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BL6 5UF

Horwich North · Bolton · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Horwich North
Local authority
Bolton
Constituency
Bolton West
Postcode district
BL6
Postcode sector
BL6 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BL6 5UA 0 m
BL6 5UH 0 m
BL6 5UL 0 m
BL6 5UN 0 m
BL6 5UD 41 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BL6 5UF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BL
Postcode district
BL6
Postcode sector
BL6 5
Latitude
53.593913
Longitude
-2.543493
British National Grid easting
364,125
British National Grid northing
410,951

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Bolton · E08000001
Electoral ward
Horwich North · E05014827
Parish or community
E04000002
Westminster constituency
Bolton West · E14001112
Output area
E00024754
Lower layer super output area
Bolton 007C · E01004882
Middle layer super output area
Bolton 007 · E02000990

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
22
Secondary
2

  1. Lever Park School

    Academy special sponsor led

    320 m

  2. Horwich Parish CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    624 m

  3. St Mary's RC Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    657 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
12
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Criminal damage and arson 3
  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Burglary 2
  • Other theft 2
  • Anti social behaviour 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BL6 5 residents
10,651

Age bands in BL6 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.8%

1,810 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

1,061 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.5%

2,746 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.2%

2,926 residents

Age 65 and over
20.7%

2,233 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

7

within 5 km

  • KILDONAN HOUSE

    RAMSBOTTOM ROAD, HORWICH, BOLTON, BL6 5NW

    ODS code P82003

    159 m

  • PIKE VIEW, DR MALHOTRA & PARTNERS

    HORWICH HEALTH & WELLBEING HUB, VICTORIA ROAD, HORWICH, BOLTON, BL6 5PY

    ODS code P82006

    515 m

  • ASPULL SURGERY

    ASPULL HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE, HAIGH ROAD, ASPULL, WIGAN, WN2 1XH

    ODS code P92015

    3.9 km

  • GRANVILLE HOUSE MED CTRE

    GRANVILLE STREET, ADLINGTON, CHORLEY, PR6 9PY

    ODS code P81154

    4.3 km

  • ADLINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    22-24 BABYLON LANE, ANDERTON, CHORLEY, PR6 9NW

    ODS code P81740

    4.4 km

  • STABLE FOLD SURGERY

    119 CHURCH STREET, WESTHOUGHTON, BOLTON, BL5 3SF

    ODS code P82005

    4.8 km

  • HEATON MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 LUCY STREET, HEATON, BOLTON, BL1 5PU

    ODS code P82031

    5.0 km

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

  • Gooch Street

    BCT · Horwich

    0.0 miles

  • Gooch Street

    BCT · Horwich

    0.1 miles

  • Fox Street

    BCT · Horwich

    0.1 miles

  • Barlow Street

    BCT · Horwich

    0.1 miles

  • Webb Street

    BCT · Horwich

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bolton 007C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,543 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
2 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

27 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 2 secondary schools. Lever Park School is the nearest published school at 320 m.

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

Recorded crime

12 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 3 events.

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