Measuring the distances…
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Thinking of living at BB12 6DT? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
The school, station, shops and GP are all within about a 15-minute walk.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnley Ightenhill Primary School | Primary | 100 m | 46% met the expected standard |
| Whittlefield Primary School | Primary | 350 m | 67% met the expected standard |
| St Augustine of Canterbury RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | Primary | 700 m | 53% met the expected standard |
| Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School | Primary | 700 m | 70% met the expected standard |
| St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Primary | 700 m | 69% met the expected standard |
| Burnley High School | Secondary | 1.5 km | Attainment 8: 38.6 · 4.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Shuttleworth College | Secondary | 1.8 km | Attainment 8: 39.5 · 5.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy | Secondary | 2.7 km | Attainment 8: 37.6 · 4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Unity College | Secondary | 3.5 km | Attainment 8: 40.3 · 6.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Sir John Thursby Community College | Secondary | 3.6 km | Attainment 8: 41 · 6.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Holdsworth School | Independent | 1000 m | – |
| Lincoln House School | Independent |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowls | Ighten Mount Bowls Club Ltd Crown Green Bowls Club | 250 m | 10 |
| Tennis | Ightenhill Park | 480 m | 10 |
| Football | Burnley Training Ground | 2.0 km | 6 |
| Swimming | Crow Wood Leisure | 1.6 km | 5 |
| Golf | Prairie Sports Village | 3.1 km | 3 |
| Cricket | Lowerhouse Cricket Club | 1.1 km | 2 |
| Squash | St Peter'S Leisure Centre | 2.2 km | 1 |
| Athletics | Barden Lane Athletics Track | 2.5 km | 1 |
| Horse riding | Barden Lane Riding Stables. | 2.8 km | 1 |
Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
The nearest station is Burnley Barracks, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km), with 30k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Blackburn.
The nearest bus stop is Dugdale Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (routes M2, 152, M1, 892); 43 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Burnley Ightenhill Primary School, a few minutes' walk (100 m); 46% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Burnley High School, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 38.6 · 4.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (11.1 km) and Clitheroe Royal Grammar School (12 km).
The nearest supermarket is Farmfoods, 800 m away, with Edwards Family Butchers closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ightenhill Medical Centre (350 m), with Cohens Chemist the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Allure is 1.3 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Blackburn Hospital, 14 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 63% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 72% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 10 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 10 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
JJ`s At The Dugdale is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Ighten Mount Bowling Club the nearest pub (100 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (11 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 140 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 9% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 51% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Ightenhill Park, 450 m away; for exercise, The Gym Group (950 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 41 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 49 km.
Most households own their home, 31% rent privately.
27 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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| 1.3 km |
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| Olive High | Independent | 2.2 km | 8.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
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Every primary near BB12 6DT, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
No state primary within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.