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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Postcode area within the United Kingdom}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}<br />
{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}<br />
{{Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=BB}}<br />
The '''BB postcode area''', also known as the '''Blackburn postcode area''',<ref>Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)</ref> is a group of thirteen postcode districts in north-west England, within nine [[post town]]s. These cover east [[Lancashire]], including [[Blackburn]], [[Burnley]], [[Accrington]], [[Barnoldswick]], [[Clitheroe]], [[Colne]], [[Darwen]], [[Nelson, Lancashire|Nelson]] and [[Rossendale Valley|Rossendale]].<br />
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Mail for the BB postcode area is processed at Preston Mail Centre, along with mail for the [[PR postcode area|PR]], [[FY postcode area|FY]] and [[LA postcode area|LA]] postcode areas.<br />
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==Coverage==<br />
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:<br />
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{{postcode area table start}}<br />
|-<br />
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|BB0<br />
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|BLACKBURN<br />
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''Granby Marketing, Blackburn''<ref name=non_geo>{{Cite FTP |url=ftp://ftp.royalmail.com/Downloads/public/ctf/rm/07mar_Current_Non_Geo.pdf |title=Royal Mail non-geographic postcodes |date=7 March 2007 |server=[[Royal Mail]] |url-status=dead |access-date=10 March 2008 }}</ref><br />
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|[[Postcodes in the United Kingdom#Non-geographic codes|''non-geographic'']]<br />
|-<br />
! BB1<br />
| BLACKBURN<br />
| Blackburn (east), [[Bank Hey]], [[Belthorn]] (part), [[Blackamoor, Lancashire|Blackamoor]], [[Clayton-le-Dale]], [[Guide, Lancashire|Guide]], Knuzden, [[Mellor, Lancashire|Mellor]], [[Ramsgreave]], [[Rishton]], [[Salesbury]], Shadsworth, [[Sunnybower]], [[Tottleworth]], [[Whitebirk]], [[Wilpshire]]<br />
| [[Blackburn with Darwen]], [[Hyndburn]], [[Ribble Valley]]<br />
|-<br />
! BB2<br />
| BLACKBURN<br />
| Blackburn (west), [[Beardwood]], [[Balderstone, Lancashire|Balderstone]], [[Belthorn]] (part), [[Cherry Tree, Lancashire|Cherry Tree]], [[Feniscowles]], Griffin, [[Holly Tree, Blackburn|Holly Tree]], [[Livesey]], [[Mellor, Lancashire|Mellor]], [[Mellor Brook]], [[Mill Hill, Blackburn with Darwen|Mill Hill]], [[Osbaldeston]], [[Pleasington]], [[Witton, Lancashire|Witton]]<br />
| Blackburn with Darwen, [[Borough of Chorley|Chorley]], Ribble Valley, [[South Ribble]]<br />
|-<br />
! BB3<br />
| DARWEN<br />
| Darwen, [[Bank Fold]], [[Eccleshill, Lancashire|Eccleshill]], [[Hoddlesden]], [[Livesey]], [[Lower Darwen]], [[Pickup Bank]], [[Tockholes]]<br />
| Blackburn with Darwen<br />
|-<br />
! BB4<br />
| ROSSENDALE<br />
| [[Acre, Lancashire|Acre]], [[Balladen]], [[Bent Gate]], [[Cloughfold]], [[Cowpe]], [[Crawshawbooth]], [[Haslingden]], [[Helmshore]], [[Lumb, Rawtenstall|Lumb (near Rawtenstall)]], [[Newchurch, Lancashire|Newchurch]], [[Rawtenstall]], [[Waterfoot, Lancashire|Waterfoot]]<br />
| [[Borough of Rossendale|Rossendale]]<br />
|-<br />
! BB5<br />
| ACCRINGTON<br />
| Accrington, [[Altham, Lancashire|Altham]], [[Baxenden]], [[Church, Lancashire|Church]], [[Clayton-le-Moors]], [[Huncoat]], [[Oswaldtwistle]], [[Rising Bridge]]<br />
| Hyndburn, Rossendale<br />
|-<br />
! BB6<br />
| BLACKBURN<br />
| [[Dinckley]], [[Great Harwood]], [[Langho]]<br />
| Hyndburn, Ribble Valley<br />
|-<br />
! BB7<br />
| CLITHEROE<br />
| Clitheroe, [[Barrow, Clitheroe|Barrow]], [[Bashall Eaves]], [[Billington, Lancashire|Billington]], [[Bolton-by-Bowland]], [[Chatburn]], [[Downham, Lancashire|Downham]], [[Dunsop Bridge]], [[Gisburn]], [[Great Mitton]], [[Grindleton]], [[Hurst Green, Lancashire|Hurst Green]], [[Little Mitton]], [[Middop]], [[Newsholme, Lancashire|Newsholme]], [[Newton-in-Bowland]], [[Paythorne]], [[Pendleton, Lancashire|Pendleton]], [[Rimington]], [[Sabden]], [[Sawley, Lancashire|Sawley]], [[Slaidburn]], [[Twiston]], [[Waddington, Lancashire|Waddington]], [[Whalley, Lancashire|Whalley]], [[Whitewell]], [[Wiswell]], [[Worston]]<br />
| Ribble Valley<br />
|-<br />
! BB8<br />
| COLNE<br />
| Colne, [[Foulridge]], [[Laneshaw Bridge]], [[Trawden]], [[Winewall]], [[Wycoller]]<br />
| [[Borough of Pendle|Pendle]]<br />
|-<br />
! BB9<br />
| NELSON<br />
| Nelson, [[Barrowford]], [[Blacko]], [[Brierfield, Lancashire|Brierfield]], [[Higherford, Lancashire|Higherford]], [[Roughlee]]<br />
| Pendle<br />
|-<br />
! BB10<br />
| BURNLEY<br />
| Burnley (east), [[Cliviger]], [[Haggate]], [[Harle Syke]], [[Reedley, Lancashire|Reedley]], [[Worsthorne]]<br />
| [[Borough of Burnley|Burnley]], Pendle<br />
|-<br />
! BB11<br />
| BURNLEY<br />
| Burnley (south and town centre), [[Dunnockshaw and Clowbridge]], [[Hapton, Lancashire|Hapton]]<br />
| Burnley<br />
|-<br />
! BB12<br />
| BURNLEY<br />
| Burnley (west), [[Barley, Lancashire|Barley]], [[Fence, Lancashire|Fence]], [[Hapton, Lancashire|Hapton]], [[Higham, Lancashire|Higham]], [[Padiham]], [[Read, Lancashire|Read]], [[Simonstone, Lancashire|Simonstone]], [[Wheatley Lane, Lancashire|Wheatley Lane]]<br />
| Burnley, Pendle, Ribble Valley<br />
|-<br />
! BB18<br />
| BARNOLDSWICK<br />
| Barnoldswick, [[Brogden, Lancashire|Brogden]], [[Earby]], [[Kelbrook]], [[Salterforth]], [[Sough, Lancashire|Sough]]<br />
| Pendle<br />
|-<br />
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|BB94<br />
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|BARNOLDSWICK<br />
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''Holiday Cottages Group, Earby''<ref name=non_geo /><br />
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''non-geographic''<br />
|}<br />
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The BB18 district was formed out of the BB8 district in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://support.qas.com/which_districts_have_been_recoded_by_the_royal_mail__1472.htm |title=Which districts have been recoded by the Royal Mail? |publisher=Experian Data Quality Support |access-date=22 April 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Map==<br />
{{Attached KML|display=inline}}<br />
{{Postcode area imagemap|map=BB postcode area|size=300x300px}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom]]<br />
*[[Centre points of the United Kingdom]]<br />
*[[Postcode Address File]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.poweredbypaf.com/ Royal Mail's Postcode Address File]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180926234202/https://www.poweredbypaf.com/how-the-royal-mail-postcode-address-file-paf-helps-organisations-verify-their-customers-identities/ A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)]<br />
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{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom}}<br />
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[[Category:Blackburn with Darwen]]<br />
[[Category:Postcode areas covering North West England]]<br />
[[Category:Lancashire-related lists]]</div>
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