# BL6 5XZ

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 53.592783, -2.56049
- **Open Location Code:** 9C5VHCVQ+4R
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO83ro
- **Qibla:** 118.2°
- **Grid reference:** SD 62999 10834
- **UTM:** 30U 529090 5938305
- **Elevation:** 105m
- **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
- **European electoral region:** North West (E15000002)
- **Date introduced:** 2026-04

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01004781
- **2021 MSOA:** Horwich South & Middlebrook (E02000990)
- **2021 output area:** E00181421
- **2011 LSOA:** E01004781
- **2011 MSOA:** E02000990
- **2011 output area:** E00171705
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33004663
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Urbanites (5A2)
- **Deprivation rank (IMD):** 21281
- **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 | 614 |
| Hospital | The Beaumont Hospital | 4299 |
| GP | Kildonan House | 1023 |
| School | St Catherine's CofE Primary School | 614 |
| Airport | Warton Aerodrome | 27174 |
| Bus stop | Butterwick Fields | 245 |
| Food bank | Horwich Foodshare | 802 |
| Defibrillator | J Dickinson & Sons | 526 |
| Pharmacy | Rowlands Pharmacy | 1004 |
| Post office | Winter Hey Post Office | 1069 |
| Library | Horwich Library and Children's Centre | 1253 |
| Coast | — | 27369 |
| Central London | — | 284265 |

## Utilities

- **Electricity:** Electricity North West (region G, MPAN 16)
- **Water:** Icosa Water Services Ltd
- **Sewerage:** United Utilities

## Adjacent postcodes

- [BL6 5XU](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL6%205XU)
- [BL6 5XS](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL6%205XS)
- [BL6 5UG](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL6%205UG)
- [BL6 5XF](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL6%205XF)
- [BL6 5GX](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL6%205GX)
- [BL6 5QD](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL6%205QD)
- [BL6 5GH](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL6%205GH)

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