# BL7 8AF

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 53.638218, -2.493621
- **Open Location Code:** 9C5VJGQ4+7H
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO83sp
- **Qibla:** 118.3°
- **Grid reference:** SD 67460 15856
- **UTM:** 30U 533479 5943389
- **Elevation:** 240m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** England (E92000001)
- **Region:** North West (E12000002)
- **Admin district:** Blackburn with Darwen (E06000008)
- **Ward:** West Pennine (E05011524)
- **Constituency:** Rossendale and Darwen (E14001450)
- **Parish code:** E04000339
- **Travel to work area:** E30000170
- **Police force area:** E23000003
- **European electoral region:** North West (E15000002)
- **Date introduced:** 1980-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01012628
- **2021 MSOA:** Tockholes, Edgworth & Hoddlesden (E02002632)
- **2021 output area:** E00063658
- **2011 LSOA:** E01012628
- **2011 MSOA:** E02002632
- **2011 output area:** E00063658
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33007172
- **Rural/urban classification:** Smaller rural: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Rural Residents (1B2)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 23274
- **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 | Entwistle | 5593 |
| Hospital | Darley Court | 6106 |
| GP | Bromley Meadows Surgery | 4991 |
| School | Turton Belmont Community Primary School | 267 |
| Airport | Warton Aerodrome | 28262 |
| Bus stop | Black Dog Inn | 47 |
| Food bank | Horwich Foodshare | 6071 |
| Defibrillator | Black Dog Hotel | 35 |
| Pharmacy | Cohens Chemist | 4974 |
| Post office | Post Office | 359 |
| Library | Horwich Library and Children's Centre | 5459 |
| Coast | — | 28801 |
| Central London | — | 285801 |

## Utilities

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

## Adjacent postcodes

- [BL7 8AA](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL7%208AA)
- [BL7 8AB](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL7%208AB)
- [BL7 8AE](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL7%208AE)
- [BL7 8BW](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL7%208BW)
- [BL7 8BR](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL7%208BR)

## Boundary

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