The UK Postcode Database

BB8 8HL

a postcode in Lancashire

Introduced in January 1980
BB8 8HL Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

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Streets Associated with BB8 8HL

Birchenlee Lane - 37 properties, USRN 29803189

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

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.8455 / 53°50'43"N

Longitude: -2.1665 / 2°9'59"W

UTM Reference: 30U 554835 5966649

OS Easting: 389141

OS Northing: 438812

OS Grid: SD891388

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR FR9Z.R8

Mapcode Global: WHB7R.PLJW

Open Location Code: 9C5VRRWM+59

Maidenhead Locator System: IO83wu02

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: D1

  • rural town
  • a small town or larger village, surrounded by populated countryside

ONS Population Classification: 2b1

  • Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanites
  • Rural Amenity
  • Ageing Rural Communities

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 13312 / 32844

  • 5th decile
  • slightly more deprived

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

Sun and Moon Times for BB8 8HL on Saturday 4 July 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 02:19
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 03:52
Sunrise 04:44
Transit (sun is at its highest) 13:13
Sunset 21:41
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 22:34
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 00:07
Hours of daylight today04:14 to 22:11
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
22:11 to 04:15
Moon Phase Waning Gibbous
Moon Sets 08:31
Moon Rises 22:39

For a full sun and moon calendar for BB8 8HL, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in BB8 8HL

DateAddressProperty TypeTenurePrice
15 October 2020 Pillcroft Barn, Birchenlee Lane, Colne BB8 8HL Detached Freehold £298,000
31 January 2020 Nun Clough Barn, Birchenlee Lane, Colne BB8 8HL Semi-detached Freehold £412,000
24 May 2019 Sweet Clough Farm, Birchenlee Lane, Colne BB8 8HL Other property type Freehold £357,000
16 August 2018 Nun Clough Barn, Birchenlee Lane, Colne BB8 8HL Semi-detached Freehold £150,000
21 December 2017 Birchenlee Farm, Birchenlee Lane, Colne BB8 8HL Other property type Freehold £435,000
9 August 2017 1, Primrose Clough, Birchenlee Lane, Colne BB8 8HL Semi-detached Freehold £328,000
16 April 2007 Birchenlee Barn, Birchenlee Farm, Birchenlee Lane, Colne BB8 8HL Detached Freehold £100,000
28 January 2004 Pillcroft Barn, Birchenlee Lane, Colne BB8 8HL Detached Freehold £132,000
19 January 1996 1, Primrose Clough, Birchenlee Lane, Colne BB8 8HL Semi-detached Freehold £51,650

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 BB8 8HL

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

Pendle and Clitheroe

MP

Jonathan Hinder Labour

Lancashire County Council
County council electoral division

Pendle Rural

Councillors

Nathan McCollum Reform UK

David Whipp Liberal Democrats

Pendle Borough Council
District council ward

Waterside & Horsfield

Councillors

Neil Butterworth Conservative

Dorothy Lord Liberal Democrats

Ash Sutcliffe Conservative

BB8 8HL also falls within the Civil Parish of Colne, which has its own parish council and parish councillors. These are not shown here.

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

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for BB8 8HL

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00128039 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01025228 Pendle 007C Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E02005246 Pendle 007 Middle layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 August 2004 ONS
E04005232 Colne Civil Parishes Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E05013210 Waterside & Horsfield Electoral Wards/Divisions Administrative/Electoral 6 May 2021 DLUHC
E07000122 Pendle 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
E14001422 Pendle and Clitheroe Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies Electoral 4 July 2024 LGBC
E23000003 Lancashire Police Force Areas Other 1 January 2009 Home Office
E30000182 Burnley Travel to Work Areas Other 31 July 2015 ONS
E33008439 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
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
E58000800 Pendle Rural ED County Electoral Divisions Electoral 4 May 2017 DLUHC
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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