BL6 6SL

Adlington & Anderton · Chorley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Chorley
Constituency
Chorley
Postcode district
BL6
Postcode sector
BL6 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BL7 8BA 1.5 km
BL6 6RU 1.7 km
BL1 7PD 1.8 km
BL7 8AB 1.9 km
BL7 8AD 1.9 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BL6 6SL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 2023
Terminated
1 March 2025
Postcode area
BL
Postcode district
BL6
Postcode sector
BL6 6
Latitude
53.625742
Longitude
-2.514961
British National Grid easting
366,039
British National Grid northing
414,478

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Chorley · E07000118
Parish or community
E04005157
Westminster constituency
Chorley · E14001170
Output area
E00181937
Lower layer super output area
Chorley 014E · E01024973
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
17
Primary
11
Secondary
3
  1. Turton Belmont Community Primary School

    Community school

    2.1 km
  2. Rivington and Blackrod High School

    Academy converter

    2.8 km
  3. Cumberland School

    Other independent special school

    2.9 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

  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 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+
0%
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
0%
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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • PIKE VIEW, DR MALHOTRA & PARTNERS

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

    ODS code P82006

    3.5 km

  • KILDONAN HOUSE

    RAMSBOTTOM ROAD, HORWICH, BOLTON, BL6 5NW

    ODS code P82003

    4.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Black Dog Inn

    BCT · Belmont

    1.2 miles
  • Black Dog Inn

    BCT · Belmont

    1.2 miles
  • Anshaw Close

    BCT · Belmont

    1.3 miles
  • Ryecroft Lane

    BCT · Belmont

    1.3 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Belmont

    1.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chorley 014E, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,970 of 33,755

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

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

17 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 3 secondary schools. Turton Belmont Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.3 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 Anti social behaviour with 2 events.

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