Schools
126 open schools are in scope, including 81 primary and 16 secondary schools. Forwards Centre is the nearest published school at 237 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BL2 6JB
Breightmet · Bolton · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Breightmet
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton North East
- Postcode district
- BL2
- Postcode sector
- BL2 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BL2 6JB
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 August 1992
- Terminated
- 1 May 2015
- Postcode area
- BL
- Postcode district
- BL2
- Postcode sector
- BL2 6
- Latitude
- 53.580352
- Longitude
- -2.393925
- British National Grid easting
- 374,016
- British National Grid northing
- 409,377
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Bolton · E08000001
- Electoral ward
- Breightmet · E05014820
- Parish or community
- E43000155
- Westminster constituency
- Bolton North East · E14001110
- Output area
- E00024294
- Lower layer super output area
- Bolton 019A · E01004796
- Middle layer super output area
- Bolton 019 · E02001002
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
- 126
- Primary
- 81
- Secondary
- 16
- 237 m
Forwards Centre
Academy alternative provision converter
- 273 m
Park School Teaching Service
Academy alternative provision converter
- 289 m
Leverhulme Community Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BL2 6 residents
- 10,563
Age bands in BL2 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.3%
1,877 residents
1,010 residents
2,454 residents
2,721 residents
2,048 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
45
within 5 km straight-line
THE ALASTAIR ROSS MEDICAL PRACTICE
BREIGHTMENT HEALTH CENTRE, BREIGHTMET FOLD LANE, BREIGHTMET, BOLTON, BL2 6NT
ODS code P82018
677 m
THE DUNSTAN PARTNERSHIP
BREIGHTMET HEALTH CENTRE, BREIGHTMET FOLD LANE, BREIGHTMET, BOLTON, BL2 6NT
ODS code P82001
677 m
TONGE FOLD HEALTH CENTRE
HILTON ST, TONGE FOLD, BOLTON, BL2 6DY
ODS code P82011
796 m
BRADFORD STREET SURGERY
65 BRADFORD STREET, BOLTON, BL2 1HT
ODS code P82033
1.7 km
CROMPTON VIEW SURGERY
CROMPTON HEALTH CENTRE, 501 CROMPTON WAY, BOLTON, BL1 8UP
ODS code P82607
2.4 km
THE OAKS FAMILY PRACTICE
501 CROMPTON WAY, BOLTON, BL1 8UP
ODS code P82021
2.4 km
BEEHIVE SURGERY
108 CRESCENT ROAD, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 2JR
ODS code P82616
2.5 km
LITTLE LEVER HEALTH CENTRE 1
DR HALLIKERI & PARTNERS, 63 MARKET STREET, LITTLE LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 1HH
ODS code P82020
2.5 km
LITTLE LEVER HEALTH CENTRE 2
63 MARKET STREET, LITTLE LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 1HH
ODS code P82036
2.5 km
BOLTON COMMUNITY PRACTICE
WATERS MEETING HEALTH CENTRE, WATERS MEETING ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 8TT
ODS code Y03079
2.5 km
BURNSIDE SURGERY
WATERS MEETING ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 8TT
ODS code P82025
2.5 km
DR SIDDA'S SURGERY, WATERS MEETING HC
WATERS MEETING ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 8TT
ODS code P82625
2.5 km
OCTAGON MEDICAL CENTRE
LEVER CHAMBERS, 27 ASHBURNER STREET, BOLTON, BL1 1SQ
ODS code P82012
2.6 km
HARWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
HOUGH FOLD WAY, HARWOOD, BOLTON, BL2 3HQ
ODS code P82016
2.7 km
DR RIZWAN AND DR AWAN
LINDFIELD DRIVE, BOLTON, BL1 3RG
ODS code P82022
2.7 km
HALLIWELL SURGERY 2
LINDFIELD DRIVE, HALLIWELL, BOLTON, BL1 3RG
ODS code P82029
2.7 km
HALLIWELL SURGERY 3
LINDFIELD DRIVE, HALLIWELL, BOLTON, BL1 3RG
ODS code P82626
2.7 km
SPRING VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
MYTHAM ROAD, LITTLE LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 1HQ
ODS code P82613
2.7 km
BOLTON GENERAL PRACTICE
2-4 MOOR LANE, BOLTON, BL1 4TH
ODS code Y02319
2.7 km
BOLTON MEDICAL CENTRE
21 RUPERT STREET, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 6PY
ODS code Y02790
3.0 km
Showing 20 of 45 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Stephens Street
BCT · Roscow Fold
- 0.1 miles
High Avenue
BCT · Roscow Fold
- 0.1 miles
High Avenue
BCT · Roscow Fold
- 0.1 miles
Roscow Avenue
BCT · Breightmet
- 0.1 miles
Stephens Street
BCT · Roscow Fold
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bolton 019A, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
9,709 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 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
3 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.25 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.