# BL6 5GS

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 53.5956, -2.567342
- **Open Location Code:** 9C5VHCWM+63
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO83ro
- **Qibla:** 118.2°
- **Grid reference:** SD 62548 11151
- **UTM:** 30U 528634 5938616
- **Elevation:** 103m
- **Timezone:** Europe/London

## Administrative areas

- **Country:** England (E92000001)
- **Region:** North West (E12000002)
- **Admin district:** Bolton (E08000001)
- **Ward:** Horwich South & Blackrod (E05014828)
- **Constituency:** Bolton West (E14001112)
- **Parish code:** E04000002
- **Travel to work area:** E30000239
- **Police force area:** E23000005
- **Built-up area:** E63008208
- **European electoral region:** North West (E15000002)
- **Date introduced:** 2008-06

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01004780
- **2021 MSOA:** Blackrod & Butterwick Fields (E02000992)
- **2021 output area:** E00171700
- **2011 LSOA:** E01004780
- **2011 MSOA:** E02000992
- **2011 output area:** E00171700
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33004673
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Urbanites (5A1)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 25234
- **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 | Blackrod | 476 |
| Hospital | The Beaumont Hospital | 4832 |
| GP | Kildonan House | 1453 |
| School | St Catherine's CofE Primary School | 941 |
| Airport | Warton Aerodrome | 26625 |
| Bus stop | Butterwick Fields | 307 |
| Food bank | Horwich Foodshare | 1238 |
| Defibrillator | J Dickinson & Sons | 264 |
| Pharmacy | Hootons Pharmacy | 1405 |
| Post office | Winter Hey Post Office | 1336 |
| Library | Blackrod Library and Children's Centre | 1269 |
| Coast | — | 26819 |
| Central London | — | 284785 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** Electricity North West (region G, MPAN 16)
- **Water:** United Utilities
- **Sewerage:** United Utilities
- **Broadband:** 80.6% gigabit, 100% superfast, 80.6% ultrafast, 0% below USO

## Adjacent postcodes

- [BL6 5GU](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL6%205GU)
- [BL6 5HL](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL6%205HL)
- [BL6 5GY](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL6%205GY)
- [BL6 5HY](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL6%205HY)

## Boundary

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