BB1 2BY

a postcode in Lancashire

Introduced in January 1980

BB1 2BY	Normal (geographic) postcodes	Large user postcodes

The nearby postcodes map only shows currently active postcodes. Postcode markers will cluster if they are close together, which may happen in densly populated built-up areas or where single premises have multiple postcodes.

Streets Associated with BB1 2BY

St Oswald's Close - 33 properties, USRN 17902008

Unnamed road - 1 property, USRN 17902504

Street names are those nearest to properties in this postcode, they are not necessarily the postal address

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.7453 / 53°44'43"N

Longitude: -2.4347 / 2°26'4"W

UTM Reference: 30U 537281 5955336

OS Easting: 371429

OS Northing: 427748

OS Grid: SD714277

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR CTF4.P4

Mapcode Global: WH972.K4V2

Open Location Code: 9C5VPHW8+44

Maidenhead Locator System: IO83sr78

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: C1

urban city or town
a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside

ONS Population Classification: 5b2

Ethnically Diverse Suburb-an Professionals
Suburban Professionals
Established Multi-Ethnic Suburbs

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 20241 / 32844

7th decile
somewhat less deprived

Demographics are based on the LSOA containing this postcode and not necessarily this postcode alone

Sun and Moon Times for BB1 2BY on Tuesday 7 July 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light)	02:29
Civil twilight begins (Dawn)	03:57
Sunrise	04:49
Transit (sun is at its highest)	13:14
Sunset	21:40
Civil twilight ends (Dusk)	22:31
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall)	23:59

Hours of daylight today	04:19 to 22:10
Hours of darkness tonight (lighting-up time)	22:10 to 04:20
Moon Phase	Last Quarter
Moon Sets	12:40
Moon Rises	23:11

For a full sun and moon calendar for BB1 2BY, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in BB1 2BY

Date	Address	Property Type	Tenure	Price
24 November 2023	8 St Oswalds Close, Knuzden, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£147,500
26 September 2023	15 St Oswalds Close, Knuzden, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Detached	Leasehold	£282,000
23 June 2023	13 St Oswalds Close, Knuzden, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Detached	Leasehold	£220,000
17 February 2023	24 St Oswalds Close, Knuzden, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£185,000
13 January 2023	1 St Oswalds Close, Knuzden, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£175,000
12 October 2022	9 St Oswalds Close, Knuzden, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Detached	Freehold	£208,000
25 May 2022	30 St Oswalds Close, Knuzden, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Other property type	Freehold	£120,000
22 January 2021	1 St Oswalds Close, Knuzden, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£131,000
14 September 2020	2 St Oswalds Close, Knuzden, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£98,000
7 August 2020	10 St Oswalds Close, Knuzden, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£90,000
13 March 2020	25 St Oswalds Close, Knuzden, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£150,000
28 November 2017	19 St Oswalds Close, Knuzden, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Detached	Leasehold	£145,000
12 October 2017	23 St Oswalds Close, Knuzden, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£122,000
12 October 2017	23 St Oswalds Close, Knuzden, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Other property type	Freehold	£122,000
17 February 2017	18 St Oswalds Close, Knuzden, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Detached	Leasehold	£180,000
16 December 2016	24 St Oswalds Close, Knuzden, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£127,000
30 October 2015	13 St Oswalds Close, Knuzden, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Detached	Leasehold	£130,000
10 July 2015	18 St Oswalds Close, Knuzden, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Detached	Leasehold	£179,950
8 May 2015	9 St Oswalds Close, Knuzden, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Detached	Leasehold	£142,000
27 March 2015	16 St Oswalds Close, Knuzden, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£138,000
28 May 2014	26 St Oswalds Close, Knuzden, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£118,000
23 August 2013	23 St Oswalds Close, Knuzden, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£117,000
25 January 2013	8 St Oswalds Close, Knuzden, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£84,000
7 February 2012	30 St Oswalds Close, Knuzden, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£105,000
29 July 2011	13 St Oswalds Close, Knuzden, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Detached	Leasehold	£133,000
20 May 2011	29 St Oswalds Close, Knuzden, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£110,000
5 February 2010	30 St Oswalds Close, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£120,000
12 June 2009	26 - 28 St Oswalds Close, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£137,000
24 November 2006	26 St Oswalds Close, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£135,000
4 July 2006	3 St Oswalds Close, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£127,500
19 May 2006	17 St Oswalds Close, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Detached	Leasehold	£127,000
7 January 2004	17 St Oswalds Close, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Detached	Leasehold	£116,950
9 December 2002	17 St Oswalds Close, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Detached	Leasehold	£81,000
29 July 2002	32 St Oswalds Close, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£65,950
28 June 2002	15 St Oswalds Close, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Detached	Leasehold	£74,950
27 June 2002	10 St Oswalds Close, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£66,950
21 December 2001	30 St Oswalds Close, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£58,000
26 November 2001	3 St Oswalds Close, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£59,000
6 July 2001	27 St Oswalds Close, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£48,000
15 December 2000	25 St Oswalds Close, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£55,500
23 June 2000	11 St Oswalds Close, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Detached	Leasehold	£64,950
26 June 1998	19 St Oswalds Close, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Detached	Leasehold	£55,500
5 December 1997	30 St Oswalds Close, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£46,500
23 June 1997	22 St Oswalds Close, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£44,000
23 May 1997	30 St Oswalds Close, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Semi-detached	Leasehold	£57,000
29 September 1995	21 St Oswalds Close, Blackburn BB1 2BY	Detached	Leasehold	£55,950

Key to property sale icons:

	First sale of newbuild property. This includes new properties created from existing properties, such as residential conversions of commercial or agricultural property, or subdivision of a larger residential property.
	Subsequent sale of existing property.
	Standard sale at market value to private individual.
	Additional (non-standard) sale. This includes repossessions, buy-to-lets and transfers of property sold to non-private individuals.

Elected Representatives for BB1 2BY

United Kingdom Parliament

Constituency

Hyndburn

MP

Sarah Smith Labour

Lancashire County Council

County council electoral division

Oswaldtwistle

Councillor

Gaynor Hargreaves Reform UK

Hyndburn Borough Council

District council ward

St Oswald's

Councillors

Tina Walker Conservative

Zak Khan Conservative

Marlene Haworth Conservative

Elected representative data is updated approximately monthly, so may not include recent by-elections or vacancies.

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for BB1 2BY

Code	Name	Data Type	Data Theme	Active Since	Data Owner
E00127283		Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 January 2009	ONS
E01025079	Hyndburn 009C	Lower layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 February 2004	ONS
E02005220	Hyndburn 009	Middle layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 August 2004	ONS
E05005220	St Oswald's	Electoral Wards/Divisions	Administrative/Electoral	1 January 2009	DLUHC
E07000120	Hyndburn	Non-metropolitan Districts	Administrative	1 January 2009	DLUHC
E10000017	Lancashire	Counties	Administrative	1 January 2009	DLUHC
E12000002	North West	Regions	Administrative	1 January 2009	DLUHC
E14001299	Hyndburn	Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies	Electoral	4 July 2024	LGBC
E23000003	Lancashire	Police Force Areas	Other	1 January 2009	Home Office
E30000170	Blackburn	Travel to Work Areas	Other	31 July 2015	ONS
E33008338		Workplace Zones	Census	31 December 2011	ONS
E37000019	Lancashire	Local Enterprise Partnerships	Other	13 April 2011	BEIS
E38000050	NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB - 01A	Sub Integrated Care Board Locations	Health	1 July 2022	ODS
E40000010	North West	NHS England Regions	Health	1 April 2019	ODS
E43000096	Hyndburn, unparished area	Non-Civil Parished Areas	Census	31 December 2011	ONS
E54000048	NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board	Integrated Care Boards	Health	1 July 2022	ODS
E56000018	Lancashire and South Cumbria	Cancer Alliances	Health	14 February 2017	NHS England
E58000796	Oswaldtwistle ED	County Electoral Divisions	Electoral	4 May 2017	DLUHC
E63007969	Blackburn (Blackburn with Darwen)	Built Up Areas	Census	17 April 2024	OS
E65000001	England Non-National Park Area	England Non-National Park Area	Census	27 February 2023	ONS
E92000001	England	Country	Administrative	1 January 2009	ONS

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