BL1 6 postcode sector in the BL1 district

BL1 6 is a sector of the BL1 district: every postcode that starts BL1 6. It has 210 postcodes in use, 4 of them large-user postcodes. A large-user postcode is one Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

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Every postcode in the BL1 6 sector, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in the BL1 6 sector, by flood risk Of the 210 postcodes in the BL1 6 sector that ONS places, 13 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at low risk at worst and 191 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 7 postcodes at high or medium risk; 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Smithills, Astley Bridge. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A58 BL1 6AA: not on the flood risk listBL1 6AB: not on the flood risk listBL1 6AE: not on the flood risk listBL1 6AF: not on the flood risk listBL1 6AG: not on the flood risk listBL1 6AH: not on the flood risk listBL1 6AJ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6AL: not on the flood risk listBL1 6AN: not on the flood risk listBL1 6AP: not on the flood risk listBL1 6AQ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6AR: not on the flood risk listBL1 6AS: not on the flood risk listBL1 6AT: not on the flood risk listBL1 6AU: not on the flood risk listBL1 6AX: not on the flood risk listBL1 6AY: not on the flood risk listBL1 6AZ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6BA: not on the flood risk listBL1 6BB: not on the flood risk listBL1 6BD: not on the flood risk listBL1 6BE: not on the flood risk listBL1 6BG: not on the flood risk listBL1 6BH: not on the flood risk listBL1 6BJ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6BL: not on the flood risk listBL1 6BN: not on the flood risk listBL1 6BP: not on the flood risk listBL1 6BQ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6BS: not on the flood risk listBL1 6BU: not on the flood risk listBL1 6BW: not on the flood risk listBL1 6BX: not on the flood risk listBL1 6BY: not on the flood risk listBL1 6BZ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6DA: not on the flood risk listBL1 6DB: not on the flood risk listBL1 6DD: not on the flood risk listBL1 6DE: not on the flood risk listBL1 6DF: not on the flood risk listBL1 6DG: not on the flood risk listBL1 6DH: not on the flood risk listBL1 6DJ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6DL: not on the flood risk listBL1 6DN: not on the flood risk listBL1 6DP: not on the flood risk listBL1 6DQ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6DS: not on the flood risk listBL1 6DT: not on the flood risk listBL1 6DW: not on the flood risk listBL1 6DX: not on the flood risk listBL1 6DY: not on the flood risk listBL1 6DZ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6EA: not on the flood risk listBL1 6EB: not on the flood risk listBL1 6ED: not on the flood risk listBL1 6EE: not on the flood risk listBL1 6EF: not on the flood risk listBL1 6EG: not on the flood risk listBL1 6EH: not on the flood risk listBL1 6EJ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6EL: not on the flood risk listBL1 6EP: not on the flood risk listBL1 6EQ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6ER: not on the flood risk listBL1 6ES: not on the flood risk listBL1 6ET: not on the flood risk listBL1 6EU: not on the flood risk listBL1 6EW: not on the flood risk listBL1 6EX: not on the flood risk listBL1 6EY: not on the flood risk listBL1 6EZ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6FA: not on the flood risk listBL1 6FS: not on the flood risk listBL1 6FT: not on the flood risk listBL1 6FU: not on the flood risk listBL1 6FW: not on the flood risk listBL1 6FX: not on the flood risk listBL1 6HA: not on the flood risk listBL1 6HE: not on the flood risk listBL1 6HF: not on the flood risk listBL1 6HG: not on the flood risk listBL1 6HH: not on the flood risk listBL1 6HJ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6HL: not on the flood risk listBL1 6HN: not on the flood risk listBL1 6HP: not on the flood risk listBL1 6HQ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6HR: not on the flood risk listBL1 6HS: not on the flood risk listBL1 6HT: not on the flood risk listBL1 6HU: not on the flood risk listBL1 6HW: not on the flood risk listBL1 6HX: not on the flood risk listBL1 6HY: not on the flood risk listBL1 6HZ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6JA: not on the flood risk listBL1 6JB: not on the flood risk listBL1 6JD: not on the flood risk listBL1 6JE: not on the flood risk listBL1 6JF: not on the flood risk listBL1 6JG: not on the flood risk listBL1 6JP: not on the flood risk listBL1 6JR: not on the flood risk listBL1 6JS: not on the flood risk listBL1 6JT: not on the flood risk listBL1 6JX: not on the flood risk listBL1 6JY: not on the flood risk listBL1 6JZ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6LA: not on the flood risk listBL1 6LB: not on the flood risk listBL1 6LD: not on the flood risk listBL1 6LE: not on the flood risk listBL1 6LF: not on the flood risk listBL1 6LG: not on the flood risk listBL1 6LH: not on the flood risk listBL1 6LJ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6LL: not on the flood risk listBL1 6LN: not on the flood risk listBL1 6LQ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6LT: not on the flood risk listBL1 6LU: not on the flood risk listBL1 6LX: not on the flood risk listBL1 6LY: not on the flood risk listBL1 6LZ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6NA: not on the flood risk listBL1 6NB: not on the flood risk listBL1 6NE: not on the flood risk listBL1 6NN: not on the flood risk listBL1 6NP: not on the flood risk listBL1 6NR: not on the flood risk listBL1 6NS: not on the flood risk listBL1 6NT: not on the flood risk listBL1 6NU: not on the flood risk listBL1 6NX: not on the flood risk listBL1 6NY: not on the flood risk listBL1 6NZ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6PA: not on the flood risk listBL1 6PD: not on the flood risk listBL1 6PF: not on the flood risk listBL1 6PG: not on the flood risk listBL1 6PH: not on the flood risk listBL1 6PJ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6PL: not on the flood risk listBL1 6PN: not on the flood risk listBL1 6PP: not on the flood risk listBL1 6PQ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6PT: not on the flood risk listBL1 6PW: not on the flood risk listBL1 6PY: not on the flood risk listBL1 6PZ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6QD: not on the flood risk listBL1 6QE: not on the flood risk listBL1 6QF: not on the flood risk listBL1 6QG: not on the flood risk listBL1 6QH: not on the flood risk listBL1 6QJ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6QL: not on the flood risk listBL1 6QN: not on the flood risk listBL1 6QP: not on the flood risk listBL1 6QQ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6QR: not on the flood risk listBL1 6QS: not on the flood risk listBL1 6QT: not on the flood risk listBL1 6QU: not on the flood risk listBL1 6QW: not on the flood risk listBL1 6QX: not on the flood risk listBL1 6QY: not on the flood risk listBL1 6QZ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6RA: not on the flood risk listBL1 6RB: not on the flood risk listBL1 6RD: not on the flood risk listBL1 6RE: not on the flood risk listBL1 6RF: not on the flood risk listBL1 6RG: not on the flood risk listBL1 6RH: not on the flood risk listBL1 6RJ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6RL: not on the flood risk listBL1 6RN: not on the flood risk listBL1 6RP: not on the flood risk listBL1 6RQ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6RR: not on the flood risk listBL1 6RS: not on the flood risk listBL1 6RT: not on the flood risk listBL1 6RU: not on the flood risk listBL1 6RW: not on the flood risk listBL1 6RY: not on the flood risk listBL1 6RZ: not on the flood risk listBL1 6SA: not on the flood risk listBL1 6TA: not on the flood risk listBL1 6TB: not on the flood risk listBL1 6JN: low flood risk at worstBL1 6LP: low flood risk at worstBL1 6NG: low flood risk at worstBL1 6PE: low flood risk at worstBL1 6PR: low flood risk at worstBL1 6PS: low flood risk at worstBL1 6FY: high flood riskBL1 6JL: high flood riskBL1 6ND: high flood riskBL1 6NF: high flood riskBL1 6NH: high flood riskBL1 6NJ: high flood riskBL1 6NL: high flood riskBL1 6NW: high flood riskBL1 6PU: high flood riskBL1 6QA: high flood riskBL1 6TX: high flood riskBL1 6TY: high flood riskBL1 6TZ: high flood risk SmithillsAstley Bridge 7 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to BL1 6TY, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk7 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in the BL1 6 sector, by flood risk Of the 210 postcodes in the BL1 6 sector that ONS places, 13 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at low risk at worst and 191 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 7 postcodes at high or medium risk; 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Smithills, Astley Bridge. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. SmithillsAstley Bridge
  • A home or business at high risk: 13
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 6
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 191
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 210 postcodes in the BL1 6 sector that ONS places, 13 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at low risk at worst and 191 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. 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. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.

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

The postcodes at high risk

13 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

BL1 6TY30 at high riskBL1 6QA29 at high riskBL1 6NJ21 at high riskBL1 6ND10 at high riskBL1 6PU9 at high riskBL1 6TX6 at high riskBL1 6TZ6 at high riskBL1 6NH4 at high riskBL1 6NL4 at high riskBL1 6JL3 at high riskBL1 6FY1 at high riskBL1 6NF1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 7 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BL1 6TY, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BL1 6QA, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What do homes sell for in BL1 6?

Homes in BL1 6 sold for a typical £195,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 93 sales, down 2.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£195,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£200,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 2.5% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £364,000 5 sales
  • Semi-detached £227,000 41 sales
  • Terraced £167,500 44 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

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

Standard sales of homes at market value at the postcodes that start BL1 6. A typical price is the median, the middle sale, given from 5 sales or more.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Postcodes in BL1 6

Pick a postcode to see its council and MP, broadband, flood risk, what homes sell for, council tax, the nearest schools and stations, and crime around it.

BL1 6AABL1 6ABBL1 6AEBL1 6AFBL1 6AGBL1 6AHBL1 6AJBL1 6ALBL1 6ANBL1 6APBL1 6AQBL1 6ARBL1 6ASBL1 6ATBL1 6AUBL1 6AXBL1 6AYBL1 6AZBL1 6BABL1 6BBBL1 6BDBL1 6BEBL1 6BGBL1 6BHBL1 6BJBL1 6BLBL1 6BNBL1 6BPBL1 6BQBL1 6BSBL1 6BUBL1 6BWBL1 6BXBL1 6BYBL1 6BZBL1 6DABL1 6DBBL1 6DDBL1 6DEBL1 6DFBL1 6DGBL1 6DHBL1 6DJBL1 6DLBL1 6DNBL1 6DPBL1 6DQBL1 6DSBL1 6DTBL1 6DWBL1 6DXBL1 6DYBL1 6DZBL1 6EABL1 6EBBL1 6EDBL1 6EEBL1 6EFBL1 6EGBL1 6EHBL1 6EJBL1 6ELBL1 6EPBL1 6EQBL1 6ERBL1 6ESBL1 6ETBL1 6EUBL1 6EWBL1 6EXBL1 6EYBL1 6EZBL1 6FABL1 6FSBL1 6FTBL1 6FUBL1 6FWBL1 6FXBL1 6FYBL1 6HABL1 6HEBL1 6HFBL1 6HGBL1 6HHBL1 6HJBL1 6HLBL1 6HNBL1 6HPBL1 6HQBL1 6HRBL1 6HSBL1 6HTBL1 6HUBL1 6HWBL1 6HXBL1 6HYBL1 6HZBL1 6JABL1 6JBBL1 6JDBL1 6JEBL1 6JFBL1 6JGBL1 6JLBL1 6JNBL1 6JPBL1 6JRBL1 6JSBL1 6JTBL1 6JXBL1 6JYBL1 6JZBL1 6LABL1 6LBBL1 6LDBL1 6LEBL1 6LFBL1 6LGBL1 6LHBL1 6LJBL1 6LLBL1 6LNBL1 6LPBL1 6LQBL1 6LTBL1 6LUBL1 6LXBL1 6LYBL1 6LZBL1 6NABL1 6NBBL1 6NDBL1 6NEBL1 6NFBL1 6NGBL1 6NHBL1 6NJBL1 6NLBL1 6NNBL1 6NPBL1 6NRBL1 6NSBL1 6NTBL1 6NUBL1 6NWBL1 6NXBL1 6NYBL1 6NZBL1 6PABL1 6PDBL1 6PEBL1 6PFBL1 6PGBL1 6PHBL1 6PJBL1 6PLBL1 6PNBL1 6PPBL1 6PQBL1 6PRBL1 6PSBL1 6PTBL1 6PUBL1 6PWBL1 6PYBL1 6PZBL1 6QABL1 6QDBL1 6QEBL1 6QFBL1 6QGBL1 6QHBL1 6QJBL1 6QLBL1 6QNBL1 6QPBL1 6QQBL1 6QRBL1 6QSBL1 6QTBL1 6QUBL1 6QWBL1 6QXBL1 6QYBL1 6QZBL1 6RABL1 6RBBL1 6RDBL1 6REBL1 6RFBL1 6RGBL1 6RHBL1 6RJBL1 6RLBL1 6RNBL1 6RPBL1 6RQBL1 6RRBL1 6RSBL1 6RTBL1 6RUBL1 6RWBL1 6RYBL1 6RZBL1 6SABL1 6TABL1 6TBBL1 6TXBL1 6TYBL1 6TZ

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Postcodes that have ended are not listed. See all our data sources

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