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BL9 6UL

Norden · Rochdale · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bury
Ward
Norden
Local authority
Rochdale
Constituency
Heywood and Middleton North
Postcode district
BL9
Postcode sector
BL9 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BL9 6XA 560 m
BL9 6XS 560 m
BL9 6UW 630 m
BL9 6UT 643 m
BL9 6UJ 646 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BL9 6UL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BL
Postcode district
BL9
Postcode sector
BL9 6
Latitude
53.612680
Longitude
-2.264219
British National Grid easting
382,617
British National Grid northing
412,934

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Rochdale · E08000005
Electoral ward
Norden · E05014044
Parish or community
E43000159
Westminster constituency
Heywood and Middleton North · E14001286
Output area
E00027822
Lower layer super output area
Rochdale 006C · E01005499
Middle layer super output area
Rochdale 006 · E02001137

Postcode source versions

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Property

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5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Castle Hill Cottage, Castle Hill Road, Bury, BL9 6UL 18 November 2020 £470,000
Harwood Fields Cottage, Castle Hill Road, Bury, BL9 6UL 6 March 2020 £372,500
Harwood Fields Bungalow, Castle Hill Road, Bury, BL9 6UL 27 September 2013 £450,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
58
Primary
39
Secondary
8

  1. Fairfield Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.4 km

  2. St Joseph and St Bede RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.4 km

  3. Cambian Chesham House School

    Other independent special school

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Vehicle crime 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
23

12 female, 11 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
1.9
BL9 6 residents
10,339

Age bands in BL9 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.4%

1,981 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.1%

1,135 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.6%

2,711 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.3%

2,679 residents

Age 65 and over
16.6%

1,695 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% 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+
92.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
92.3%
Gigabit-capable
92.3%
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

15

within 5 km

  • HUNTLEY MOUNT MEDICAL CENTRE

    HUNTLEY MOUNT ROAD, BURY, BL9 6JA

    ODS code P83621

    1.7 km

  • WALMERSLEY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    110 WALMERSLEY ROAD, BURY, BL9 6DX

    ODS code P83611

    2.2 km

  • ROCK HEALTHCARE LIMITED

    22 DERBY WAY, BURY, BL9 0NJ

    ODS code Y02755

    2.5 km

  • HEADY HILL SURGERY

    114 BURY NEW ROAD, HEYWOOD, OL10 4RG

    ODS code P86602

    2.6 km

  • WOODBANK SURGERY

    2 HUNSTANTON DRIVE, BURY, BL8 1EG

    ODS code P83017

    3.1 km

  • BIRTLE VIEW MEDICAL PRACTICE

    GEORGE STREET, HEYWOOD, OL10 4PW

    ODS code Y02718

    3.1 km

  • HEYWOOD HEALTH

    ARGYLE STREET MEDICAL CENTRE, 141 ARGYLE STREET, HEYWOOD, OL10 3SD

    ODS code P86016

    3.3 km

  • PEEL GPS

    TOWNSIDE PCC, KNOWSLEY PLACE, KNOWSLEY STREET, BURY, BL9 0SN

    ODS code P83021

    3.4 km

  • RIBBLESDALE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    TOWNSIDE PCC - KNOWSLEY PL, KNOWSLEY STREET, BURY, BL9 0SN

    ODS code P83015

    3.4 km

  • TOWNSIDE SURGERY

    TOWNSIDE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, KNOWSLEY PLACE, BURY, BL9 0SN

    ODS code P83005

    3.4 km

  • KNOWSLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    9-11 KNOWSLEY STREET, BURY, BL9 0ST

    ODS code P83024

    3.6 km

  • LONGFORD STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    LONGFORD STREET, HEYWOOD, OL10 4NH

    ODS code P86011

    3.7 km

  • BLACKFORD HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE

    137 CROFT LANE, HOLLINS, BURY, BL9 8QA

    ODS code P83009

    4.5 km

  • HOPWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    1-6 WALTON STREET, HOPWOOD, HEYWOOD, OL10 2BS

    ODS code P86023

    4.5 km

  • GARDEN CITY MEDICAL CENTRE

    1A GARDEN CITY, RAMSBOTTOM, BURY, BL0 9TN

    ODS code P83620

    4.8 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Ferngrove

    BCT · Fern Grove

    0.6 miles

  • Kingfisher Drive

    BCT · Fern Grove

    0.7 miles

  • Ferngrove

    BCT · Fern Grove

    0.7 miles

  • Thrush Drive

    BCT · Fern Grove

    0.8 miles

  • Fairfield General Hospital

    BCT · Fairfield General Hospital

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Rochdale 006C, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,771 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
4 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
1
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

58 open schools are in scope, including 39 primary and 8 secondary schools. Fairfield Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

3 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Vehicle crime with 1 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.