BL9 postcode district

Postcodes and sectors

1,333 of the district's 1,796 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 53.59223, -2.28708, which locates the district, not a building.

Companies registered in BL9

Companies House lists 5,722 companies with a registered office in BL9; 1,491 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 BL9

• North West
• Bury
• Rochdale
• Heywood
• Summerseat
• Brooksbottoms
• Rossendale
• Lancashire
• Old Birtle
• Nangreaves
• Radcliffe

Roads filed under BL9

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.

• Ajax Drive
• Albany Drive
• Albert Street
• Alder Avenue
• Alexander Drive
• Alfred Street
• Alkrington Close
• Allendale Drive
• Almond Avenue
• Alnwick Drive
• Altham Close
• Alton Close
• Alum Crescent
• Ambleside Close
• Andrew Street
• Anfield Close
• Angouleme Way
• Apollo Avenue
• Arbour Close
• Arden Close
• Argyle Street
• Arley Avenue
• Arlington Close
• Arncliffe Close
• Ascot Meadows
• Ashborne Drive
• Ashlor Street
• Ash Street
• Astbury Close
• Athlone Avenue
• Audlum Court
• Austen Avenue
• Aviation Road
• Avondale Avenue
• Avon Drive
• Back Albert Street
• Back Albion Place
• Back Andrew Street
• Back Andrew Street North
• Back Argyle Street
• Back Ash Street
• Back Bell Lane
• Back Benson Street
• Back Birch Street
• Back Bolton Street South
• Back Bond Street West
• Back Brierley Street
• Back Brierley Street South
• Back Broad Street
• Back Canning Street
• Back Cateaton Street
• Back Cedar Street
• Back Cedar Street North
• Back Chesham Road
• Back Chesham Road North
• Back Chesham Road South
• Back Chester Street
• Back Clifton Street
• Back Dawson Street
• Back Deal Street

Check an address in BL9

Check an address in BL9

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

curl "https://spaw.co/api/v1/address/streets?country=GB&postal_code=BL9" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPAW_KEY"

Common questions about BL9

What does a BL9 postcode tell you?

That the address lies in the BL9 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 1,333 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 BL9

• BL83.1 km
• OL104.2 km
• M264.6 km
• M455.0 km
• BL06.6 km
• BL27.1 km
• M257.1 km
• M247.4 km
• OL117.4 km
• BL788.8 km
• BL49.1 km
• M99.2 km
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distance between the districts' centroids