# BB3 3AX

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 53.703324, -2.453816
- **Open Location Code:** 9C5VPG3W+8F
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO83sq
- **Qibla:** 118.4°
- **Grid reference:** SD 70138 23082
- **UTM:** 30U 536056 5950652
- **Elevation:** 218m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** England (E92000001)
- **Region:** North West (E12000002)
- **Admin district:** Blackburn with Darwen (E06000008)
- **Ward:** Darwen East (E05011514)
- **Constituency:** Rossendale and Darwen (E14001450)
- **Parish code:** E04012080
- **Travel to work area:** E30000170
- **Police force area:** E23000003
- **Built-up area:** E63008053
- **European electoral region:** North West (E15000002)
- **Date introduced:** 1999-06

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01012647
- **2021 MSOA:** East Darwen (E02002629)
- **2021 output area:** E00063747
- **2011 LSOA:** E01012647
- **2011 MSOA:** E02002629
- **2011 output area:** E00063747
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33007159
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Hard-Pressed Living (8C3)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 4171
- **Postcode user type:** Small

## Health (England)

- **NHS region:** E40000014
- **ICB location:** E38000014
- **Integrated Care Board:** E54000048
- **Cancer Alliance:** E56000018

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Darwen | 940 |
| Hospital | Royal Blackburn Hospital | 3634 |
| GP | Dr M Ninan and partners | 1432 |
| School | Darwen St James CofE Primary Academy | 629 |
| Airport | Warton Aerodrome | 28620 |
| Bus stop | Ambleside Drive | 52 |
| Food bank | Salvation Army | 5299 |
| Defibrillator | NA | 310 |
| Pharmacy | Market Street Pharmacy | 1273 |
| Post office | Darwen Post Office | 1294 |
| Library | Darwen Library | 1087 |
| Coast | — | 29511 |
| Central London | — | 290301 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** Electricity North West (region G, MPAN 16)
- **Water:** United Utilities
- **Sewerage:** United Utilities
- **Broadband:** 100% gigabit, 100% superfast, 100% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [BB3 3AZ](https://openpostcodes.uk/BB3%203AZ)
- [BB3 3FR](https://openpostcodes.uk/BB3%203FR)
- [BB3 3BG](https://openpostcodes.uk/BB3%203BG)
- [BB3 3BQ](https://openpostcodes.uk/BB3%203BQ)

## Boundary

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