BL9 5NL

Ramsbottom · Bury · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bury
Local authority
Bury
Constituency
Bury North
Postcode district
BL9
Postcode sector
BL9 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BL9 5NP 132 m
BL9 5NH 203 m
BL9 5NJ 252 m
BL0 0DB 484 m
BL0 9LS 499 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BL9 5NL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BL
Postcode district
BL9
Postcode sector
BL9 5
Latitude
53.640562
Longitude
-2.302313
British National Grid easting
380,110
British National Grid northing
416,046

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North West · E12000002
Local authority district
Bury · E08000002
Parish or community
E43000156
Westminster constituency
Bury North · E14001144
Output area
E00025402
Lower layer super output area
Bury 001D · E01005017
Middle layer super output area
Bury 001 · E02001019

Postcode source versions

Explore BL9

13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Shipperbottom Cottage, Manchester Road, Walmersley, Bury, BL9 5NL 22 March 2023 £520,000
119, Manchester Road, Walmersley, Bury, BL9 5NL 31 May 2018 £355,000
119, Manchester Road, Walmersley, Bury, BL9 5NL 23 October 2015 £275,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
24
Secondary
3
  1. Peel Brow School

    Academy converter

    932 m
  2. St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Ramsbottom

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.3 km
  3. Summerseat Methodist Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
36

19 female, 17 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
3.3
BL9 5 residents
6,630

Age bands in BL9 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.8%

1,249 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.5%

659 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.2%

1,525 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.5%

1,670 residents

Age 65 and over
18.9%

1,191 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BL9 5 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

6

within 5 km

  • RAMSBOTTOM MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CARR STREET, RAMSBOTTOM, BURY, BL0 9DD

    ODS code P83006

    1.4 km

  • GARDEN CITY MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code P83620

    2.2 km

  • TOWER FAMILY HEALTHCARE

    16 MARKET STREET, TOTTINGTON, BURY, BL8 4AD

    ODS code P83012

    3.9 km

  • WOODBANK SURGERY

    2 HUNSTANTON DRIVE, BURY, BL8 1EG

    ODS code P83017

    4.0 km

  • WALMERSLEY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    110 WALMERSLEY ROAD, BURY, BL9 6DX

    ODS code P83611

    4.6 km

  • HUNTLEY MOUNT MEDICAL CENTRE

    HUNTLEY MOUNT ROAD, BURY, BL9 6JA

    ODS code P83621

    4.8 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Park Farm

    BCT · Shuttleworth

    0.0 miles
  • Park Farm

    BCT · Shuttleworth

    0.1 miles
  • Park Wood

    BCT · Shuttleworth

    0.1 miles
  • Park Wood

    BCT · Shuttleworth

    0.1 miles
  • Whitelow Road

    BCT · Shuttleworth

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bury 001D, 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

24,109 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
5 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
1
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 £520,000 from 1 recorded sale in BL9 5NL. 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

31 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 3 secondary schools. Peel Brow School is the nearest published school at 932 m.

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

Recorded crime

2 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 1 events.

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