Great Harwood, Blackburn, BB6
- Land size
- 17.77 acres
- Bedrooms
- 3
Key Features
- 17.77 acres of productive grassland
- Range of Farmbuildings
- For sale by Informal Tender - Deadline 12noon 1st July 2026
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Description
5 Whalley Road, Great Harwood comprises a semi detached three bedroom house with a range of farm buildings and productive grassland in all extending to 17.77 acres or thereabouts. The property adjoins and has access from Whalley Road A680 convenient for Great Harwood, Whalley, Clitheroe, Accrington and Blackburn with all their facilities, the motorway network, train and bus routes. The property has great potential for agricultural and equestrian use and is freehold with the benefit of vacant possession.
The House
is semi detached and is constructed of brick walls under a dual pitch slate roof with comfortable living accommodation as follows.
Ground Floor
Front entrance to vestibule with stairway and wall radiator.
Lounge
14' 0" x 12' 8" with bay window 6' 7" x 3' 0", marble fireplace and hearth with fitted gas fire, fitted carpet, wall radiator, centre ceiling light and understair cupboard.
Kitchen
10' 10" x 8' 0" with range of wall units, work top units incorporating a stainless steel single drainer sink unit, space and points for an electric cooker, space and plumbing for a clothes washer, wall radiator, rear window, rear entrance to the utility and centre ceiling light.
Bathroom
5' 10" x 5' 1" with bath, wash basin and gable window.
Separate Toilet
5' 10" x 2' 5" with Baxi wall mounted gas combination boiler.
Rear Entrance Utility
6' 10" x 3' 7" a rear brick and slate roof leanto structure.
First Floor
A corner flight fitted carpet stairway leads to a half landing with gable window and a main landing giving entrance to three bedrooms.
Front Bedroom 1
17' 3" / 12' 8" x 9' 5" with wood effect laminate floor, airing closet, front window with undersill radiator and centre ceiling light.
Rear Bedroom 2
11' 4" x 9' 0" with fitted carpet, rear window, wall radiator and centre ceiling light.
Rear Bedroom 3
8' 0" x 7' 9" with fitted carpet, rear window with undersill radiator and centre ceiling light.
Services
Mains water, electricity and gas, septic tank drainage, gas fired central heating and domestic hot water and upvc white frame double glazing throughout.
Outbuildings
comprise a detached range of stores 18' x 12' constructed of brick walls under a dual pitch slate roof, single car garage 16' x 10' constructed of stone dashed concrete panels under a steel sheet monopitch roof with steel sheet up and over car entrance door, woodstore 16' x 12' constructed of concrete block / brick walls with open front and cement fibre monopitch roof, store 10' x 10' constructed of timber with corrugated tin monopitch roof. The ginnel between these two buildings gives access to the septic tank. Detached metal frame glass greenhouse. Front garden with lawn and flower border.
The Farmbuildings comprise
Four Bay Multi Purpose Shed 60' x 30' constructed of steel portal frame with concrete floor, concrete block walls with upper space board cladding to the sides, cement fibre upper rear gable cladding, cement fibre dual pitch roof cladding and open gated front gable.
Six Bay Cattle Shed 75' x 30' constructed of steel frame with concrete floor, concrete block walls, space board upper rear cladding, open gated front, box profile steel sheet upper gable cladding and dual pitch box profile steel sheet roof cladding.
The Farmland
is shown on the plan with boundary edged red. Please see photo for schedule of field areas.
Overage Covenant
An overage covenant will be applied to the sale covering the fields but not the buildings. A development clawback of 50% of any gain triggered by planning permission for enhanced use on the fields, or any part, within a period of thirty years from the date of completion of sale, with payment due on implementation of the planning permission or a sale of that part of the land given the benefit of planning permission, subject to arbitration on disagreement, will apply to this property.
Method of sale
Informal tender for the property as a whole. Tenders should be completed with the form provided and submitted to the selling agents by hand or by email before 12 o’clock midday on Wednesday 1st July 2026.
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
- B
- Date Posted
- 2026-05-15
Market Value Analysis
Compared with 65 Farms & Smallholdings listings in North West England (10+ acres).
Energy Performance Certificate
Energy Efficiency Rating
Based on UK Energy Performance Certificate standards (EU Directive 2002/91/EC)
Running costs are one side. Planning activity, flood history and ground risks for this location are in the full report.
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
- Mains
- Water
- Mains
- Heating
- Gas Central Heating
- Broadband
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- Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
- Parking Available
- Garden
- Garden
Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
75 Mbps
Superfast · available to 40% of premises
Suitable for
- HD streaming
- Video calls
- Web & social
Fixed wireless access may also be an option here.
Mobile signal
Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.
Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.
Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood0.8 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 137
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School1.1 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 180
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Great Harwood St John's Church of England Primary School1.4 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Pupils
- 158
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Read St John's CofE Primary School1.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 201
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Great Harwood Primary School1.5 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 210
- Type
- Community school
Secondary
- St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy1.9 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,117
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- The Hyndburn Academy2.3 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 641
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School2.7 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,280
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
- Accrington Academy2.7 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 953
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Faith
- Christian
- Shuttleworth College3.6 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,072
- Type
- Foundation school
* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.
Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Surface water
Mapped within the area searched, not at the advertised map pin itself.
The detail behind these bandings
The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.
- Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
- Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
- Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
- Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
- Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
- Ground risks (included in the full report)
- Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)
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Listing agent
Richard Turner & Son, Bentham (Nr Lancaster),
Royal Oak Chambers, Main Street, Bentham (Nr Lancaster), LA2 7HF
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