BL6 6BU

Horwich North · Bolton · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bolton
Local authority
Bolton
Constituency
Bolton West
Postcode district
BL6
Postcode sector
BL6 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BL6 6BY 73 m
BL6 6BG 96 m
BL6 6DA 96 m
BL6 6BQ 101 m
BL6 6BZ 109 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BL6 6BU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BL
Postcode district
BL6
Postcode sector
BL6 6
Latitude
53.597905
Longitude
-2.535385
British National Grid easting
364,665
British National Grid northing
411,391

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Bolton · E08000001
Parish or community
E04000002
Westminster constituency
Bolton West · E14001112
Output area
E00024705
Lower layer super output area
Bolton 007E · E01004884
Middle layer super output area
Bolton 007 · E02000990

Postcode source versions

Explore BL6

12 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
6, Stocks Park Drive, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6BU 29 September 2023 £225,000
21, Stocks Park Drive, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6BU 21 May 2021 £282,500
17, Stocks Park Drive, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 6BU 6 March 2020 £312,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
25
Secondary
2
  1. Horwich Parish CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    313 m
  2. Lever Park School

    Academy special sponsor led

    385 m
  3. St Mary's RC Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    785 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Other theft 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
36

16 female, 20 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
2.4
BL6 6 residents
7,570

Age bands in BL6 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.8%

1,112 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

692 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.2%

1,964 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

2,147 residents

Age 65 and over
21%

1,577 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BL6 6 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

7

within 5 km

  • PIKE VIEW, DR MALHOTRA & PARTNERS

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

    ODS code P82006

    464 m

  • KILDONAN HOUSE

    RAMSBOTTOM ROAD, HORWICH, BOLTON, BL6 5NW

    ODS code P82003

    745 m

  • HEATON MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 LUCY STREET, HEATON, BOLTON, BL1 5PU

    ODS code P82031

    4.5 km

  • ASPULL SURGERY

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

    ODS code P92015

    4.6 km

  • GRANVILLE HOUSE MED CTRE

    GRANVILLE STREET, ADLINGTON, CHORLEY, PR6 9PY

    ODS code P81154

    4.6 km

  • ADLINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P81740

    4.6 km

  • SPRING HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code P82014

    4.9 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Fleet Street

    BCT · Wallsuches

    0.1 miles
  • Gingham Brow

    BCT · Wallsuches

    0.1 miles
  • Bank Top Brewery Ale House

    BCT · Horwich

    0.1 miles
  • Bank Top Brewery Ale House

    BCT · Horwich

    0.2 miles
  • Cemetery

    BCT · Wallsuches

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bolton 007E, 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

30,010 of 33,755

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

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
4
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

Property market

The five-year median is £225,000 from 1 recorded sale in BL6 6BU. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Bolton is £202,770 in June 2026, up 4.9% year on year.

Schools

30 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 2 secondary schools. Horwich Parish CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 313 m.

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

Recorded crime

6 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3 events.

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