Latitude: 53.5735 / 53°34'24"N
Longitude: -2.4362 / 2°26'10"W
OS Eastings: 371210
OS Northings: 408634
OS Grid: SD712086
Mapcode National: GBR CWF3.CQ
Mapcode Global: WH97V.KF3T
Plus Code: 9C5VHHF7+CG
Maidenhead Locator System: IO83sn77
What Three Birds: mockingbird.swallow.nutcracker
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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BL3 5AB is a large user postcode in Gilnow, Bolton. It was first introduced in December 2001.
'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:
The University of Bolton, Deane Road, Bolton BL3 5AB.
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.
The average commercial rateable value is £600,000. The most common recorded business type is University.
Bolton is a town, which had a population of 194,189 in the 2011 census.
BL3 5AB is in the Manchester travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Bolton Teaching Primary Care Trust.
BL3 5AB is approximately 106m (348ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing BL3 5AB
4b1: Multicultural Metropolitans - Challenged Asian Terraces - Asian Terraces and Flats
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for BL3 5AB
England A1: within a very large conurbation, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
10/10 (Very high)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
9/10 (Very high)
Area Retail Diversity Index
7/10 (High)
Supermarkets near BL3 5AB include Aldi, Asda, Co-Operative Food, Costcutter, Farmfoods, Iceland, Lidl, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Tesco. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of BL3 5AB 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
Great Lever
Councillors
Mohammed Ayub (Labour)
Mohammed Iqbal (Labour)
Karen Hon (Labour)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Bolton South East
MP
Yasmin Qureshi (Labour)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for BL3 5AB.
Broadband statistics for commercial properties are less reliable than for domestic properties, as businesses are more likely to have other forms of Internet access that are not classified as 'Broadband'.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near BL3 5AB.
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