BL6 6LB

Horwich South & Blackrod · 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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BL6 6RQ 68 m
BL6 6JW 188 m
BL6 6SF 262 m
BL6 4SF 276 m
BL6 4SD 299 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BL6 6LB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1997
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BL
Postcode district
BL6
Postcode sector
BL6 6
Latitude
53.578883
Longitude
-2.538075
British National Grid easting
364,471
British National Grid northing
409,276

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
E00181492
Lower layer super output area
Bolton 014A · E01004775
Middle layer super output area
Bolton 014 · E02000997

Postcode source versions

Explore BL6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
35
Primary
27
Secondary
4
  1. St Joseph's RC High School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.1 km
  2. Chorley New Road Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.2 km
  3. Claypool Primary School

    Community school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other crime 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

6

within 5 km

  • KILDONAN HOUSE

    RAMSBOTTOM ROAD, HORWICH, BOLTON, BL6 5NW

    ODS code P82003

    1.8 km

  • PIKE VIEW, DR MALHOTRA & PARTNERS

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

    ODS code P82006

    2.2 km

  • STABLE FOLD SURGERY

    119 CHURCH STREET, WESTHOUGHTON, BOLTON, BL5 3SF

    ODS code P82005

    3.1 km

  • ASPULL SURGERY

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

    ODS code P92015

    3.3 km

  • UNSWORTH GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P82015

    3.7 km

  • HEATON MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 LUCY STREET, HEATON, BOLTON, BL1 5PU

    ODS code P82031

    4.7 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

  • Horwich Parkway Rail Station

    BCT · Middlebrook

    0.1 miles
  • Horwich Parkway Rail Station

    RLY · Horwich

    0.1 miles
  • Horwich Parkway Rail Station

    RSE · Middlebrook

    0.1 miles
  • Toughsheet Community Stadium

    BCT · Middlebrook

    0.1 miles
  • Toughsheet Community Stadium

    BCT · Middlebrook

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bolton 014A, 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

28,488 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 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

35 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 4 secondary schools. St Joseph's RC High School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

3 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.25 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.