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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Postcode area within the United Kingdom}}<br />
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{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}<br />
{{Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=BL}}<br />
The '''BL postcode area''', also known as the '''Bolton postcode area''',<ref>Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)</ref> 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 [[Borough of Chorley|Chorley]], [[Borough of Rossendale|Rossendale]] and [[Blackburn with Darwen]] in [[Lancashire]].<br />
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Mail for the [[BL postcode area|BL]] postcode area is processed at Manchester Mail Centre, along with mail for the [[M postcode area|M]], [[OL postcode area|OL]] and [[SK postcode area|SK]] postcode areas. <br />
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==Coverage==<br />
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:<br />
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{{postcode area table start}}<br />
|-<br />
! BL0<br />
| BURY<br />
| [[Ramsbottom]], [[Edenfield]], [[Shuttleworth, Greater Manchester|Shuttleworth]]<br />
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Bury|Bury]], [[Borough of Rossendale|Rossendale]]<br />
|-<br />
! BL1<br />
| BOLTON<br />
| [[Bolton]] centre, [[Smithills]], [[Halliwell, Greater Manchester|Halliwell]], [[Heaton, Greater Manchester|Heaton]]<br />
| [[Metropolitan Borough of Bolton|Bolton]]<br />
|-<br />
! BL2<br />
| BOLTON<br />
| Bolton centre, [[Ainsworth, Greater Manchester|Ainsworth]], [[Bradley Fold]], [[Bradshaw, Greater Manchester|Bradshaw]], [[Breightmet]], [[Harwood, Greater Manchester|Harwood]], [[Tonge Fold]], [[Tonge Moor]]<br />
| Bolton, Bury<br />
|-<br />
! BL3<br />
| BOLTON<br />
| Bolton centre, [[Little Lever]], [[Great Lever]], [[Darcy Lever]], [[Deane, Greater Manchester|Deane]]<br />
| Bolton<br />
|-<br />
! BL4<br />
| BOLTON<br />
| [[Farnworth]], [[Kearsley]]<br />
| Bolton<br />
|-<br />
! BL5<br />
| BOLTON<br />
| [[Over Hulton]], [[Westhoughton]]<br />
| Bolton<br />
|-<br />
! BL6<br />
| BOLTON<br />
| [[Blackrod]], [[Horwich]], [[Lostock, Bolton|Lostock]], [[Rivington]]<br />
| Bolton, [[Borough of Chorley|Chorley]]<br />
|-<br />
! BL7<br />
| BOLTON<br />
| [[Belmont, Lancashire|Belmont]], [[Bromley Cross]], [[Chapeltown, Lancashire|Chapeltown]], [[Edgworth]], [[Egerton, Greater Manchester|Egerton]], [[Turton Urban District|Turton]]<!--- although Turton Urban District has been abolished, the Royal Mail still use 'Turton' for postal purposes ---><br />
| [[Blackburn with Darwen]], Bolton<br />
|-<br />
! BL8<br />
| BURY<br />
| [[Bury, Greater Manchester|Bury]] centre, [[Brandlesholme]], [[Greenmount, Greater Manchester|Greenmount]], [[Affetside]], [[Hawkshaw, Greater Manchester|Hawkshaw]], [[Holcombe, Greater Manchester|Holcombe]], [[Ramsbottom]], [[Tottington, Greater Manchester|Tottington]], [[Walshaw]]<br />
| Bury<br />
|-<br />
! BL9<br />
| BURY<br />
| Bury centre, [[Heap, Bury|Heap]], [[Heap Bridge]], [[Nangreaves]], [[Summerseat]], [[Unsworth]], [[Walmersley]], [[Bircle]], [[Jericho, Bury|Jericho]]<br />
| Bury<br />
|}<br />
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==Map==<br />
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{{Postcode area imagemap|map=BL postcode area|size=300x240px}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom]]<br />
*[[Postcode Address File]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.poweredbypaf.com/ Royal Mail's Postcode Address File]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180926234202/https://www.poweredbypaf.com/how-the-royal-mail-postcode-address-file-paf-helps-organisations-verify-their-customers-identities/ hA quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)]<br />
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{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom}}<br />
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[[Category:Metropolitan Borough of Bolton]]<br />
[[Category:Metropolitan Borough of Bury]]<br />
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