# FY3 8LW: area report for a postcode in Blackpool

FY3 8LW is a postcode in Blackpool.

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 Blackpool. Open the map at FY3 8LW for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Blackpool](https://openindex.co.uk/blackpool) › [FY3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/fy3) › [FY3 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/fy3-8)

## Around this postcode

- **36 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 16% on July. Blackpool 009B: 173 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-3.0298,53.8191,FY38LW
- **Blackpool North, 1.3 km**: About 16 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-3.0298,53.8191,FY38LW
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 350 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-3.0298,53.8191,FY38LW
- **No property in FY3 8LW 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=-3.0298,53.8191,FY38LW
- **England’s most deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Blackpool 009B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-3.0298,53.8191,FY38LW
- **£137,386 average price**: For the whole of Blackpool, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-3.0298,53.8191,FY38LW
- **4 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 760 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-3.0298,53.8191,FY38LW
- **6 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 400 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-3.0298,53.8191,FY38LW
- **94.4% can get gigabit broadband at FY3 8LW**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-3.0298,53.8191,FY38LW
- **Low road and rail noise at FY3 8LW**: Road 44 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-3.0298,53.8191,FY38LW
- **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=-3.0298,53.8191,FY38LW
- **8.6 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-3.0298,53.8191,FY38LW

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [St Kentigern's Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-kentigerns-catholic-primary-school-e149262) | Primary | 350 m (4 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, April 2025 | 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Devonshire Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/devonshire-primary-academy-e140128) | Primary | 600 m (7 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade | 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Tower Learning Centre Independent School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tower-learning-centre-independent-school-e148568) | Independent | 670 m (8 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Woodlands School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/woodlands-school-e119871) | Special | 770 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, May 2024 | – |
| [Park Community Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/park-community-academy-e140143) | Special | 820 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, October 2023 | – |
| [St Mary's Catholic Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-catholic-academy-e141257) | Secondary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 44.2 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Christ The King Catholic Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/christ-the-king-catholic-academy-e141288) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, December 2022 | 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Blackpool St John's Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/blackpool-st-johns-church-of-england-primary-school-e119595) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| October 2023 | £420,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 30 m |
| August 2025 | £525,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| July 2026 | £227,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| January 2023 | £175,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| November 2025 | £375,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| May 2026 | £169,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 170 m |
| February 2024 | £265,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 170 m |
| January 2023 | £181,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 170 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: MARTON MEDICAL PRACTICE (760 m); GP LED HEALTH CENTRE (760 m); ADELAIDE STREET SURGERY (930 m); LAYTON MEDICAL CENTRE (940 m)
- Pharmacies: ALLIED PHARMACY WHITEGATE DRIVE (540 m); WHITEGATE PHARMACY (760 m); COHENS CHEMIST (950 m); ALLIED PHARMACY CHARLES STREET (980 m)
- Dental practices: ORTHOWORLD (530 m); FYLDE COAST MEDICAL SERVICES LTD (630 m); WHITEGATE DRIVE (DENTAL SURGERY) (750 m); WHITEGATE DRIVE CENTRE (760 m); DENTAL SURGERY (850 m)
- Supermarkets: Morrisons Daily Collingwood (400 m, Morrisons); Morrisons Daily Whitegate Drive (550 m, Morrisons); Tesco Blackpool Whitegate Dr Express (610 m, Tesco); Lidl Central Blackpool Blackpool (740 m, Lidl); Farmfoods Blackpool (740 m, Farmfoods)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £137,386** (July 2026). Blackpool’s average house price was £137,386 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 6.8% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £31,858** (2025). Full-time workers living in Blackpool earned a median of £31,858 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 7th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 4.3×** (2025). A home in Blackpool costs 4.3 times local full-time pay. Joint 19th most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 43.5** (2025). Blackpool has a deprivation score of 43.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Blackpool 009B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 30.8** (2025). Blackpool 009B has a deprivation score of 30.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 7,872nd most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £143,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Blackpool 009B was £143,000 in 2025. Joint 2,022nd cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,404** (2021). Blackpool 009B had 1,404 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 18,366th least 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: 85.7%** (January 2026). In Blackpool 009B, 85.7% 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.

## FY3 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £137,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in FY3 was £137,500 in 2025. Joint 66th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 31,833** (2021). FY3 had 31,833 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 818th 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: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in FY3 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: 92.6%** (January 2026). In FY3, 92.6% 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: [Blackpool](https://openindex.co.uk/blackpool)
- Centre: 53.8191, -3.0298

Council: [Blackpool](https://openindex.co.uk/blackpool) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Blackpool South](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/blackpool-south): Chris Webb (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), July 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=-3.0298,53.8191,FY38LW

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