Property market
The five-year median is £550,000 from 1 recorded sale in BL5 2SN. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Bolton is £202,770 in June 2026, up 4.9% year on year.
BL5 2SN
Westhoughton South · Bolton · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Bolton
- Ward
- Westhoughton South
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton West
- Postcode district
- BL5
- Postcode sector
- BL5 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BL5 2SN
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1983
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BL
- Postcode district
- BL5
- Postcode sector
- BL5 2
- Latitude
- 53.537679
- Longitude
- -2.536300
- British National Grid easting
- 364,554
- British National Grid northing
- 404,691
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North West · E12000002
- Local authority district
- Bolton · E08000001
- Electoral ward
- Westhoughton South · E05014837
- Parish or community
- E04000003
- Westminster constituency
- Bolton West · E14001112
- Output area
- E00024979
- Lower layer super output area
- Bolton 035B · E01004934
- Middle layer super output area
- Bolton 035 · E02001018
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore BL5
Property
5 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1, Shearwater Drive, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 2SN | 18 October 2024 | £550,000 |
| 6, Shearwater Drive, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 2SN | 15 February 2019 | £288,000 |
| 1, Shearwater Drive, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 2SN | 14 August 2015 | £260,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 58
- Primary
- 46
- Secondary
- 5
- 390 m
St George's CofE Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 662 m
Eatock Primary School
Community school
- 1.1 km
St James CofE Primary School, Daisy Hill
Voluntary controlled school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 6
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 4
- Public order 1
- Vehicle crime 1
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 17
- Postcode households
- 6
- Residents per household
- 2.8
- BL5 2 residents
- 12,615
8 female, 9 male
Age bands in BL5 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 18%
2,158 residents
1,296 residents
2,963 residents
3,588 residents
2,202 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BL5 2 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
15
within 5 km
STABLE FOLD SURGERY
119 CHURCH STREET, WESTHOUGHTON, BOLTON, BL5 3SF
ODS code P82005
1.8 km
UNSWORTH GROUP PRACTICE
PETER HOUSE, CAPTAIN LEES ROAD, WESTHOUGHTON, BOLTON, BL5 3UB
ODS code P82015
2.3 km
DR VASANTH
ATHERTON HEALTH CENTRE, NELSON STREET, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 0LE
ODS code P92635
2.6 km
MEADOWVIEW SURGERY
ORMEROD HOUSE, ATHERTON HEALTH CENTRE, NELSON ST, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 0LE
ODS code P92626
2.6 km
PENNYGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
109 LADIES LANE, HINDLEY, WIGAN, WN2 2QG
ODS code P92016
2.7 km
BEE FOLD MEDICAL CENTRE
25 BEE FOLD LANE, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 0BD
ODS code P92633
3.0 km
WESTLEIGH MEDICAL PRACTICE
4-12 WESTLEIGH LANE, LEIGH, WN7 5JE
ODS code P92029
3.1 km
DR TUN & PARTNERS
HINDLEY HEALTH CENTRE, 17 LIVERPOOL ROAD, HINDLEY, WIGAN, WN2 3HQ
ODS code P92004
3.2 km
DR KK CHAN & PARTNERS
SEVEN BROOKS MEDICAL CENTRE, 21 CHURCH STREET, ATHERTON, MANCHESTER, M46 9DE
ODS code P92042
3.5 km
GRASMERE SURGERY
LEIGH HEALTH CENTRE, THE AVENUE, LEIGH, WN7 1HR
ODS code P92607
4.2 km
THE AVENUE SURGERY
LEIGH HEALTH CENTRE, THE AVENUE, LEIGH, WN7 1HR
ODS code P92615
4.2 km
DR AHMAD & PTNRS
PLATT BRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE, RIVINGTON AVENUE, PLATT BRIDGE, WIGAN, WN2 5NG
ODS code P92006
4.3 km
PLATT HOUSE SURGERY
PLATT BRIDGE HEALTH CENTRE, RIVINGTON AVENUE, PLATT BRIDGE, WIGAN, WN2 5NG
ODS code P92031
4.3 km
ASPULL SURGERY
ASPULL HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE, HAIGH ROAD, ASPULL, WIGAN, WN2 1XH
ODS code P92015
4.8 km
BROOKMILL MEDICAL CENTRE
COLLEGE STREET, LEIGH, WN7 2RB
ODS code P92023
4.9 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Wearish Lane
BCT · Hoskers Nook
- 0.1 miles
Wearish Lane
BCT · Hoskers Nook
- 0.2 miles
Redwood
BCT · Hoskers Nook
- 0.2 miles
Parkway
BCT · Hoskers Nook
- 0.3 miles
Hazeldene
BCT · Hoskers Nook
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bolton 035B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
5 of 10
Overall England rank
14,627 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 0
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Schools
58 open schools are in scope, including 46 primary and 5 secondary schools. St George's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 390 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
6 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 4 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.