BL6 4EU

Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor · Bolton · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Bolton
Constituency
Bolton West
Postcode district
BL6
Postcode sector
BL6 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BL6 4EB 21 m
BL6 4ET 50 m
BL6 4EW 71 m
BL6 4EN 81 m
BL6 4EZ 89 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BL6 4EU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 August 2002
Postcode area
BL
Postcode district
BL6
Postcode sector
BL6 4
Latitude
53.564853
Longitude
-2.500679
British National Grid easting
366,936
British National Grid northing
407,697

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Bolton · E08000001
Parish or community
E43000155
Westminster constituency
Bolton West · E14001112
Output area
E00024778
Lower layer super output area
Bolton 028G · E01033219
Middle layer super output area
Bolton 028 · E02001011

Postcode source versions

Explore BL6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
78
Primary
51
Secondary
9
  1. Lostock Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km
  2. Beaumont Primary School

    Community school

    1.4 km
  3. St Bernard's RC Primary School, Bolton

    Voluntary aided school

    1.5 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

  • Other crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BL6 4 residents
6,570

Age bands in BL6 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.3%

1,103 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

588 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.3%

1,550 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.3%

1,746 residents

Age 65 and over
21.9%

1,399 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

29

within 5 km straight-line

  • UNSWORTH GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P82015

    1.7 km

  • STABLE FOLD SURGERY

    119 CHURCH STREET, WESTHOUGHTON, BOLTON, BL5 3SF

    ODS code P82005

    2.0 km

  • DEANE CLINIC 1

    HORSFIELD STREET, DEANE, BOLTON, BL3 4LU

    ODS code P82660

    2.4 km

  • ORIENT HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE

    216 WIGAN ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5QE

    ODS code P82624

    2.7 km

  • ST HELENS ROAD PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P82009

    2.9 km

  • SHANTI MEDICAL CENTRE

    160 ST. HELENS ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 3PH

    ODS code P82609

    3.3 km

  • HEATON MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 LUCY STREET, HEATON, BOLTON, BL1 5PU

    ODS code P82031

    3.3 km

  • SPRING HOUSE SURGERY

    555 CHORLEY OLD ROAD, GREATER MANCHESTER, BOLTON, BL1 6AF

    ODS code P82014

    3.6 km

  • AL FAL MEDICAL GROUP

    DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP

    ODS code P82640

    3.7 km

  • DR S NASEEF

    DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5HP

    ODS code P82629

    3.7 km

  • OLIVE FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y03366

    3.7 km

  • PIKES LANE 1

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

    ODS code P82002

    3.7 km

  • WYRESDALE ROAD SURGERY

    46 WYRESDALE ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 4DN

    ODS code P82634

    3.7 km

  • 3D MEDICAL CENTRE

    200 DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5DP

    ODS code Y00186

    3.9 km

  • CORNERSTONE SURGERY

    469 CHORLEY OLD ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 6AH

    ODS code P82627

    3.9 km

  • SWAN LANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    SWAN LANE, BOLTON, BL3 6TL

    ODS code P82004

    3.9 km

  • DEANE MEDICAL CENTRE

    155-157 DEANE ROAD, BOLTON, BL3 5AH

    ODS code P82030

    4.0 km

  • DALEFIELD SURGERY

    AVONDALE HEALTH CENTRE, AVONDALE STREET, BOLTON, BL1 4JP

    ODS code P82010

    4.2 km

  • DR VASANTH

    ATHERTON HEALTH CENTRE, NELSON STREET, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 0LE

    ODS code P92635

    4.2 km

  • MEADOWVIEW SURGERY

    ORMEROD HOUSE, ATHERTON HEALTH CENTRE, NELSON ST, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 0LE

    ODS code P92626

    4.2 km

Showing 20 of 29 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • Tempest Road

    BCT · Chew Moor

    0.1 miles
  • Cowdals Road

    BCT · Chew Moor

    0.1 miles
  • Cowdals Road

    BCT · Chew Moor

    0.1 miles
  • Tempest Road

    BCT · Chew Moor

    0.1 miles
  • Tempest United FC

    BCT · Chew Moor

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bolton 028G, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

30,024 of 33,755

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

Schools

78 open schools are in scope, including 51 primary and 9 secondary schools. Lostock Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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 Other crime with 1 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.