BL8 postcode area guide — Blackburn with Darwen
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BL8 postcode district in Blackburn with Darwen — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BL8
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
95.4%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
83.6%
Gigabit-capable
81.8%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the BL8 postcode district (Blackburn with Darwen) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 946 postcodes Ofcom measures in BL8, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 95.4% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 81.8%.
Around 0% of premises in BL8 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 BL8
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BL8 1AA | 100% | 0% |
| BL8 1AB | 100% | 100% |
| BL8 1AE | 100% | 100% |
| BL8 1AF | 100% | 100% |
| BL8 1AG | 100% | 0% |
| BL8 1AH | 100% | 100% |
| BL8 1AJ | 100% | 100% |
| BL8 1AL | 100% | 100% |
| BL8 1AN | 100% | 100% |
| BL8 1AP | 100% | 100% |
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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.
House prices in BL8
Based on 394 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in BL8 is £250,000, up 1.2% on the previous year (£247,000).
Detached
£376,000
93 sales
Semi-detached
£267,000
115 sales
Terraced
£180,000
154 sales
Flat / maisonette
£125,000
18 sales
Latest recorded sales in BL8
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2026 | £278,000 | Terraced | Brook Walk | BL8 1WF |
| 15 May 2026 | £280,000 | Semi-detached | Woodbank Drive | BL8 1DR |
| 14 May 2026 | £121,000 | Flat | Tottington Road | BL8 1JY |
| 7 May 2026 | £142,000 | Terraced | Bolton Road | BL8 2PA |
| 5 May 2026 | £250,000 | Terraced | Turton Road | BL8 4AW |
| 5 May 2026 | £306,000 | Semi-detached | Stockton Drive | BL8 1UQ |
| 1 May 2026 | £190,000 | Terraced | Bolton Road | BL8 2NR |
| 1 May 2026 | £275,000 | Semi-detached | Dunsters Avenue | BL8 1EF |
| 1 May 2026 | £358,500 | Semi-detached | Lyons Drive | BL8 2EA |
| 1 May 2026 | £425,000 | Semi-detached | Sandringham Drive | BL8 4DJ |
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 BL8
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Elton High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,017 | BL8 1RN |
| Tottington High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 811 | BL8 3LY |
| Darul Uloom Al Arabiya Al Islamiya | Not applicable | 11–23 | 383 | BL8 4NG |
| Tottington Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 319 | BL8 3HR |
| Elton Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 307 | BL8 1SB |
| Chantlers Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 305 | BL8 2SF |
| Woodbank Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 295 | BL8 1AX |
| Greenhill Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 255 | BL8 2JH |
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 BL8
152 rated food businesses operate in BL8. 96 hold the top rating of 5, 18 are rated 4, and 11 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Agricola House, Ainsworth Road Post Office, Aldi Stores limited, Alison Kirton, Audrey's Kitchen.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in BL8
From a sample of 182 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 BL8 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 23% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
1%
Band C
22%
Band D
51%
Band E
21%
Band F
4%
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.