Schools
50 open schools are in scope, including 34 primary and 6 secondary schools. Eagley Infant School is the nearest published school at 362 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BL7 9QJ
Bromley Cross · Bolton · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Bromley Cross
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton North East
- Postcode district
- BL7
- Postcode sector
- BL7 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BL7 9QJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 May 2020
- Postcode area
- BL
- Postcode district
- BL7
- Postcode sector
- BL7 9
- Latitude
- 53.621303
- Longitude
- -2.415261
- British National Grid easting
- 372,630
- British National Grid northing
- 413,941
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Bolton · E08000001
- Electoral ward
- Bromley Cross · E05014821
- Parish or community
- E43000155
- Westminster constituency
- Bolton North East · E14001110
- Output area
- E00024358
- Lower layer super output area
- Bolton 002C · E01004805
- Middle layer super output area
- Bolton 002 · E02000985
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore BL7
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 50
- Primary
- 34
- Secondary
- 6
- 362 m
Eagley Infant School
Academy converter
- 430 m
Eagley Junior School
Academy converter
- 797 m
St John the Evangelist RC Primary School, Bromley Cross, Bolton
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Anti social behaviour 3
- Public order 1
- Criminal damage and arson 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BL7 9 residents
- 11,306
Age bands in BL7 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 24.2%
1,678 residents
1,020 residents
2,364 residents
3,197 residents
2,630 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
20
within 5 km straight-line
BROMLEY MEADOWS SURGERY
DARWEN ROAD, BROMLEY CROSS, BOLTON, BL7 9RG
ODS code P82643
843 m
EDGWORTH MEDICAL CENTRE
EGERTON & DUNSCAR HEALTH CENTRE, DARWEN ROAD, BROMLEY CROSS, BOLTON, BL7 9RG
ODS code P82034
843 m
MANDALAY MEDICAL CENTRE
933 BLACKBURN ROAD, SHARPLES, BOLTON, BL1 7LR
ODS code P82023
1.6 km
HARWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE
HOUGH FOLD WAY, HARWOOD, BOLTON, BL2 3HQ
ODS code P82016
2.2 km
CROMPTON VIEW SURGERY
CROMPTON HEALTH CENTRE, 501 CROMPTON WAY, BOLTON, BL1 8UP
ODS code P82607
2.6 km
THE OAKS FAMILY PRACTICE
501 CROMPTON WAY, BOLTON, BL1 8UP
ODS code P82021
2.6 km
BOLTON COMMUNITY PRACTICE
WATERS MEETING HEALTH CENTRE, WATERS MEETING ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 8TT
ODS code Y03079
3.5 km
BURNSIDE SURGERY
WATERS MEETING ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 8TT
ODS code P82025
3.5 km
DR SIDDA'S SURGERY, WATERS MEETING HC
WATERS MEETING ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 8TT
ODS code P82625
3.5 km
DR RIZWAN AND DR AWAN
LINDFIELD DRIVE, BOLTON, BL1 3RG
ODS code P82022
3.8 km
HALLIWELL SURGERY 2
LINDFIELD DRIVE, HALLIWELL, BOLTON, BL1 3RG
ODS code P82029
3.8 km
HALLIWELL SURGERY 3
LINDFIELD DRIVE, HALLIWELL, BOLTON, BL1 3RG
ODS code P82626
3.8 km
DALEFIELD SURGERY
AVONDALE HEALTH CENTRE, AVONDALE STREET, BOLTON, BL1 4JP
ODS code P82010
4.4 km
CORNERSTONE SURGERY
469 CHORLEY OLD ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 6AH
ODS code P82627
4.6 km
TONGE FOLD HEALTH CENTRE
HILTON ST, TONGE FOLD, BOLTON, BL2 6DY
ODS code P82011
4.7 km
THE ALASTAIR ROSS MEDICAL PRACTICE
BREIGHTMENT HEALTH CENTRE, BREIGHTMET FOLD LANE, BREIGHTMET, BOLTON, BL2 6NT
ODS code P82018
4.8 km
THE DUNSTAN PARTNERSHIP
BREIGHTMET HEALTH CENTRE, BREIGHTMET FOLD LANE, BREIGHTMET, BOLTON, BL2 6NT
ODS code P82001
4.8 km
SPRING HOUSE SURGERY
555 CHORLEY OLD ROAD, GREATER MANCHESTER, BOLTON, BL1 6AF
ODS code P82014
4.9 km
TOWER FAMILY HEALTHCARE
16 MARKET STREET, TOTTINGTON, BURY, BL8 4AD
ODS code P83012
4.9 km
BRADFORD STREET SURGERY
65 BRADFORD STREET, BOLTON, BL2 1HT
ODS code P82033
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Windy Harbour Lane
BCT · Bromley Cross
- 0.2 miles
Windy Harbour Lane
BCT · Bromley Cross
- 0.2 miles
Jumbles Country Park
BCT · Bromley Cross
- 0.3 miles
Holkar Meadows
BCT · Bromley Cross
- 0.3 miles
Stonesteads Drive
BCT · Bromley Cross
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bolton 002C, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
30,811 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 10 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
5 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 3 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.