# BL5 3AX

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 53.549895, -2.52192
- **Open Location Code:** 9C5VGFXH+X6
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO83rn
- **Qibla:** 118.2°
- **Grid reference:** SD 65517 06043
- **UTM:** 30U 531674 5933550
- **Elevation:** 108m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** England (E92000001)
- **Region:** North West (E12000002)
- **Admin district:** Bolton (E08000001)
- **Ward:** Westhoughton North & Hunger Hill (E05014836)
- **Constituency:** Bolton West (E14001112)
- **Parish code:** E04000003
- **Travel to work area:** E30000239
- **Police force area:** E23000005
- **Built-up area:** E63008271
- **European electoral region:** North West (E15000002)
- **Date introduced:** 1980-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01004936
- **2021 MSOA:** Westhoughton West (E02001014)
- **2021 output area:** E00024983
- **2011 LSOA:** E01004936
- **2011 MSOA:** E02001014
- **2011 output area:** E00024983
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33004779
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Hard-Pressed Living (8C1)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 16344
- **Postcode user type:** Small

## Health (England)

- **NHS region:** E40000014
- **ICB location:** E38000016
- **Integrated Care Board:** E54000057
- **Cancer Alliance:** E56000032

## Nearest

| Type | Name | Distance (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Westhoughton | 665 |
| Hospital | The Beaumont Hospital | 3654 |
| GP | Stable Fold Surgery | 296 |
| School | Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School | 281 |
| Airport | Manchester Airport | 27474 |
| Bus stop | Westhoughton Town Hall | 120 |
| Food bank | Atherton & Leigh | 3433 |
| Defibrillator | NA | 151 |
| Pharmacy | Numark Pharmacy | 97 |
| Post office | Westhoughton Post Office | 134 |
| Library | Westhoughton Library | 150 |
| Coast | — | 24979 |
| Central London | — | 278915 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** Electricity North West (region G, MPAN 16)
- **Water:** United Utilities
- **Sewerage:** United Utilities
- **Broadband:** 95.2% gigabit, 100% superfast, 95.2% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [BL5 3BH](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL5%203BH)
- [BL5 3RF](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL5%203RF)
- [BL5 3TD](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL5%203TD)
- [BL5 3AU](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL5%203AU)
- [BL5 3BP](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL5%203BP)
- [BL5 3AT](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL5%203AT)
- [BL5 3TB](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL5%203TB)
- [BL5 3JH](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL5%203JH)
- [BL5 3DS](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL5%203DS)

## Boundary

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