Schools
82 open schools are in scope, including 52 primary and 9 secondary schools. Youth Challenge Pru is the nearest published school at 553 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BL1 7NS
Astley Bridge · Bolton · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Bolton
- Ward
- Astley Bridge
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton North East
- Postcode district
- BL1
- Postcode sector
- BL1 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BL1 7NS
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BL
- Postcode district
- BL1
- Postcode sector
- BL1 7
- Latitude
- 53.604372
- Longitude
- -2.451637
- British National Grid easting
- 370,212
- British National Grid northing
- 412,072
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Bolton · E08000001
- Electoral ward
- Astley Bridge · E05014818
- Parish or community
- E43000155
- Westminster constituency
- Bolton North East · E14001110
- Output area
- E00024179
- Lower layer super output area
- Bolton 001A · E01004768
- Middle layer super output area
- Bolton 001 · E02000984
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
Property
2 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Harricroft Farm Cottages, 4, Smithills Dean Road, Bolton, BL1 7NS | 31 May 2007 | £330,000 |
| Harricroft Farm Cottages, 4, Smithills Dean Road, Bolton, BL1 7NS | 30 November 1999 | £149,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 82
- Primary
- 52
- Secondary
- 9
- 553 m
Youth Challenge Pru
Academy alternative provision converter
- 623 m
Thornleigh Salesian College
Voluntary aided school
- 656 m
Smithills School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Other crime 1
- Violence and sexual offences 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 11
- Postcode households
- 1
- Residents per household
- 11.0
- BL1 7 residents
- 8,461
7 female, 4 male
Age bands in BL1 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23%
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.1%
1,573 residents
896 residents
2,057 residents
2,609 residents
1,799 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BL1 7 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
35
within 5 km straight-line
MANDALAY MEDICAL CENTRE
933 BLACKBURN ROAD, SHARPLES, BOLTON, BL1 7LR
ODS code P82023
1.5 km
DALEFIELD SURGERY
AVONDALE HEALTH CENTRE, AVONDALE STREET, BOLTON, BL1 4JP
ODS code P82010
1.8 km
CORNERSTONE SURGERY
469 CHORLEY OLD ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 6AH
ODS code P82627
1.8 km
SPRING HOUSE SURGERY
555 CHORLEY OLD ROAD, GREATER MANCHESTER, BOLTON, BL1 6AF
ODS code P82014
1.9 km
HEATON MEDICAL CENTRE
2 LUCY STREET, HEATON, BOLTON, BL1 5PU
ODS code P82031
2.2 km
BOLTON COMMUNITY PRACTICE
WATERS MEETING HEALTH CENTRE, WATERS MEETING ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 8TT
ODS code Y03079
2.2 km
BURNSIDE SURGERY
WATERS MEETING ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 8TT
ODS code P82025
2.2 km
DR SIDDA'S SURGERY, WATERS MEETING HC
WATERS MEETING ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 8TT
ODS code P82625
2.2 km
DR RIZWAN AND DR AWAN
LINDFIELD DRIVE, BOLTON, BL1 3RG
ODS code P82022
2.2 km
HALLIWELL SURGERY 2
LINDFIELD DRIVE, HALLIWELL, BOLTON, BL1 3RG
ODS code P82029
2.2 km
HALLIWELL SURGERY 3
LINDFIELD DRIVE, HALLIWELL, BOLTON, BL1 3RG
ODS code P82626
2.2 km
BROMLEY MEADOWS SURGERY
DARWEN ROAD, BROMLEY CROSS, BOLTON, BL7 9RG
ODS code P82643
2.2 km
EDGWORTH MEDICAL CENTRE
EGERTON & DUNSCAR HEALTH CENTRE, DARWEN ROAD, BROMLEY CROSS, BOLTON, BL7 9RG
ODS code P82034
2.2 km
CROMPTON VIEW SURGERY
CROMPTON HEALTH CENTRE, 501 CROMPTON WAY, BOLTON, BL1 8UP
ODS code P82607
2.5 km
THE OAKS FAMILY PRACTICE
501 CROMPTON WAY, BOLTON, BL1 8UP
ODS code P82021
2.5 km
WYRESDALE ROAD SURGERY
46 WYRESDALE ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 4DN
ODS code P82634
2.5 km
BOLTON GENERAL PRACTICE
2-4 MOOR LANE, BOLTON, BL1 4TH
ODS code Y02319
3.2 km
OCTAGON MEDICAL CENTRE
LEVER CHAMBERS, 27 ASHBURNER STREET, BOLTON, BL1 1SQ
ODS code P82012
3.3 km
3D MEDICAL CENTRE
200 DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5DP
ODS code Y00186
3.5 km
AL FAL MEDICAL GROUP
DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP
ODS code P82640
3.5 km
Showing 20 of 35 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Barlow Park Avenue
BCT · Oldhams Estate
- 0.2 miles
Oldhams Estate Terminus
BCT · Oldhams Estate
- 0.3 miles
Barlow Park Avenue
BCT · Oldhams Estate
- 0.4 miles
Abercorn Road
BCT · Smithills
- 0.4 miles
Abercorn Road
BCT · Smithills
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bolton 001A, 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
30,794 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 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
Recorded crime
2 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other crime with 1 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.