Where is BL6?

BL6 spans the counties of Greater Manchester and Lancashire. It contains the town of Horwich, as well as Blackrod, Lostock, Bottom o' th' Moor, Chew Moor, and Lostock Junction. BL6 is 20km north-west of the city of Salford. BL6 is a postcode district, also known as an outcode or outbound code.

BL6 on a map

The below map shows where BL6 is, and the boundary of the BL6 postcode district:

Postal Boundaries © GEOLYTIX copyright and database right 2012

What county is BL6 in?

BL6 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 BL6?

What are the nearest towns to BL6?

Position of BL6 relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of BL6 to the centre of the town.

5km

BL6 is 5km south-east of Adlington

5km

BL6 is 5km north of Westhoughton

7km

BL6 is 7km north-east of Hindley

7km

BL6 is 7km west of Bolton

8km

BL6 is 8km north-east of Ince-in-Makerfield

8km

BL6 is 8km north-east of Wigan

8km

BL6 is 8km north-west of Atherton

8km

BL6 is 8km east of Standish

9km

BL6 is 9km south-east of Chorley

10km

BL6 is 10km north-west of Tyldesley

What are the nearest cities to BL6?

Position of BL6 relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of BL6 to the centre of the city.

20km

BL6 is 20km north-west of Salford

22km

BL6 is 22km south-east of Preston

23km

BL6 is 23km north-west of Manchester

35km

BL6 is 35km north-east of Liverpool

50km

BL6 is 50km north-east of Chester

54km

BL6 is 54km south of Lancaster

56km

BL6 is 56km south-west of Bradford

68km

BL6 is 68km north-east of Wrexham

68km

BL6 is 68km north of Stoke-on-Trent

69km

BL6 is 69km west of Leeds