Schools
107 open schools are in scope, including 71 primary and 15 secondary schools. Kearsley Academy is the nearest published school at 370 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BL4 4AE
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 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BL4 4AE
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 November 2005
- Terminated
- 1 February 2006
- Postcode area
- BL
- Postcode district
- BL4
- Postcode sector
- BL4 4
- Latitude
- 53.538614
- Longitude
- -2.392768
- British National Grid easting
- 374,067
- British National Grid northing
- 404,733
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
- E00024845
- Lower layer super output area
- Bolton 034E · E01004908
- Middle layer super output area
- Bolton 034 · E02001017
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
- 107
- Primary
- 71
- Secondary
- 15
- 370 m
Kearsley Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 551 m
St Peter's CofE Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 555 m
Woodbridge College
Special post 16 institution
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- Postcode sector residents
- Not available
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 not available.
GP practices
32
within 5 km
KEARSLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
JACKSON STREET, KEARSLEY, BOLTON, BL4 8EP
ODS code P82007
835 m
STONEHILL MEDICAL CENTRE
PIGGOTT STREET, FARNWORTH, BOLTON, BL4 9QZ
ODS code P82008
852 m
FARNWORTH FAMILY PRACTICE
FREDERICK STREET, FARNWORTH, BOLTON, BL4 9AH
ODS code P82652
900 m
FIG TREE MEDICAL PRACTICE
FREDERICK STREET, FARNWORTH, BOLTON, BL4 9AH
ODS code P82037
900 m
THE GILL MEDICAL PRACTICE
5 HARRIET STREET, WORSLEY, WALKDEN, MANCHESTER, M28 3DR
ODS code P87028
1.6 km
THE LIMES MEDICAL PRACTICE
8-12 HODGE ROAD, WALKDEN, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 3AT
ODS code P87017
1.8 km
WALKDEN MEDICAL CENTRE
2 HODGE ROAD, WALKDEN, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 3AT
ODS code P87008
1.8 km
CLEGGS LANE MEDICAL PRACTICE/129
129-131 CLEGGS LANE, LITTLE HULTON, MANCHESTER, M38 9RS
ODS code P87613
1.8 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
SPRING VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
MYTHAM ROAD, LITTLE LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 1HQ
ODS code P82613
2.9 km
LITTLE LEVER HEALTH CENTRE 1
DR HALLIKERI & PARTNERS, 63 MARKET STREET, LITTLE LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 1HH
ODS code P82020
3.0 km
LITTLE LEVER HEALTH CENTRE 2
63 MARKET STREET, LITTLE LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 1HH
ODS code P82036
3.0 km
BEEHIVE SURGERY
108 CRESCENT ROAD, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 2JR
ODS code P82616
3.3 km
ELLENBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE
14 MORSTON CLOSE, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 1PB
ODS code P87624
3.3 km
BOLTON MEDICAL CENTRE
21 RUPERT STREET, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 6PY
ODS code Y02790
3.9 km
GREAT LEVER ONE
RUPERT STREET, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 6RN
ODS code P82633
4.0 km
THE BOLTON FAMILY PRACTICE
GREAT LEVER HEALTH CENTRE, RUPERT STREET, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 6RN
ODS code P82013
4.0 km
Showing 20 of 32 matching practices.
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.3 miles
Norfolk Street
BCT · Hill Top
- 0.3 miles
Norfolk Street
BCT · Hill Top
- 0.3 miles
Bloomfield Road
BCT · New Bury
- 0.3 miles
Bloomfield Road
BCT · New Bury
- 0.4 miles
Lark Street
BCT · Farnworth
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bolton 034E, 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
6 of 10
Overall England rank
17,914 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
2 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.