Schools
111 open schools are in scope, including 69 primary and 15 secondary schools. LifeBridge ASEND is the nearest published school at 1 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BL1 2XN
Halliwell · Bolton · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Halliwell
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton North East
- Postcode district
- BL1
- Postcode sector
- BL1 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BL1 2XN
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 August 2018
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BL
- Postcode district
- BL1
- Postcode sector
- BL1 2
- Latitude
- 53.586186
- Longitude
- -2.435204
- British National Grid easting
- 371,287
- British National Grid northing
- 410,042
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Bolton · E08000001
- Electoral ward
- Halliwell · E05014825
- Parish or community
- E43000155
- Westminster constituency
- Bolton North East · E14001110
- Output area
- E00024436
- Lower layer super output area
- Bolton 016C · E01004823
- Middle layer super output area
- Bolton 016 · E02000999
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore BL1
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 111
- Primary
- 69
- Secondary
- 15
- 1 m
LifeBridge ASEND
Special post 16 institution
- 182 m
St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Bolton
Voluntary controlled school
- 335 m
Gaskell Community Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 12
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 10
- Other theft 1
- Public order 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BL1 2 residents
- 4,173
Age bands in BL1 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 21.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 31.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23%
- Age 65 and over
- 11%
959 residents
609 residents
1,413 residents
1,036 residents
494 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
40
within 5 km straight-line
DR RIZWAN AND DR AWAN
LINDFIELD DRIVE, BOLTON, BL1 3RG
ODS code P82022
332 m
HALLIWELL SURGERY 2
LINDFIELD DRIVE, HALLIWELL, BOLTON, BL1 3RG
ODS code P82029
332 m
HALLIWELL SURGERY 3
LINDFIELD DRIVE, HALLIWELL, BOLTON, BL1 3RG
ODS code P82626
332 m
BOLTON COMMUNITY PRACTICE
WATERS MEETING HEALTH CENTRE, WATERS MEETING ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 8TT
ODS code Y03079
684 m
BURNSIDE SURGERY
WATERS MEETING ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 8TT
ODS code P82025
684 m
DR SIDDA'S SURGERY, WATERS MEETING HC
WATERS MEETING ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 8TT
ODS code P82625
684 m
BOLTON GENERAL PRACTICE
2-4 MOOR LANE, BOLTON, BL1 4TH
ODS code Y02319
948 m
OCTAGON MEDICAL CENTRE
LEVER CHAMBERS, 27 ASHBURNER STREET, BOLTON, BL1 1SQ
ODS code P82012
1.0 km
DALEFIELD SURGERY
AVONDALE HEALTH CENTRE, AVONDALE STREET, BOLTON, BL1 4JP
ODS code P82010
1.1 km
WYRESDALE ROAD SURGERY
46 WYRESDALE ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 4DN
ODS code P82634
1.2 km
CORNERSTONE SURGERY
469 CHORLEY OLD ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 6AH
ODS code P82627
1.5 km
BRADFORD STREET SURGERY
65 BRADFORD STREET, BOLTON, BL2 1HT
ODS code P82033
1.5 km
DEANE MEDICAL CENTRE
155-157 DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5AH
ODS code P82030
1.6 km
3D MEDICAL CENTRE
200 DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5DP
ODS code Y00186
1.6 km
AL FAL MEDICAL GROUP
DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP
ODS code P82640
1.7 km
DR S NASEEF
DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP
ODS code P82629
1.7 km
OLIVE FAMILY PRACTICE
PIKES LANE CENTRE, DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP
ODS code Y03366
1.7 km
PIKES LANE 1
THE PIKES LANE CENTRE, DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP
ODS code P82002
1.7 km
CROMPTON VIEW SURGERY
CROMPTON HEALTH CENTRE, 501 CROMPTON WAY, BOLTON, BL1 8UP
ODS code P82607
1.8 km
THE OAKS FAMILY PRACTICE
501 CROMPTON WAY, BOLTON, BL1 8UP
ODS code P82021
1.8 km
Showing 20 of 40 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Merehall Close
BCT · Brownlow Fold
- 0.1 miles
School Hill
BCT · Brownlow Fold
- 0.1 miles
Mossfield Court
BCT · Brownlow Fold
- 0.1 miles
Merehall Close
BCT · Brownlow Fold
- 0.1 miles
Mossfield Court
BCT · Brownlow Fold
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bolton 016C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
1 of 10
Overall England rank
228 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
12 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 10 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.