# BL6 7QS

## Location

- **Coordinates:** 53.597468, -2.561882
- **Open Location Code:** 9C5VHCWQ+X6
- **Maidenhead Locator:** IO83ro
- **Qibla:** 118.2°
- **Grid reference:** SD 62911 11356
- **UTM:** 30U 528994 5938826
- **Elevation:** 107m
- **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:** 1980-01

## Census & classification

- **2021 LSOA:** E01004780
- **2021 MSOA:** Blackrod & Butterwick Fields (E02000992)
- **2021 output area:** E00171703
- **2011 LSOA:** E01004780
- **2011 MSOA:** E02000992
- **2011 output area:** E00171703
- **2011 workplace zone:** E33004673
- **Rural/urban classification:** Urban: nearer to a major town or city
- **Output area classification:** Suburbanites (6B2)
- **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 | 832 |
| Hospital | The Beaumont Hospital | 4583 |
| GP | Kildonan House | 1130 |
| School | St Catherine's CofE Primary School | 597 |
| Airport | Warton Aerodrome | 26779 |
| Bus stop | Hilton Avenue | 151 |
| Food bank | Horwich Foodshare | 933 |
| Defibrillator | J Dickinson & Sons | 631 |
| Pharmacy | Hootons Pharmacy | 991 |
| Post office | Winter Hey Post Office | 940 |
| Library | Horwich Library and Children's Centre | 967 |
| Coast | — | 26994 |
| Central London | — | 284739 |

## 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

- [BL6 7RE](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL6%207RE)
- [BL6 7RF](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL6%207RF)
- [BL6 7QT](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL6%207QT)
- [BL6 7QR](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL6%207QR)
- [BL6 5GZ](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL6%205GZ)
- [BL6 7QP](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL6%207QP)
- [BL6 5HJ](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL6%205HJ)
- [BL6 7RR](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL6%207RR)
- [BL6 5UZ](https://openpostcodes.uk/BL6%205UZ)

## Boundary

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