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BL1 5GR

Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor · Bolton · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bolton
Ward
Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor
Local authority
Bolton
Constituency
Bolton West
Postcode district
BL1
Postcode sector
BL1 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BL1 4LZ 73 m
BL1 5BG 105 m
BL1 4LY 131 m
BL1 5BR 155 m
BL1 4LX 166 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BL1 5GR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2004
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BL
Postcode district
BL1
Postcode sector
BL1 5
Latitude
53.578464
Longitude
-2.461917
British National Grid easting
369,513
British National Grid northing
409,194

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Bolton · E08000001
Electoral ward
Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor · E05014826
Parish or community
E43000155
Westminster constituency
Bolton West · E14001112
Output area
E00024535
Lower layer super output area
Bolton 018D · E01004845
Middle layer super output area
Bolton 018 · E02001001

Postcode source versions

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Property

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14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
7, Handley Gardens, Bolton, BL1 5GR 9 December 2020 £600,000
5, Handley Gardens, Bolton, BL1 5GR 19 August 2008 £672,500
2, Handley Gardens, Bolton, BL1 5GR 3 July 2008 £694,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
98
Primary
59
Secondary
15

  1. Devonshire Road Primary School

    Community school

    415 m

  2. Bolton School Girls' Division

    Other independent school

    493 m

  3. Bolton School Infant & Nursery School

    Other independent school

    493 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
24

13 female, 11 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
3.0
BL1 5 residents
11,896

Age bands in BL1 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.1%

2,349 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.4%

1,272 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.2%

2,729 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.4%

3,372 residents

Age 65 and over
20.9%

2,567 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BL1 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

36

within 5 km straight-line

  • WYRESDALE ROAD SURGERY

    46 WYRESDALE ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 4DN

    ODS code P82634

    731 m

  • ORIENT HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE

    216 WIGAN ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5QE

    ODS code P82624

    1.1 km

  • SPRING HOUSE SURGERY

    555 CHORLEY OLD ROAD, GREATER MANCHESTER, BOLTON, BL1 6AF

    ODS code P82014

    1.1 km

  • CORNERSTONE SURGERY

    469 CHORLEY OLD ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 6AH

    ODS code P82627

    1.1 km

  • HEATON MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 LUCY STREET, HEATON, BOLTON, BL1 5PU

    ODS code P82031

    1.2 km

  • DEANE CLINIC 1

    HORSFIELD STREET, DEANE, BOLTON, BL3 4LU

    ODS code P82660

    1.2 km

  • AL FAL MEDICAL GROUP

    DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP

    ODS code P82640

    1.2 km

  • DR S NASEEF

    DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP

    ODS code P82629

    1.2 km

  • OLIVE FAMILY PRACTICE

    PIKES LANE CENTRE, DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP

    ODS code Y03366

    1.2 km

  • PIKES LANE 1

    THE PIKES LANE CENTRE, DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP

    ODS code P82002

    1.2 km

  • DALEFIELD SURGERY

    AVONDALE HEALTH CENTRE, AVONDALE STREET, BOLTON, BL1 4JP

    ODS code P82010

    1.3 km

  • 3D MEDICAL CENTRE

    200 DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5DP

    ODS code Y00186

    1.3 km

  • DEANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    155-157 DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5AH

    ODS code P82030

    1.5 km

  • BOLTON GENERAL PRACTICE

    2-4 MOOR LANE, BOLTON, BL1 4TH

    ODS code Y02319

    1.8 km

  • SHANTI MEDICAL CENTRE

    160 ST. HELENS ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 3PH

    ODS code P82609

    1.8 km

  • SWAN LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    SWAN LANE, BOLTON, BL3 6TL

    ODS code P82004

    1.8 km

  • OCTAGON MEDICAL CENTRE

    LEVER CHAMBERS, 27 ASHBURNER STREET, BOLTON, BL1 1SQ

    ODS code P82012

    2.0 km

  • ST HELENS ROAD PRACTICE

    GARNET FOLD PRACTICE, 374-376 ST. HELENS ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 3RR

    ODS code P82009

    2.1 km

  • DR RIZWAN AND DR AWAN

    LINDFIELD DRIVE, BOLTON, BL1 3RG

    ODS code P82022

    2.3 km

  • HALLIWELL SURGERY 2

    LINDFIELD DRIVE, HALLIWELL, BOLTON, BL1 3RG

    ODS code P82029

    2.3 km

Showing 20 of 36 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Albert Road

    BCT · Heaton

    0.1 miles

  • Albert Road

    BCT · Heaton

    0.1 miles

  • Somerset Road

    BCT · Gilnow Park

    0.2 miles

  • Chassen Road

    BCT · Gilnow Park

    0.2 miles

  • Chassen Road

    BCT · Gilnow Park

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bolton 018D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,815 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
5 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
5
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

98 open schools are in scope, including 59 primary and 15 secondary schools. Devonshire Road Primary School is the nearest published school at 415 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 7 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.