Latitude: 53.5486 / 53°32'55"N
Longitude: -2.5171 / 2°31'1"W
OS Eastings: 365836
OS Northings: 405901
OS Grid: SD658059
Mapcode National: GBR BWVD.VN
Mapcode Global: WH980.92MD
Plus Code: 9C5VGFXM+C5
Maidenhead Locator System: IO83rn71
What Three Birds: night-heron.smew.puffin
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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BL5 3BZ is a large user postcode in Westhoughton, Bolton. It was first introduced in January 1980.
'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:
Westhoughton High School, Bolton Road, Bolton BL5 3BZ.
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.
Commercial rateable values range from £109,000 to £134,000 with an average of £121,500. The most common recorded business types are School and Leisure Centre.
Westhoughton is a town, which had a population of 24,126 in the 2011 census.
BL5 3BZ is in the Manchester travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Bolton Teaching Primary Care Trust.
BL5 3BZ is approximately 107m (351ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing BL5 3BZ
5a1: Urbanites - Urban Professionals and Families - White Professionals
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for BL5 3BZ
England A1: within a very large conurbation, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
9/10 (Very high)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
5/10 (Moderate)
Area Retail Diversity Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near BL5 3BZ include Aldi, Asda, Co-Operative Food, Iceland, Lidl, Sainsbury's and Tesco. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of BL5 3BZ 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
Westhoughton North and Chew Moor
Councillors
Martyn Cox (Conservative)
Bernadette Eckersley-Fallon (Conservative)
Andrea Finney (Conservative)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Bolton West
MP
Chris Green (Conservative)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for BL5 3BZ.
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 BL5 3BZ.
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