Cathedral Square
Blackburn with Darwen, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 25/100; transport-stop proximity 70/100; daily amenities 32/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 9/100. These indicators do not establish personal suitability or future property returns.
Compare Profile Scores
Each profile applies different weights to the available indicators; it does not determine personal suitability.
Available components: transport-stop proximity 70/100; amenity proximity 45/100; daily amenities 32/100; market proxy 50/100. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: area-safety proxy 25/100; family indicators 45/100; green-space proximity 9/100; daily amenities 32/100. Data unavailable: energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Safety 30%, Family indicators 30%, Environment 20%, Amenities 10%, Energy 10%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: transport-stop proximity 70/100; amenity proximity 45/100; daily amenities 32/100; market proxy 50/100. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Transport 35%, Walkability 30%, Amenities 25%, Market 10%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: liquidity proxy 30/100; market proxy 50/100. Data unavailable: sale price. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Transaction activity 50%, Market 50%; no return forecast. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: area-safety proxy 25/100; green-space proximity 9/100; daily amenities 32/100; amenity proximity 45/100. Data unavailable: energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Safety 25%, Environment 25%, Amenities 20%, Energy 15%, Walkability 15%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: transport-stop proximity 70/100; daily amenities 32/100; area-safety proxy 25/100. Data unavailable: sale price. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Affordability 40%, Transport 25%, Amenities 20%, Safety 15%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Flood mapping
The mapped street point is classified as Zone 1 in the Environment Agency planning dataset. This covers river and sea flooding; it does not assess every property or surface-water risk.
Dataset revision: 2026-05-20. This is the dataset revision date, not a property inspection date.
Check the official flood map for your propertyThings You Should Know
Area safety score 25/100 — based on recorded incident counts for the associated LSOA, not this specific street. Counts are not adjusted for population and do not establish an above-average crime rate.
Score 25/100. This is an LSOA incident-count proxy, not a population-adjusted crime rate.
Score 9/100. This measures mapped green-space proximity, not noise or air quality.
How Life Works Here
Cathedral Square is located in Blackburn with Darwen, near Blackburn. The associated LSOA area has 566 recorded incidents from 2025-08 to 2026-07. Incident rows were observed in 12 of the 12 selected months. These are area counts, not street-level incidents or population-adjusted rates; they do not establish a comparison with local or national averages. The dataset records 2 nearby amenities. The closest is Subway (fast food, 48m). Distances do not establish a walkable route or current opening hours. Recorded nearby transport modes: rail and bus. The nearest mapped stop (Interchange) is 61m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The price sample is too small to publish a median; at least eight recorded transactions are required. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 1,657; owner-occupied homes 19.8%; social housing 19.9%; retired population 11.6%; average household size 2.8. There are 22 schools within 2 km, 22 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. 2 are rated Outstanding. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. The nearest school is just 427m away. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is young professionals at 51/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 43/100. Its recorded district percentile is 28. Missing dimensions are excluded; scores are proxies rather than measurements of personal liveability.
Score Breakdown
Scores are heuristic proxies from open datasets. Missing dimensions are excluded from the overall score. Source and scope are listed below.
police.uk recorded incident counts in the source extract; LSOA area, not street-level or population-adjusted
OpenStreetMap amenities within 2km
DfT NaPTAN + TfL stops
OpenStreetMap green-space proximity; distance-decay proxy, not noise or air quality
HM Land Registry price paid data
GIAS/Ofsted school records, mapped amenities, household and area-score indicators
Amenity and transport proximity proxy; no pedestrian network or route assessment
EPC Register — awaiting public API access
English Environment Agency planning zones; Welsh NRW categories are shown separately
Property Market
Other | Leasehold | Transactions: Small transaction sample
Source release: 2026-08-28; registrations received through 2026-07-31. Earlier periods can be revised by late registrations. Standard and additional transactions are included, so property mix can affect the median.
⚠ Based on only 2 transactions. Market data has low statistical confidence for this street.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Open Government Licence v3.0). Median comparisons use two full calendar years five years apart, with at least five sales in each. Different properties may have sold; this is not a house-price index or a prediction of returns.
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Nearby Amenities
Public Services Nearby
Public facilities within walking distance from Cathedral Square, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (1)
- PureGym 284m · 4 min walk
hospitals (5)
- Skinfinity Aesthetics Clinic 258m · 3 min walk
- Fenton Sports Injury Clinic 275m · 3 min walk
- Facem Aesthetics 530m · 7 min walk
- Barbara Castle Way Health Centre 685m · 9 min walk
- Blackburn Birth Centre 1408m · 18 min walk
parks & green spaces (4)
- Corporation Park War Memorial 1012m · 13 min walk
- Corporation Park 1278m · 16 min walk
- Queen's Park 1476m · 18 min walk
- Griffin Park 1752m · 22 min walk
schools (4)
- St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn 462m · 6 min walk
- St Matthew's Church of England Primary School 494m · 6 min walk
- St Michael With St John CofE Primary School 585m · 7 min walk
- Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School 731m · 9 min walk
Transport Links
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Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.
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Data Transparency
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- OS Open Roads — Crown copyright and database right
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data — Crown copyright
- police.uk crime data — Open Government Licence v3.0
- OpenStreetMap — ODbL licence
- DfT NaPTAN — Open Government Licence v3.0
- GIAS schools data — Crown copyright
- Environment Agency flood data — OGL v3.0
- ONS Census 2021 — Open Government Licence v3.0
All scores are computed from publicly available government and open data. No proprietary data is used. Scores reflect statistical patterns, not guarantees. Limited data available for this street — interpret scores with caution.
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