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BL6 5YT

Adlington & Anderton · Chorley · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Adlington & Anderton
Local authority
Chorley
Constituency
Chorley
Postcode district
BL6
Postcode sector
BL6 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BL6 5UZ 6 m
BL6 5HL 580 m
BL6 5GU 645 m
BL6 5GS 666 m
BL6 5HJ 689 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BL6 5YT
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 2002
Terminated
1 October 2002
Postcode area
BL
Postcode district
BL6
Postcode sector
BL6 5
Latitude
53.600562
Longitude
-2.572969
British National Grid easting
362,180
British National Grid northing
411,706

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Chorley · E07000118
Electoral ward
Adlington & Anderton · E05013064
Parish or community
E04005140
Westminster constituency
Chorley · E14001170
Output area
E00126477
Lower layer super output area
Chorley 014D · E01024918
Middle layer super output area
Chorley 014 · E02005202

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
16
Secondary
2

  1. St Catherine's CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

  2. Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.4 km

  3. Beacon Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
29
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Drugs 4
  • Vehicle crime 4
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Possession of weapons 3

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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • KILDONAN HOUSE

    RAMSBOTTOM ROAD, HORWICH, BOLTON, BL6 5NW

    ODS code P82003

    1.9 km

  • PIKE VIEW, DR MALHOTRA & PARTNERS

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

    ODS code P82006

    2.0 km

  • GRANVILLE HOUSE MED CTRE

    GRANVILLE STREET, ADLINGTON, CHORLEY, PR6 9PY

    ODS code P81154

    2.4 km

  • ADLINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P81740

    2.5 km

  • ASPULL SURGERY

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

    ODS code P92015

    3.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Bolton West Services East

    BCT · Grimeford Village

    0.1 miles

  • Bolton West Services Westbound

    BCT · Grimeford Village

    0.1 miles

  • Rivington Waterworks

    BCT · Grimeford Village

    0.5 miles

  • Rivington Waterworks

    BCT · Grimeford Village

    0.6 miles

  • Butterwick Fields

    BCT · Horwich

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chorley 014D, 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

28,679 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
3 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

20 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 2 secondary schools. St Catherine's CofE 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

29 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 5 events.

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