BL7 postcode area guide — Blackburn with Darwen
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BL7 postcode district in Blackburn with Darwen — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BL7
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
86.8%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
54.5%
Gigabit-capable
52.5%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.5%
Broadband availability in the BL7 postcode district (Blackburn with Darwen) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 507 postcodes Ofcom measures in BL7, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 86.8% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 52.5%.
Around 0.5% of premises in BL7 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in BL7
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BL7 0AA | 95.2% | 0% |
| BL7 0AB | 100% | 0% |
| BL7 0AD | 100% | 0% |
| BL7 0AE | 100% | 0% |
| BL7 0AF | 100% | 0% |
| BL7 0AG | 100% | 0% |
| BL7 0AH | 100% | 0% |
| BL7 0AJ | 100% | 0% |
| BL7 0AL | 100% | 0% |
| BL7 0AN | 100% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Blackburn with Darwen
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Blackburn With Darwen district (70,208 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
98.1%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.9%
5G outdoors — all networks
86.3%
Voice indoors — all networks
98.7%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in BL7
Police recorded 2 incidents within about a mile of the centre of BL7 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 | 50.0% |
| Public order | 1 | 50.0% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in BL7
Based on 197 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in BL7 is £255,000, down 3.8% on the previous year (£265,000).
Detached
£465,000
57 sales
Semi-detached
£265,500
35 sales
Terraced
£208,000
76 sales
Flat / maisonette
£170,000
21 sales
Latest recorded sales in BL7
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 May 2026 | £235,000 | Terraced | Hough Lane | BL7 9DE |
| 27 Apr 2026 | £485,000 | Detached | Blackburn Road | BL7 9SN |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £157,500 | Terraced | Darwen Road | BL7 9BT |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £122,500 | Flat | Valley Mill | BL7 9DY |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £415,000 | Detached | Conningsby Close | BL7 9NY |
| 14 Apr 2026 | £320,000 | Terraced | Charlotte Street | BL7 0ES |
| 14 Apr 2026 | £245,000 | Terraced | Mount Pleasant | BL7 0AG |
| 13 Apr 2026 | £180,000 | Terraced | Tong Clough | BL7 9HR |
| 10 Apr 2026 | £690,000 | Other | Moorside Road | BL7 0JZ |
| 1 Apr 2026 | £240,000 | Terraced | Longworth Road | BL7 9TS |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Blackburn with Darwen demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Blackburn with Darwen district (154,735 residents, 58,767 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22.8% |
| 15–29 | 25% |
| 30–44 | 19.8% |
| 45–64 | 17.9% |
| 65+ | 14.5% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 60.5% |
| Private rented | 20.2% |
| Social rented | 14.2% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around BL7
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turton School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,596 | BL7 9LT |
| Walmsley CofE Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 303 | BL7 9SA |
| Eagley Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 224 | BL7 9AT |
| Egerton Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 211 | BL7 9RE |
| Eagley Infant School | Primary | 2–7 | 203 | BL7 9LN |
| St John the Evangelist RC Primary School, Bromley Cross, Bolton | Primary | 5–11 | 162 | BL7 9HT |
| Birtenshaw School Bolton | Not applicable | 3–19 | 137 | BL7 9AB |
| Turton Belmont Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 91 | BL7 8AH |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in BL7
97 rated food businesses operate in BL7. 68 hold the top rating of 5, 16 are rated 4, and 1 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Adventure Club @ The Hideaway, Amigos foods Ltd, Baker's Egerton, Belmont Primary School, Bengal Chef.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in BL7
From a sample of 157 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 BL7 postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band D). 47% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
2%
Band C
45%
Band D
38%
Band E
12%
Band F
2%
Band G
1%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Blackburn with Darwen
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.