BL7 9QU

West Pennine · Blackburn with Darwen · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bolton
Local authority
Blackburn with Darwen
Postcode district
BL7
Postcode sector
BL7 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BL7 9QP 448 m
BL7 9QR 512 m
BL7 9QS 521 m
BL7 9QT 1.1 km
BL7 9QL 1.2 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BL7 9QU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BL
Postcode district
BL7
Postcode sector
BL7 9
Latitude
53.629604
Longitude
-2.467542
British National Grid easting
369,178
British National Grid northing
414,886

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Blackburn with Darwen · E06000008
Parish or community
E04000339
Westminster constituency
Rossendale and Darwen · E14001450
Output area
E00063660
Lower layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 018D · E01012628
Middle layer super output area
Blackburn with Darwen 018 · E02002632

Postcode source versions

Explore BL7

19 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Springside Cottages, 8, Belmont Road, Bromley Cross, Bolton, BL7 9QU 11 August 2017 £199,000
Springside Cottages, 8, Belmont Road, Bromley Cross, Bolton, BL7 9QU 26 January 2015 £172,000
Springside Cottages, 6, Belmont Road, Bromley Cross, Bolton, BL7 9QU 27 June 2014 £179,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
32
Primary
22
Secondary
6
  1. Egerton Primary School

    Community school

    1.7 km
  2. Walmsley CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.0 km
  3. Turton Belmont Community Primary School

    Community school

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Public order 2
  • Vehicle crime 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

10 female, 6 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
1.6
BL7 9 residents
11,306

Age bands in BL7 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.4%

1,678 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

1,020 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.7%

2,364 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.4%

3,197 residents

Age 65 and over
24.2%

2,630 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BL7 9 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+
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
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

9

within 5 km

  • BROMLEY MEADOWS SURGERY

    DARWEN ROAD, BROMLEY CROSS, BOLTON, BL7 9RG

    ODS code P82643

    3.0 km

  • EDGWORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    EGERTON & DUNSCAR HEALTH CENTRE, DARWEN ROAD, BROMLEY CROSS, BOLTON, BL7 9RG

    ODS code P82034

    3.0 km

  • MANDALAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    933 BLACKBURN ROAD, SHARPLES, BOLTON, BL1 7LR

    ODS code P82023

    3.2 km

  • SPRING HOUSE SURGERY

    555 CHORLEY OLD ROAD, GREATER MANCHESTER, BOLTON, BL1 6AF

    ODS code P82014

    4.6 km

  • HEATON MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 LUCY STREET, HEATON, BOLTON, BL1 5PU

    ODS code P82031

    4.6 km

  • CORNERSTONE SURGERY

    469 CHORLEY OLD ROAD, BOLTON, BL1 6AH

    ODS code P82627

    4.7 km

  • DALEFIELD SURGERY

    AVONDALE HEALTH CENTRE, AVONDALE STREET, BOLTON, BL1 4JP

    ODS code P82010

    4.7 km

  • CROMPTON VIEW SURGERY

    CROMPTON HEALTH CENTRE, 501 CROMPTON WAY, BOLTON, BL1 8UP

    ODS code P82607

    5.0 km

  • THE OAKS FAMILY PRACTICE

    501 CROMPTON WAY, BOLTON, BL1 8UP

    ODS code P82021

    5.0 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

  • Waterworks Cottage

    BCT · Belmont

    0.2 miles
  • Waterworks Cottage

    BCT · Belmont

    0.3 miles
  • The Weir

    BCT · Belmont

    0.3 miles
  • Belmont Road

    BCT · Belmont

    0.3 miles
  • Scout Road

    BCT · Belmont

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Blackburn with Darwen 018D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,380 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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

32 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 6 secondary schools. Egerton Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 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.