Schools
127 open schools are in scope, including 81 primary and 16 secondary schools. EdStart Schools Bolton is the nearest published school at 90 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BL2 1ER
Queens Park & Central · Bolton · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden
- Postcode district
- BL2
- Postcode sector
- BL2 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BL2 1ER
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 July 1983
- Terminated
- 1 August 2010
- Postcode area
- BL
- Postcode district
- BL2
- Postcode sector
- BL2 1
- Latitude
- 53.573541
- Longitude
- -2.422132
- British National Grid easting
- 372,144
- British National Grid northing
- 408,630
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Bolton · E08000001
- Electoral ward
- Queens Park & Central · E05014832
- Parish or community
- E43000155
- Westminster constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden · E14001111
- Output area
- E00024400
- Lower layer super output area
- Bolton 022E · E01004817
- Middle layer super output area
- Bolton 022 · E02001005
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 BL2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 127
- Primary
- 81
- Secondary
- 16
- 90 m
EdStart Schools Bolton
Other independent special school
- 512 m
Bolton Parish Church, Church of England Primary School
Academy converter
- 829 m
St Peter and St Paul RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3
- Other theft 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BL2 1 residents
- 4,306
Age bands in BL2 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 29.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.4%
750 residents
483 residents
1,223 residents
1,000 residents
729 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
46
within 5 km straight-line
BRADFORD STREET SURGERY
65 BRADFORD STREET, BOLTON, BL2 1HT
ODS code P82033
451 m
OCTAGON MEDICAL CENTRE
LEVER CHAMBERS, 27 ASHBURNER STREET, BOLTON, BL1 1SQ
ODS code P82012
769 m
BOLTON GENERAL PRACTICE
2-4 MOOR LANE, BOLTON, BL1 4TH
ODS code Y02319
961 m
BEEHIVE SURGERY
108 CRESCENT ROAD, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 2JR
ODS code P82616
1.1 km
BOLTON MEDICAL CENTRE
21 RUPERT STREET, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 6PY
ODS code Y02790
1.1 km
GREAT LEVER ONE
RUPERT STREET, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 6RN
ODS code P82633
1.1 km
THE BOLTON FAMILY PRACTICE
GREAT LEVER HEALTH CENTRE, RUPERT STREET, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 6RN
ODS code P82013
1.1 km
TONGE FOLD HEALTH CENTRE
HILTON ST, TONGE FOLD, BOLTON, BL2 6DY
ODS code P82011
1.3 km
DEANE MEDICAL CENTRE
155-157 DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5AH
ODS code P82030
1.3 km
3D MEDICAL CENTRE
200 DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5DP
ODS code Y00186
1.4 km
SWAN LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
SWAN LANE, BOLTON, BL3 6TL
ODS code P82004
1.5 km
AL FAL MEDICAL GROUP
DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP
ODS code P82640
1.6 km
DR S NASEEF
DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP
ODS code P82629
1.6 km
OLIVE FAMILY PRACTICE
PIKES LANE CENTRE, DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP
ODS code Y03366
1.6 km
PIKES LANE 1
THE PIKES LANE CENTRE, DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP
ODS code P82002
1.6 km
DR RIZWAN AND DR AWAN
LINDFIELD DRIVE, BOLTON, BL1 3RG
ODS code P82022
1.8 km
HALLIWELL SURGERY 2
LINDFIELD DRIVE, HALLIWELL, BOLTON, BL1 3RG
ODS code P82029
1.8 km
HALLIWELL SURGERY 3
LINDFIELD DRIVE, HALLIWELL, BOLTON, BL1 3RG
ODS code P82626
1.8 km
BOLTON COMMUNITY PRACTICE
WATERS MEETING HEALTH CENTRE, WATERS MEETING ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 8TT
ODS code Y03079
1.9 km
BURNSIDE SURGERY
WATERS MEETING ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 8TT
ODS code P82025
1.9 km
Showing 20 of 46 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Grosvenor Street
BCT · Rose Hill
- 0.1 miles
Ash Street
BCT · Bolton
- 0.1 miles
Orlando Street
BCT · Rose Hill
- 0.1 miles
Orlando Street
BCT · Rose Hill
- 0.1 miles
Ash Street
BCT · Bolton
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bolton 022E, 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
2 of 10
Overall England rank
5,001 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 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
4 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.