Schools
135 open schools are in scope, including 88 primary and 17 secondary schools. Birtenshaw College is the nearest published school at 270 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BL3 2RH
Great Lever · Bolton · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Great Lever
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden
- Postcode district
- BL3
- Postcode sector
- BL3 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BL3 2RH
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 May 1994
- Terminated
- 1 January 1995
- Postcode area
- BL
- Postcode district
- BL3
- Postcode sector
- BL3 2
- Latitude
- 53.566111
- Longitude
- -2.413663
- British National Grid easting
- 372,700
- British National Grid northing
- 407,800
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Bolton · E08000001
- Electoral ward
- Great Lever · E05014824
- Parish or community
- E43000155
- Westminster constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden · E14001111
- Output area
- E00181435
- Lower layer super output area
- Bolton 022B · E01004812
- 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 BL3
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 135
- Primary
- 88
- Secondary
- 17
- 270 m
Birtenshaw College
Special post 16 institution
- 666 m
St Michael's CofE Primary School, Great Lever
Voluntary aided school
- 700 m
Bolton Islamic Girls School
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 5
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BL3 2 residents
- 12,376
Age bands in BL3 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 28.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 14.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 30%
- Age 45 to 64
- 18%
- Age 65 and over
- 9.5%
3,508 residents
1,758 residents
3,722 residents
2,225 residents
1,180 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
50
within 5 km straight-line
BEEHIVE SURGERY
108 CRESCENT ROAD, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 2JR
ODS code P82616
424 m
BOLTON MEDICAL CENTRE
21 RUPERT STREET, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 6PY
ODS code Y02790
1.2 km
BRADFORD STREET SURGERY
65 BRADFORD STREET, BOLTON, BL2 1HT
ODS code P82033
1.2 km
GREAT LEVER ONE
RUPERT STREET, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 6RN
ODS code P82633
1.2 km
THE BOLTON FAMILY PRACTICE
GREAT LEVER HEALTH CENTRE, RUPERT STREET, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 6RN
ODS code P82013
1.2 km
TONGE FOLD HEALTH CENTRE
HILTON ST, TONGE FOLD, BOLTON, BL2 6DY
ODS code P82011
1.5 km
OCTAGON MEDICAL CENTRE
LEVER CHAMBERS, 27 ASHBURNER STREET, BOLTON, BL1 1SQ
ODS code P82012
1.7 km
BOLTON GENERAL PRACTICE
2-4 MOOR LANE, BOLTON, BL1 4TH
ODS code Y02319
1.9 km
SWAN LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
SWAN LANE, BOLTON, BL3 6TL
ODS code P82004
1.9 km
DEANE MEDICAL CENTRE
155-157 DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5AH
ODS code P82030
2.0 km
3D MEDICAL CENTRE
200 DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5DP
ODS code Y00186
2.2 km
AL FAL MEDICAL GROUP
DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP
ODS code P82640
2.3 km
DR S NASEEF
DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP
ODS code P82629
2.3 km
OLIVE FAMILY PRACTICE
PIKES LANE CENTRE, DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP
ODS code Y03366
2.3 km
PIKES LANE 1
THE PIKES LANE CENTRE, DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP
ODS code P82002
2.3 km
FARNWORTH FAMILY PRACTICE
FREDERICK STREET, FARNWORTH, BOLTON, BL4 9AH
ODS code P82652
2.5 km
FIG TREE MEDICAL PRACTICE
FREDERICK STREET, FARNWORTH, BOLTON, BL4 9AH
ODS code P82037
2.5 km
SHANTI MEDICAL CENTRE
160 ST. HELENS ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 3PH
ODS code P82609
2.5 km
STONEHILL MEDICAL CENTRE
PIGGOTT STREET, FARNWORTH, BOLTON, BL4 9QZ
ODS code P82008
2.6 km
THE ALASTAIR ROSS MEDICAL PRACTICE
BREIGHTMENT HEALTH CENTRE, BREIGHTMET FOLD LANE, BREIGHTMET, BOLTON, BL2 6NT
ODS code P82018
2.7 km
Showing 20 of 50 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Springfield Street
BCT · Burnden
- 0.1 miles
Raikes Lane
BCT · Burnden
- 0.1 miles
Springfield Street
BCT · Burnden
- 0.2 miles
Mayfield Avenue
BCT · Burnden
- 0.2 miles
Mayfield Avenue
BCT · Burnden
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bolton 022B, 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
1 of 10
Overall England rank
3,255 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 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
5 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.