BL1 5HS
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Property report — BL1 5HS
Open-data due diligence for BL1 5HS and the area around it.
BL1 5HS in brief: 34 recorded sales (£90,000–£610,000) · high flood risk · 6 schools nearby.
What scope is each figure? Sold sales, broadband and flood risk are for BL1 5HS itself. Where open data isn't published that finely (population, crime, schools), we show the BL1 5 sector — each figure below is tagged with its scope.
Avg sold price
£309,462
Population
19,060
Crimes recorded
1
Schools
5
Flood risk
High
Gigabit broadband
87%
Sold-price trend (1995–2026)
Annual sold price in BL1 5, 1995–2026 — mean (blue) and median (terracotta). The median is the typical sale; a wide gap to the mean means a few high-value sales pull the average up. 2026 is a part year (38 sales so far). Hover a point for both figures. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
Sold prices on this postcode
| Date | Price | Address | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-04 | £385,000 | 5 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
| 2023-06-16 | £530,000 | 21 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Semi-detached |
| 2023-06-12 | £525,000 | 22 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
| 2021-06-01 | £372,000 | 15 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
| 2021-03-22 | £475,000 | 13 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
| 2020-11-20 | £325,000 | 23 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Semi-detached |
| 2020-05-26 | £405,000 | 12 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
| 2020-01-31 | £295,000 | 10 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
| 2019-12-05 | £475,000 | 7 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
| 2019-05-13 | £413,000 | 20 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
| 2019-02-01 | £290,000 | 9 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Semi-detached |
| 2018-09-03 | £425,700 | 4 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
| 2018-06-18 | £610,000 | 24 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
| 2017-12-12 | £360,000 | 11 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Semi-detached |
| 2015-05-01 | £177,500 | 21 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Semi-detached |
| 2014-06-06 | £332,000 | 16 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
| 2012-08-01 | £305,000 | 12 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
| 2012-06-08 | £336,750 | 22 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
| 2011-07-01 | £240,000 | 5 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
| 2010-12-20 | £367,500 | 6 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
| 2009-09-30 | £385,000 | 20 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
| 2009-04-24 | £175,000 | 20 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
| 2007-06-01 | £335,000 | 17 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
| 2006-01-06 | £379,995 | 20 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
| 2004-10-12 | £420,000 | 24 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
| 2002-11-21 | £280,000 | 13 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
| 2002-09-13 | £213,000 | 7 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
| 2002-08-13 | £179,995 | 11 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Semi-detached |
| 2002-06-07 | £225,000 | 6 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
| 2000-12-22 | £147,000 | 5 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
| 2000-05-12 | £188,000 | 18 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
| 1998-09-28 | £90,000 | 5 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
| 1998-02-27 | £138,000 | 20 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
| 1996-12-16 | £114,500 | 16 SOMERDALE AVENUE | Detached |
34 recorded sales on BL1 5HS. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid (© Crown copyright). Shown for this postcode only.
Nearest schools
| School | Distance | Phase | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devonshire Road Primary School | 0.1 mi | Primary | Good (2022) |
| St Thomas of Canterbury RC School | 0.2 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Markland Hill Primary School | 0.7 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Gilnow Primary School | 0.7 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Church Road Primary School | 0.7 mi | Primary | Good (2020) |
| Oxford Grove Primary School | 0.8 mi | Primary | Outstanding (2023) |
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Ofsted = latest overall effectiveness (newer inspections may be ungraded). Sources: Get Information about Schools (DfE) · Ofsted.
What's nearby
Nearest GP surgeries: WYRESDALE ROAD SURGERY (0.4 mi) · SPRING HOUSE SURGERY (0.5 mi) · CORNERSTONE SURGERY (0.5 mi)
Nearest hospitals: BEAUMONT HOSPITAL (1.5 mi) · THE BEAUMONT HOSPITAL (1.5 mi) · BOLTON ROYAL HOSPITAL (2.3 mi)
Nearest listed buildings: SOMERSET ROAD UNITED REFORMED CHURCH AND ATTACHED SUNDAY SCHOOL (Grade II) (0.2 mi) · THE MEWS NUMBER 2: THE MANSION (Grade II) (0.3 mi) · RANDOM COTTAGE (Grade II*) (0.3 mi)
Nearest pharmacies: NOBLE & PEACOCK (0.5 mi) · KAMSONS PHARMACY (0.5 mi) · EVEREST PHARMACY - CHORLEY OLD ROAD (0.6 mi)
Nearest stations: Lostock (1.4 mi) · Bolton (1.6 mi) · Hall i' th' Wood (2.3 mi)
Nearest supermarkets: Morrisons (0.5 mi) · Spar (0.9 mi) · Heron Foods (0.9 mi)
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Source: NaPTAN (DfT).
Who lives here
- Median age
- 42
- One-person households
- 28%
- Households with children
- 32%
- Households
- 7,573
Owned 73% · Social rent 13% · Private rent 14%
Census 2021 (ONS), for BL1 5.
Recorded crime trend
Recorded crimes per month in BL1 5 (Jan 25–Apr 26, average 1/month). Hover a point to read the count. Source: Police.uk street-level data.
Flood risk
This is an indicative band for the postcode from the Environment Agency's catchment modelling (rivers and surface water), not a property-specific assessment. A conveyancer will run an official flood search before you buy. Check the exact address on the official Environment Agency map →
Source: Environment Agency Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (the official dataset name). Indicative catchment data, not an official property flood search.
How granular is this?
| Measure | DistrictBL1 | SectorBL1 5 | PostcodeBL1 5HS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average sold price | £209,978 | £309,462 | £321,028 |
| Population | 81,685 | 19,060 | — |
| Deprivation decile (1 = most deprived) | 4/10 | 6/10 | — |
| Crimes recorded | 1 | 1 | — |
| Schools | 34 | 5 | — |
| Flood risk | High | High | High |
| Gigabit broadband | 85% | 87% | 100% |
| Superfast broadband | 97% | 99% | 100% |
— = no separate figure is published at that level. Most open data is published down to the sector (BL1 5); the postcode column is built from the layers that go finer (sold transactions, Ofcom broadband). Sources: HM Land Registry · Police.uk · Ofsted/GIAS · ONS & IoD2025 · Environment Agency · Ofcom.
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Report generated 1 July 2026. Open data is refreshed periodically; HM Land Registry Price Paid typically lags by around two months, so the most recent sales may not appear yet.
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026
Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
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