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BL2 2TH

Smithills · Bolton · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Smithills
Local authority
Bolton
Constituency
Bolton West
Postcode district
BL2
Postcode sector
BL2 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BL1 6AJ 32 m
BL1 6BU 52 m
BL1 6AN 56 m
BL1 6BZ 71 m
BL1 6AL 80 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BL2 2TH
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1983
Terminated
1 December 1990
Postcode area
BL
Postcode district
BL2
Postcode sector
BL2 2
Latitude
53.589314
Longitude
-2.459211
British National Grid easting
369,700
British National Grid northing
410,400

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Bolton · E08000001
Electoral ward
Smithills · E05014834
Parish or community
E43000155
Westminster constituency
Bolton West · E14001112
Output area
E00024918
Lower layer super output area
Bolton 008C · E01004921
Middle layer super output area
Bolton 008 · E02000991

Postcode source versions

Explore BL2

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
94
Primary
56
Secondary
13

  1. Church Road Primary School

    Community school

    341 m

  2. St Thomas of Canterbury RC School

    Voluntary aided school

    582 m

  3. Oxford Grove Primary School

    Community school

    696 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
10
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 9
  • Other crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BL2 2 residents
8,918

Age bands in BL2 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.6%

1,772 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.4%

1,066 residents

Age 25 to 44
27%

2,325 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.1%

2,075 residents

Age 65 and over
15.9%

1,369 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

36

within 5 km straight-line

  • CORNERSTONE SURGERY

    469 CHORLEY OLD ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 6AH

    ODS code P82627

    175 m

  • SPRING HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code P82014

    305 m

  • DALEFIELD SURGERY

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

    ODS code P82010

    506 m

  • HEATON MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 LUCY STREET, HEATON, BOLTON, BL1 5PU

    ODS code P82031

    687 m

  • WYRESDALE ROAD SURGERY

    46 WYRESDALE ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 4DN

    ODS code P82634

    979 m

  • 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

  • AL FAL MEDICAL GROUP

    DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP

    ODS code P82640

    2.0 km

  • DR S NASEEF

    DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP

    ODS code P82629

    2.0 km

  • OLIVE FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y03366

    2.0 km

  • PIKES LANE 1

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

    ODS code P82002

    2.0 km

  • BOLTON GENERAL PRACTICE

    2-4 MOOR LANE, BOLTON, BL1 4TH

    ODS code Y02319

    2.1 km

  • 3D MEDICAL CENTRE

    200 DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5DP

    ODS code Y00186

    2.1 km

  • BOLTON COMMUNITY PRACTICE

    WATERS MEETING HEALTH CENTRE, WATERS MEETING ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 8TT

    ODS code Y03079

    2.1 km

  • BURNSIDE SURGERY

    WATERS MEETING ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 8TT

    ODS code P82025

    2.1 km

  • DR SIDDA'S SURGERY, WATERS MEETING HC

    WATERS MEETING ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 8TT

    ODS code P82625

    2.1 km

  • DEANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    155-157 DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5AH

    ODS code P82030

    2.2 km

  • OCTAGON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P82012

    2.3 km

  • ORIENT HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE

    216 WIGAN ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5QE

    ODS code P82624

    2.3 km

Showing 20 of 36 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Merlin Grove

    BCT · Doffcocker

    0.0 miles

  • Merlin Grove

    BCT · Doffcocker

    0.1 miles

  • Devonshire Road

    BCT · Doffcocker

    0.1 miles

  • Devonshire Road

    BCT · Doffcocker

    0.2 miles

  • Mowbray Street

    BCT · Brownlow Fold

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bolton 008C, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,437 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
1 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

Schools

94 open schools are in scope, including 56 primary and 13 secondary schools. Church Road Primary School is the nearest published school at 341 m.

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

Recorded crime

10 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 9 events.

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