Blackrod

Blackrod is covered by postcode district BL6. It is in the Bolton council area, England.

Typical price £220,000 Homes sold in Blackrod, last 12 months. ▼ 4.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 128 of 142 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Blackrod, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Blackrod, by flood risk Of the 142 postcodes in Blackrod that ONS places, 142 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Blackrod. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. M61A6 BL6 5AA: not on the flood risk listBL6 5AB: not on the flood risk listBL6 5AD: not on the flood risk listBL6 5AE: not on the flood risk listBL6 5AF: not on the flood risk listBL6 5AG: not on the flood risk listBL6 5AH: not on the flood risk listBL6 5AJ: not on the flood risk listBL6 5AL: not on the flood risk listBL6 5AN: not on the flood risk listBL6 5AP: not on the flood risk listBL6 5AQ: not on the flood risk listBL6 5AR: not on the flood risk listBL6 5AS: not on the flood risk listBL6 5AT: not on the flood risk listBL6 5AU: not on the flood risk listBL6 5AW: not on the flood risk listBL6 5AX: not on the flood risk listBL6 5AY: not on the flood risk listBL6 5AZ: not on the flood risk listBL6 5BA: not on the flood risk listBL6 5BB: not on the flood risk listBL6 5BD: not on the flood risk listBL6 5BE: not on the flood risk listBL6 5BG: not on the flood risk listBL6 5BH: not on the flood risk listBL6 5BJ: not on the flood risk listBL6 5BL: not on the flood risk listBL6 5BN: not on the flood risk listBL6 5BP: not on the flood risk listBL6 5BQ: not on the flood risk listBL6 5BR: not on the flood risk listBL6 5BS: not on the flood risk listBL6 5BT: not on the flood risk listBL6 5BU: not on the flood risk listBL6 5BW: not on the flood risk listBL6 5BX: not on the flood risk listBL6 5BY: not on the flood risk listBL6 5BZ: not on the flood risk listBL6 5DA: not on the flood risk listBL6 5DB: not on the flood risk listBL6 5DD: not on the flood risk listBL6 5DE: not on the flood risk listBL6 5DF: not on the flood risk listBL6 5DG: not on the flood risk listBL6 5DH: not on the flood risk listBL6 5DJ: not on the flood risk listBL6 5DL: not on the flood risk listBL6 5DN: not on the flood risk listBL6 5DP: not on the flood risk listBL6 5DQ: not on the flood risk listBL6 5DR: not on the flood risk listBL6 5DS: not on the flood risk listBL6 5DT: not on the flood risk listBL6 5DU: not on the flood risk listBL6 5DW: not on the flood risk listBL6 5DX: not on the flood risk listBL6 5DY: not on the flood risk listBL6 5DZ: not on the flood risk listBL6 5EA: not on the flood risk listBL6 5EB: not on the flood risk listBL6 5ED: not on the flood risk listBL6 5EE: not on the flood risk listBL6 5EF: not on the flood risk listBL6 5EG: not on the flood risk listBL6 5EH: not on the flood risk listBL6 5EJ: not on the flood risk listBL6 5EL: not on the flood risk listBL6 5EN: not on the flood risk listBL6 5EP: not on the flood risk listBL6 5EQ: not on the flood risk listBL6 5ET: not on the flood risk listBL6 5EU: not on the flood risk listBL6 5EW: not on the flood risk listBL6 5EX: not on the flood risk listBL6 5EY: not on the flood risk listBL6 5EZ: not on the flood risk listBL6 5HA: not on the flood risk listBL6 5HB: not on the flood risk listBL6 5HD: not on the flood risk listBL6 5HE: not on the flood risk listBL6 5HF: not on the flood risk listBL6 5HH: not on the flood risk listBL6 5JG: not on the flood risk listBL6 5JN: not on the flood risk listBL6 5JP: not on the flood risk listBL6 5JQ: not on the flood risk listBL6 5JR: not on the flood risk listBL6 5JS: not on the flood risk listBL6 5JT: not on the flood risk listBL6 5JU: not on the flood risk listBL6 5JW: not on the flood risk listBL6 5JX: not on the flood risk listBL6 5LN: not on the flood risk listBL6 5LR: not on the flood risk listBL6 5LS: not on the flood risk listBL6 5LW: not on the flood risk listBL6 5LX: not on the flood risk listBL6 5RR: not on the flood risk listBL6 5RX: not on the flood risk listBL6 5RY: not on the flood risk listBL6 5RZ: not on the flood risk listBL6 5SA: not on the flood risk listBL6 5SB: not on the flood risk listBL6 5SD: not on the flood risk listBL6 5SE: not on the flood risk listBL6 5SF: not on the flood risk listBL6 5SG: not on the flood risk listBL6 5SH: not on the flood risk listBL6 5SL: not on the flood risk listBL6 5SN: not on the flood risk listBL6 5SP: not on the flood risk listBL6 5SR: not on the flood risk listBL6 5SS: not on the flood risk listBL6 5ST: not on the flood risk listBL6 5SU: not on the flood risk listBL6 5SW: not on the flood risk listBL6 5SY: not on the flood risk listBL6 5TA: not on the flood risk listBL6 5TB: not on the flood risk listBL6 5TD: not on the flood risk listBL6 5TE: not on the flood risk listBL6 5TF: not on the flood risk listBL6 5TG: not on the flood risk listBL6 5TH: not on the flood risk listBL6 5TJ: not on the flood risk listBL6 5TL: not on the flood risk listBL6 5TN: not on the flood risk listBL6 5TP: not on the flood risk listBL6 5TR: not on the flood risk listBL6 5TS: not on the flood risk listBL6 5TW: not on the flood risk listBL6 5TY: not on the flood risk listBL6 5TZ: not on the flood risk listBL6 5UJ: not on the flood risk listBL6 5UP: not on the flood risk listBL6 5UQ: not on the flood risk listBL6 5US: not on the flood risk listBL6 5UT: not on the flood risk listBL6 5UU: not on the flood risk listBL6 5UW: not on the flood risk listBL6 5UX: not on the flood risk list Blackrod Map of every postcode in Blackrod, by flood risk Of the 142 postcodes in Blackrod that ONS places, 142 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Blackrod. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A6M61 Blackrod
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 142

Of the 142 postcodes in Blackrod that ONS places, 142 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.5906, longitude -2.5808. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

What is it like to live in Blackrod?

Homes sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4.3% on the 12 months before. At 128 of the 142 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 142 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Aspull Surgery, 2.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Blackrod, 750 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Blackrod?

Homes in Blackrod sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 53 sales, down 4.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£220,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£230,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 4.3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £307,495 12 sales
  • Semi-detached £215,000 29 sales
  • Terraced £172,500 12 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole BL6 district, Blackrod's main postcode district: a typical £226,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Blackrod: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Blackrod?

None of the 142 postcodes now in use in Blackrod came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 80 homes sold in Blackrod were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BL6 district, 20%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn BlackrodAcross the BL6 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 53 (0%) 23 of 423 (5%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 80 (0%) 125 of 612 (20%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Blackrod?

Ofcom reports on 142 of the 142 postcodes in Blackrod. At 128 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit128 of 142
Postcodes where every home can get superfast138 of 142

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Blackrod at risk of flooding?

None of the 142 postcodes in Blackrod is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Blackrod?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Blackrod. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Blackrod?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Blackrod is Blackrod Rail Station, 750 m away in a straight line.

  • Blackrod Rail Station Railway station 750 mWalk
  • Adlington (Lancs) Rail Station Railway station 2.9 kmCycle
  • Horwich Parkway Rail Station Railway station 3.0 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Blackrod?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Blackrod. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

  • Aspull Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01942 367999 2.4 kmCycle
  • Kildonan House Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01204 468161 2.4 kmCycle
  • Pike View, Dr Malhotra & Partners Phone 01204 322888 2.7 kmCycle
Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Blackrod safe? Crime recorded around it

Greater Manchester's police force has published no crime figures to Police.uk for any month from September 2024 to August 2026, so we have none to show for Blackrod. A count from Police.uk here would take in only the few crimes that neighbouring forces record nearby, so we show none rather than a figure that looks like a quiet area.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Blackrod?

Council
Bolton
Parliamentary constituency
Bolton West
Police force area
Greater Manchester
Region
North West
Country
England
MP
Phil Brickell (Labour)

All 142 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

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Blackrod postcodes

142 postcodes in use in Blackrod, by district:

BL6 postcode district,142 postcodes

That district is in the BL postcode area.

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Places near Blackrod

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Blackrod's £220,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Aspull2.4 km, £198,000Horwich2.7 km, £212,500Adlington3.2 km, £242,000Wingates4.9 km, £175,000Standish5.2 km, £245,000Ince-in-Makerfield6.0 km, £159,000Coppull6.3 km, £193,750Westhoughton6.3 km, £225,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Blackrod

What is it like to live in Blackrod?
Homes sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4.3% on the 12 months before. At 128 of the 142 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 142 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Aspull Surgery, 2.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Blackrod, 750 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Blackrod?
Blackrod is covered by postcode district BL6, across 142 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Blackrod in?
Blackrod is in the Bolton council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Blackrod?
Blackrod is in the Bolton West parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Phil Brickell (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Blackrod?
Homes in Blackrod sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 53 sales, down 4.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Blackrod?
In Blackrod, primary schools at its postcodes include Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School and Blackrod Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Lever Park School, 2.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Blackrod have a railway station?
Yes: Blackrod is 750 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Blackrod, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Blackrod?
Ofcom reports on 142 of the 142 postcodes in Blackrod. At 128 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Blackrod at risk of flooding?
None of the 142 postcodes in Blackrod is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Blackrod?
None of the 142 postcodes now in use in Blackrod came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 80 homes sold in Blackrod were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BL6 district, 20%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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