Latitude: 53.6967 / 53°41'48"N
Longitude: -2.4662 / 2°27'58"W
OS Eastings: 369319
OS Northings: 422350
OS Grid: SD693223
Mapcode National: GBR CT6P.WL
Mapcode Global: WH978.2BXX
Plus Code: 9C5VMGWM+MG
Maidenhead Locator System: IO83sq47
What Three Birds: oriole.tern.dunlin
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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BB3 3BU is a large user postcode in Blacksnape, Blackburn with Darwen. It was first introduced in January 1980.
'Large User' postcodes are allocated to organisations which receive large amounts of post. Unlike standard geographic postcodes, which cover up to 80 addresses, a large user postcode is unique to a single address.
To the best of our knowledge, the current address of this postcode is:
Blackburn & Darwin Council, Library, Knott Street, Darwen BB3 3BU.
The geographic coordinates assigned to a large user postcode may not necessarily be the actual coordinates of the location to which mail is delivered. If the address is a PO Box, then the coordinates will usually be the Royal Mail sorting office which handles mail for that postcode. In other cases, the coordinates of the postcode may be the headquarters, or registered office, of an organisation rather than the building which receives mail.
Darwen is a town, which had a population of 28,155 in the 2011 census.
BB3 3BU is in the Blackburn travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Blackburn with Darwen Teaching Primary Care Trust.
BB3 3BU is approximately 160m (525ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing BB3 3BU
5a3: Urbanites - Urban Professionals and Families - Families in Terraces and Flats
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for BB3 3BU
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
9/10 (Very high)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
2/10 (Very low)
Area Retail Diversity Index
5/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near BB3 3BU include Asda, Iceland, Lidl and Sainsbury's. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of BB3 3BU are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
Unitary Authority
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Ward
Darwen East
Councillors
Martin McCaughran (Labour)
Katrina Louise Fielding (Labour)
Matt Gibson (Labour)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Rossendale and Darwen
MP
Jake Berry (Conservative)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for BB3 3BU.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near BB3 3BU.
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