| Postcode | BB3 3XB | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Darwen | 
| Nearest station | Darwen (1 km) | 
| Bus stops | Craven Heifer (NE) Rudyard Drive (SW) Craven Heifer (SW) Chapter Road (SE) Chapter Road (NW) Rectory Close (S) | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
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| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 53.691549 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.449283 | |
| Easting | 370429 | |
| Northing | 421772 | |
| Grid reference | SD704217 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 536365 5949344 | |
| what3words | hogs.shop.metals | |
| FixPhrase | crucial lustily suffering unframed | |
| Plus code | 9C5VMHR2+J7 | |
| Altitude | 224 metres (734 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:06 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:42 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 32.3 KMs (20.1 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 | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Blackburn with Darwen | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Lancashire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | December 2001 | 
|---|---|
| Date usage ended | September 2005 | 
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Imputed by ONS by reference to surrounding postcode grid references | 
| 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) | E00063589 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 6B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Blackburn with Darwen 017A | E01012614 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Blackburn with Darwen 017A | E01012614 | 
| 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% |