Where is BL6?

BL6 spans the counties of Greater Manchester and Lancashire. It contains the town of Horwich, as well as Blackrod, Lostock, Bottom o' th' Moor, Chew Moor, and Lostock Junction. BL6 is 20km north-west of the city of Salford. BL6 is a postcode district, also known as an outcode or outbound code.

BL6 on a map

The below map shows where BL6 is, and the boundary of the BL6 postcode district:

Postal Boundaries © GEOLYTIX copyright and database right 2012

What county is BL6 in?

BL6 lies within the counties of Greater Manchester and Lancashire. The below table and chart shows the split by area:

County% Area
Greater Manchester66%
Lancashire34%

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This data was derived from the below datasets:
Source: GEOLYTIX Postal Geometries
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Source: Ordnance Survey Ceremonial Counties
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Which cities, towns and villages are in BL6?

HorwichTown
BlackrodVillage
LostockSuburb
Bottom o' th' MoorVillage
Chew MoorVillage
Lostock JunctionSuburb
RivingtonHamlet
MontcliffeHamlet
Scot Lane EndSuburb
WallsuchesVillage
Little ScotlandHamlet

What are the nearest towns to BL6?

Position of BL6 relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of BL6 to the centre of the town.

south-east5km
BL6 is 5km south-east of Adlington
north5km
BL6 is 5km north of Westhoughton
north-east7km
BL6 is 7km north-east of Hindley
west7km
BL6 is 7km west of Bolton
north-east8km
BL6 is 8km north-east of Ince-in-Makerfield
north-east8km
BL6 is 8km north-east of Wigan
north-west8km
BL6 is 8km north-west of Atherton
east8km
BL6 is 8km east of Standish
south-east9km
BL6 is 9km south-east of Chorley
north-west10km
BL6 is 10km north-west of Tyldesley

What are the nearest cities to BL6?

Position of BL6 relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of BL6 to the centre of the city.

north-west20km
BL6 is 20km north-west of Salford
south-east22km
BL6 is 22km south-east of Preston
north-west23km
BL6 is 23km north-west of Manchester
north-east35km
BL6 is 35km north-east of Liverpool
north-east50km
BL6 is 50km north-east of Chester
south54km
BL6 is 54km south of Lancaster
south-west56km
BL6 is 56km south-west of Bradford
north-east68km
BL6 is 68km north-east of Wrexham
north68km
BL6 is 68km north of Stoke-on-Trent
west69km
BL6 is 69km west of Leeds