Bolton
BL5 house prices in Bolton
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Bolton, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£217,500
Range £126,800–£395,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 28 Nov 2025 and 24 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in BL5: the typical (median) sold price is £217,500, below the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). BL5 is an active market, with about 28 recorded sales a month. By property type, 38% were semi-detached homes (typically £230,000) and 27% were detached homes (typically £365,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,400 a year: Bolton's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Bolton, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on BL5: steady sales, so price from the evidence
At around 28 sales a month, BL5 ticks along steadily, a pace that gives buyers and sellers something to compare, without a year-on-year figure we would stand behind.
If you are selling, with detached homes at £365,000 and flats at £120,750, the £126,800 to £395,000 spread is really several markets, so benchmark against near-identical homes, not the headline; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Sell houseIf you are buying, BL5 sits below the UK average for typical prices, so ask what is behind the lower prices before you assume a bargain.
Our checklist before an offer: what has been applied for nearby (479 applications on record within 500 m), the tenure (leasehold is common here) and flood risk over the long term, plus the title, which your conveyancer should review.
The sold prices leave a lot open; the free BL5 OfferCheck closes some of the gap with flood, crime, planning and council tax.
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At a glance
BL5 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£217,500
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
28.3
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,400
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in BL5
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in BL5 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £365,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £120,750.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 66 | £365,000 | £256,000–£531,500 |
| Semi-detached | 93 | £230,000 | £150,200–£306,600 |
| Terraced | 66 | £167,850 | £130,000–£205,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 20 | £120,750 | £72,150–£135,500 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 28 Nov 2025 and 24 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in BL5
The quarterly typical price rose 12.1%, from £203,000 in Q4 2025 (38 sales) to £227,500 in Q3 2026 (36 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | £203,000 | 38 |
| Q1 2026 | £205,000 | 94 |
| Q2 2026 | £229,000 | 82 |
| Q3 2026 | £227,500 | 36 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 28 Nov 2025 and 24 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of BL5 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most BL5 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £126,800 and £395,000, around a typical £217,500.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 28 Nov 2025 and 24 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in BL5
Semi-detached homes were 38% of recorded sales (93 of 245). 44% of sales were freehold and 56% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached27%
- Semi-detached38%
- Terraced27%
- Flat / maisonette8%
Tenure
- Freehold44%
- Leasehold56%
See the figures
110 freehold (44%) and 140 leasehold (56%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in BL5, including 1 new-build sale. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 28 Nov 2025 and 24 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
756, WIGAN ROAD, BOLTON
£114,000 (2025)£187,000 (2026)+64% over 0.5 yrs (+149.2%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where BL5 sits in Bolton
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in BL5
4, DORKET GROVE, BOLTON
Detached · Leasehold · 24 Aug 2026
£410,000
40, BRANDFORTH GARDENS, BOLTON
Semi-detached · Leasehold · 21 Aug 2026
£265,000
635, CHORLEY ROAD, BOLTON
Terraced · Leasehold · 14 Aug 2026
£192,000
DRAKE HALL, BOLTON
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 13 Aug 2026
£135,000
24, FRANCE STREET, BOLTON
Semi-detached · Leasehold · 12 Aug 2026
£225,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). BL5 includes the Halliwell ward.
In plain English
What the Bolton (BL5) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £365,000 against £120,750 for flats: about 3.0 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £126,800 and £395,000, so the median says little about any one home.
- 56% of these sales were leasehold: a genuine mix of houses and flats, so check the tenure of the home you are looking at.
- This is an active district: about 28 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 28 November 2025 and 24 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on BL5
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in BL5
£2,400
Band D a year in Bolton, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,600 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,866 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,133 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,400 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,933 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,466 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,000 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,799 |
These are Bolton's charges for 2026-27, the authority BL5 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Bolton · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near BL5
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Woodland Primary Academy.
All schools
Woodland Primary Academy
Primary · Academies · BL5 2NJ
501 m
Not graded
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · BL5 3DU
633 m
Outstanding · 2024
St Thomas CofE Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · BL5 3HP
746 m
Good · 2012
St Bartholomew's CofE Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · BL5 3NZ
772 m
Good · 2011
The Gates Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · BL5 3QA
1.2 km
Good · 2018
Eatock Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · BL5 2ER
1.2 km
Outstanding · 2016
St George's CofE Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · BL5 2FB
1.5 km
Good · 2021
St James CofE Primary School, Daisy Hill
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · BL5 2JU
1.5 km
Good · 2019
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the BL5 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 7 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near BL5
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around BL5
479
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 July 2026.
Recent applications
Bolton/01315/26Undecided
393 m
PRIOR NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A PROPOSED LARGER HOME EXTENSION AT REAR (4.95M LONG; 3.50M MAX HEIGHT; 2.40M EAVES HEIGHT)
Received 2026-07-17
Bolton/01309/26Undecided
166 m
REMOVAL OF 8 NO. CAR PARKING SPACES AND CREATION OF PEDESTRIAN ACCESS
Received 2026-07-16
Bolton/01241/26Undecided
187 m
RETROSPECTIVE CONSENT FOR FORMATION OF HARDSTANDING AT FRONT TO CREATE 1 NO. PARKING SPACE WITH DROPPED KERB FOR VEHICULAR ACCESS
Received 2026-07-03
Bolton/01227/26Undecided
307 m
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION AND EXTENSION TO BEER GARDEN TOGETHER WITH WIDENING OF ACCESS TO CAR PARK AND INTERNAL ALTERATIONS
Received 2026-07-02
Bolton/01210/26Undecided
402 m
ERECTION OF FIRST FLOOR SIDE EXTENSION
Received 2026-07-01
Bolton/00899/26Conditions
430 m
INSTALLATION OF GROUND FLOOR FRONT WINDOW.
Received 2026-05-18 · decided 2026-07-10
Applications are matched within 500 m of the BL5 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for BL5 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 479 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for BL5
Decile 8 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled BL5 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 4 to decile 10, with a median of decile 8 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
BL5 3ZP, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 8 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so BL5 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in BL5: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in BL5, band by band
Bolton's council tax for 2026-27 set against the BL5 median sold price of £217,500 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearBolton | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £217,500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,600 | £133 | 0.74% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,866 | £156 | 0.86% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,133 | £178 | 0.98% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,400 | £200 | 1.10% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,933 | £244 | 1.35% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,466 | £289 | 1.59% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,000 | £333 | 1.84% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,799 | £400 | 2.21% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the BL5 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Bolton, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in BL5 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 244 distinct addresses in the records we hold for BL5. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
4, DORKET GROVE, BOLTON
BL5 2QS · Detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£410,000
2026-08-24
40, BRANDFORTH GARDENS, BOLTON
BL5 3ZP · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£265,000
2026-08-21
635, CHORLEY ROAD, BOLTON
BL5 3NJ · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£192,000
2026-08-14
DRAKE HALL, BOLTON
BL5 2RA · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 3 recorded sales
£135,000
2026-08-13
24, FRANCE STREET, BOLTON
BL5 2HG · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£225,000
2026-08-12
12, ELMWOOD CLOSE, BOLTON
BL5 1HF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£390,000
2026-08-07
20, GREENSMITH WAY, BOLTON
BL5 3BR · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£204,000
2026-08-07
254, PARK ROAD, BOLTON
BL5 3HL · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£310,000
2026-08-07
29, FOREST DRIVE, BOLTON
BL5 3DH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£385,000
2026-08-07
1, WESTLAND AVENUE, BOLTON
BL5 3AY · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£415,000
2026-08-07
5, MADISON PARK, BOLTON
BL5 3WA · Detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£400,000
2026-08-03
81, OLD VICARAGE, BOLTON
BL5 2EG · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£110,000
2026-07-31
18, CHERRYWOOD AVENUE, BOLTON
BL5 1HN · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£405,000
2026-07-31
23, MIRY LANE, BOLTON
BL5 2HW · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£260,000
2026-07-31
402, LEIGH ROAD, BOLTON
BL5 2JY · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£137,000
2026-07-31
18, BAMBER CROFT, BOLTON
BL5 3PE · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£177,000
2026-07-31
3, THE AVENUE, BOLTON
BL5 3TB · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£220,000
2026-07-31
282, PARK ROAD, BOLTON
BL5 3HT · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£165,000
2026-07-28
1, YELLOW LODGE DRIVE, BOLTON
BL5 3EX · Detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2026-07-28
36, CHURCH STREET, BOLTON
BL5 3RS · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£183,000
2026-07-27
24, FARLEIGH CLOSE, BOLTON
BL5 3ES · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£352,500
2026-07-24
50, NEWLAND DRIVE, BOLTON
BL5 1DP · Detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£457,500
2026-07-23
61, LEIGH ROAD, BOLTON
BL5 2JE · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£55,000
2026-07-21
10, HALE BANK, BOLTON
BL5 3GS · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£285,000
2026-07-20
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Nearby
Postcode districts near BL5
The closest districts to BL5 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in M46 (Manchester) 1.8 miles
- House prices in WN2 (Wigan) 2.9 miles
- House prices in BL6 (Bolton) 3.2 miles
- House prices in WN7 (Leigh) 3.5 miles
- House prices in M29 (Manchester) 3.6 miles
- House prices in BL3 (Bolton) 3.6 miles
- House prices in M38 (Manchester) 3.9 miles
- House prices in BL1 (Bolton) 4.1 miles
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Data sources
Every BL5 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.