# BL5 3GS

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 53.55401, -2.518272
- **Open Location Code:** 9C5VHF3J+JM
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO83rn
- **Qibla:** 118.2°
- **Grid reference:** SD 65762 06499
- **UTM:** 30U 531913 5934010
- **Elevation:** 109m
- **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:** 2005-10

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01004894
- **2021 MSOA:** Westhoughton East (E02001011)
- **2021 output area:** E00024801
- **2011 LSOA:** E01004894
- **2011 MSOA:** E02001011
- **2011 output area:** E00024801
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33004769
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Suburbanites (6B2)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 15843
- **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 | 413 |
| Hospital | The Beaumont Hospital | 3138 |
| GP | Stable Fold Surgery | 385 |
| School | Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School | 301 |
| Airport | Manchester Airport | 27707 |
| Bus stop | Sacred Hearth RC Primary School | 265 |
| Food bank | Atherton & Leigh | 3716 |
| Defibrillator | Westhoughton Railway Station | 292 |
| Pharmacy | Numark Pharmacy | 603 |
| Post office | Westhoughton Post Office | 623 |
| Library | Westhoughton Library | 581 |
| Coast | — | 25496 |
| Central London | — | 279140 |

## Utilities

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

## Adjacent postcodes

- [BL5 3GQ](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL5%203GQ)
- [BL5 3TX](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL5%203TX)
- [BL5 3YB](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL5%203YB)
- [BL5 3GT](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL5%203GT)
- [BL5 3GE](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL5%203GE)

## Boundary

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## Data

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