Latitude: 53.7474 / 53°44'50"N
Longitude: -2.3554 / 2°21'19"W
OS Eastings: 376663
OS Northings: 427945
OS Grid: SD766279
Mapcode National: GBR CTZ3.WF
Mapcode Global: WH973.S2LJ
Plus Code: 9C5VPJWV+WV
Maidenhead Locator System: IO83tr79
What Three Birds: goosander.hawk-owl.rosefinch
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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BB5 2BS is a large user postcode in Accrington. It was first introduced in July 1995.
'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:
Caligen Foam Ltd, Broad Oak, Accrington BB5 2BS.
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.
The average commercial rateable value is £417,500. The most common recorded business type is Works.
Accrington is a town, which had a population of 35,456 in the 2011 census.
BB5 2BS is in the Blackburn travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the East Lancashire Teaching Primary Care Trust.
BB5 2BS is approximately 161m (528ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing BB5 2BS
8b1: Hard-Pressed Living - Challenged Terraced Workers - Deprived Blue-Collar Terraces
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for BB5 2BS
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
4/10 (Low)
Area Retail Diversity Index
3/10 (Low)
Supermarkets near BB5 2BS include Aldi, Asda, Co-Operative Food, Lidl and Tesco. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of BB5 2BS 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.
District Council
Hyndburn Borough Council
Ward
Barnfield
Councillors
Michael Booth (Labour)
Caroline Montague (Green)
County Council
Lancashire
Electoral Division
Accrington South
County Councillor
Terry Hurn (Conservative)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Hyndburn
MP
Sara Britcliffe (Conservative)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for BB5 2BS.
Broadband statistics for commercial properties are less reliable than for domestic properties, as businesses are more likely to have other forms of Internet access that are not classified as 'Broadband'.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near BB5 2BS.
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