Bolton
M46 house prices in Bolton
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Bolton, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£180,000
Range £107,450–£345,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 21 Oct 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in M46: the typical (median) sold price is £180,000, well below the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). M46 is an active market, with about 25 recorded sales a month. By property type, 40% were terraced homes (typically £162,750) and 37% were semi-detached homes (typically £205,500).
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 M46: steady sales, so price from the evidence
At around 25 sales a month, M46 ticks along steadily, which is enough to price from, though not enough history for us to call a clear twelve-month direction.
If you are selling, most M46 sales sit between £107,450 and £345,000, which makes £180,000 a blunt instrument, so benchmark against near-identical homes, not the headline; sales arrive at a steady pace, so there is no need to rush to a low price.
Sell houseIf you are buying, M46 sits well below the UK average for typical prices, so find out why prices run lower here before deciding it is good value.
Before an offer goes in on any M46 home, look at what has been applied for nearby (492 applications on record within 500 m), the tenure (leasehold is common here) and whether the home is at risk of flooding, and leave the title to your conveyancer.
With averages this broad, the free M46 OfferCheck adds flood, crime, planning and council tax from the official sources.
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At a glance
M46 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£180,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
25.0
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,400
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in M46
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in M46 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £360,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £125,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 34 | £360,000 | £253,000–£450,000 |
| Semi-detached | 90 | £205,500 | £144,500–£272,100 |
| Terraced | 98 | £162,750 | £101,400–£204,200 |
| Flat / maisonette | 21 | £125,000 | £95,000–£136,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 21 Oct 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in M46
The quarterly typical price rose 7.6%, from £180,000 in Q4 2025 (89 sales) to £193,750 in Q3 2026 (22 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | £180,000 | 89 |
| Q1 2026 | £192,000 | 83 |
| Q2 2026 | £170,000 | 56 |
| Q3 2026 | £193,750 | 22 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 21 Oct 2025 and 21 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of M46 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most M46 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £107,450 and £345,000, around a typical £180,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 21 Oct 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in M46
Terraced homes were 40% of recorded sales (98 of 243). 35% of sales were freehold and 65% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached14%
- Semi-detached37%
- Terraced40%
- Flat / maisonette9%
Tenure
- Freehold35%
- Leasehold65%
See the figures
88 freehold (35%) and 162 leasehold (65%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in M46, 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 21 Oct 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where M46 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 M46
15, CANNON STREET, MANCHESTER
Terraced · Leasehold · 21 Aug 2026
£100,000
281, LEIGH ROAD, MANCHESTER
Terraced · Leasehold · 11 Aug 2026
£85,000
25, THOMAS STREET, MANCHESTER
Terraced · Leasehold · 6 Aug 2026
£133,000
27, ARGYLE STREET, MANCHESTER
Terraced · Leasehold · 31 Jul 2026
£172,500
43, BAG LANE, MANCHESTER
Terraced · Leasehold · 28 Jul 2026
£123,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). M46 includes the Atherton North ward.
In plain English
What the Bolton (M46) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £360,000 against £125,000 for flats: about 2.9 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £107,450 and £345,000, so the median says little about any one home.
- 65% 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 25 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 21 October 2025 and 21 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 M46
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 M46
£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 M46 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 M46
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest St Richard's Roman Catholic Primary School Atherton.
All schools
St Richard's Roman Catholic Primary School Atherton
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · M46 0HA
294 m
Good · 2017
Meadowbank Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · M46 0HX
294 m
Good · 2023
Atherton High School
Middle deemed secondary · Free Schools · M46 0AY
458 m
Good · 2024
Atherton St George's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academies · M46 0HJ
508 m
Good · 2023
Parklee Primary School
Primary · Academies · M46 0AR
522 m
Not graded
St Philip's CofE Primary School, Atherton
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · M46 9FD
632 m
Good · 2023
Chowbent Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · M46 9FP
646 m
Good · 2015
St Michael's CofE Primary School, Howe Bridge
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · M46 0PA
1.1 km
Good · 2023
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 M46 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 M46
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 M46
492
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 July 2026.
Recent applications
Wigan/A/26/101009/CONPermitted
387 m
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.7 (EV Car Chargers), Condition 10 (Mineworks Treatment Validation Report), Condition No.16 (Part O Letter), Condition No.17 (Biodiversity Enhancement Plan) and Condition No.18 (Landscape Plan) in respect of approved application A/22/93496/MAJOR
Received 2026-06-03 · decided 2026-07-01
Wigan/A/26/100969/CONPermitted
387 m
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.3 (Materials) in respect of approved application A/22/93496/MAJOR
Received 2026-05-27 · decided 2026-06-08
Wigan/A/26/100885/CONUndecided
289 m
Condition Discharge application to discharge Condition No.3 (Fencing design & Colour), Condition No.4 (Contractors Compound Submission), Condition No.5 (Tree Protection), Condition No.6 (Landscaping), Condition No.7 (Ecological Enhancements), Condition No.8 (Bird Nesting Season Compliance), Condition No.9 (Contaminated Land ) and Condition No.10 (Porous Surfaces) in respect of approved application A/23/95570/FULL
Received 2026-05-08
Wigan/A/26/100550/ADVConditions
325 m
Installation of a replacement 4 metre high internally illuminated double sided, free standing totem
Received 2026-03-03 · decided 2026-06-01
Wigan/A/26/100473/HHConditions
324 m
Single storey rear extension following demolition of existing rear extension
Received 2026-02-19 · decided 2026-05-22
Wigan/A/26/100431/LUCEPermitted
136 m
Certificate of Lawful Development for the existing use of a property as a 5 bed, 5 person house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4) together with single storey rear extension
Received 2026-02-10 · decided 2026-05-15
Applications are matched within 500 m of the M46 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 M46 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 492 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for M46
Decile 4 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 M46 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 2 to decile 8, with a median of decile 4 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
M46 0JX, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 4 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 M46 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in M46: 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 M46, band by band
Bolton's council tax for 2026-27 set against the M46 median sold price of £180,000 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÷ £180,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,600 | £133 | 0.89% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,866 | £156 | 1.04% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,133 | £178 | 1.19% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,400 | £200 | 1.33% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £2,933 | £244 | 1.63% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,466 | £289 | 1.93% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,000 | £333 | 2.22% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,799 | £400 | 2.67% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the M46 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 M46 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 240 distinct addresses in the records we hold for M46. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
15, CANNON STREET, MANCHESTER
M46 9JA · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£100,000
2026-08-21
281, LEIGH ROAD, MANCHESTER
M46 0PQ · Terraced · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£85,000
2026-08-11
25, THOMAS STREET, MANCHESTER
M46 9DP · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£133,000
2026-08-06
27, ARGYLE STREET, MANCHESTER
M46 0AW · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£172,500
2026-07-31
43, BAG LANE, MANCHESTER
M46 0JX · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£123,000
2026-07-28
43, WARWICK ROAD, MANCHESTER
M46 9PW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£225,000
2026-07-24
8, JOHNSON STREET, MANCHESTER
M46 0RB · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£155,000
2026-07-24
1, GADFIELD GROVE, MANCHESTER
M46 0SJ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£116,500
2026-07-24
4, BRINDLEY CLOSE, MANCHESTER
M46 0RX · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£242,000
2026-07-23
10, SHALEWOOD COURT, MANCHESTER
M46 0SN · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£136,000
2026-07-20
5, RIVINGTON STREET, MANCHESTER
M46 0PE · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£250,000
2026-07-17
3, GLOUCESTER STREET, MANCHESTER
M46 0JS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£94,999
2026-07-17
1, ALLENBY STREET, MANCHESTER
M46 0BJ · Detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£650,000
2026-07-15
26, LAMBETH STREET, MANCHESTER
M46 0LS · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£336,000
2026-07-15
62, BEE FOLD LANE, MANCHESTER
M46 0TT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£210,000
2026-07-13
41, BLACKSMITHS FOLD, MANCHESTER
M46 9DB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£273,000
2026-07-10
DREAMS 2 REALITY, ROBERT STREET, MANCHESTER
M46 9AS · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£320,000
2026-07-10
22, BROADWAY, MANCHESTER
M46 9HW · Detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£435,000
2026-07-09
25, GREENHALL CLOSE, MANCHESTER
M46 9HP · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£305,000
2026-07-09
37, CAR BANK STREET, MANCHESTER
M46 9NE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£132,500
2026-07-03
64, GLOUCESTER STREET, MANCHESTER
M46 0JT · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£177,500
2026-07-02
35, HILLSIDE AVENUE, MANCHESTER
M46 9LX · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£232,500
2026-07-02
11, CANTERBURY CLOSE, MANCHESTER
M46 9JT · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£235,000
2026-06-30
3A, BOLTON ROAD, MANCHESTER
M46 9JQ · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£145,000
2026-06-30
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 M46
The closest districts to M46 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in BL5 (Bolton) 1.8 miles
- House prices in M29 (Manchester) 1.9 miles
- House prices in WN7 (Leigh) 2.2 miles
- House prices in M38 (Manchester) 2.9 miles
- House prices in BL3 (Bolton) 3.7 miles
- House prices in WN2 (Wigan) 3.8 miles
- House prices in M28 (Manchester) 3.9 miles
- House prices in BL4 (Bolton) 4 miles
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Data sources
Every M46 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.