BL1 6BY maps, stats, and open data

BL1 6BY lies on Merlin Grove in Bolton. BL1 6BY is located in the Smithills electoral ward, within the metropolitan district of Bolton and the English Parliamentary constituency of Bolton West. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS Greater Manchester ICB - 00T and the police force is Greater Manchester. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

BL1 6BY geodata

Easting	369811
Northing	410463
Latitude	53.589871
Longitude	-2.457542

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Where is BL1 6BY?

Street	Merlin Grove
Town/City	Bolton
Country	England
Postcode District	BL1
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Source: Land Registry Price Paid Data
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BL1 6BY Elevation

Elevation or altitude of BL1 6BY as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	150m	492ft

Elevation is measured from the approximate centre of the postcode, to the nearest point on an OS contour line from OS Terrain 50, which has contour spacing of ten vertical metres.

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Politics

Ward	Smithills
Constituency	Bolton West

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to BL1 6BY

Chorley Old Road/Merlin Grove (Chorley Old Rd)	Doffcocker	146m
Chorley Old Road/Merlin Grove (Chorley Old Rd)	Doffcocker	159m
Chorley Old Road/Mowbray Street (Chorley Old Rd)	Brownlow Fold	264m
Church Road/Knowsley Road (Church Road)	Brownlow Fold	309m
Church Road/Harpers Lane (Church Road)	Doffcocker	318m

Nearest railway stations to BL1 6BY

Bolton Station	2.7km
Hall i' th' Wood Station	3.1km
Lostock Station	3.1km

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

Broadband access in BL1 6BY (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in BL1 6BY (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	45.8Mbps
Average download speed	53.5Mbps
Maximum download speed	100.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	1.9Mbps
Average upload speed	7.1Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in BL1 6BY (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	0.0%

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Source: Ofcom
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BL1 6BY gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in BL1 6BY by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	182,017
Meter count	15
Mean (kWh/meter)	12,134
Median (kWh/meter)	11,941

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	31,545
Meter count	9
Mean (kWh/meter)	3,505
Median (kWh/meter)	3,303

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in BL1 6BY, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in BL1 6BY.
Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

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Source: Postcode level gas estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Source: Postcode level electricity estimates: 2015 (experimental)
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Deprivation

84.5% of English postcodes are less deprived than BL1 6BY:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to BL1 6BY (metres)

Eminence

Smithills And Heaton Con Club

133m

Cakeologyco

425 Chorley Old Road

180m

DM (Bolton) Ltd

427 Chorley Old Road

187m

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Source: Food Standards Agency
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Nearest post box to BL1 6BY

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Devonshire Road	17:25	11:40	163m
Bolton North Delivery Office	18:45	12:25	1,100m
Tennyson Street	17:10	11:10	1,145m

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Source: Dracos
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BL1 6BY ITL and BL1 6BY LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for BL1 6BY:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLD	North West (England)
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLD3	Greater Manchester
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLD36	Greater Manchester North West
LAU 1 Code	Name
E08000001	Bolton

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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BL1 6BY census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for BL1 6BY:

	Code	Name
OA	E00024919
LSOA	E01004922	Bolton 015E
MSOA	E02000998	Bolton 015

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to BL1 6BY

BL1 6BX	Mansfield Grove	50m
BL1 6DB	Mellor Grove	53m
BL1 6BZ	Merlin Grove	73m
BL1 6BU	Thompson Road	83m
BL1 6DD	Whittle Grove	83m
BL1 6DA	Mellor Grove	84m
BL1 6AJ	Meliden Crescent	96m
BL1 6DE	Whittle Grove	120m
BL1 6AQ	New Barn Street	129m
BL1 6AL	Shelbourne Avenue	154m

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Source: Open Postcode Geo; Land Registry Price Paid Data
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