BL3 postcode area guide — Bolton
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BL3 postcode district in Bolton — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BL3
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
98.3%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
90.5%
Gigabit-capable
89.6%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the BL3 postcode district (Bolton) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 1,386 postcodes Ofcom measures in BL3, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 98.3% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 89.6%.
Around 0% of premises in BL3 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in BL3
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BL3 1AA | 100% | 0% |
| BL3 1AB | 100% | 94.1% |
| BL3 1AD | 100% | 0% |
| BL3 1AF | 100% | 100% |
| BL3 1AH | 100% | 75% |
| BL3 1AJ | 45.5% | 0% |
| BL3 1AL | 20% | 0% |
| BL3 1AN | 90% | 20% |
| BL3 1AP | 100% | 100% |
| BL3 1AS | 100% | 98.4% |
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Mobile signal around Bolton
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Bolton district (137,789 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
96.9%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
90.4%
Voice indoors — all networks
98.4%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
House prices in BL3
Based on 509 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in BL3 is £178,000, up 6.6% on the previous year (£167,000).
Detached
£325,000
70 sales
Semi-detached
£211,500
158 sales
Terraced
£150,000
215 sales
Flat / maisonette
£91,863
46 sales
Latest recorded sales in BL3
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2026 | £130,000 | Detached | High Street | BL3 1LR |
| 20 May 2026 | £110,000 | Flat | Nelson Street | BL3 2EU |
| 15 May 2026 | £155,000 | Terraced | Lee Avenue | BL3 3EA |
| 15 May 2026 | £160,000 | Terraced | Grosvenor Street | BL3 1QZ |
| 13 May 2026 | £195,000 | Semi-detached | Surrey Close | BL3 1XN |
| 11 May 2026 | £100,000 | Terraced | Cyril Street | BL3 2QT |
| 8 May 2026 | £80,000 | Terraced | Willows Lane | BL3 4BT |
| 8 May 2026 | £233,000 | Terraced | Boscow Road | BL3 1TJ |
| 6 May 2026 | £227,000 | Semi-detached | Harbury Close | BL3 4JY |
| 5 May 2026 | £148,000 | Terraced | Marion Street | BL3 2PN |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Bolton demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Bolton district (295,963 residents, 118,790 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21.5% |
| 15–29 | 23.3% |
| 30–44 | 19.3% |
| 45–64 | 18.8% |
| 65+ | 17.1% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 61.5% |
| Private rented | 18.2% |
| Social rented | 9.3% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around BL3
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ladybridge High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,136 | BL3 4NG |
| Little Lever School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,085 | BL3 1BT |
| Essa Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,055 | BL3 3HH |
| King's Leadership Academy Bolton | Secondary | 11–16 | 910 | BL3 3HL |
| Bolton Muslim Girls School | Secondary | 11–16 | 774 | BL3 6TQ |
| University Collegiate School | Secondary | 11–19 | 683 | BL3 5AG |
| St Bede Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 610 | BL3 3LJ |
| Ss Simon & Jude CofE Primary School, Bolton | Primary | 2–11 | 572 | BL3 2DT |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in BL3
483 rated food businesses operate in BL3. 224 hold the top rating of 5, 90 are rated 4, and 52 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: A la Pizza, Adam Mini Mart, Afsana Catering Services Ltd, Ahmed Poultry Ltd, Al-Huda Academy.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in BL3
From a sample of 154 Energy Performance Certificates across 9 BL3 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 23% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
1%
Band C
21%
Band D
51%
Band E
25%
Band F
1%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Bolton
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.