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BL8 4AB

Tottington · Bury · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bury
Ward
Tottington
Local authority
Bury
Constituency
Bury North
Postcode district
BL8
Postcode sector
BL8 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BL8 4AY 30 m
BL8 4BY 77 m
BL8 4QN 119 m
BL8 4HR 127 m
BL8 4AZ 133 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BL8 4AB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1998
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BL
Postcode district
BL8
Postcode sector
BL8 4
Latitude
53.620008
Longitude
-2.341488
British National Grid easting
377,509
British National Grid northing
413,771

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Bury · E08000002
Electoral ward
Tottington · E05014167
Parish or community
E43000156
Westminster constituency
Bury North · E14001144
Output area
E00025547
Lower layer super output area
Bury 003D · E01005049
Middle layer super output area
Bury 003 · E02001021

Postcode source versions

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Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Brookhouse Mill Lane, Greenmount, Bury, BL8 4AB 26 September 2025 £625,000
4, Brookhouse Mill Lane, Greenmount, Bury, BL8 4AB 20 March 2008 £360,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
55
Primary
36
Secondary
8

  1. Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury

    Voluntary aided school

    693 m

  2. Greenmount Primary School

    Academy converter

    868 m

  3. Tottington High School

    Academy converter

    923 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

2 female, 4 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
6.0
BL8 4 residents
5,156

Age bands in BL8 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.3%

616 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.5%

537 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.1%

691 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.4%

1,260 residents

Age 65 and over
27.7%

1,189 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BL8 4 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+
50%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
50%
Gigabit-capable
50%
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

13

within 5 km

  • TOWER FAMILY HEALTHCARE

    16 MARKET STREET, TOTTINGTON, BURY, BL8 4AD

    ODS code P83012

    583 m

  • GARDEN CITY MEDICAL CENTRE

    1A GARDEN CITY, RAMSBOTTOM, BURY, BL0 9TN

    ODS code P83620

    1.3 km

  • WOODBANK SURGERY

    2 HUNSTANTON DRIVE, BURY, BL8 1EG

    ODS code P83017

    2.7 km

  • RAMSBOTTOM MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CARR STREET, RAMSBOTTOM, BURY, BL0 9DD

    ODS code P83006

    3.5 km

  • MILE LANE HEALTH CENTRE

    80 MILE LANE, BURY, BL8 2JR

    ODS code P83612

    3.6 km

  • WALMERSLEY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    110 WALMERSLEY ROAD, BURY, BL9 6DX

    ODS code P83611

    4.1 km

  • HARWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE

    HOUGH FOLD WAY, HARWOOD, BOLTON, BL2 3HQ

    ODS code P82016

    4.1 km

  • PEEL GPS

    TOWNSIDE PCC, KNOWSLEY PLACE, KNOWSLEY STREET, BURY, BL9 0SN

    ODS code P83021

    4.3 km

  • RIBBLESDALE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    TOWNSIDE PCC - KNOWSLEY PL, KNOWSLEY STREET, BURY, BL9 0SN

    ODS code P83015

    4.3 km

  • TOWNSIDE SURGERY

    TOWNSIDE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, KNOWSLEY PLACE, BURY, BL9 0SN

    ODS code P83005

    4.3 km

  • KNOWSLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    9-11 KNOWSLEY STREET, BURY, BL9 0ST

    ODS code P83024

    4.4 km

  • ROCK HEALTHCARE LIMITED

    22 DERBY WAY, BURY, BL9 0NJ

    ODS code Y02755

    4.4 km

  • HUNTLEY MOUNT MEDICAL CENTRE

    HUNTLEY MOUNT ROAD, BURY, BL9 6JA

    ODS code P83621

    4.7 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

  • Oswestry Close

    BCT · Tottington

    0.0 miles

  • Oswestry Close

    BCT · Tottington

    0.0 miles

  • Shepherd Street

    BCT · Greenmount

    0.1 miles

  • Shepherd Street

    BCT · Greenmount

    0.2 miles

  • Station Road

    BCT · Greenmount

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bury 003D, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,050 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
3 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

Property market

The five-year median is £625,000 from 1 recorded sale in BL8 4AB. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Bury is £238,446 in June 2026, up 3.3% year on year.

Schools

55 open schools are in scope, including 36 primary and 8 secondary schools. Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury is the nearest published school at 693 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

3 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.