Schools
69 open schools are in scope, including 47 primary and 10 secondary schools. Ash Grove School is the nearest published school at 352 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BL9 6BH
Bury East · Bury · England
Updated September 2026
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Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BL9 6BH
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BL
- Postcode district
- BL9
- Postcode sector
- BL9 6
- Latitude
- 53.595487
- Longitude
- -2.283452
- British National Grid easting
- 381,337
- British National Grid northing
- 411,026
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Bury · E08000002
- Electoral ward
- Bury East · E05014153
- Parish or community
- E43000156
- Westminster constituency
- Bury North · E14001144
- Output area
- E00025106
- Lower layer super output area
- Bury 008A · E01004958
- Middle layer super output area
- Bury 008 · E02001026
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 BL9
Property
12 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 13, St Pauls Villas, Bury, BL9 6BH | 3 April 2020 | £53,000 |
| 7, St Pauls Villas, Bury, BL9 6BH | 26 October 2015 | £85,000 |
| 7, St Pauls Villas, Bury, BL9 6BH | 22 December 2010 | £58,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 69
- Primary
- 47
- Secondary
- 10
- 352 m
Ash Grove School
Academy alternative provision sponsor led
- 446 m
St Thomas Church of England Primary School
Academy converter
- 535 m
East Ward Community Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 9
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3
- Other theft 2
- Public order 2
- Robbery 1
- Vehicle crime 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 10
- Postcode households
- 6
- Residents per household
- 1.7
- BL9 6 residents
- 10,339
6 female, 4 male
Age bands in BL9 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 16.6%
1,981 residents
1,135 residents
2,711 residents
2,679 residents
1,695 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BL9 6 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
22
within 5 km
ROCK HEALTHCARE LIMITED
22 DERBY WAY, BURY, BL9 0NJ
ODS code Y02755
340 m
HUNTLEY MOUNT MEDICAL CENTRE
HUNTLEY MOUNT ROAD, BURY, BL9 6JA
ODS code P83621
617 m
WALMERSLEY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
110 WALMERSLEY ROAD, BURY, BL9 6DX
ODS code P83611
636 m
PEEL GPS
TOWNSIDE PCC, KNOWSLEY PLACE, KNOWSLEY STREET, BURY, BL9 0SN
ODS code P83021
1.2 km
RIBBLESDALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
TOWNSIDE PCC - KNOWSLEY PL, KNOWSLEY STREET, BURY, BL9 0SN
ODS code P83015
1.2 km
TOWNSIDE SURGERY
TOWNSIDE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, KNOWSLEY PLACE, BURY, BL9 0SN
ODS code P83005
1.2 km
KNOWSLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
9-11 KNOWSLEY STREET, BURY, BL9 0ST
ODS code P83024
1.4 km
WOODBANK SURGERY
2 HUNSTANTON DRIVE, BURY, BL8 1EG
ODS code P83017
2.0 km
BLACKFORD HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
137 CROFT LANE, HOLLINS, BURY, BL9 8QA
ODS code P83009
2.4 km
HEADY HILL SURGERY
114 BURY NEW ROAD, HEYWOOD, OL10 4RG
ODS code P86602
2.8 km
HEYWOOD HEALTH
ARGYLE STREET MEDICAL CENTRE, 141 ARGYLE STREET, HEYWOOD, OL10 3SD
ODS code P86016
3.1 km
MILE LANE HEALTH CENTRE
80 MILE LANE, BURY, BL8 2JR
ODS code P83612
3.5 km
BIRTLE VIEW MEDICAL PRACTICE
GEORGE STREET, HEYWOOD, OL10 4PW
ODS code Y02718
3.7 km
UNSWORTH MEDICAL CENTRE
PARR LANE, UNSWORTH, BURY, BL9 8JR
ODS code P83011
3.9 km
MONARCH MEDICAL CENTRE
65 CROSS LANE, RADCLIFFE, MANCHESTER, M26 2QZ
ODS code P83010
4.1 km
LONGFORD STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
LONGFORD STREET, HEYWOOD, OL10 4NH
ODS code P86011
4.3 km
TOWER FAMILY HEALTHCARE
16 MARKET STREET, TOTTINGTON, BURY, BL8 4AD
ODS code P83012
4.4 km
RADCLIFFE MEDICAL PRACTICE
69 CHURCH STREET WEST, RADCLIFFE, MANCHESTER, M26 2SP
ODS code P83007
4.7 km
RED BANK GROUP PRACTICE
RADCLIFFE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 69 CHURCH STREET WEST, RADCLIFFE, MANCHESTER, M26 2SP
ODS code P83603
4.7 km
THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE
GREEN LANE, WHITEFIELD, MANCHESTER, M45 7FD
ODS code P83608
4.8 km
Showing 20 of 22 matching practices.
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
- 0.1 miles
Wash Lane
BCT · Bury
- 0.1 miles
Wash Lane
BCT · Bury
- 0.1 miles
Parsonage Street
BCT · Bury
- 0.1 miles
Bell Lane
BCT · Bury
- 0.1 miles
Bell Lane
BCT · Bury
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bury 008A, 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
1 of 10
Overall England rank
1,766 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 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
Recorded crime
9 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.