The BL postcode area, also known as the Bolton postcode area,Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004) 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.
Mail for the BL postcode area is processed at Manchester Mail Centre, along with mail for the M, OL and SK postcode areas.
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Coverage The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
! BL0 | BURY | Ramsbottom, Edenfield, Shuttleworth | Bury, Rossendale |- ! BL1 | BOLTON | Bolton centre, Smithills, Halliwell, Heaton Johnson Fold Astley Bridge Hall I’th Wood Doffcocker | Bolton |- ! BL2 | BOLTON | Bolton centre, Ainsworth, Bradley Fold, Bradshaw, Breightmet, Harwood, Tonge Fold, Tonge Moor | Bolton, Bury |- ! BL3 | BOLTON | Bolton centre, Little Lever, Great Lever, Darcy Lever, Ladybridge Morris Green Daubhill Deane | Bolton |- ! BL4 | BOLTON | Farnworth, Kearsley Moses Gate | Bolton |- ! BL5 | BOLTON | Over Hulton, Westhoughton | Bolton |- ! BL6 | BOLTON | Blackrod, Horwich, Lostock, Rivington | Bolton, Chorley |- ! BL7 | BOLTON | Belmont, Bromley Cross, Chapeltown, Edgworth, Egerton, Turton | Blackburn with Darwen, Bolton |- ! BL8 | BURY | Bury centre, Brandlesholme, Greenmount, Affetside, Hawkshaw, Holcombe, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Walshaw | Bury |- ! BL9 | BURY | Bury centre, Heap, Heap Bridge, Nangreaves, Summerseat, Unsworth, Walmersley, Bircle, Jericho | Bury
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See also List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom Postcode Address File
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