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Sector BL1 6 house prices

Smithills · Bolton · district BL1 · 210 postcodes

Median £2,360 per m² over 225 sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026, down 5.0% in a year after inflation.

Median £/m²£2,360/m²Sales in the 24 months to Aug 2026
Last year, after inflation−5.0%
Sales, 24 months225with a floor area

£/m² of sales, 24 months to Aug 2026

£1,190/m² to £1,320/m²: 6 sales£1,320/m² to £1,440/m²: 1 sale£1,440/m² to £1,570/m²: 9 sales£1,570/m² to £1,690/m²: 6 sales£1,690/m² to £1,820/m²: 22 sales£1,820/m² to £1,950/m²: 11 sales£1,950/m² to £2,070/m²: 19 sales£2,070/m² to £2,200/m²: 24 sales£2,200/m² to £2,320/m²: 10 sales£2,320/m² to £2,450/m²: 19 sales£2,450/m² to £2,570/m²: 20 sales£2,570/m² to £2,700/m²: 7 sales£2,700/m² to £2,820/m²: 18 sales£2,820/m² to £2,950/m²: 13 sales£2,950/m² to £3,070/m²: 8 sales£3,070/m² to £3,200/m²: 10 sales£3,200/m² to £3,320/m²: 6 sales£3,320/m² to £3,450/m²: 5 sales£3,450/m² to £3,570/m²: 5 sales£3,570/m² to £3,700/m²: 6 salesBL1 6BL1£1k£2k£3k£4k
BL1 6
£2,360/m² middle · £1,950–£2,800/m² middle half · 225 sales
District BL1
£2,370/m² middle · £1,910–£2,970/m² middle half · 1313 sales

Bars: sales in each £/m² band. Strips: the box is the middle half, the line the middle, the whiskers the 9th to 91st percentile.

Median £/m² since 2004 (2004 = 100)

5010015020025020052010201520202025BL1 6, 2026: 116BL1, 2026: 119Bolton houses, 2026: 131
  • BL1 6
  • BL1
  • Bolton houses
  • After inflation (CPIH)
  • In pounds of the day

Growth a year

Compound growth in median £/m² a year, after inflation (CPIH) and in pounds of the day
OverBL1 6District BL1
RealNominalRealNominal
1 year−5.0%−1.9%+0.8%+4.1%
5 years−0.9%+4.1%−0.4%+4.6%
10 years+1.7%+5.2%+1.4%+4.9%
20 years−0.2%+2.6%+0.2%+3.0%

Real is after inflation (ONS CPIH). A horizon with too few sales at either end is left out.

Nearby sectors, middle half of £/m²

£0–£8,000/m²
  1. UB9 6Harefield£4,860–£6,320/m²
  2. BL1 5Doffcocker & Moss Bank£2,280–£3,350/m²
  3. BL1 7Eagley & Sharples£2,020–£3,170/m²
  4. BL1 6Smithills£1,950–£2,800/m²
  5. BL1 8Astley Bridge & Waters Meeting£1,900–£3,000/m²
  6. BL1 2Central Bolton£1,520–£2,430/m²
  7. BL1 4Gilnow & Victory£1,640–£2,360/m²
  8. BL1 3Halliwell & Brownlow Fold£1,680–£2,240/m²
  9. BL1 1Central BoltonToo few sales
  10. BL1 9Central BoltonToo few sales

Streets, last five years

Streets with five or more sales in five years: sales, median floor area and median £ per m²
StreetSalesMedian sizeMedian £/m²
Church Road3096 m²£2,120/m²
Chorley Old Road29112 m²£2,030/m²
Bennetts Lane1894 m²£2,070/m²
Highfield Road1673 m²£2,180/m²
Broad o' Th' Lane1479 m²£1,880/m²
Orwell Road1472 m²£2,340/m²
Harpers Lane13161 m²£2,330/m²
Barcroft Road1287 m²£2,310/m²
Redcar Road11110 m²£2,670/m²
Thorns Road1193 m²£1,960/m²
Woodstock Drive1186 m²£2,280/m²
Abbotsford Road1073 m²£2,010/m²
Sources

Sold prices: HM Land Registry Price Paid (category A sales). Floor areas: energy performance certificates (EPC). Inflation: ONS CPIH (series L522). Postcodes: ONS Postcode Directory. All under the Open Government Licence.

£/m² uses EPC floor area; sector names are informal. Middles of many sales, never one home's value.