BL4Bolton, England

House prices in BL4, Bolton

Homes in BL4 sold for a median of £180,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 663 standard sales.

It is the cheapest of the 7 postcode districts in the Bolton council area with at least 100 sales.

Median sale price£180,000663 standard sales
Middle half of prices£145,000 to £220,000
Price per m², BL area£2,692/m²From 315 BL sales, too few in BL4

Prices by property type

Standard sales in BL4, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle half
Detached41£280,000£250,000 to £330,000
Semi-detached343£200,000£174,000 to £230,000
Terraced239£160,000£130,000 to £180,000
Flats and maisonettes40£103,000£91,000 to £110,000

BL4 has too few sales linked to an energy certificate for its own price per m². Across the BL postcode area, whose median sale price is within 20% of BL4's, it was £2,692 per m² from 315 linked sales.

Most homes sold here were semi-detached houses, at 52% of sales.

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Where prices are higher in BL4

Of the postcode sectors with at least 20 standard sales, prices were highest in BL4 0, around Farnworth, with a median of £195,500, and lowest in BL4 7, around Farnworth, at £157,000. Dashed outlines on the map show roughly where the two sectors are.

Each dot is a postcode in BL4 with at least 3 standard sales from September 2024 to August 2026, shaded by the median price of those sales. Select a dot for its median and a link to its sales, or use the list below the map.

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Each dot sits at the centre of its postcode, so it marks a street or part of one, not a single home. Medians mix all types of home, so a street of flats looks cheaper than a street of houses.
List the 96 postcodes on the map, dearest first
Median price of standard sales by postcode in BL4, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first
PostcodeMedian priceStandard sales
BL4 0NL£370,0006
BL4 0LU£290,0009
BL4 8RP£290,0004
BL4 8EG£285,0003
BL4 0PQ£265,0003
BL4 7TR£262,5006
BL4 8NS£260,0003
BL4 0LA£256,0005
BL4 8NW£249,0003
BL4 0AG£247,5004
BL4 0JB£240,0003
BL4 9RY£240,0005
BL4 0RJ£237,5004
BL4 0HW£235,5006
BL4 0JD£235,0003
BL4 8RG£235,0003
BL4 8PS£233,5008
BL4 0QY£230,0006
BL4 8AR£225,0005
BL4 9NZ£223,0003
BL4 8JU£221,0005
BL4 0RL£220,0003
BL4 7RZ£218,5003
BL4 9RG£218,0003
BL4 0PJ£215,0004
BL4 8JF£214,0003
BL4 0JE£211,0003
BL4 8PG£210,0003
BL4 8PT£210,0005
BL4 0AH£207,0004
BL4 0PU£205,5003
BL4 7NA£205,0003
BL4 0QA£202,5003
BL4 0EG£200,0003
BL4 0HQ£200,0003
BL4 8JD£200,0003
BL4 9RD£198,5003
BL4 7EQ£197,5005
BL4 0BW£195,0003
BL4 0JT£195,0003
BL4 8PQ£195,0003
BL4 9BJ£195,0005
BL4 8SA£194,0003
BL4 9HT£193,5004
BL4 8DN£193,0003
BL4 8ED£192,5004
BL4 8SB£192,5007
BL4 7DZ£191,0004
BL4 0EL£190,0004
BL4 9PZ£189,0004
BL4 9NX£187,5004
BL4 0HF£187,0003
BL4 0HD£186,0003
BL4 0HE£185,0003
BL4 8DL£185,0003
BL4 8HU£185,0004
BL4 9NY£183,0005
BL4 9SR£183,0003
BL4 8LH£182,5004
BL4 0EU£182,0003
BL4 8EB£180,0003
BL4 9FP£180,0007
BL4 0PB£177,5004
BL4 9SY£175,0003
BL4 0JU£174,0003
BL4 7PQ£172,5004
BL4 9AN£172,0004
BL4 0QH£171,0004
BL4 7AH£167,0003
BL4 0RR£165,0005
BL4 7SA£163,5004
BL4 8NR£163,0003
BL4 9NH£162,0004
BL4 8BE£161,0005
BL4 8QJ£161,0003
BL4 0BS£160,0003
BL4 7PJ£157,0003
BL4 8LU£155,0003
BL4 0PG£152,0003
BL4 8DW£152,0003
BL4 8QL£150,0003
BL4 7ET£140,0004
BL4 7RB£140,0003
BL4 0RB£135,0003
BL4 7RH£135,0003
BL4 9NS£131,0003
BL4 8EF£130,0003
BL4 7EY£120,0003
BL4 7RJ£120,0004
BL4 7EE£112,5004
BL4 9AG£110,0003
BL4 9HS£110,0005
BL4 8BR£105,5004
BL4 7EF£103,0005
BL4 7TJ£92,5003
BL4 9SE£80,0003

Prices over time

  1. 2016: £92,000
  2. 2017: £100,000
  3. 2018: £107,000
  4. 2019: £117,500
  5. 2020: £125,500
  6. 2021: £140,000
  7. 2022: £160,000
  8. 2023: £161,500
  9. 2024: £170,000
  10. 2025: £183,500
  11. 2026, January to August: £185,000
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 99%, from £92,000 in 2016 to £183,500 in 2025, among the biggest tenth of rises across the 243 districts in the North West.

Coal mining

All 850 live postcodes in BL4 are in the Mining Remediation Authority's coal mining reporting area, so expect your conveyancer to order a mining report with the other conveyancing searches. It does not mean a home is affected (what the report covers).

Postcode districts in the Bolton council area

Median sale price of the 7 districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first, each named by its post town. BL4 is the cheapest.

  1. BL7 Bolton£277,500
  2. BL5 Bolton£240,000
  3. BL6 Bolton£240,000
  4. BL2 Bolton£210,000
  5. BL1 Bolton£190,000
  6. BL3 Bolton£182,000
  7. BL4 Bolton, this district£180,000

Energy ratings of homes for sale

Energy certificates made for homes put up for sale in BL4, lodged 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2026
RatingHomesShare
A20.3%, England and Wales 0.4%
B283.9%, England and Wales 4.8%
C42158.3%, England and Wales 46.9%
D23132.0%, England and Wales 38.1%
E283.9%, England and Wales 7.3%
F91.2%, England and Wales 1.9%
G30.4%, England and Wales 0.6%

62% of homes put up for sale were rated C or better, against 52% across England and Wales.

Leasehold homes

67% of sales in BL4 were leasehold, against 21% across England and Wales. Only 6% were flats, so some houses here are leasehold too: ask who owns the freehold, what the ground rent is and whether you could buy the freehold.

Recent sales

The 10 latest sales ran from £90,000 for a flat on Moorfield Chase to £275,000 for a semi-detached house on Trent Way.

The latest standard sales recorded in BL4. Sales take 2 weeks to 2 months to appear (how to find out what a house sold for). Select an address to check that home, or a postcode for every sale there.

  1. 22 Pear Tree PlaceSold for £105,000BL4 9RXSold on 18 Sep 2026Flat
  2. 7 Percy StreetSold for £125,000BL4 9LDSold on 11 Sep 2026Terraced
  3. 65 Station RoadSold for £205,000BL4 8EDSold on 9 Sep 2026Terraced
  4. 7 Carlton StreetSold for £217,000BL4 7PJSold on 8 Sep 2026Semi-detached
  5. 5 Elsie StreetSold for £220,000BL4 9HTSold on 4 Sep 2026Semi-detached
  6. Flat 2, Bridgeman House Moorfield ChaseSold for £90,000BL4 9DUSold on 4 Sep 2026Flat
  7. 20 Hawes AvenueSold for £225,000BL4 0PTSold on 4 Sep 2026Terraced
  8. 14 Trent WaySold for £275,000BL4 8PRSold on 28 Aug 2026Semi-detached
  9. 34 Brook StreetSold for £159,000BL4 7RXSold on 28 Aug 2026Terraced
  10. 304 Bolton RoadSold for £210,000BL4 8NQSold on 28 Aug 2026Terraced

Streets with the most standard sales, with their median price, September 2024 to August 2026:

  • Highfield Road, Farnworth£185,00023 sales
  • Plodder Lane, Farnworth£182,00023 sales
  • Manchester Road, Kearsley£182,50020 sales
  • Trent Way, Kearsley£240,00015 sales
  • Lord Street, Kearsley£175,00012 sales

Living in BL4

Crime

No figures for BL4

Greater Manchester Police has not sent street-level crime data to police.uk since July 2019.

Gigabit broadband

Across its postcodes, an average of 97% of homes can get it

Higher than 86 in 100 postcode districts. England and Wales: 89%. The middle half of postcode districts are between 73% and 94%.

Radon

99% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area

Higher than 79 in 100 postcode districts.

In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.

Council tax

Band D is £2,400 a year in Bolton for 2026 to 2027

Near the middle of all council areas. England: £2,392. The middle half of council areas are between £2,323 and £2,526.

Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.

The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).

Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Prices by council ward

Median price in the council wards that cover most of BL4, from the sales in BL4, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first:

  1. Kearsley 202 sales£191,500
  2. Farnworth North 254 sales£182,000
  3. Farnworth South 240 sales£175,000

When the homes were built

Construction age band of homes put up for sale in BL4, as estimated by the assessor on the same certificates
BuiltHomesShare
Before 1900101.4%, England and Wales 9.3%
1900 to 192917023.5%, England and Wales 14.8%
1930 to 194913719.0%, England and Wales 13.9%
1950 to 196615221.1%, England and Wales 15.8%
1967 to 198211716.2%, England and Wales 18.5%
1983 to 1995567.8%, England and Wales 10.1%
1996 to 2011598.2%, England and Wales 11.9%
2012 or later212.9%, England and Wales 5.7%

About these figures

The figures come from 663 standard sales in BL4, the latest on 28 August 2026 (what counts as a standard sale). Of these, fewer than 1 in 10 were flats.

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.