Blackrod
Blackrod is covered by postcode district BL6. It is in the Bolton council area, England.
Every postcode in Blackrod, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 4
- Some can get gigabit: 10
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 128
- Ofcom gives no figure: 0
Of the 142 postcodes in Blackrod that ONS places, 4 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 10 have some that can and 128 can all get it.
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
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.
What is it like to live in Blackrod?
Homes sold for a typical £216,500 in the 12 months to September 2026. 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.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Environment Agency flood risk; Get Information about Schools; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.
What do homes cost in Blackrod?
Homes in Blackrod sold for a typical £216,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 52 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £230,000 from 81 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached £312,500 10 sales
- Semi-detached £215,000 27 sales
- Terraced £180,000 15 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 £219,000.
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 October 2026.
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 September 2025, 0 of the 81 homes sold in Blackrod were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BL6 district, 21%.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Blackrod | Across the BL6 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to September 2026 | 0 of 52 (0%) | 12 of 392 (3%) |
| The 12 months to September 2025 | 0 of 81 (0%) | 132 of 630 (21%) |
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.
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 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.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 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.
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 flood risk, published 6 July 2026.
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. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.
Primary
Source: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.
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: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
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
Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.
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 postcodeSource: police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026.
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?
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.
Moving to Blackrod
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Bolton about council tax Council tax, on bolton.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The nearest GP practices
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Blackrod postcodes
142 postcodes in use in Blackrod, by district:
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 £216,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Blackrod
- What is the postcode for Blackrod?
- Postcode district BL6, with 142 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Blackrod in?
- Bolton. Source: ONS.
- Who is the MP for Blackrod?
- Phil Brickell (Labour), for Bolton West. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
- How much are houses in Blackrod?
- A typical £216,500 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 52 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are 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 Rivington and Blackrod High School, 3.0 km away. Source: Department for Education.
- Does Blackrod have a railway station?
- Yes: Blackrod station, 750 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- 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.
- 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. River and sea risk for the land, not 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 September 2025, 0 of the 81 homes sold in Blackrod were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BL6 district, 21%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.
Where the facts on this page come from
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory
- Ofcom Connected Nations
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
- Environment Agency flood risk
- Department for Education: Get Information about Schools
- Department for Transport: NaPTAN
- NHS England: NHS GP practices
- Care Quality Commission
- data.police.uk: police.uk
- UK Parliament
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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