BL3 6LB

Queens Park & Central · Bolton · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Bolton
Postcode district
BL3
Postcode sector
BL3 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BL3 6PF 8 m
BL3 6AR 49 m
BL3 6LD 67 m
BL3 6JF 69 m
BL3 6JZ 77 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BL3 6LB
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 February 2011
Postcode area
BL
Postcode district
BL3
Postcode sector
BL3 6
Latitude
53.568301
Longitude
-2.439640
British National Grid easting
370,981
British National Grid northing
408,054

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Bolton · E08000001
Parish or community
E43000155
Westminster constituency
Bolton South and Walkden · E14001111
Output area
E00024561
Lower layer super output area
Bolton 025C · E01004852
Middle layer super output area
Bolton 025 · E02001008

Postcode source versions

Explore BL3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
122
Primary
77
Secondary
16
  1. Bolton Muslim Girls School

    Academy converter

    251 m
  2. Clarendon Primary School

    Community school

    332 m
  3. Sunning Hill Primary School

    Community school

    364 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BL3 6 residents
6,712

Age bands in BL3 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
22.5%

1,795 residents

Age 15 to 24
16.2%

1,290 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.2%

2,168 residents

Age 45 to 64
22%

1,756 residents

Age 65 and over
12.2%

973 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

49

within 5 km straight-line

  • SWAN LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    SWAN LANE, BOLTON, BL3 6TL

    ODS code P82004

    235 m

  • DEANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    155-157 DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5AH

    ODS code P82030

    515 m

  • GREAT LEVER ONE

    RUPERT STREET, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 6RN

    ODS code P82633

    561 m

  • THE BOLTON FAMILY PRACTICE

    GREAT LEVER HEALTH CENTRE, RUPERT STREET, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 6RN

    ODS code P82013

    561 m

  • 3D MEDICAL CENTRE

    200 DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5DP

    ODS code Y00186

    603 m

  • BOLTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    21 RUPERT STREET, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 6PY

    ODS code Y02790

    626 m

  • AL FAL MEDICAL GROUP

    DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP

    ODS code P82640

    665 m

  • DR S NASEEF

    DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP

    ODS code P82629

    665 m

  • OLIVE FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y03366

    665 m

  • PIKES LANE 1

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

    ODS code P82002

    665 m

  • SHANTI MEDICAL CENTRE

    160 ST. HELENS ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 3PH

    ODS code P82609

    955 m

  • BOLTON GENERAL PRACTICE

    2-4 MOOR LANE, BOLTON, BL1 4TH

    ODS code Y02319

    1.1 km

  • OCTAGON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P82012

    1.1 km

  • ORIENT HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE

    216 WIGAN ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5QE

    ODS code P82624

    1.4 km

  • BEEHIVE SURGERY

    108 CRESCENT ROAD, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 2JR

    ODS code P82616

    1.4 km

  • ST HELENS ROAD PRACTICE

    GARNET FOLD PRACTICE, 374-376 ST. HELENS ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 3RR

    ODS code P82009

    1.5 km

  • DEANE CLINIC 1

    HORSFIELD STREET, DEANE, BOLTON, BL3 4LU

    ODS code P82660

    1.6 km

  • WYRESDALE ROAD SURGERY

    46 WYRESDALE ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 4DN

    ODS code P82634

    1.7 km

  • BRADFORD STREET SURGERY

    65 BRADFORD STREET, BOLTON, BL2 1HT

    ODS code P82033

    1.7 km

  • DR RIZWAN AND DR AWAN

    LINDFIELD DRIVE, BOLTON, BL1 3RG

    ODS code P82022

    2.3 km

Showing 20 of 49 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Flora Street

    BCT · Daubhill

    0.1 miles
  • High Street

    BCT · Daubhill

    0.1 miles
  • Bridgeman Street

    BCT · Daubhill

    0.1 miles
  • Pike Road

    BCT · Daubhill

    0.1 miles
  • High Street

    BCT · Daubhill

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bolton 025C, 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

3,977 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
2 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

122 open schools are in scope, including 77 primary and 16 secondary schools. Bolton Muslim Girls School is the nearest published school at 251 m.

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

Recorded crime

6 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.5 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.