Schools
119 open schools are in scope, including 82 primary and 15 secondary schools. Green Fold School is the nearest published school at 353 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BL4 0RX
Farnworth South · Bolton · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Farnworth South
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden
- Postcode district
- BL4
- Postcode sector
- BL4 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BL4 0RX
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 March 1988
- Terminated
- 1 December 1991
- Postcode area
- BL
- Postcode district
- BL4
- Postcode sector
- BL4 0
- Latitude
- 53.543566
- Longitude
- -2.434570
- British National Grid easting
- 371,300
- British National Grid northing
- 405,300
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Bolton · E08000001
- Electoral ward
- Farnworth South · E05014823
- Parish or community
- E43000155
- Westminster constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden · E14001111
- Output area
- E00024698
- Lower layer super output area
- Bolton 033D · E01004874
- Middle layer super output area
- Bolton 033 · E02001016
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 BL4
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 119
- Primary
- 82
- Secondary
- 15
- 353 m
Green Fold School
Community special school
- 355 m
The Orchards Nursery School
Local authority nursery school
- 407 m
Cherry Tree Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 6
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 5
- Anti social behaviour 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BL4 0 residents
- 10,739
Age bands in BL4 0
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 22.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 13.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 24.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 13.6%
2,420 residents
1,452 residents
2,845 residents
2,655 residents
1,472 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
CLEGGS LANE MEDICAL PRACTICE/129
129-131 CLEGGS LANE, LITTLE HULTON, MANCHESTER, M38 9RS
ODS code P87613
1.4 km
CHERRY MEDICAL PRACTICE
LITTLE HULTON HEALTH CENTRE, 4 LONGSHAW DRIVE, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 0BB
ODS code P87630
2.1 km
DEARDEN AVENUE MEDICAL PRACTICE
LITTLE HULTON HEALTH CENTRE, 4 LONGSHAW DRIVE, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 0BB
ODS code P87625
2.1 km
MANCHESTER ROAD EAST MEDICAL PRACTICE
LITTLE HULTON HEALTH CENTRE, 4 LONGSHAW DRIVE, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 0BB
ODS code P87661
2.1 km
SALFORD PRIMARY CARE TOGETHER
4 LONGSHAW DRIVE, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 0BB
ODS code Y00445
2.1 km
STONEHILL MEDICAL CENTRE
PIGGOTT STREET, FARNWORTH, BOLTON, BL4 9QZ
ODS code P82008
2.1 km
ST HELENS ROAD PRACTICE
GARNET FOLD PRACTICE, 374-376 ST. HELENS ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 3RR
ODS code P82009
2.4 km
BOLTON MEDICAL CENTRE
21 RUPERT STREET, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 6PY
ODS code Y02790
2.5 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
GREAT LEVER ONE
RUPERT STREET, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 6RN
ODS code P82633
2.5 km
THE BOLTON FAMILY PRACTICE
GREAT LEVER HEALTH CENTRE, RUPERT STREET, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 6RN
ODS code P82013
2.5 km
SHANTI MEDICAL CENTRE
160 ST. HELENS ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 3PH
ODS code P82609
2.5 km
BEEHIVE SURGERY
108 CRESCENT ROAD, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 2JR
ODS code P82616
2.5 km
SWAN LANE MEDICAL CENTRE
SWAN LANE, BOLTON, BL3 6TL
ODS code P82004
2.7 km
THE GILL MEDICAL PRACTICE
5 HARRIET STREET, WORSLEY, WALKDEN, MANCHESTER, M28 3DR
ODS code P87028
3.2 km
DEANE MEDICAL CENTRE
155-157 DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5AH
ODS code P82030
3.3 km
ORIENT HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
216 WIGAN ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5QE
ODS code P82624
3.3 km
AL FAL MEDICAL GROUP
DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP
ODS code P82640
3.3 km
DR S NASEEF
DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP
ODS code P82629
3.3 km
Showing 20 of 50 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Windermere Road
BCT · Highfield
- 0.1 miles
Windermere Road
BCT · Highfield
- 0.2 miles
Windermere Road
BCT · Highfield
- 0.2 miles
Starling Drive
BCT · Highfield
- 0.2 miles
Whins Avenue
BCT · Highfield
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bolton 033D, 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
5,806 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 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
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.