Buying a home in BB5, Accrington. What it costs, what you get and where else to look.

Typical 3-bedroom house£144kmost £107k–£200k

Houses per m²£1,878flats £1,515

Sold last year5093,635 in five years

Prices in Hyndburn+8.5%on a year ago

A typical 3-bedroom house in BB5 sold for £143,907 over the last five years, in today's money; most went for between £107,225 and £200,251, for about 89 m² of space.

509 homes sold here in the last year: one of the busier markets in England and Wales, so there is usually plenty to choose from. Flats start at around £66k for one bedroom. Within the district, houses cost the least per m² in BB5 1 (£1,036) and the most in BB5 2 (£2,201).

Across Hyndburn, prices are up 8.5% on a year ago and up 26.4% over five years. Renting a similar home there costs about £727 a month; a 90% mortgage on the typical price would be around £656 a month at 4.5% over 30 years. Lenders would typically want a household income of about £29,000 for that mortgage: what £30,000 buys.

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House prices in BB5 by bedrooms

Bedrooms	Typical price	Most sell for	Size	Sold, 5 years
1	£101,780	£60k–£126k	50 m²	42
2	£122,856	£88k–£171k	71 m²	1,209
3	£143,907	£107k–£200k	89 m²	1,887
4	£240,390	£158k–£294k	109 m²	308
5+	£301,616	£213k–£374k	134 m²	128

Prices by type of home

	1 bed	2 bed	3 bed	4 bed	5+ bed
Houses	£102k	£123k	£144k	£240k	£302k
Detached	—	£229k	£266k	£291k	£348k
Semi-detached	£123k	£178k	£203k	£250k	£305k
Terraced	£70k	£100k	£121k	£150k	£192k
Flats	£66k	£92k	£69k	—	—

Typical sale price over the last five years, adjusted to today's prices with the UK House Price Index.

Price per m² across BB5

Postcode sector	Houses	Flats
BB5 0	£1,376	£1,868
BB5 1	£1,036	—
BB5 2	£2,201	—
BB5 3	£1,853	£1,502
BB5 4	£1,990	£1,259
BB5 5	£2,114	£1,722
BB5 6	£1,839	£1,191

Schools near BB5

Best state primary within 2 kmSt Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Oswaldtwistle74% met the expected standard at 11 · England 64%16 state primaries within 2 km

Best state secondary within 5 kmAccrington St Christopher's Church of England High School56.4% got grade 5+ in English and maths · England 43.8%7 state secondaries within 5 km

Nearby areas

BB6 Blackburn · 5 km3-bed house £153k BB1 Blackburn · 6 km3-bed house £167k BB12 Burnley · 8 km3-bed house £174k BB4 Rossendale · 8 km3-bed house £205k BB11 Burnley · 8 km3-bed house £143k BB2 Blackburn · 9 km3-bed house £157k BB3 Darwen · 9 km3-bed house £161k BB10 Burnley · 11 km3-bed house £148k

Questions about BB5

Is BB5 a good area to buy a home?

What the numbers say: prices in Hyndburn are up 8.5% on a year ago; the best state primary nearby is above the England average (74% against 64%); the best secondary is above it (56.4% against 43.8%); 509 homes sold here last year. Whether it suits you depends on your budget and what you need nearby, so compare it with the districts around it below.

How much is a 3-bedroom house in BB5?

A typical 3-bedroom house in BB5 sold for £143,907 over the last five years, in today's money. Most sold between £107,225 and £200,251.

How many homes sell in BB5 each year?

509 homes sold in the last year and 3,635 in five years: one of the busier markets in England and Wales, so there is usually plenty to choose from.

What are the schools like near BB5?

The best-performing state primary within 2 km is St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Oswaldtwistle, where 74% of pupils met the expected standard at age 11 (England: 64%).

Sources: HM Land Registry price paid data matched to the EPC register for size and bedrooms, last five years in today's prices; UK House Price Index (July 2026); ONS private rents (August 2026); DfE school performance tables. Districts with fewer than five sales of a kind are left out. The mortgage figure is an illustration, not advice.