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BL6 6RQ

Horwich South & Blackrod · Bolton · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Horwich South & Blackrod
Local authority
Bolton
Constituency
Bolton West
Postcode district
BL6
Postcode sector
BL6 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BL6 6LB 68 m
BL6 6JW 204 m
BL6 6SF 300 m
BL6 4SF 336 m
BL5 3LU 352 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BL6 6RQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2001
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BL
Postcode district
BL6
Postcode sector
BL6 6
Latitude
53.579238
Longitude
-2.538910
British National Grid easting
364,416
British National Grid northing
409,316

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Bolton · E08000001
Electoral ward
Horwich South & Blackrod · E05014828
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
34
Primary
26
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. St Mary's RC Primary School

    Voluntary aided 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.

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

    3.2 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

    3.8 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

    RSE · Middlebrook

    0.1 miles

  • Horwich Parkway Rail Station

    RLY · Horwich

    0.1 miles

  • Toughsheet Community Stadium

    BCT · Middlebrook

    0.1 miles

  • Toughsheet Community Stadium

    BCT · Middlebrook

    0.1 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

34 open schools are in scope, including 26 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.