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BL1 5QA

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 5ER 35 m
BL1 5EJ 65 m
BL1 5EY 118 m
BL1 5EQ 137 m
BL1 5PD 139 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BL1 5QA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2015
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BL
Postcode district
BL1
Postcode sector
BL1 5
Latitude
53.585424
Longitude
-2.479395
British National Grid easting
368,361
British National Grid northing
409,976

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
E00024524
Lower layer super output area
Bolton 012C · E01004842
Middle layer super output area
Bolton 012 · E02000995

Postcode source versions

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Property

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3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Hylands, 3, Old Kiln Lane, Bolton, BL1 5QA 24 November 2015 £480,000
The Hylands, 7, Old Kiln Lane, Bolton, BL1 5QA 22 September 2015 £325,000
The Hylands, 5, Old Kiln Lane, Bolton, BL1 5QA 4 September 2015 £295,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
85
Primary
54
Secondary
11

  1. Markland Hill Primary School

    Community school

    135 m

  2. Clevelands Prep School

    Other independent school

    673 m

  3. St Thomas of Canterbury RC School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.1 km

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 6
  • Other crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

4 female, 4 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.7
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 0.1% 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

37

within 5 km

  • HEATON MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 LUCY STREET, HEATON, BOLTON, BL1 5PU

    ODS code P82031

    724 m

  • 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

    1.5 km

  • DALEFIELD SURGERY

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

    ODS code P82010

    1.9 km

  • WYRESDALE ROAD SURGERY

    46 WYRESDALE ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 4DN

    ODS code P82634

    1.9 km

  • DEANE CLINIC 1

    HORSFIELD STREET, DEANE, BOLTON, BL3 4LU

    ODS code P82660

    2.2 km

  • ORIENT HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE

    216 WIGAN ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5QE

    ODS code P82624

    2.2 km

  • AL FAL MEDICAL GROUP

    DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP

    ODS code P82640

    2.6 km

  • DR S NASEEF

    DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP

    ODS code P82629

    2.6 km

  • OLIVE FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y03366

    2.6 km

  • PIKES LANE 1

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

    ODS code P82002

    2.6 km

  • 3D MEDICAL CENTRE

    200 DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5DP

    ODS code Y00186

    2.7 km

  • DEANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    155-157 DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5AH

    ODS code P82030

    2.9 km

  • BOLTON GENERAL PRACTICE

    2-4 MOOR LANE, BOLTON, BL1 4TH

    ODS code Y02319

    3.1 km

  • SHANTI MEDICAL CENTRE

    160 ST. HELENS ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 3PH

    ODS code P82609

    3.1 km

  • DR RIZWAN AND DR AWAN

    LINDFIELD DRIVE, BOLTON, BL1 3RG

    ODS code P82022

    3.2 km

  • HALLIWELL SURGERY 2

    LINDFIELD DRIVE, HALLIWELL, BOLTON, BL1 3RG

    ODS code P82029

    3.2 km

  • HALLIWELL SURGERY 3

    LINDFIELD DRIVE, HALLIWELL, BOLTON, BL1 3RG

    ODS code P82626

    3.2 km

  • SWAN LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    SWAN LANE, BOLTON, BL3 6TL

    ODS code P82004

    3.2 km

  • ST HELENS ROAD PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P82009

    3.2 km

Showing 20 of 37 matching practices.

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Markland Hill

    BCT · Markland Hill

    0.0 miles

  • Markland Hill

    BCT · Markland Hill

    0.0 miles

  • Towncroft Lane

    BCT · Markland Hill

    0.1 miles

  • Towncroft Lane

    BCT · Markland Hill

    0.1 miles

  • Lingmoor Road

    BCT · Markland Hill

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bolton 012C, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,333 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
5 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
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

85 open schools are in scope, including 54 primary and 11 secondary schools. Markland Hill Primary School is the nearest published school at 135 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 6 events.

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