Schools
59 open schools are in scope, including 39 primary and 8 secondary schools. Chesham Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 11 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BL9 6FL
Moorside · Bury · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Moorside
- Local authority
- Bury
- Constituency
- Bury North
- Postcode district
- BL9
- Postcode sector
- BL9 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BL9 6FL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 1999
- Terminated
- 1 November 2000
- Postcode area
- BL
- Postcode district
- BL9
- Postcode sector
- BL9 6
- Latitude
- 53.608547
- Longitude
- -2.287227
- British National Grid easting
- 381,093
- British National Grid northing
- 412,480
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Bury · E08000002
- Electoral ward
- Moorside · E05014157
- Parish or community
- E43000156
- Westminster constituency
- Bury North · E14001144
- Output area
- E00181784
- Lower layer super output area
- Bury 004B · E01004977
- Middle layer super output area
- Bury 004 · E02001022
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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 59
- Primary
- 39
- Secondary
- 8
- 11 m
Chesham Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 795 m
St Joseph and St Bede RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Academy converter
- 843 m
St John with St Mark CofE Primary School
Voluntary controlled school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 6
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Public order 2
- Robbery 1
- Other theft 1
- Anti social behaviour 1
- Violence and sexual offences 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BL9 6 residents
- 10,339
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
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
17
within 5 km straight-line
WALMERSLEY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE
110 WALMERSLEY ROAD, BURY, BL9 6DX
ODS code P83611
975 m
HUNTLEY MOUNT MEDICAL CENTRE
HUNTLEY MOUNT ROAD, BURY, BL9 6JA
ODS code P83621
1.1 km
ROCK HEALTHCARE LIMITED
22 DERBY WAY, BURY, BL9 0NJ
ODS code Y02755
1.4 km
WOODBANK SURGERY
2 HUNSTANTON DRIVE, BURY, BL8 1EG
ODS code P83017
1.5 km
PEEL GPS
TOWNSIDE PCC, KNOWSLEY PLACE, KNOWSLEY STREET, BURY, BL9 0SN
ODS code P83021
2.2 km
RIBBLESDALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
TOWNSIDE PCC - KNOWSLEY PL, KNOWSLEY STREET, BURY, BL9 0SN
ODS code P83015
2.2 km
TOWNSIDE SURGERY
TOWNSIDE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, KNOWSLEY PLACE, BURY, BL9 0SN
ODS code P83005
2.2 km
KNOWSLEY MEDICAL CENTRE
9-11 KNOWSLEY STREET, BURY, BL9 0ST
ODS code P83024
2.4 km
HEADY HILL SURGERY
114 BURY NEW ROAD, HEYWOOD, OL10 4RG
ODS code P86602
3.4 km
TOWER FAMILY HEALTHCARE
16 MARKET STREET, TOTTINGTON, BURY, BL8 4AD
ODS code P83012
3.7 km
GARDEN CITY MEDICAL CENTRE
1A GARDEN CITY, RAMSBOTTOM, BURY, BL0 9TN
ODS code P83620
3.7 km
BLACKFORD HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
137 CROFT LANE, HOLLINS, BURY, BL9 8QA
ODS code P83009
3.8 km
MILE LANE HEALTH CENTRE
80 MILE LANE, BURY, BL8 2JR
ODS code P83612
3.9 km
HEYWOOD HEALTH
ARGYLE STREET MEDICAL CENTRE, 141 ARGYLE STREET, HEYWOOD, OL10 3SD
ODS code P86016
4.0 km
BIRTLE VIEW MEDICAL PRACTICE
GEORGE STREET, HEYWOOD, OL10 4PW
ODS code Y02718
4.2 km
LONGFORD STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
LONGFORD STREET, HEYWOOD, OL10 4NH
ODS code P86011
4.8 km
RAMSBOTTOM MEDICAL PRACTICE
CARR STREET, RAMSBOTTOM, BURY, BL0 9DD
ODS code P83006
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Mosley Avenue
BCT · Seedfield
- 0.2 miles
Mosley Avenue
BCT · Seedfield
- 0.2 miles
Hampton Grove
BCT · Limefield
- 0.3 miles
The Drive
BCT · Seedfield
- 0.3 miles
The Drive
BCT · Seedfield
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bury 004B, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
14,450 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 5 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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
6 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Public order with 2 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.