# BB9 8RJ: area report for a postcode in Pendle

BB9 8RJ is a postcode in Pendle.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Pendle. Open the map at BB9 8RJ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Pendle](https://openindex.co.uk/pendle) › [BB9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb9) › [BB9 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb9-8)

## Around this postcode

- **48 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 8% on July. Pendle 009C: 86 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.2028,53.8438,BB98RJ
- **Nelson, 1.2 km**: About 15 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.2028,53.8438,BB98RJ
- **5 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 420 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.2028,53.8438,BB98RJ
- **No property in BB9 8RJ listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-2.2028,53.8438,BB98RJ
- **England’s most deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Pendle 009C. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.2028,53.8438,BB98RJ
- **£156,011 average price**: For the whole of Pendle, August 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.2028,53.8438,BB98RJ
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.2 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.2028,53.8438,BB98RJ
- **5 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 110 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.2028,53.8438,BB98RJ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at BB9 8RJ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.2028,53.8438,BB98RJ
- **Moderate road and rail noise at BB9 8RJ**: Road 58 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.2028,53.8438,BB98RJ
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-2.2028,53.8438,BB98RJ
- **11.5 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.2028,53.8438,BB98RJ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Pendle Vale College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/pendle-vale-college-e134989) | Secondary | 420 m (5 minutes on foot) | Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 41.8 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Bradley Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bradley-primary-school-e119175) | Primary | 450 m (6 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, May 2024 | 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Pendle Community High School & College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/pendle-community-high-school-and-college-e135015) | Special | 540 m (7 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, March 2024 | – |
| [Holy Saviour Roman Catholic Primary School, Nelson](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holy-saviour-roman-catholic-primary-school-nelson-e119654) | Primary | 660 m (8 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, March 2024 | 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Bradley Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bradley-nursery-school-e119078) | Nursery | 730 m (9 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), May 2023 | – |
| [Pendle View Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/pendle-view-primary-school-e135012) | Special | 800 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, November 2023 | – |
| [Castercliff Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/castercliff-primary-school-e142055) | Primary | 830 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, June 2023 | 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Nelson St Philip's Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/nelson-st-philips-church-of-england-primary-school-e119437) | Primary | 840 m (10 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), September 2023 | 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2026 | £91,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 30 m |
| February 2026 | £176,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| March 2026 | £80,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 90 m |
| October 2024 | £70,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 110 m |
| February 2025 | £80,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 120 m |
| November 2025 | £85,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 120 m |
| October 2025 | £62,500 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 130 m |
| April 2026 | £88,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 140 m |

## Within 1 km

- Pharmacies: TAYLORS PHARMACY (260 m); ASDA PHARMACY (650 m); PHARMADRUG DIRECT (650 m); BARKERHOUSE PHARMACY (800 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (260 m); DENTAL SURGERY (850 m); DENTAL SURGERY (880 m)
- Supermarkets: Farmfoods Marsden Park Nelson (110 m, Farmfoods); Spar - Leeds Road Lancashire (240 m, Spar); Asda Burnley Road Express (420 m, Asda); Asda Colne Superstore (720 m, Asda); Spar Netherfield Road (980 m, Spar)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £156,011** (August 2026). Pendle’s average house price was £156,011 in August 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 9.0% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, August 2026. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £30,327** (2025). Full-time workers living in Pendle earned a median of £30,327 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 2nd lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 5.1×** (2025). A home in Pendle costs 5.1 times local full-time pay. Joint 47th most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 21 October 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 35.3** (2025). Pendle has a deprivation score of 35.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 15th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Pendle 009C (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 54.2** (2025). Pendle 009C has a deprivation score of 54.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 1,690th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £76,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Pendle 009C was £76,000 in 2025. Joint 84th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,955** (2021). Pendle 009C had 1,955 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 6,090th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.5%** (January 2026). In Pendle 009C, 99.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## BB9 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £120,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in BB9 was £120,500 in 2025. 26th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 49,975** (2021). BB9 had 49,975 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 212th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 47%** (2022). About 47% of people in BB9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.6%** (January 2026). In BB9, 95.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Pendle](https://openindex.co.uk/pendle)
- Centre: 53.8438, -2.2028

Council: [Pendle](https://openindex.co.uk/pendle) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Pendle and Clitheroe](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/pendle-and-clitheroe): Jonathan Hinder (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), August 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-2.2028,53.8438,BB98RJ

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb9-8rj.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb9-8rj