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Thinking of living at BB1 9BX? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roe Lee Park Primary School | Primary | 850 m | 66% met the expected standard |
| St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 900 m | 69% met the expected standard |
| Holy Souls Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn | Primary | 900 m | 60% met the expected standard |
| Pleckgate High School | Secondary | 1.2 km | Attainment 8: 49.2 · 13.1% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School | Secondary | 2.9 km | Attainment 8: 47 · 6.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School | Secondary | 3.4 km | Attainment 8: 72.3 · 42.5% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School | Secondary | 3.9 km | Attainment 8: 62.5 · 23.7% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| St Wilfrid's Church of England Academy | Secondary | 4.0 km | Attainment 8: 50.8 · 14.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Islamiyah School | Independent | 2.0 km | – |
| Rawdhatul Uloom Islamic Primary School | Independent | 2.4 km | – |
| Jamiatul-Ilm Wal-Huda UK School | Independent | 2.8 km | 14.3% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowls | Roe Lee Park Crown Green Bowls Club | 570 m | 16 |
| Tennis | Blackburn Northern | 1.1 km | 11 |
| Golf | Wilpshire Golf Club | 1.3 km | 6 |
| Cricket | Salesbury Cricket Club | 1.6 km | 4 |
| Swimming | Queen Elizabeth'S Grammar School | 2.9 km | 3 |
| Squash | Blackburn Northern | 1.1 km | 2 |
| Ice skating | Blackburn Arena | 3.9 km | 2 |
| Cycling | Great Harwood Pump Track | 4.8 km | 2 |
| Rugby union | Blackburn Rugby Club | 1.0 km | 1 |
| Rugby | Blackburn Rugby Club | 1.1 km | 1 |
| Football | Wilpshire Wanderers Football Club | 1.4 km | 1 |
| Multi-sport | Harrison Playing Fields, QEGS | 1.8 km | 1 |
| Padel | CLUBHOUSE | 2.9 km | 1 |
| Martial arts | LGNDS Academy | 3.0 km | 1 |
| Sailing | East Lancashire Sailing Club | 3.5 km | 1 |
| Climbing | Boulder UK | 3.5 km | 1 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 21. 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 Ramsgreave & Wilpshire, a few minutes' walk (250 m), with 92k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Holy Souls, 200 m away, with a bus about every 26 minutes on weekdays (routes 22, 121, 860, 623); 16 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Roe Lee Park Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (850 m); 66% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Pleckgate High School, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 49.2 · 13.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School (3.5 km) and Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School (4.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Clitheroe Royal Grammar School (12.4 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is The Co-Operative, 250 m away; Park Garage Service Station (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Brownhill Surgery (300 m), with Brownhill Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Browns is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Blackburn Hospital, 6.1 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: 11 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
Sugamore is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Rising Sun Hotel the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 35 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 27 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 47% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
Bungalow country: 31% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Roe Lee Park, 700 m away; for exercise, QEGS Sports Hall (1.9 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.0 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
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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No state primary within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
For holidays, Manchester is 50 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 54% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 28% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 45% of adults have a degree.
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.