BL postcode area

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Bolton
Postcode area
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Coordinates: 53°35′13″N2°24′29″W / 53.587°N 2.408°W / 53.587; -2.408
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
BL
Postcode area name
Bolton
Post towns 2
Postcode districts 10
Postcode sectors53
Postcodes (live)10,285
Postcodes (total)13,912
Statistics as at May 2020 [1]

The BL postcode area, also known as the Bolton postcode area, [2] is a group of ten postcode districts in North West England. These cover most of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton and the northern and central parts of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury in Greater Manchester, plus small parts of the boroughs of Chorley, Rossendale and Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire.

Contents

Mail for the BL postcode area is processed at Manchester Mail Centre, along with mail for the M, OL and SK postcode areas.

Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district Post town CoverageLocal authority area(s)
BL0BURY Ramsbottom, Edenfield, Shuttleworth Bury, Rossendale
BL1BOLTON Bolton centre, Smithills, Halliwell, Heaton Bolton
BL2BOLTONBolton centre, Ainsworth, Bradley Fold, Bradshaw, Breightmet, Harwood, Tonge Fold, Tonge Moor Bolton, Bury
BL3BOLTONBolton centre, Little Lever, Great Lever, Darcy Lever, Deane Bolton
BL4BOLTON Farnworth, Kearsley Bolton
BL5BOLTON Over Hulton, Westhoughton Bolton
BL6BOLTON Blackrod, Horwich, Lostock, Rivington Bolton, Chorley
BL7BOLTON Belmont, Bromley Cross, Chapeltown, Edgworth, Egerton, Turton Blackburn with Darwen, Bolton
BL8BURY Bury centre, Brandlesholme, Greenmount, Affetside, Hawkshaw, Holcombe, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Walshaw Bury
BL9BURYBury centre, Heap, Heap Bridge, Nangreaves, Summerseat, Unsworth, Walmersley, Bircle, Jericho Bury

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BL postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby BB, M, OL, PR and WN postcode areas. BL postcode area map.svg
BL postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby BB, M, OL, PR and WN postcode areas.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  2. ↑ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
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