Latitude: 53.5907 / 53°35'26"N
Longitude: -2.5386 / 2°32'18"W
OS Eastings: 364447
OS Northings: 410594
OS Grid: SD644105
Mapcode National: GBR BVQX.6K
Mapcode Global: WH97S.Z09M
Plus Code: 9C5VHFR6+7H
Maidenhead Locator System: IO83ro51
What Three Birds: wren.snipe.petrel
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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BL6 6BE is a large user postcode in Horwich, Bolton. It was first introduced in December 1997.
'Large User' postcodes are allocated to organisations which receive large amounts of post. Unlike standard geographic postcodes, which cover up to 80 addresses, a large user postcode is unique to a single address.
To the best of our knowledge, the current address of this postcode is:
Travis Perkins Trading Co Ltd, Chorley New Road, Horwich, Bolton BL6 6BE.
The geographic coordinates assigned to a large user postcode may not necessarily be the actual coordinates of the location to which mail is delivered. If the address is a PO Box, then the coordinates will usually be the Royal Mail sorting office which handles mail for that postcode. In other cases, the coordinates of the postcode may be the headquarters, or registered office, of an organisation rather than the building which receives mail.
Horwich is a town, which had a population of 19,492 in the 2011 census.
BL6 6BE is in the Manchester travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Bolton Teaching Primary Care Trust.
BL6 6BE is approximately 131m (430ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing BL6 6BE
5a2: Urbanites - Urban Professionals and Families - Multi-Ethnic Professionals with Families
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for BL6 6BE
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
7/10 (High)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
9/10 (Very high)
Area Retail Diversity Index
5/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near BL6 6BE include Aldi, Asda, Co-Operative Food, Iceland and Tesco. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of BL6 6BE are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
Metropolitan District
Bolton Borough Council
Ward
Horwich and Blackrod
Councillors
Susan Baines (Conservative)
David Grant (Horwich & Blackrod First Independents)
Peter Wright (Horwich & Blackrod First Independents)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Bolton West
MP
Chris Green (Conservative)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for BL6 6BE.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near BL6 6BE.
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