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BB7 9DP, Whalley & Brockhall

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Whalley & Brockhall, Ribble Valley

Council
Ribble Valley
Neighbourhood
Ribble Valley 007D
Constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe
Ward
East Whalley, Read & Simonstone

At a glance

5 of 14 stand out from the national average: affluence, air quality, green space, transport, broadband.

Where this is

Accuracy
Located to a building in this postcode
Coordinates
53.8162, -2.3864

Money

Affluence

Among the least deprived neighbourhoods in England.

Better off than 92 in 100 English neighbourhoods

Group 10 of 10.

Affluence profile

Compared with

  • About the same as Ribble Valley
  • 42 places in 100 higher than the England midpoint

Here 92 out of 100 · Ribble Valley 92 out of 100 · England midpoint 50 out of 100

Income

Around the average household income for England.

£41,852

Higher than 58 in 100 wider neighbourhoods in England

Group 6 of 10.

Income profile

Compared with

  • 9% above the Ribble Valley average
  • About the same as the England average

Here £41,852 · Ribble Valley £38,395 · the average English neighbourhood £41,163

Work & education

Around the average share of residents in work for England.

55.9%

Higher than 42 in 100 neighbourhoods in England

Group 5 of 10.

Highest qualification

  • Degree level46.1%
  • Apprenticeship / A-level23.5%
  • GCSE level / other20.5%
  • No qualifications10.0%

Occupation

  • Professional64.3%
  • Admin & trades17.1%
  • Care & service11.6%
  • Plant & elementary7.0%

Work

Compared with

  • 2.9 points below Ribble Valley
  • 1.4 points below England

Here 55.9% · Ribble Valley 58.8% · the average English neighbourhood 57.3%

Crime

Around the average level of recorded crime for England.

53.4 per 1,000 residents

Lower than 61 in 100 neighbourhoods in England

Group 7 of 10.

Crime profile

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Compared with

  • About the same as the Ribble Valley rate
  • 43% below the England rate

Here 53.4 per 1,000 residents · Ribble Valley 54.6 per 1,000 · the average English neighbourhood 93.3 per 1,000

Environment

Flood risk

No properties here are in areas the Environment Agency assesses as at risk of river or sea flooding.

0 properties

Band 10 of 10.

Flood profile

Compared with

  • 100% below the Ribble Valley figure
  • 100% below the England figure

Here 0 properties · Ribble Valley 4 properties · the average English neighbourhood 2.7 properties

Air quality

Nitrogen dioxide here is at or below the WHO's guideline level for negligible health risk.

5.5µg/m³

Band 10 of 10.

Air quality profile

Compared with

  • About the same as the Ribble Valley figure
  • 40% below the England figure

Here 5.5µg/m³ · Ribble Valley 5.24 · the average English neighbourhood 9.14

Road noise

Road noise here is around the WHO guideline of 53dB.

58 dB

Band 5 of 10.

Noise profile

Compared with

  • 12% above the Ribble Valley figure

Here 58 dB · Ribble Valley 52 dB

Green space

A short walk from a green space.

0.2 miles

Straight-line distance — closer than 19 in 100 postcodes in England.

Band 9 of 10.

Nearest green space

Straight-line distance from the postcode — not a walking or driving route.

  1. Golf course0.2 miles
  2. Public park or garden0.4 miles
  3. Play space0.8 miles

Water & sewage

The nearest monitored storm overflows — where the sewer network is permitted to discharge during heavy rain — with the number of spills and total hours the water company reported for 2024, and the nearest designated bathing waters with their latest annual classification. Straight-line distances. These are counts as reported, not a rating of this postcode: a spill happens at the overflow’s location and affects the water it discharges into, not every home nearby.

Nearest monitored storm overflows, 2024

  1. Longworth Rd/R'Way Viaduct36 spills · into River Calder1.2 miles
  2. Ridding Lane CSO (342X5)112 spills · into River Calder1.5 miles
  3. Hyndburn Wastewater Treatment Works Hynbd62 spills · into River Calder (Ribble)1.5 miles

Nearest designated bathing waters

  1. River Ribble at Edisford BridgeClassified Poor at the last annual assessment3.8 miles
  2. Morecambe NorthClassified Sufficient at the last annual assessment26.5 miles

Event Duration Monitoring - Storm Overflow Annual Returns · Environment Agency

Open Government Licence v3.0 · Data from August 2026

House prices & ownership

House prices

Around the average house price for England.

£369,950

Higher than 68 in 100 neighbourhoods in England

Group 7 of 10.

House prices profile

Compared with

  • 37% above the Ribble Valley average
  • 29% above the England average

Here £369,950 · Ribble Valley £270,000 · the average English neighbourhood £287,500

Housing & households

Around the average share of homeowners for England.

74.0%

Higher than 64 in 100 neighbourhoods in England

Group 7 of 10.

Housing tenure

  • Owner-occupied74.0%
  • Private rented10.5%
  • Social rented12.0%

Household type

  • Living alone32.6%
  • Couples, no children19.8%
  • With children23.7%
  • Other households23.9%

Home size (bedrooms)

  • 1 bedroom9.9%
  • 2 bedrooms21.2%
  • 3 bedrooms32.0%
  • 4+ bedrooms36.9%

Cars and vans

  • No car11.4%
  • One car36.3%
  • Two or more cars52.3%

Compared with

  • 1.6 points below Ribble Valley
  • 11.8 points above England

Here 74.0% · Ribble Valley 75.6% · the average English neighbourhood 62.2%

Who lives here

Demographics

Around the average share of residents reporting good health for England.

84.5%

Higher than 67 in 100 neighbourhoods in England

Group 7 of 10.

Age

  • Aged under 1513.6%
  • Aged 65+28.4%
  • Aged 15–6458.0%

Ethnic group

  • White95.7%
  • Asian2.9%
  • Black0.1%
  • Mixed1.3%
  • Other group0.1%

Country of birth

  • Born in UK96.2%
  • Born in Europe1.9%
  • Middle East & Asia1.1%
  • Born in Africa0.4%
  • Americas & Caribbean0.3%

Religion

  • Christian67.3%
  • No religion25.0%
  • Muslim1.3%
  • Hindu0.4%
  • Other religions0.4%
  • Not answered5.7%

Health & language

Compared with

  • About the same as Ribble Valley
  • 2.7 points above England

Here 84.5% · Ribble Valley 84.6% · the average English neighbourhood 81.8%

Politics

How this postcode’s constituency voted at the general election on 4 July 2024. A constituency is a large area — around 70,000 voters — so this describes a much wider patch than the street. These are simply the votes as counted: nothing here is ranked, scored, or compared with anywhere else.

Constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe
MP
Jonathan Hinder (Labour)
Result
Lab gain from Con

Vote share, 2024 general election

  • Labour34.5%
  • Conservative32.6%
  • Reform UK17.5%
  • Other candidates8.1%
  • Liberal Democrat4.4%
  • Green3.0%
Majority
902 votes
Turnout
59.3% of 78,796 electors

General election 2024 results by constituency (CBP-10009) · House of Commons Library

Open Parliament Licence v3.0 · Data from July 2024

Schools

A borderline walk to the nearest school, or a short drive.

0.9 miles

Straight-line distance — closer than 8 in 100 postcodes in England.

Band 6 of 10.

Nearest schools

Straight-line distance from the postcode — not a walking or driving route.

  1. Whalley Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school · Primary0.9 miles
  2. Oakhill SchoolOther independent school1.0 miles
  3. St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great HarwoodVoluntary aided school · Primary1.9 miles

Transport

A short walk from public transport.

0.3 miles

Straight-line distance — closer than 15 in 100 postcodes in England.

Band 9 of 10.

Nearest transport

Straight-line distance from the postcode — not a walking or driving route.

  1. Portfield RoadBus stop0.3 miles
  2. Portfield BarBus stop0.3 miles
  3. Portfield RoadBus stop0.3 miles

Broadband

Only a minority of premises here can get gigabit broadband.

16.7%

Band 2 of 10.

Broadband profile

Compared with

  • 61.2 points below Ribble Valley
  • 67.7 points below England

Here 16.7% · Ribble Valley 77.9% · the average English neighbourhood 84.4%

Nearby postcodes

All postcodes in BB7

Sources & last updated

Every figure on this page comes from official published data. Nothing is modelled by us, estimated by us, or bought from a private provider.

DatasetPublished byGeographyData from
English Indices of Deprivation 2025OGL-3.0Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Governmentneighbourhood (LSOA)November 2025
Income estimates for small areas, England and Wales, financial year ending 2023OGL-3.0Office for National Statisticswider neighbourhood (MSOA)April 2023
Census 2021 bulk topic-summary tablesOGL-3.0Office for National Statistics (via Nomis)neighbourhood (LSOA)March 2021
Street-level crime, outcomes and stop-and-search dataOGL-3.0Home Office (data.police.uk)neighbourhood (LSOA)June 2026
Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (NaFRA2)OGL-3.0Environment AgencypostcodeJune 2026
UK-AIR modelled background pollution maps (NO2, PM2.5, PM10)OGL-3.0Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)postcodeDecember 2024
Strategic noise mapping Round 4 (road, rail, airport)OGL-3.0DefrapostcodeAugust 2026
OS Open GreenspaceOGL-3.0Ordnance SurveypostcodeAugust 2026
Price Paid DataOGL-3.0HM Land Registryneighbourhood (LSOA)August 2026
Get Information about Schools (GIAS) full establishment extractOGL-3.0Department for EducationpostcodeAugust 2026
National Public Transport Access Nodes (NaPTAN)OGL-3.0Department for TransportpostcodeAugust 2026
Connected Nations 2025 — fixed broadband & mobile coverageOGL-3.0OfcompostcodeJuly 2025
General election 2024 results by constituency (CBP-10009)Open Parliament LicenceHouse of Commons LibraryWestminster constituencyJuly 2024
Bathing Water QualityOGL-3.0Environment AgencypostcodeAugust 2026
Event Duration Monitoring - Storm Overflow Annual ReturnsOGL-3.0Environment AgencypostcodeAugust 2026
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Income estimates for small areas, England and Wales, financial year ending 2023, Office for National Statistics.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Census 2021, Office for National Statistics.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Crime and outcome data, data.police.uk / Home Office.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea, Environment Agency.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. UK-AIR background pollution maps, Defra.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Strategic noise mapping Round 4, Defra.

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Get Information about Schools, Department for Education.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. NaPTAN, Department for Transport.

Contains information from Ofcom, Connected Nations 2025, © Ofcom, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. General election 2024 results, House of Commons Library.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Bathing Water Quality, Environment Agency.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Event Duration Monitoring - Storm Overflow Annual Returns, Environment Agency.

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