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BB1 6LQ lies on Shearwater Drive in Blackburn. BB1 6LQ is located in the Blackburn Central electoral ward, within the unitary authority of Blackburn with Darwen and the English Parliamentary constituency of Blackburn. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB - 00Q and the police force is Lancashire. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

Where is BB1 6LQ?

Street	Shearwater Drive
Town/City	Blackburn
Country	England
Postcode District	BB1

BB1 6LQ Elevation

Elevation or altitude of BB1 6LQ as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	110m	361ft

Elevation is measured from the approximate centre of the postcode, to the nearest point on an OS contour line from OS Terrain 50, which has contour spacing of ten vertical metres.

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Politics

Ward	Blackburn Central
Constituency	Blackburn

Transport

Nearest bus stops to BB1 6LQ

Whalley Range	Blackburn	89m
Brookhouse Lane	Brookhouse	105m
Victoria St (Whalley Range)	Blackburn	110m
Brookhouse Lane (Brookhouse Lane)	Brookhouse	112m
Toll Bar (Larkhill)	Brookhouse	232m

Nearest railway stations to BB1 6LQ

Blackburn Station	0.8km
Mill Hill (Lancs) Station	2.5km
Ramsgreave & Wilpshire Station	2.9km

Broadband

Broadband access in BB1 6LQ (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	0.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	100.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in BB1 6LQ (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	26.4Mbps
Average download speed	30.0Mbps
Maximum download speed	76.34Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	4.8Mbps
Average upload speed	6.5Mbps
Maximum upload speed	17.40Mbps

Broadband limitations in BB1 6LQ (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	0.0%

BB1 6LQ gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in BB1 6LQ by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	309,627
Meter count	30
Mean (kWh/meter)	10,321
Median (kWh/meter)	10,750

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	94,328
Meter count	28
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,369
Median (kWh/meter)	3,139

• Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in BB1 6LQ, for 2015.
• Meter count: The total number of meters in BB1 6LQ.
• Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
• Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

Deprivation

93% of English postcodes are less deprived than BB1 6LQ:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to BB1 6LQ (metres)

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Nearest post box to BB1 6LQ

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Church Street	16:30	13:00	654m
Technical College	16:00	11:15	717m
Blackburn Cathedral	16:30	13:00	775m

Environment

Risk of BB1 6LQ flooding from rivers and sea

Low

BB1 6LQ ITL and BB1 6LQ LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for BB1 6LQ:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLD	North West (England)
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLD4	Lancashire
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLD41	Blackburn with Darwen
LAU 1 Code	Name
E06000008	Blackburn with Darwen

BB1 6LQ census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for BB1 6LQ:

	Code	Name
OA	E00063727
LSOA	E01012643	Blackburn with Darwen 006C
MSOA	E02002620	Blackburn with Darwen 006

Nearest postcodes to BB1 6LQ

BB1 6DZ	Brookhouse Lane	29m
BB1 6PD	Brookhouse Close	64m
BB1 6LH	Oriole Close	66m
BB1 6DX	Whalley Range	90m
BB1 6EA	Whalley Range	103m
BB1 7NE	Carr Street	115m
BB1 6EW	Finch Close	119m
BB1 6LG	Sandpiper Close	142m
BB1 7ND	Earl Street	157m
BB1 6EU	Millham Street	168m