BL postcode area

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Bolton
BL is located in the United Kingdom
BL
BL
Coordinates: 53°35′13″N 2°24′29″W / 53.587°N 2.408°W / 53.587; -2.408
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
BL
Postcode area name
Bolton
Post towns2
Postcode districts10
Postcode sectors53
Postcodes (live)10,285
Postcodes (total)13,912
Statistics as at May 2020[1]

The BL postcode area, also known as the Bolton postcode area,[2] is a group of ten postcode districts in North West England. These cover most of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton and the northern and central parts of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury in Greater Manchester, plus small parts of the boroughs of Chorley, Rossendale and Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire.

  1. ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)