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BL5 3QS is located in the Westhoughton South electoral ward, within the metropolitan district of Bolton and the English Parliamentary constituency of Bolton West. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS Greater Manchester ICB - 00T and the police force is Greater Manchester. This postcode has been in use since July 1995.

Where is BL5 3QS?

Country	England
Postcode District	BL5

BL5 3QS Elevation

Elevation or altitude of BL5 3QS as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	100m	328ft

Elevation is measured from the approximate centre of the postcode, to the nearest point on an OS contour line from OS Terrain 50, which has contour spacing of ten vertical metres.

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Politics

Ward	Westhoughton South
Constituency	Bolton West

Transport

Nearest bus stops to BL5 3QS

Wigan Rd/Westhoughton Police Station (Wigan Road)	Westhoughton	69m
Cricketers Way (Ebd) (Cricketers Way)	Westhoughton	77m
Cricketers Way/Wigan Road (Wbd) (Cricketers Way)	Westhoughton	85m
Market St/Westhoughton Church (Market Street)	Westhoughton	117m
Market St/Westhoughton Church (Market Street)	Westhoughton	133m

Nearest railway stations to BL5 3QS

Westhoughton Station	0.9km
Daisy Hill Station	1.1km
Hag Fold Station	2.6km

Broadband

Broadband access in BL5 3QS (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	33.3%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in BL5 3QS (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed	22.5Mbps
Average download speed	73.3Mbps
Maximum download speed	200.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed	1.2Mbps
Average upload speed	1.2Mbps
Maximum upload speed	1.28Mbps

Broadband limitations in BL5 3QS (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	0.0%

BL5 3QS gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in BL5 3QS by fuel type, 2015.

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	20,976
Meter count	16
Mean (kWh/meter)	1,311
Median (kWh/meter)	1,309

• Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in BL5 3QS, for 2015.
• Meter count: The total number of meters in BL5 3QS.
• Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
• Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

Deprivation

87.8% of English postcodes are less deprived than BL5 3QS:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to BL5 3QS (metres)

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Nearest post box to BL5 3QS

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Westhoughton P O	19:00	12:10	290m
Rylands Court	16:50	11:25	390m
2 Lord Street	17:30	11:25	471m

BL5 3QS ITL and BL5 3QS LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for BL5 3QS:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLD	North West (England)
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLD3	Greater Manchester
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLD36	Greater Manchester North West
LAU 1 Code	Name
E08000001	Bolton

BL5 3QS census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for BL5 3QS:

	Code	Name
OA	E00024986
LSOA	E01004938	Bolton 031D
MSOA	E02001014	Bolton 031

Nearest postcodes to BL5 3QS

BL5 3RD	Wigan Road	66m
BL5 3RA	Wilbraham Street	66m
BL5 3AS	Pavilion Gardens	81m
BL5 3RJ	Wigan Road	87m
BL5 3AF	Edward Street	131m
BL5 3RR	Esther Fold	147m
BL5 3AE	Wood Street	149m
BL5 3AA	Market Street	166m
BL5 2GH	Grundys Mews	180m
BL5 2BG	School Street	186m