BL6 7DX

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 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BL6 7DY 32 m
BL6 7DT 67 m
BL6 7FT 101 m
BL6 7EB 108 m
BL6 7DU 110 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BL6 7DX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BL
Postcode district
BL6
Postcode sector
BL6 7
Latitude
53.604306
Longitude
-2.544926
British National Grid easting
364,039
British National Grid northing
412,108

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
E00024730
Lower layer super output area
Bolton 004D · E01004889
Middle layer super output area
Bolton 004 · E02000987

Postcode source versions

Explore BL6

8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
26, Singleton Avenue, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 7DX 25 November 2021 £75,000
36, Singleton Avenue, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 7DX 15 July 2021 £120,000
8, Singleton Avenue, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 7DX 18 March 2021 £155,000

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

    355 m
  2. Horwich Parish CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    680 m
  3. Rivington and Blackrod High School

    Academy converter

    729 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
32
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 14
  • Anti social behaviour 5
  • Other theft 3
  • Possession of weapons 3
  • Criminal damage and arson 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
53

27 female, 26 male

Postcode households
17
Residents per household
3.1
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

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BL6 7 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

5

within 5 km

  • PIKE VIEW, DR MALHOTRA & PARTNERS

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

    ODS code P82006

    670 m

  • KILDONAN HOUSE

    RAMSBOTTOM ROAD, HORWICH, BOLTON, BL6 5NW

    ODS code P82003

    1.1 km

  • ADLINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P81740

    3.7 km

  • GRANVILLE HOUSE MED CTRE

    GRANVILLE STREET, ADLINGTON, CHORLEY, PR6 9PY

    ODS code P81154

    3.7 km

  • ASPULL SURGERY

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

    ODS code P92015

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

Nearby transport

  • Singleton Avenue

    BCT · Horwich

    0.1 miles
  • Pendle Drive

    BCT · Horwich

    0.1 miles
  • Old Lord's Crescent

    BCT · Horwich

    0.1 miles
  • Chiltern Close

    BCT · Horwich

    0.2 miles
  • Green Lane

    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
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

Property market

The five-year median is £75,000 from 1 recorded sale in BL6 7DX. 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

23 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 2 secondary schools. Beacon Primary School is the nearest published school at 355 m.

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

Recorded crime

32 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.667 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.