Schools
100 open schools are in scope, including 66 primary and 12 secondary schools. Firwood High School is the nearest published school at 230 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BL2 3RD
Bradshaw · Bolton · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Bradshaw
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton North East
- Postcode district
- BL2
- Postcode sector
- BL2 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BL2 3RD
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 October 1984
- Terminated
- 1 December 1995
- Postcode area
- BL
- Postcode district
- BL2
- Postcode sector
- BL2 3
- Latitude
- 53.594959
- Longitude
- -2.388260
- British National Grid easting
- 374,400
- British National Grid northing
- 411,000
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Bolton · E08000001
- Electoral ward
- Bradshaw · E05014819
- Parish or community
- E43000155
- Westminster constituency
- Bolton North East · E14001110
- Output area
- E00024252
- Lower layer super output area
- Bolton 006B · E01004785
- Middle layer super output area
- Bolton 006 · E02000989
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
- 100
- Primary
- 66
- Secondary
- 12
- 230 m
Firwood High School
Academy special converter
- 279 m
Bolton St Catherine's Academy
Academy converter
- 418 m
Harwood Meadows Primary School
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 4
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BL2 3 residents
- 8,296
Age bands in BL2 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 21%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 27%
1,364 residents
846 residents
1,863 residents
2,416 residents
2,394 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
37
within 5 km straight-line
HARWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
HOUGH FOLD WAY, HARWOOD, BOLTON, BL2 3HQ
ODS code P82016
1.2 km
THE ALASTAIR ROSS MEDICAL PRACTICE
BREIGHTMENT HEALTH CENTRE, BREIGHTMET FOLD LANE, BREIGHTMET, BOLTON, BL2 6NT
ODS code P82018
1.4 km
THE DUNSTAN PARTNERSHIP
BREIGHTMET HEALTH CENTRE, BREIGHTMET FOLD LANE, BREIGHTMET, BOLTON, BL2 6NT
ODS code P82001
1.4 km
CROMPTON VIEW SURGERY
CROMPTON HEALTH CENTRE, 501 CROMPTON WAY, BOLTON, BL1 8UP
ODS code P82607
1.8 km
THE OAKS FAMILY PRACTICE
501 CROMPTON WAY, BOLTON, BL1 8UP
ODS code P82021
1.8 km
TONGE FOLD HEALTH CENTRE
HILTON ST, TONGE FOLD, BOLTON, BL2 6DY
ODS code P82011
2.1 km
BOLTON COMMUNITY PRACTICE
WATERS MEETING HEALTH CENTRE, WATERS MEETING ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 8TT
ODS code Y03079
2.7 km
BURNSIDE SURGERY
WATERS MEETING ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 8TT
ODS code P82025
2.7 km
DR SIDDA'S SURGERY, WATERS MEETING HC
WATERS MEETING ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 8TT
ODS code P82625
2.7 km
BRADFORD STREET SURGERY
65 BRADFORD STREET, BOLTON, BL2 1HT
ODS code P82033
2.8 km
DR RIZWAN AND DR AWAN
LINDFIELD DRIVE, BOLTON, BL1 3RG
ODS code P82022
3.0 km
HALLIWELL SURGERY 2
LINDFIELD DRIVE, HALLIWELL, BOLTON, BL1 3RG
ODS code P82029
3.0 km
HALLIWELL SURGERY 3
LINDFIELD DRIVE, HALLIWELL, BOLTON, BL1 3RG
ODS code P82626
3.0 km
MANDALAY MEDICAL CENTRE
933 BLACKBURN ROAD, SHARPLES, BOLTON, BL1 7LR
ODS code P82023
3.4 km
OCTAGON MEDICAL CENTRE
LEVER CHAMBERS, 27 ASHBURNER STREET, BOLTON, BL1 1SQ
ODS code P82012
3.5 km
BROMLEY MEADOWS SURGERY
DARWEN ROAD, BROMLEY CROSS, BOLTON, BL7 9RG
ODS code P82643
3.6 km
EDGWORTH MEDICAL CENTRE
EGERTON & DUNSCAR HEALTH CENTRE, DARWEN ROAD, BROMLEY CROSS, BOLTON, BL7 9RG
ODS code P82034
3.6 km
MILE LANE HEALTH CENTRE
80 MILE LANE, BURY, BL8 2JR
ODS code P83612
3.6 km
BOLTON GENERAL PRACTICE
2-4 MOOR LANE, BOLTON, BL1 4TH
ODS code Y02319
3.6 km
LITTLE LEVER HEALTH CENTRE 1
DR HALLIKERI & PARTNERS, 63 MARKET STREET, LITTLE LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 1HH
ODS code P82020
3.8 km
Showing 20 of 37 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
The White Horse
BCT · Top O Th Brow
- 0.1 miles
Rusland Drive
BCT · Top O Th Brow
- 0.1 miles
The White Horse
BCT · Top O Th Brow
- 0.1 miles
Down Green Road
BCT · Top O Th Brow
- 0.1 miles
Nook Fields
BCT · Top O Th Brow
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bolton 006B, 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
11,461 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 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.
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 4 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.