BL8Bury, England

House prices in BL8, Bury

Homes in BL8 sold for a median of £257,000 between September 2024 and August 2026, from 921 standard sales.

That makes it the third most expensive of the 10 BL postcode districts with at least 100 sales.

Median sale price£257,000921 standard sales
Middle half of prices£190,000 to £335,000
Against the Bury council area3% aboveBury median £250,000

Prices by property type

Standard sales in BL8, September 2024 to August 2026
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached258£375,000£325,000 to £450,000Too few
Semi-detached311£262,500£230,000 to £299,000Too few
Terraced307£185,000£161,000 to £225,000Too few
Flats and maisonettes45£127,500£108,000 to £150,000Too few

Only 33 sales here are linked to an energy certificate with a floor area, so treat the per m² figures as a rough guide.

Semi-detached houses and terraced houses sold in similar numbers here, at 34% and 33% of sales.

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Where prices are higher in BL8

Of the postcode sectors with at least 20 standard sales, prices were highest in BL8 4, around Greenmount, with a median of £365,000, and lowest in BL8 3, around Tottington, at £226,000. Dashed outlines on the map show roughly where the two sectors are.

Each dot is a postcode in BL8 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 119 postcodes on the map, dearest first
Median price of standard sales by postcode in BL8, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first
PostcodeMedian priceStandard sales
BL8 4HG£622,5004
BL8 2EN£521,5003
BL8 4HL£455,0004
BL8 4EF£450,0003
BL8 3DF£439,0004
BL8 3EA£430,0004
BL8 2EG£422,0003
BL8 4JA£411,5006
BL8 1EE£400,0003
BL8 2JS£386,5003
BL8 1XX£385,0004
BL8 2DS£375,0003
BL8 4BL£373,0004
BL8 1QW£365,5008
BL8 2JA£365,0003
BL8 2DD£355,0003
BL8 2TL£352,5004
BL8 1QT£350,0003
BL8 1YU£339,5009
BL8 2DJ£334,0004
BL8 3HL£331,0006
BL8 2LQ£330,0004
BL8 4DF£330,0004
BL8 1QZ£325,0003
BL8 4EP£322,5004
BL8 2EX£321,0004
BL8 1QH£320,0003
BL8 3HW£318,0003
BL8 1YW£317,5006
BL8 2EE£315,0003
BL8 4DU£310,0003
BL8 2JU£308,5004
BL8 2HP£300,0003
BL8 3EN£300,0003
BL8 3JN£300,0003
BL8 4BW£300,0004
BL8 1YA£297,5004
BL8 2HF£295,0003
BL8 2UF£295,0004
BL8 3JP£290,0003
BL8 4BG£287,0003
BL8 2ED£285,0003
BL8 2NA£285,0003
BL8 1QP£282,5004
BL8 3JZ£275,0003
BL8 3HS£274,0004
BL8 1HJ£270,0006
BL8 3LD£270,0003
BL8 2LN£269,0004
BL8 1ER£267,0004
BL8 1WN£267,0004
BL8 1GS£264,0004
BL8 1EF£263,0004
BL8 1PW£260,0007
BL8 1XU£260,0003
BL8 2DZ£259,5004
BL8 1DX£257,5003
BL8 1DY£257,0005
BL8 1UQ£255,0006
BL8 2LT£255,0003
BL8 2RN£255,0005
BL8 1NF£250,0005
BL8 2RF£250,0003
BL8 1EY£247,5004
BL8 2RW£241,0004
BL8 1DN£240,0003
BL8 2DY£240,0003
BL8 3LS£240,0004
BL8 3LT£238,0003
BL8 3EU£235,0005
BL8 1NH£230,0008
BL8 1QY£230,0003
BL8 1UW£229,5006
BL8 3BY£227,5003
BL8 3DB£220,0003
BL8 3ET£220,0003
BL8 4BD£220,0003
BL8 4BB£215,0003
BL8 4BX£215,0003
BL8 3NH£210,5006
BL8 2BN£210,0003
BL8 4BA£210,0003
BL8 1TS£209,0005
BL8 1WA£209,0004
BL8 3EX£202,5004
BL8 2RR£201,5006
BL8 1RX£200,0003
BL8 3JX£200,0003
BL8 3EZ£196,5004
BL8 1BD£190,0003
BL8 3BR£188,5004
BL8 1SU£183,0003
BL8 3DY£181,50010
BL8 1NE£180,0003
BL8 1PA£178,5004
BL8 1LU£175,0005
BL8 1RZ£173,0003
BL8 2PS£172,0005
BL8 1LX£168,0003
BL8 1LZ£165,0003
BL8 2NR£165,0003
BL8 2QY£162,0003
BL8 3DE£162,0004
BL8 2RA£160,0003
BL8 1NS£157,5004
BL8 1AW£156,0003
BL8 3BW£156,0003
BL8 1SE£155,0004
BL8 3AF£154,0003
BL8 1AL£150,0003
BL8 1LP£150,0003
BL8 2QX£150,0005
BL8 1TQ£148,0004
BL8 1WD£137,5006
BL8 1DE£136,00010
BL8 2QQ£136,0004
BL8 2PX£115,0003
BL8 1QN£98,5006
BL8 2BL£95,0004

Prices over time

  1. 2016: £160,000
  2. 2017: £159,000
  3. 2018: £170,000
  4. 2019: £180,000
  5. 2020: £199,500
  6. 2021: £220,000
  7. 2022: £240,000
  8. 2023: £240,000
  9. 2024: £245,000
  10. 2025: £260,000
  11. 2026, January to August: £250,000
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 63%, from £160,000 in 2016 to £260,000 in 2025, more than the 52% rise for a typical district in the North West.

Coal mining

All 1,009 live postcodes in BL8 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 Bury council area

Median sale price of the 6 districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first, each named by its post town. BL8 is the third cheapest.

  1. M25 Manchester£297,500
  2. M45 Manchester£274,000
  3. BL0 Bury£265,000
  4. BL8 Bury, this district£257,000
  5. BL9 Bury£215,000
  6. M26 Manchester£200,000

Prices by council ward

Median price in the council wards that cover most of BL8, from the sales in BL8, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first:

  1. North Manor 90 sales£375,000
  2. Bury West 238 sales£284,000
  3. Tottington 281 sales£246,000
  4. Elton 336 sales£226,000

Leasehold homes

67% of sales in BL8 were leasehold, against 21% across England and Wales. Only 5% 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.

Flats here sold for a median of £127,500, 15% less than the £149,500 typical of the 6 nearest districts with enough flat sales.

Recent sales

The 10 latest sales ran from £150,000 for a terraced house on Tottington Road to £430,000 for a semi-detached house on Whitecroft Drive.

The latest standard sales recorded in BL8. 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. 18 Railway TerraceSold for £165,000BL8 2AZSold on 25 Sep 2026Terraced
  2. 3 Bourton CloseSold for £270,000BL8 1QUSold on 18 Sep 2026Semi-detached
  3. 280 Tottington RoadSold for £150,000BL8 1SJSold on 18 Sep 2026Terraced
  4. 281 Bury RoadSold for £158,500BL8 3DYSold on 17 Sep 2026Terraced
  5. 20 Chestnut AvenueSold for £215,000BL8 3EESold on 11 Sep 2026Semi-detached
  6. 12 Kingsley StreetSold for £185,000BL8 2RFSold on 9 Sep 2026Terraced
  7. 70 Whitecroft DriveSold for £430,000BL8 2TRSold on 9 Sep 2026Semi-detached
  8. 78 Haig RoadSold for £375,000BL8 2LFSold on 7 Sep 2026Semi-detached
  9. 26 Moyse AvenueSold for £233,000BL8 3BLSold on 7 Sep 2026Semi-detached
  10. 1 White StreetSold for £258,000BL8 2BNSold on 28 Aug 2026Terraced

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

  • Tottington Road, Bury£180,00027 sales
  • Walshaw Road, Bury£182,00027 sales
  • Bury Road, Tottington£189,00026 sales
  • Brandlesholme Road, Bury£267,00021 sales
  • Ainsworth Road, Bury£255,00015 sales

Living in BL8

Crime

No figures for BL8

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

Gigabit broadband

Across its postcodes, an average of 89% of homes can get it

Near the middle of all postcode districts. England and Wales: 89%. The middle half of postcode districts are between 73% and 94%.

Radon

94% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area

Higher than 72 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 £2,555 a year in Bury for 2026 to 2027

Higher than 80 in 100 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.

Energy ratings of homes for sale

Energy certificates made for homes put up for sale in BL8, lodged 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2026
RatingHomesShare
A20.2%, England and Wales 0.4%
B252.8%, England and Wales 4.8%
C41847.3%, England and Wales 46.9%
D37842.8%, England and Wales 38.1%
E505.7%, England and Wales 7.3%
F80.9%, England and Wales 1.9%
G20.2%, England and Wales 0.6%

When the homes were built

Construction age band of homes put up for sale in BL8, as estimated by the assessor on the same certificates
BuiltHomesShare
Before 190011813.4%, England and Wales 9.3%
1900 to 192913415.2%, England and Wales 14.8%
1930 to 1949788.8%, England and Wales 13.9%
1950 to 196614015.9%, England and Wales 15.8%
1967 to 198224728.0%, England and Wales 18.5%
1983 to 1995697.8%, England and Wales 10.1%
1996 to 2011687.7%, England and Wales 11.9%
2012 or later293.3%, England and Wales 5.7%

About these figures

The figures come from 921 standard sales in BL8, 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.