| Postcode | BL6 6SX | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Bolton | 
| Nearest station | Horwich Parkway (1 km) | 
| Bus stops | Stirling Industrial Estate (NW) University of Bolton Stadium (NW) Stirling Industrial Estate (SE) Abernethy Street (NW) Abernethy Street (SE) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 2 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
                       | 
| Businesses |  | 
| Latitude | 53.586217 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -2.542065 | |
| Easting | 364213 | |
| Northing | 410096 | |
| Grid reference | SD642100 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 530314 5937583 | |
| what3words | satin.quarrel.folk | |
| FixPhrase | crown lustfully suave trombone | |
| Plus code | 9C5VHFP5+F5 | |
| Altitude | 110 metres (360 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:08 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:41 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 30.1 KMs (18.7 miles) | 
| Parish | Horwich | E04000002 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Horwich South & Blackrod | E05014828 | 
| Metropolitan District | Bolton | E08000001 | 
| County | Greater Manchester | E11000010 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Bolton West | E14001112 | 
| MP | Mr Phil Brickell | Labour | 
| Police force | Greater Manchester | |
| Water company | United Utilities | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Greater Manchester North West | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Greater Manchester | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | North West | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | June 2001 | 
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 | 
| User type | Large (addresses receive more than 25 items of mail per day) | 
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban city and town | |
| Built up area (2024) | Horwich | E63008208 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00181421 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5A2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Bolton 007B | E01004781 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Bolton 007B | E01004781 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Horwich South & Middlebrook | E02000990 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Horwich South & Middlebrook | E02000990 | 
| Travel to work area | Manchester | E30000239 | 
| Average property price in Bolton | £214,469 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | 4.8% |