Property market
The five-year median is £260,000 from 1,492 recorded sales in BL7. 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.
BL7
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 617
- Current units
- 508
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 6
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North West
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 109
Postcode sectors in BL7
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
9,475 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 21, Pinnacle Drive, Egerton, Bolton, BL7 9XD | 24 July 2026 | £320,000 |
| 32, Patio Area, Hough Lane, Bromley Cross, Bolton, BL7 9DA | 21 July 2026 | £171,000 |
| 32, Hough Lane, Bromley Cross, Bolton, BL7 9DA | 21 July 2026 | £171,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 9
- Primary
- 7
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 185
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 58
- Anti social behaviour 44
- Burglary 20
- Criminal damage and arson 17
- Other theft 14
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- BL7 usual residents
- 15,174
- Age-profile population
- 14,818
Age bands in BL7
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 15.2%
- 2,248 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.3%
- 1,384 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 20.8%
- 3,083 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 30.8%
- 4,562 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 23.9%
- 3,541 residents
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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 505 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 428 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 313 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 7 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
2
in this district
BROMLEY MEADOWS SURGERY
DARWEN ROAD, BROMLEY CROSS, BOLTON, BL7 9RG
ODS code P82643
EDGWORTH MEDICAL CENTRE
EGERTON & DUNSCAR HEALTH CENTRE, DARWEN ROAD, BROMLEY CROSS, BOLTON, BL7 9RG
ODS code P82034
Evidence in context
Schools
9 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
185 published events cover 12 months, averaging 15 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 58 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.