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BL6 7AP

Horwich North · Bolton · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bolton
Ward
Horwich North
Local authority
Bolton
Constituency
Bolton West
Postcode district
BL6
Postcode sector
BL6 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BL6 7DL 68 m
BL6 7PT 84 m
BL6 7DP 101 m
BL6 7AW 106 m
BL6 7AT 114 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BL6 7AP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BL
Postcode district
BL6
Postcode sector
BL6 7
Latitude
53.602429
Longitude
-2.546534
British National Grid easting
363,931
British National Grid northing
411,900

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Bolton · E08000001
Electoral ward
Horwich North · E05014827
Parish or community
E04000002
Westminster constituency
Bolton West · E14001112
Output area
E00024732
Lower layer super output area
Bolton 004D · E01004889
Middle layer super output area
Bolton 004 · E02000987

Postcode source versions

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Property

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Albert Street Business Park, Unit 4, Albert Street, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 7AP 21 March 2017 £475,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
19
Secondary
2

  1. Beacon Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    161 m

  2. Horwich Parish CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    588 m

  3. Rivington and Blackrod High School

    Academy converter

    898 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
52
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 14
  • Criminal damage and arson 7
  • Possession of weapons 6
  • Anti social behaviour 5
  • Drugs 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BL6 7 residents
6,520

Age bands in BL6 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.9%

943 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.9%

694 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.7%

1,564 residents

Age 45 to 64
29%

1,842 residents

Age 65 and over
20.5%

1,301 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+
92.3%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
92.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
92.3%
Gigabit-capable
92.3%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
92.3%
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

5

within 5 km

  • PIKE VIEW, DR MALHOTRA & PARTNERS

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

    ODS code P82006

    520 m

  • KILDONAN HOUSE

    RAMSBOTTOM ROAD, HORWICH, BOLTON, BL6 5NW

    ODS code P82003

    852 m

  • GRANVILLE HOUSE MED CTRE

    GRANVILLE STREET, ADLINGTON, CHORLEY, PR6 9PY

    ODS code P81154

    3.7 km

  • ADLINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P81740

    3.7 km

  • ASPULL SURGERY

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

    ODS code P92015

    4.5 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

  • Rivington & Blackrod Lower School

    BCT · Horwich

    0.1 miles

  • Albert Street

    BCT · Horwich

    0.1 miles

  • Brownlow Road

    BCT · Horwich

    0.1 miles

  • Brownlow Road

    BCT · Horwich

    0.1 miles

  • Albert Street

    BCT · Horwich

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bolton 004D, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

8,455 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
2 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
1
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

23 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 2 secondary schools. Beacon Primary School is the nearest published school at 161 m.

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

Recorded crime

52 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 14 events.

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