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Thinking of living at BB12 9EA? 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.
You'll mostly drive: the nearest station, supermarket, GP are all over 1 km away.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheatley Lane Methodist Primary School | Primary | 550 m | 72% met the expected standard |
| Higham St John's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 1.8 km | 53% met the expected standard |
| Newchurch-In-Pendle St Mary's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 2.0 km | 83% met the expected standard |
| Pendle Primary Academy | Primary | 2.3 km | 64% met the expected standard |
| Marsden Heights Community College | Secondary | 2.8 km | Attainment 8: 40.3 · 3.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Sir John Thursby Community College | Secondary | 4.3 km | Attainment 8: 41 · 6.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Burnley High School | Secondary | 4.5 km | Attainment 8: 38.6 · 4.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Shuttleworth College | Secondary | 4.5 km | Attainment 8: 39.5 · 5.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Pendle Vale College | Secondary | 4.8 km | Attainment 8: 42.5 · 5.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Al-Ikhlaas Primary School | Independent | 2.9 km | – |
| Grow Independent School | Independent | 3.2 km | – |
| Edenfield Girls' High School | Independent | 3.5 km | 16.4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowls | Brierfield Crown Green Bowls Club | 2.5 km | 14 |
| Tennis | The Leisure Box | 2.0 km | 9 |
| Swimming | Oaks Leisure Club | 2.7 km | 5 |
| Football | Nelson Football Club | 2.3 km | 4 |
| Cricket | Nelson Cricket Club | 3.0 km | 3 |
| Golf | Prairie Sports Village | 2.9 km | 2 |
| Athletics | Seedhill Athletics & Fitness Centre | 3.1 km | 2 |
| Cycling | Pendle BMX Pump Track | 3.8 km | 2 |
| Horse riding | Barden Lane Riding Stables. | 2.3 km | 1 |
| Squash | St Peter'S Leisure Centre | 4.9 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 Brierfield, a short drive or bike ride (2.0 km), with 37k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Blackburn.
The nearest bus stop is Uplands Drive, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 891); 1 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 41 minutes away by public transport (14 by car).
The nearest primary school is Wheatley Lane Methodist Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 72% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Barrowford St Thomas Church of England Primary School (1.1 km).
The nearest secondary is Marsden Heights Community College, 2.8 km away; Attainment 8: 40.3 · 3.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Clitheroe Royal Grammar School (10.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is Lidl, 3.1 km away, with Fence Village Store closer still (700 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Pendle View Medical Centre (2.2 km), with Brierfield Late Night Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (2.1 km).
For a haircut, Transformations is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Airedale General Hospital, 19 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 58% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 71% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 20 restaurants and cafés, 12 pubs and bars.
The Refectory is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Forest the nearest pub (350 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 59 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 108 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 7% flats and 29% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
It's growing: about 193 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Lomeshaye Marsh, 1.9 km away; for exercise, Crow Wood Spa (3.5 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.0 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 38 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 55 km.
11 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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Every primary near BB12 9EA, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 46% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 27% are 65 or over.
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.