BL8 postcode district

Postcodes and sectors

1,009 of the district's 1,566 postcodes are live in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026. A postcode directory says whether a code is in use, never who is there. The live postcodes centre on 53.60507, -2.32795, which locates the district, not a building.

Companies registered in BL8

Companies House lists 1,886 companies with a registered office in BL8; 496 of them at addresses shared by 25 or more companies (1 October 2026 snapshot). 25 is the count at which the address lookup reports a company cluster.

Places OS Open Names lists for BL8

• North West
• Bury
• Ramsbottom
• Hawkshaw
• Holcombe
• Rossendale
• Lancashire
• Blackburn with Darwen
• Four Lane Ends
• Affetside
• Bolton

Roads filed under BL8

Named roads first, then numbered ones. A road is filed under one district even where it runs through several, so a street missing here may be listed under a neighbouring district — which is why the address lookup never calls a British street absent. Great Britain has no open register of buildings, so a listed road never means a building on it exists.

• Abbey Drive
• Acresbrook Walk
• Acres Street
• Adlington Close
• Affetside Drive
• Ainsdale Avenue
• Ainsworth Road
• Albemarle Place
• Albion Court
• Albion Street
• Alcester Close
• Alder Close
• Allen Street
• All Saints Place
• Alston Street
• Anderton Close
• Andrew Close
• Andrews Close
• Annecy Close
• Appleby Close
• Arthur Street
• Arundel Close
• Ashford Close
• Ash Grove
• Ashington Drive
• Ashwood Drive
• Ashworth Street
• Atherstone Close
• Atlas Fold
• Avallon Close
• Back Ainsworth Road North
• Back Ainsworth Road South
• Back Ashworth Street
• Back Belbeck Street
• Back Bolton Road North
• Back Bolton Road South
• Back Byrom Street
• Back Byrom Street South
• Back Chapel Street
• Back Cornall Street
• Back Cottam Street
• Back Crostons Road
• Back Fenton Street
• Back Glenboro Avenue
• Back Goodlad Street
• Back Harvey Street
• Back Hayward Street
• Back Horbury Street
• Back Hulbert Street
• Back Hulme Street
• Back Knight Street
• Back Lonsdale Street
• Back Mayor Street
• Back Merton Street
• Back Newbold Street
• Back New George Street
• Back Olive Bank
• Back Peers Street
• Back Proctor Street
• Back Scholes Street

Check an address in BL8

Check an address in BL8

The same road list through the API, from the outward code alone:

curl "https://spaw.co/api/v1/address/streets?country=GB&postal_code=BL8" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPAW_KEY"

Common questions about BL8

What does a BL8 postcode tell you?

That the address lies in the BL8 district of the BL (Bolton) postcode area, and the place OS Open Names most often lists first for its postcodes is Bury. The district alone does not place a street: the inward half of the full postcode narrows the address to one of the district's 1,009 live postcodes.

Where the counts come from

• ons-postcode-directory · version 2026-08 · Contains ONS, OS and Royal Mail data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Northern Ireland postcodes are excluded: their reuse needs a Land & Property Services licence.
• os-open-names · version 2026-11-01 · Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
• uk-companies-house · version 2026-10-01 · Companies House free company data product, Open Government Licence v3.0

What each figure means, and what a district page never says, is set out in Reading a British postcode district page; the glossary defines a postcode district, a postcode area, a postcode directory and a street register.

Data synced on 2026-11-01: the newest version among the datasets listed above.

Districts nearest BL8

• BL93.1 km
• M264.8 km
• BL24.8 km
• BL04.9 km
• M456.9 km
• BL76.9 km
• OL107.1 km
• BL787.3 km
• BL117.4 km
• BL17.9 km
• BL48.1 km
• BL38.2 km
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distance between the districts' centroids