BL2 6PG Bolton
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Breightmet. Region: North West.
Streets
- Crompton Avenue, Bolton: 28 addresses
- Toronto Street, Bolton: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Bolton in 2026-27: Band D £2,400 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,600 | £1,866 | £2,133 | £2,400 | £2,933 | £3,466 | £4,000 | £4,799 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (49% of about 750 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Site of SS Osmund and Andrew RC Primary School, Withins Drive, Bolton, BL2 5LF, permissioned (300 m)
- Back Bury Road, not permissioned (320 m)
- Milnthorpe Road 1 - S11 - Breightmet, Bolton, BL2 6PW, not permissioned (340 m)
- Land Bound By Blenheim Road St Osmunds Drive And Breightmet Drive, permissioned (350 m)
- Breightmet Methodist Church, Bury Road, Bolton, BL2 6PY, permissioned (780 m)
- Hoover-Candy Site, Breightmet Fold Lane, Breightmet, BL2 6PS, not permissioned (820 m)
- TONGE FOLD MILL, CLEGG STREET, BOLTON, BL2 6BL, permissioned (1.0 km)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Hall-I'-Th'-Wood 196,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.3 km |
| Bolton 3.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.5 km | |
| Moses Gate 37,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.0 km | |
| Bus stops | 16 stops within 400 m, 52 within 800 m; nearest Roscow Avenue Breightmet | 130 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bolton Interchange | 2.5 km |
| Car parks | Euro Car Parks | 2.5 km |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest MFG Charging Station | 850 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 26.9 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest The Dunstan Partnership | 400 m |
| Pharmacies | 6 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Medifix Pharmacy | 310 m |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Alpha Dental Care Bolton | 350 m |
| Hospital | Bolton Royal Hospital | 4.1 km |
| Police station | Castle Street Police Station | 1.9 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Nisa, Breightmet | 110 m |
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 40 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 18% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 82% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 47% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 22% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 19% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 60% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 7% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 79% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 2% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 25% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 93% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 3% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 3 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Crompton Avenue.