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BL5 3FA

Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill · Bolton · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill
Local authority
Bolton
Constituency
Bolton West
Postcode district
BL5
Postcode sector
BL5 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BL5 3HY 94 m
BL5 1BD 101 m
BL5 1BB 114 m
BL5 3JF 139 m
BL5 3JD 165 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BL5 3FA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2017
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BL
Postcode district
BL5
Postcode sector
BL5 3
Latitude
53.549877
Longitude
-2.494480
British National Grid easting
367,335
British National Grid northing
406,028

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Bolton · E08000001
Electoral ward
Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill · E05014836
Parish or community
E43000155
Westminster constituency
Bolton West · E14001112
Output area
E00024766
Lower layer super output area
Bolton 030A · E01004892
Middle layer super output area
Bolton 030 · E02001013

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
87
Primary
56
Secondary
12

  1. St Thomas CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    680 m

  2. Westhoughton High School

    Community school

    1.5 km

  3. Woodland Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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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
20

6 female, 14 male

Postcode households
20
Residents per household
1.0
BL5 3 residents
12,379

Age bands in BL5 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%

2,039 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

1,251 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.9%

3,193 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.6%

3,670 residents

Age 65 and over
20.8%

2,660 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BL5 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
95.8%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
95.8%
Gigabit-capable
95.8%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

28

within 5 km

  • UNSWORTH GROUP PRACTICE

    PETER HOUSE, CAPTAIN LEES ROAD, WESTHOUGHTON, BOLTON, BL5 3UB

    ODS code P82015

    935 m

  • STABLE FOLD SURGERY

    119 CHURCH STREET, WESTHOUGHTON, BOLTON, BL5 3SF

    ODS code P82005

    1.9 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

  • ST HELENS ROAD PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P82009

    2.7 km

  • DEANE CLINIC 1

    HORSFIELD STREET, DEANE, BOLTON, BL3 4LU

    ODS code P82660

    2.8 km

  • DR KK CHAN & PARTNERS

    SEVEN BROOKS MEDICAL CENTRE, 21 CHURCH STREET, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 9DE

    ODS code P92042

    2.9 km

  • ORIENT HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE

    216 WIGAN ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5QE

    ODS code P82624

    3.1 km

  • BEE FOLD MEDICAL CENTRE

    25 BEE FOLD LANE, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 0BD

    ODS code P92633

    3.2 km

  • SHANTI MEDICAL CENTRE

    160 ST. HELENS ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 3PH

    ODS code P82609

    3.2 km

  • SWAN LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    SWAN LANE, BOLTON, BL3 6TL

    ODS code P82004

    3.9 km

  • POPLAR STREET SURGERY

    TYLDESLEY HEALTH CENTRE, POPLAR STREET, TYLDESLEY, MANCHESTER, M29 8AX

    ODS code Y02321

    4.1 km

  • AL FAL MEDICAL GROUP

    DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP

    ODS code P82640

    4.1 km

  • DR S NASEEF

    DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP

    ODS code P82629

    4.1 km

  • OLIVE FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y03366

    4.1 km

  • PIKES LANE 1

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

    ODS code P82002

    4.1 km

  • 3D MEDICAL CENTRE

    200 DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5DP

    ODS code Y00186

    4.2 km

  • THE SURGERY, TYLDESLEY

    THE SURGERY, HIGH STREET, TYLDESLEY, MANCHESTER, M29 8AL

    ODS code P92033

    4.3 km

  • DEANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    155-157 DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5AH

    ODS code P82030

    4.3 km

  • ELLIOTT STREET SURGERY

    145 ELLIOTT STREET, TYLDESLEY, MANCHESTER, M29 8FL

    ODS code P92028

    4.3 km

Showing 20 of 28 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Brancker Street

    BCT · Chequerbent

    0.0 miles

  • Brancker Street

    BCT · Chequerbent

    0.0 miles

  • Punch Lane

    BCT · Chequerbent

    0.3 miles

  • Molyneux Road

    BCT · Chequerbent

    0.3 miles

  • Molyneux Road

    BCT · Chequerbent

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bolton 030A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

23,227 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
5 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

87 open schools are in scope, including 56 primary and 12 secondary schools. St Thomas CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 680 m.

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

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.