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BL9 7LB

West Heywood · Rochdale · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bury
Ward
West Heywood
Local authority
Rochdale
Constituency
Heywood and Middleton North
Postcode district
BL9
Postcode sector
BL9 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BL9 7JX 52 m
BL9 7JU 95 m
BL9 7HS 99 m
BL9 7JY 117 m
BL9 7HR 126 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BL9 7LB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BL
Postcode district
BL9
Postcode sector
BL9 7
Latitude
53.590445
Longitude
-2.267555
British National Grid easting
382,387
British National Grid northing
410,461

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Rochdale · E08000005
Electoral ward
West Heywood · E05014051
Parish or community
E43000159
Westminster constituency
Heywood and Middleton North · E14001286
Output area
E00027917
Lower layer super output area
Rochdale 019E · E01005514
Middle layer super output area
Rochdale 019 · E02001150

Postcode source versions

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Property

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6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, Gore Close, Heap Bridge, Bury, BL9 7LB 25 September 2020 £150,000
8, Gore Close, Heap Bridge, Bury, BL9 7LB 22 November 2013 £84,000
8, Gore Close, Heap Bridge, Bury, BL9 7LB 12 September 2007 £125,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
68
Primary
46
Secondary
10

  1. Heap Bridge Village Primary School

    Academy converter

    364 m

  2. Hazel Wood High School

    Academy sponsor led

    567 m

  3. East Ward Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    743 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
5
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Other theft 1
  • Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11

7 female, 4 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
1.6
BL9 7 residents
10,662

Age bands in BL9 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.1%

2,349 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.4%

1,269 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.2%

3,138 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.1%

2,791 residents

Age 65 and over
14.2%

1,583 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BL9 7 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

18

within 5 km

  • HUNTLEY MOUNT MEDICAL CENTRE

    HUNTLEY MOUNT ROAD, BURY, BL9 6JA

    ODS code P83621

    1.3 km

  • ROCK HEALTHCARE LIMITED

    22 DERBY WAY, BURY, BL9 0NJ

    ODS code Y02755

    1.5 km

  • HEADY HILL SURGERY

    114 BURY NEW ROAD, HEYWOOD, OL10 4RG

    ODS code P86602

    1.8 km

  • WALMERSLEY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    110 WALMERSLEY ROAD, BURY, BL9 6DX

    ODS code P83611

    1.8 km

  • HEYWOOD HEALTH

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

    ODS code P86016

    1.9 km

  • PEEL GPS

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

    ODS code P83021

    2.1 km

  • RIBBLESDALE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code P83015

    2.1 km

  • TOWNSIDE SURGERY

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

    ODS code P83005

    2.1 km

  • BLACKFORD HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE

    137 CROFT LANE, HOLLINS, BURY, BL9 8QA

    ODS code P83009

    2.1 km

  • KNOWSLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    9-11 KNOWSLEY STREET, BURY, BL9 0ST

    ODS code P83024

    2.2 km

  • BIRTLE VIEW MEDICAL PRACTICE

    GEORGE STREET, HEYWOOD, OL10 4PW

    ODS code Y02718

    2.7 km

  • WOODBANK SURGERY

    2 HUNSTANTON DRIVE, BURY, BL8 1EG

    ODS code P83017

    3.2 km

  • LONGFORD STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    LONGFORD STREET, HEYWOOD, OL10 4NH

    ODS code P86011

    3.3 km

  • UNSWORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    PARR LANE, UNSWORTH, BURY, BL9 8JR

    ODS code P83011

    3.3 km

  • HOPWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P86023

    3.7 km

  • MONARCH MEDICAL CENTRE

    65 CROSS LANE, RADCLIFFE, MANCHESTER, M26 2QZ

    ODS code P83010

    4.4 km

  • MILE LANE HEALTH CENTRE

    80 MILE LANE, BURY, BL8 2JR

    ODS code P83612

    4.5 km

  • THE ELMS MEDICAL CENTRE

    GREEN LANE, WHITEFIELD, MANCHESTER, M45 7FD

    ODS code P83608

    4.5 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

  • Heap Bridge

    BCT · Heap Bridge

    0.1 miles

  • Heap Bridge

    BCT · Heap Bridge

    0.1 miles

  • Heap Brow

    BCT · Heap Bridge

    0.2 miles

  • Heap Brow

    BCT · Heap Bridge

    0.2 miles

  • Heap Bridge Primary School

    BCT · Heap Bridge

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Rochdale 019E, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

6,238 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
5 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

68 open schools are in scope, including 46 primary and 10 secondary schools. Heap Bridge Village Primary School is the nearest published school at 364 m.

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

Recorded crime

5 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.417 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.