BB1 — Blackburn
Blackburn's BB1 postcode sits in Blackburn With Darwen. The board behind it is assembled from 26,194 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical BB1 sale went from £34,200 in 1995 to £158,750 in 2026 — 4.6× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2004 — prices moved +34.6% that year. The one to avoid was 2016: the median moved -6.6%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in BB1
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £34,200 | 919 |
| 2000 | £38,000 | 1,026 |
| 2005 | £88,000 | 1,060 |
| 2010 | £95,000 | 520 |
| 2015 | £110,000 | 677 |
| 2020 | £124,475 | 678 |
| 2025 | £155,000 | 728 |
| 2026 | £158,750 | 112 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Blackburn (BB1 8) (23% of local sales) — busiest streets: St James'S Road, Pleckgate Road, Lammack Road
- Rishton (19% of local sales) — busiest streets: Spring Street, Hermitage Street, Harwood Road
- Blackburn (BB1 9) (13% of local sales) — busiest streets: Whalley New Road, Cornelian Street, Brownhill Road
- Blackburn (BB1 1) (12% of local sales) — busiest streets: Audley Range, Pringle Street, Walter Street
- Blackburn (BB1 5) (11% of local sales) — busiest streets: Whalley Old Road, Stone Hill Drive, Warrington Street
- Blackburn (BB1 2) (11% of local sales) — busiest streets: Accrington Road, Shadsworth Road, Fecitt Brow
- Wilpshire (6% of local sales) — busiest streets: Whalley Road, Durham Road, Knowsley Road
- Blackburn (BB1 6) (4% of local sales) — busiest streets: Whalley Range, Poplar Street, Whalley New Road
Reading about 2004 is easy; surviving 2016 is the game. Play the BB1 board.
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Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.