Latitude: 53.6103 / 53°36'37"N
Longitude: -2.5492 / 2°32'57"W
OS Eastings: 363763
OS Northings: 412782
OS Grid: SD637127
Mapcode National: GBR BVMP.XJ
Mapcode Global: WH97L.TJ93
Plus Code: 9C5VJF62+48
Maidenhead Locator System: IO83ro46
What Three Birds: robin.hawfinch.goose
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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BL6 7RU is a large user postcode in Rivington, Lancashire. 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:
Rivington & Blackrod High School, Rivington Lane, Rivington, Bolton BL6 7RU.
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 £225,000. The most common recorded business type is School. Farms and agricultural buildings do not pay business rates and are not included in these figures.
BL6 7RU is in the Preston travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Central Lancashire Primary Care Trust.
BL6 7RU is approximately 163m (535ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing BL6 7RU
1c2: Rural Residents - Ageing Rural Dwellers - Renting Rural Retirement
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for BL6 7RU
England F1: a rural hamlet or isolated dwellings in populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
5/10 (Moderate)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
8/10 (High)
Area Retail Diversity Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near BL6 7RU include Aldi, Asda, Co-Operative Food, Iceland and Tesco. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of BL6 7RU 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.
District Council
Chorley Borough Council
Ward
Heath Charnock and Rivington
Councillor
Kim Snape (Labour)
County Council
Lancashire
Electoral Division
Chorley Rural East
County Councillor
Kim Snape (Labour)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Chorley
MP
Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for BL6 7RU.
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 BL6 7RU.
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