Schools
99 open schools are in scope, including 66 primary and 14 secondary schools. Woodbridge College is the nearest published school at 268 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BL4 8TP
Kearsley · Bolton · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Kearsley
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden
- Postcode district
- BL4
- Postcode sector
- BL4 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BL4 8TP
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1990
- Postcode area
- BL
- Postcode district
- BL4
- Postcode sector
- BL4 8
- Latitude
- 53.535637
- Longitude
- -2.387716
- British National Grid easting
- 374,400
- British National Grid northing
- 404,400
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Bolton · E08000001
- Electoral ward
- Kearsley · E05014830
- Parish or community
- E43000155
- Westminster constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden · E14001111
- Output area
- E00024848
- Lower layer super output area
- Bolton 034D · E01004907
- 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
- 99
- Primary
- 66
- Secondary
- 14
- 268 m
Woodbridge College
Special post 16 institution
- 307 m
Kearsley Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 784 m
Kearsley West Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BL4 8 residents
- 8,371
Age bands in BL4 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.7%
1,419 residents
834 residents
1,995 residents
2,228 residents
1,690 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
27
within 5 km straight-line
KEARSLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
JACKSON STREET, KEARSLEY, BOLTON, BL4 8EP
ODS code P82007
904 m
STONEHILL MEDICAL CENTRE
PIGGOTT STREET, FARNWORTH, BOLTON, BL4 9QZ
ODS code P82008
1.3 km
FARNWORTH FAMILY PRACTICE
FREDERICK STREET, FARNWORTH, BOLTON, BL4 9AH
ODS code P82652
1.3 km
FIG TREE MEDICAL PRACTICE
FREDERICK STREET, FARNWORTH, BOLTON, BL4 9AH
ODS code P82037
1.3 km
THE GILL MEDICAL PRACTICE
5 HARRIET STREET, WORSLEY, WALKDEN, MANCHESTER, M28 3DR
ODS code P87028
1.4 km
THE LIMES MEDICAL PRACTICE
8-12 HODGE ROAD, WALKDEN, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 3AT
ODS code P87017
1.6 km
WALKDEN MEDICAL CENTRE
2 HODGE ROAD, WALKDEN, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 3AT
ODS code P87008
1.6 km
CLEGGS LANE MEDICAL PRACTICE/129
129-131 CLEGGS LANE, LITTLE HULTON, MANCHESTER, M38 9RS
ODS code P87613
2.1 km
CHERRY MEDICAL PRACTICE
LITTLE HULTON HEALTH CENTRE, 4 LONGSHAW DRIVE, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 0BB
ODS code P87630
2.2 km
DEARDEN AVENUE MEDICAL PRACTICE
LITTLE HULTON HEALTH CENTRE, 4 LONGSHAW DRIVE, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 0BB
ODS code P87625
2.2 km
MANCHESTER ROAD EAST MEDICAL PRACTICE
LITTLE HULTON HEALTH CENTRE, 4 LONGSHAW DRIVE, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 0BB
ODS code P87661
2.2 km
SALFORD PRIMARY CARE TOGETHER
4 LONGSHAW DRIVE, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 0BB
ODS code Y00445
2.2 km
SPRING VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
MYTHAM ROAD, LITTLE LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 1HQ
ODS code P82613
3.0 km
LITTLE LEVER HEALTH CENTRE 1
DR HALLIKERI & PARTNERS, 63 MARKET STREET, LITTLE LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 1HH
ODS code P82020
3.1 km
LITTLE LEVER HEALTH CENTRE 2
63 MARKET STREET, LITTLE LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 1HH
ODS code P82036
3.1 km
ELLENBROOK MEDICAL CENTRE
14 MORSTON CLOSE, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 1PB
ODS code P87624
3.2 km
BEEHIVE SURGERY
108 CRESCENT ROAD, GREAT LEVER, BOLTON, BL3 2JR
ODS code P82616
3.8 km
THE SIDES MEDICAL PRACTICE
MOORSIDE ROAD, SWINTON, MANCHESTER, M27 0EW
ODS code P87016
4.0 km
BOOTHSTOWN MEDICAL CENTRE
PARR BRIDGE H&W CENTRE, PARR BRIDGE RETAIL PARK, MOSLEY COMMON ROAD, MANCHESTER, M29 8RZ
ODS code P92605
4.0 km
THE POPLARS MEDICAL PRACTICE
202 PARTINGTON LANE, SWINTON, MANCHESTER, M27 0NA
ODS code P87002
4.1 km
Showing 20 of 27 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Melville Road
BCT · Kearsley
- 0.2 miles
Melville Road
BCT · Kearsley
- 0.3 miles
South Avenue
BCT · Kearsley
- 0.3 miles
South Avenue
BCT · Kearsley
- 0.4 miles
St Kilda Avenue
BCT · Kearsley
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bolton 034D, 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
5,887 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 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
- 8 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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
1 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.