Where is BL1?

BL1 spans the counties of Greater Manchester and Lancashire. It contains the town of Bolton, as well as Astley Bridge, Halliwell, Heaton, Sharples, and Markland Hill. BL1 is 16km north-west of the city of Salford. BL1 is a postcode district, also known as an outcode or outbound code.

BL1 on a map

The below map shows where BL1 is, and the boundary of the BL1 postcode district:

Postal Boundaries © GEOLYTIX copyright and database right 2012

What county is BL1 in?

BL1 lies within the counties of Greater Manchester and Lancashire. The below table and chart shows the split by area:

Which cities, towns and villages are in BL1?

What are the nearest towns to BL1?

Position of BL1 relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of BL1 to the centre of the town.

5km

BL1 is 5km north-west of Farnworth

6km

BL1 is 6km north-west of Little Lever

7km

BL1 is 7km east of Horwich

7km

BL1 is 7km north-east of Westhoughton

7km

BL1 is 7km north-west of Kearsley

8km

BL1 is 8km north of Atherton

8km

BL1 is 8km north of Walkden

8km

BL1 is 8km north-west of Radcliffe

9km

BL1 is 9km north of Tyldesley

10km

BL1 is 10km west of Bury

What are the nearest cities to BL1?

Position of BL1 relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of BL1 to the centre of the city.

16km

BL1 is 16km north-west of Salford

18km

BL1 is 18km north-west of Manchester

25km

BL1 is 25km south-east of Preston

41km

BL1 is 41km north-east of Liverpool

51km

BL1 is 51km south-west of Bradford

54km

BL1 is 54km north-east of Chester

56km

BL1 is 56km south-east of Lancaster

63km

BL1 is 63km west of Wakefield

63km

BL1 is 63km west of Leeds

66km

BL1 is 66km north of Stoke-on-Trent