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BL1 6PY

In Bolton · area guide: flood risk, crime & house prices
Flood risk
None identified
Rivers & sea · surface water none identified
Crime
See detail
Police data incomplete for this area
Median price
£102,000
Sold prices · BL1 6PY only · 12 months
Area overview

The median sold price for the postcode BL1 6PY is around £102,000, from 4 sales over the last 12 months. No significant flood risk has been identified for this area. Figures are area-level and indicative only, and are not a substitute for professional assessments.

Based on official dataUpdated 2026-08

Flood risk

Rivers & sea: None identified. Surface water: None identified.

Rivers & sea
None identified
Surface water
None identified
Flood risk is shown at area level and is indicative only. Always check the Environment Agency's official record and a surveyor before buying.
EA release · 2026-06Full flood detail →

House prices

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, based on sales in this exact postcode, last 12 months.

Sept 21Aug 26

Range £122,500 – £285,743

Based on a small number of transactions in this sector — monthly medians swing widely, so treat the shape of this line with caution.

Median sale price
£102,000
BL1 6PY only · 12 months
Sales
4
BL1 6PY only · 12 months

By property type

Median sold price by type across BL1 6, last 24 months.

  • Terraced£140,000(119 sales)
  • Semi-detached£220,000(117 sales)
  • Detached£485,000(24 sales)
  • Flat£107,000(11 sales)

BL1 6PY median £102,000 (12 months) vs the wider district £190,000 · England & Wales £283,000 (24 months).

Land Registry release · 2026-08

Recorded crime

Greater Manchester Police doesn't currently publish street-level crime data, so we can't show crime here.

Police.uk release · 2026-08

Broadband coverage

Gigabit-capable broadband is available to 100% of premises in BL1 6PY, compared with 94.4% across Bolton and 86.7% in England. Full fibre reaches 86.1% of premises across Bolton (England: 77.9%).

Gigabit-capable
100%
Superfast 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Below the USO
0%
Coverage compared: % of premises, July 2025
Type of broadbandThis postcodeBoltonEnglandUK
Full fibrefibre all the way to the premisesn/a86.1%77.9%77.5%
Gigabit-capable1,000 Mbit/s available100%94.4%86.7%85.9%
Superfast30 Mbit/s or more available100%98.9%97.7%97.5%
Below the USOno decent connection available0%0.02%0.1%0.14%
This is coverage — what networks can reach premises — not the speed any one home gets. Postcode figures cover every premises in the postcode. Ofcom does not publish full fibre per postcode, so that figure is for the whole council area. "Below the USO" means a premises cannot get a decent connection (10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload) from a fixed line or fixed wireless network.

Deprivation

This neighbourhood is in decile 3 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025: more deprived than 79% of neighbourhoods in England.

Compared with Bolton: more deprived than 55% of its 177 neighbourhoods.

Selected measures

Decile for each measure, where 1 is the most deprived 10% in England.

  • Income3of 10
  • Employment3of 10
  • Crime1of 10
  • Living environment1of 10
A relative ranking of small areas (LSOAs, roughly 1,500 residents each) on income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and environment. It describes the area as a whole, not any household or home. The ranking covers England only; Welsh postcodes use the separate Welsh index.
Neighbourhood E01004766 · published October 2025Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Council tax

Most homes here are Band A (69%). Average Band D in Bolton is £2,399.74 for 2026/27.

That is in line with the England average Band D of £2,391.52.

Average Band A in Bolton: £1,599.83 for 2026/27.

Homes by band in this neighbourhood

Share of the 890 homes on the valuation list at 31 March 2026.

  • Band A69%
  • Band B11%
  • Band C13%
  • Band D2%
  • Band E–
  • Band F2%
  • Band G1%
  • Band H0%
Bands are for the neighbourhood (LSOA, roughly 1,500 residents), not one street or home. The Valuation Office Agency rounds counts to the nearest 10 and does not publish very small counts (shown as –). Charges are council-wide averages including parish and adult social care precepts; a home’s bill depends on its band, its parish and any discounts.

Nearest schools

The three closest state-funded primary and secondary schools in a straight line from the centre of this postcode, with what Ofsted published at each school's latest inspection. Special schools may appear in the list. Independent schools are not included.

Nearest primary schools

  1. Voluntary aided school · ages 5–11 · Roman Catholic · 188 pupils
    Ofsted report card, January 2026
    • Inclusion Expected standard
    • Curriculum and teaching Needs attention
    • Achievement Needs attention
    • Attendance and behaviour Expected standard
    • Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard
    • Early years Expected standard
    • Leadership and governance Expected standard
    • Safeguarding Met
    Ofsted reports for Holy Infant and St Anthony RC Primary School (opens in a new tab) ↗
  2. Academy converter · ages 2–11 · Church of England · 251 pupils
    Ofsted, October 2024: no overall grade given
    • Quality of education Outstanding
    • Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding
    • Personal development Outstanding
    • Leadership and management Outstanding
    Ofsted reports for St Paul's CofE Primary School, Astley Bridge (opens in a new tab) ↗
  3. Voluntary aided school · ages 3–11 · Church of England · 366 pupils
    Ofsted report card, March 2026
    • Inclusion Strong standard
    • Curriculum and teaching Strong standard
    • Achievement Expected standard
    • Attendance and behaviour Strong standard
    • Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard
    • Early years Strong standard
    • Leadership and governance Strong standard
    • Safeguarding Met
    Ofsted reports for St Thomas C of E Primary School, Halliwell (opens in a new tab) ↗

Nearest secondary schools

  1. Voluntary aided school · ages 11–18 · Roman Catholic · 1,574 pupils
    Ofsted, October 2024: no overall grade given
    • Quality of education Requires improvement
    • Behaviour and attitudes Good
    • Personal development Good
    • Leadership and management Requires improvement
    Ofsted reports for Thornleigh Salesian College (opens in a new tab) ↗
  2. Eden Boys' School, Bolton0.5 miles (740 m)
    Free schools · ages 11–18 · boys only · Muslim · 621 pupils
    Ofsted ungraded inspection, July 2023: School remains OutstandingOfsted reports for Eden Boys' School, Bolton (opens in a new tab) ↗
  3. Smithills School0.6 miles (950 m)
    Academy converter · ages 11–16 · 1,203 pupils
    Ofsted report card, March 2026
    • Inclusion Expected standard
    • Curriculum and teaching Needs attention
    • Achievement Needs attention
    • Attendance and behaviour Expected standard
    • Personal development and wellbeing Needs attention
    • Leadership and governance Needs attention
    • Safeguarding Met
    Ofsted reports for Smithills School (opens in a new tab) ↗
Distances are straight lines from the middle of the postcode, not walking or driving routes. Living near a school does not mean you are in its catchment area, so check admissions with the council. Ofsted stopped giving a single overall grade in September 2024, and inspections from November 2025 give a report card with a grade for each area. We show what Ofsted published for each school's latest inspection.
School list 12 October 2026 · Ofsted data to 31 August 2026Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools, Ofsted management information. Open Government Licence.

Public transport

The nearest station to BL1 6PY is Hall i' th' Wood Rail Station, 1.1 miles (1.8 km) away in a straight line. There are 12 bus stops within 500 m.

Nearest station
1.1 miles (1.8 km)
Bus stops within 500 m
12

Nearest stations

  1. Hall i' th' Wood Rail Station
    National Rail · Hall I Th Wood
    1.1 miles (1.8 km)
  2. Bromley Cross Rail Station
    National Rail · Bromley Cross
    1.6 miles (2.6 km)
  3. Bolton Rail Station
    National Rail · Bolton
    1.8 miles (2.9 km)
Distances are straight lines from the middle of the postcode, so the walk will be longer. This shows where stations and stops are, not how often services run. Bus stops are active on-street stops.

How this area has changed

PostcodeLens combines saved monthly snapshots with views reconstructed from official source data, so you can compare today's figures with earlier months.

October 2026saved snapshot
Postcode median recorded at £102,000
August 2026saved snapshot
Postcode median recorded at £102,000
July 2026saved snapshot
Sector median recorded at £185,000
June 2026reconstructed
Sector median £185,000
May 2026reconstructed
Sector median £185,000
April 2026reconstructed
Sector median £186,250
Show the full history (18 more months)
March 2026reconstructed
Sector median £188,250
February 2026reconstructed
Sector median £189,000
January 2026reconstructed
Sector median £187,500
December 2025reconstructed
Sector median £187,250
November 2025reconstructed
Sector median £185,625
October 2025reconstructed
Sector median £187,000
September 2025reconstructed
Sector median £187,500
August 2025reconstructed
Sector median £186,625
July 2025reconstructed
Sector median £185,625
June 2025reconstructed
Sector median £185,000
May 2025reconstructed
Sector median £184,000
April 2025reconstructed
Sector median £184,000
March 2025reconstructed
Sector median £185,000
February 2025reconstructed
Sector median £176,000
January 2025reconstructed
Sector median £176,000
December 2024reconstructed
Sector median £177,000
November 2024reconstructed
Sector median £175,500
October 2024reconstructed
Sector median £176,000

Saved snapshots are the monthly figures PostcodeLens has recorded since July 2026. Reconstructed views are assembled from official source data (HM Land Registry price paid, Police UK crime) to show earlier months; they carry no flood history.

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