish | Darwen | E04012080 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Darwen East | E05011514 | 
| 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 1980 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | October 2001 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| 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) | E00181555 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5A3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Blackburn with Darwen 016D | E01012654 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Blackburn with Darwen 016D | E01012654 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Darwen Town | E02002630 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Darwen Town | E02002630 | 
| Travel to work area | Blackburn | E30000170 | 
| Average property price in Blackburn | £157,919 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 3.1% |