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Dentists in North West
We hold 1,561 dental practices in North West. They sit across 240 postcode districts. The densest are PR1 with 26 practices, M20 with 23 practices, SK9 with 23 practices. The area spans 24 local authorities: Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Bolton, Bury, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, and 18 more.
5 practices of the 1,561 carry a published CQC rating. 3 practices are rated Outstanding. 1 practice is rated Good. 1 practice is rated Requires improvement.
821 practices in North West are Listed in NHS Organisation Data. That records the practice as holding an NHS dental role — it does not tell you whether they have space for you. Ring to check — listings go out of date.
1,427 practices list a phone number and 531 have a website in the record we hold.
- Practices
- 1,561
- Postcode districts
- 240
- Listed in NHS Organisation Data
- 821
Busiest postcode districts
- PR1 — 26 practices
- M20 — 23 practices
- SK9 — 23 practices
- SK8 — 22 practices
- BL1 — 18 practices
- PR2 — 18 practices
CQC rating distribution
- Outstanding 3
- Good 1
- Requires improvement 1
- Not rated 1,556
Data checked 2026-08-25. Ring to check — listings go out of date.
Towns in North West
North West holds too many practices to list individually on one page — browse by town instead, then by practice from there.
- Manchester 243
- Liverpool 150
- Preston 67
- Stockport 64
- Bolton 56
- Oldham 49
- Warrington 43
- Wirral 40
- Chester 38
- Wigan 37
- Altrincham 33
- Salford 28
- Blackburn 25
- Bury 23
- Cheadle 23
- Carlisle 22
- Rochdale 22
- Burnley 21
- Macclesfield 20
- St Helens 20
- Blackpool 19
- Southport 19
- Chorley 18
- Wilmslow 17
- Lancaster 16
- Crewe 15
- Sale 15
- Accrington 14
- Ashton-under-Lyne 14
- Northwich 14
- Kendal 13
- Widnes 13
- Birkenhead 12
- Leyland 12
- Wallasey 12
- Clitheroe 11
- Leigh 11
- Lytham St Annes 11
- Nantwich 11
- Barrow-in-Furness 10
- Ellesmere Port 10
- Knutsford 9
- Morecambe 9
- Nelson 9
- Ormskirk 9
- Prescot 9
- Sandbach 9
- Darwen 8
- Skelmersdale 8
- Barnoldswick 7
- Carnforth 7
- Colne 7
- Heywood 6
- Neston 6
- Penrith 6
- Rossendale 6
- Runcorn 6
- Littleborough 5
- Lymm 5
- Maryport 5
- Poulton-le-Fylde 5
- Ulverston 5
- Whitehaven 5
- Workington 5
- Alderley Edge 4
- Appleby-in-Westmorland 4
- Cockermouth 4
- Congleton 4
- Fleetwood 4
- Keswick 4
- Stalybridge 4
- Windermere 4
- Dukinfield 3
- Frodsham 3
- Hyde 3
- Newton le Willows 3
- Wigton 3
- Winsford 3
Data checked 2026-08-25.