BL8 3LY
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Property report — BL8 3LY
Open-data due diligence for BL8 3LY and the area around it.
BL8 3LY in brief: 41 recorded sales (£45,850–£240,000) · no modelled flood risk · 6 schools nearby.
What scope is each figure? Sold sales, broadband and flood risk are for BL8 3LY itself. Where open data isn't published that finely (population, crime, schools), we show the BL8 3 sector — each figure below is tagged with its scope.
Avg sold price
£294,222
Population
15,901
Crimes recorded
1
Schools
3
Flood risk
None modelled
Gigabit broadband
82%
Sold-price trend (1995–2026)
Annual sold price in BL8 3, 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 (34 sales so far). Hover a point for both figures. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
Sold prices on this postcode
| Date | Price | Address | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-31 | £160,000 | 34 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2024-03-08 | £240,000 | 2 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2024-01-25 | £228,000 | 20 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2022-06-30 | £195,000 | 6 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2022-05-27 | £210,000 | 20 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2021-03-25 | £172,000 | 24 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2020-09-18 | £140,100 | 14 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2018-03-23 | £151,000 | 12 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2017-10-13 | £165,000 | 20 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2017-07-14 | £142,000 | 40 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2017-07-04 | £100,000 | 22 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2015-02-25 | £140,000 | 16 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2014-12-22 | £135,000 | 24 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2014-05-06 | £124,300 | 28 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2013-10-31 | £118,000 | 20 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2012-03-16 | £123,000 | 16 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2008-05-29 | £145,000 | 24 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2007-07-12 | £125,000 | 18 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2007-05-31 | £117,000 | 40 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2007-02-26 | £114,500 | 24 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2006-07-07 | £134,200 | 12 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2005-07-15 | £131,150 | 12 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2005-04-29 | £122,500 | 30 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2004-08-13 | £100,000 | 18 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2004-04-30 | £105,000 | 14 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2003-12-10 | £89,000 | 10 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2001-07-27 | £64,000 | 4 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2001-06-21 | £66,500 | 30 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2001-03-16 | £62,000 | 12 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2000-12-08 | £51,200 | 14 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 2000-02-10 | £46,950 | 38 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 1999-10-29 | £54,000 | 4 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 1999-10-21 | £56,950 | 16 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 1999-08-17 | £58,000 | 30 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 1998-06-22 | £51,500 | 4 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 1998-01-09 | £57,950 | 32 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 1997-02-07 | £48,500 | 22 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 1996-11-19 | £50,000 | 4 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 1995-03-31 | £45,850 | 16 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 1995-03-24 | £50,500 | 28 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
| 1995-02-10 | £46,000 | 22 LAUREL STREET | Terraced |
41 recorded sales on BL8 3LY. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid (© Crown copyright). Shown for this postcode only.
Nearest schools
| School | Distance | Phase | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tottington High School | 0.1 mi | Secondary | Requires improvement (2024) |
| Tottington Primary School | 0.3 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Christ Church CofE Primary School | 0.7 mi | Primary | Good (2022) |
| Old Hall Primary School | 0.8 mi | Primary | Report card → |
| Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury | 0.9 mi | Primary | Good (2024) |
| The Elton High School | 1.0 mi | Secondary | Report card → |
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: TOWER FAMILY HEALTHCARE (0.2 mi) · GARDEN CITY MEDICAL CENTRE (1.2 mi) · WOODBANK SURGERY (1.3 mi)
Nearest hospitals: ALPHA HOSPITAL BURY (2.0 mi) · FAIRFIELD GEN HOSPITAL (3.5 mi) · FAIRFIELD GENERAL HOSPITAL ELECTIVE SURGICAL HUB (3.5 mi)
Nearest listed buildings: COMMEMORATIVE STONE, ON NORTH SIDE OF BOWLING GREEN EAST OF TOTTINGTON HALL (Grade II) (0.1 mi) · Tottington Hall (Grade II) (0.1 mi) · OUTBUILDING TO NORTH OF TOTTINGTON HALL (Grade II) (0.1 mi)
Nearest pharmacies: COHENS CHEMIST (0.2 mi) · MANOR PHARMACY (0.8 mi) · GARDNERS CHEMIST (0.9 mi)
Nearest stations: Bury Bolton Street (East Lancashire Railway) (2.1 mi) · Bury (Manchester Metrolink) (2.3 mi) · Ramsbottom (East Lancashire Railway) (2.6 mi)
Nearest supermarkets: Co-op Food (0.2 mi) · Co-op Food (0.9 mi) · Co-op Food (1.4 mi)
Straight-line distance from the postcode. Source: NaPTAN (DfT).
Who lives here
- Median age
- 47
- One-person households
- 28%
- Households with children
- 28%
- Households
- 6,796
Owned 80% · Social rent 7% · Private rent 13%
Census 2021 (ONS), for BL8 3.
Flood risk
No modelled flood risk is recorded for BL8 3LY in the Environment Agency dataset. This is reassuring but not a guarantee — 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 | DistrictBL8 | SectorBL8 3 | PostcodeBL8 3LY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average sold price | £263,388 | £294,222 | £110,650 |
| Population | 53,515 | 15,901 | — |
| Deprivation decile (1 = most deprived) | 7/10 | 7/10 | — |
| Crimes recorded | 1 | — | — |
| Schools | 20 | 3 | — |
| Flood risk | High | Low | Low |
| Gigabit broadband | 87% | 82% | 100% |
| Superfast broadband | 96% | 91% | 100% |
— = no separate figure is published at that level. Most open data is published down to the sector (BL8 3); 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 2 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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