Schools
65 open schools are in scope, including 50 primary and 7 secondary schools. Eatock Primary School is the nearest published school at 302 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BL5 2YZ
Westhoughton South · Bolton · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Westhoughton South
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton West
- Postcode district
- BL5
- Postcode sector
- BL5 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BL5 2YZ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 May 2000
- Terminated
- 1 September 2000
- Postcode area
- BL
- Postcode district
- BL5
- Postcode sector
- BL5 2
- Latitude
- 53.541743
- Longitude
- -2.529832
- British National Grid easting
- 364,986
- British National Grid northing
- 405,140
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Bolton · E08000001
- Electoral ward
- Westhoughton South · E05014837
- Parish or community
- E04000003
- Westminster constituency
- Bolton West · E14001112
- Output area
- E00024992
- Lower layer super output area
- Bolton 031E · E01004939
- Middle layer super output area
- Bolton 031 · E02001014
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 BL5
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 65
- Primary
- 50
- Secondary
- 7
- 302 m
Eatock Primary School
Community school
- 353 m
St George's CofE Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 789 m
Woodland Primary Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2
- Vehicle crime 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BL5 2 residents
- 12,615
Age bands in BL5 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 18%
2,158 residents
1,296 residents
2,963 residents
3,588 residents
2,202 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
15
within 5 km straight-line
STABLE FOLD SURGERY
119 CHURCH STREET, WESTHOUGHTON, BOLTON, BL5 3SF
ODS code P82005
1.3 km
UNSWORTH GROUP PRACTICE
PETER HOUSE, CAPTAIN LEES ROAD, WESTHOUGHTON, BOLTON, BL5 3UB
ODS code P82015
1.7 km
DR VASANTH
ATHERTON HEALTH CENTRE, NELSON STREET, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 0LE
ODS code P92635
2.5 km
MEADOWVIEW SURGERY
ORMEROD HOUSE, ATHERTON HEALTH CENTRE, NELSON ST, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 0LE
ODS code P92626
2.5 km
BEE FOLD MEDICAL CENTRE
25 BEE FOLD LANE, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 0BD
ODS code P92633
3.0 km
PENNYGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
109 LADIES LANE, HINDLEY, WIGAN, WN2 2QG
ODS code P92016
3.1 km
DR KK CHAN & PARTNERS
SEVEN BROOKS MEDICAL CENTRE, 21 CHURCH STREET, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 9DE
ODS code P92042
3.3 km
WESTLEIGH MEDICAL PRACTICE
4-12 WESTLEIGH LANE, LEIGH, WN7 5JE
ODS code P92029
3.4 km
DR TUN & PARTNERS
HINDLEY HEALTH CENTRE, 17 LIVERPOOL ROAD, HINDLEY, WIGAN, WN2 3HQ
ODS code P92004
3.7 km
GRASMERE SURGERY
LEIGH HEALTH CENTRE, THE AVENUE, LEIGH, WN7 1HR
ODS code P92607
4.5 km
THE AVENUE SURGERY
LEIGH HEALTH CENTRE, THE AVENUE, LEIGH, WN7 1HR
ODS code P92615
4.5 km
ASPULL SURGERY
ASPULL HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE, HAIGH ROAD, ASPULL, WIGAN, WN2 1XH
ODS code P92015
4.8 km
DR AHMAD & PTNRS
PLATT BRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE, RIVINGTON AVENUE, PLATT BRIDGE, WIGAN, WN2 5NG
ODS code P92006
4.9 km
PLATT HOUSE SURGERY
PLATT BRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE, RIVINGTON AVENUE, PLATT BRIDGE, WIGAN, WN2 5NG
ODS code P92031
4.9 km
POPLAR STREET SURGERY
TYLDESLEY HEALTH CENTRE, POPLAR STREET, TYLDESLEY, MANCHESTER, M29 8AX
ODS code Y02321
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Charlock Avenue
BCT · Daisy Hill
- 0.1 miles
Wigan Road
BCT · Daisy Hill
- 0.1 miles
Wigan Road
BCT · Daisy Hill
- 0.1 miles
Allenby Grove
BCT · Dobb Brow
- 0.1 miles
Allenby Grove
BCT · Dobb Brow
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bolton 031E, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
9,253 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 2 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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
3 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.25 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.