Horwich
Horwich is covered by postcode districts BL4, BL5 and BL6. It is mostly in the Bolton council area: 640 of its 646 postcodes. The others are in Chorley. 6 of its 646 postcodes are in Lancashire. ONS lists no county for the other 640.
Every postcode in Horwich, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 33
- In use before 2020: 613
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 646 postcodes in Horwich that ONS places, 33 are new since 2020 and 613 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.5944, longitude -2.5400. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 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.
The 5 newest postcodes
What is it like to live in Horwich?
Homes sold for a typical £205,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, down 13.1% on the 12 months before. At 488 of the 610 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 304 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 81 of its 646 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Horwich Parkway, 1.8 km 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 Horwich?
Homes in Horwich sold for a typical £205,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 268 sales, down 13.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £349,998 66 sales
- Semi-detached £219,500 80 sales
- Terraced £166,000 103 sales
- Flat or maisonette £130,000 19 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole BL6 district, Horwich's main postcode district: a typical £219,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Horwich: 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 Horwich?
33 of the 646 postcodes now in use in Horwich came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 82 of the 410 homes sold in Horwich were newly built (20%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BL6 district, 21%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Horwich | Across the BL6 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to September 2026 | 7 of 268 (3%) | 12 of 392 (3%) |
| The 12 months to September 2025 | 82 of 410 (20%) | 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 Horwich?
Ofcom reports on 610 of the 646 postcodes in Horwich. At 488 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 Horwich at risk of flooding?
81 of the 646 postcodes in Horwich have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 304 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
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 Horwich?
The open schools at the postcodes in Horwich. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. 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
- St Mary's RC Primary School450 m 214 pupils, 218 places
- Horwich Parish CofE Primary School500 m 300 pupils, 420 places
- Chorley New Road Primary Academy550 m 316 pupils, 315 places
- St Catherine's CofE Primary School900 m 237 pupils, 236 places
- Beacon Primary School1.0 km 209 pupils, 220 places
- Claypool Primary School1.5 km 218 pupils, 227 places
An orange bar: the school has as many pupils as places, or more (Department for Education's figures).
Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UKSource: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.
How far is the station from Horwich?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Horwich is Horwich Parkway Rail Station, 1.8 km away in a straight line.
- Horwich Parkway Rail Station Railway station 1.8 kmCycle
- Blackrod Rail Station Railway station 2.0 kmCycle
- Lostock Rail Station Railway station 3.8 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 Horwich?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Horwich. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Kildonan House Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01204 468161 350 mWalk
- Pike View, Dr Malhotra & Partners Phone 01204 322888 500 mWalk
Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.
Is Horwich 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 Horwich. 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 Horwich?
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Bolton West (640) and Chorley (6)
- Police force areas
- Greater Manchester (640) and Lancashire (6)
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026.
Moving to Horwich
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Horwich is in Bolton; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- 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 GP practices in Horwich
- 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
Horwich postcodes
646 postcodes in use in Horwich, by district:
Those districts are all in the BL postcode area.
Check a Horwich postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Horwich
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Horwich's £205,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Horwich
- What is the postcode for Horwich?
- Postcode districts BL4, BL5 and BL6, with 646 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- How much are houses in Horwich?
- A typical £205,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 268 sales, down 13.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are in Horwich?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include St Mary's RC Primary School, Horwich Parish CofE Primary School and Chorley New Road Primary Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include St Joseph's RC High School. Source: Department for Education.
- Does Horwich have a railway station?
- The nearest is Horwich Parkway station, 1.8 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Horwich?
- Ofcom reports on 610 of the 646 postcodes in Horwich. At 488 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
- Is Horwich at risk of flooding?
- 81 of the 646 postcodes in Horwich have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 304 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Horwich?
- 33 of the 646 postcodes now in use in Horwich came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 82 of the 410 homes sold in Horwich were newly built (20%), 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
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
- Ofcom Connected Nations
- 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
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information.
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