Map of BB5 3DW postcode

General information
Postcode BB5 3DW
Post Town Accrington
Nearest station Church and Oswaldtwistle (0 km)
Bus stops
Civic Theatre (NE)
Oswaldtwistle Mills (N)
The Printers (W)
The Printers (E)
Oswaldtwistle Mills (S)
Rhyddings HS (SE)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 1 View
Known addresses
5 Backhouse Street, Oswaldtwistle
Main property type Detached
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 53.74698
Longitude -2.393211
Easting 374166
Northing 427917
Grid reference SD741279
UTM reference 30U 540015 5955542
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Plus code 9C5VPJW4+QP
Altitude 142 metres (466 feet)
Sunrise (today) 4:39
Sunset (today) 21:42
Distance away
Distance to sea 35.9 KMs (22.3 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishHyndburn, unparished areaE43000096
Ward St Andrew's E05005219
Local Authority District Hyndburn E07000120
County Electoral Division Accrington West & Oswaldtwistle Central E58000753
Local Authority Lancashire E10000017
County Lancashire E10000017
Constituency (2024) Hyndburn E14001299
MPSarah SmithLabour
Police forceLancashire
NUTS/ITL 3 East Lancashire
NUTS/ITL 2 Lancashire
NUTS/ITL 1 North West
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced May 1994
Last updated June 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
Demographics
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
5,160 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£33,400
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban city and town
Built up area (2024)OswaldtwistleE63007977
Census output area (2021)E00127277
Census output area (2011)E00127277
Lower layer super output area (2021)Hyndburn 007BE01025075
Lower layer super output area (2011)Hyndburn 007BE01025075
Middle layer super output area (2021)OswaldtwistleE02005218
Middle layer super output area (2011)OswaldtwistleE02005218
Travel to work areaBlackburnE30000170
Property sales
Average property price in Blackburn £155,524
Annual change 3.2%
View all properties sold in the BB postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
5 Backhouse Street, OswaldtwistleDetached (leasehold)Sep 2016£30,000


View all properties sold in the BB5 3 sector

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