BL4 postcode area guide — Bolton
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BL4 postcode district in Bolton — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BL4
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
97.2%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
90.2%
Gigabit-capable
89.6%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the BL4 postcode district (Bolton) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 841 postcodes Ofcom measures in BL4, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 97.2% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 89.6%.
Around 0% of premises in BL4 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 BL4
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BL4 0AA | 80% | 80% |
| BL4 0AB | 100% | 100% |
| BL4 0AD | 100% | 88.9% |
| BL4 0AE | 100% | 100% |
| BL4 0AF | 100% | 100% |
| BL4 0AG | 100% | 100% |
| BL4 0AH | 100% | 100% |
| BL4 0AJ | 100% | 100% |
| BL4 0AL | 100% | 100% |
| BL4 0AN | 0% | 0% |
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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 BL4
Based on 335 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in BL4 is £175,000, up 6.1% on the previous year (£165,000).
Detached
£299,000
15 sales
Semi-detached
£194,000
157 sales
Terraced
£150,000
134 sales
Flat / maisonette
£98,000
16 sales
Latest recorded sales in BL4
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | £130,000 | Terraced | Leinster Street | BL4 9HS |
| 21 May 2026 | £210,000 | Semi-detached | Trent Way | BL4 8PT |
| 15 May 2026 | £161,000 | Terraced | Lord Street | BL4 8BE |
| 15 May 2026 | £153,000 | Terraced | Lord Street | BL4 8BE |
| 14 May 2026 | £100,000 | Terraced | Clifton Street | BL4 7HR |
| 11 May 2026 | £175,000 | Terraced | Ullswater Drive | BL4 0QA |
| 8 May 2026 | £195,000 | Semi-detached | North Avenue | BL4 0BW |
| 6 May 2026 | £265,000 | Semi-detached | Colchester Drive | BL4 0LU |
| 1 May 2026 | £233,000 | Semi-detached | Layton Drive | BL4 8JF |
| 1 May 2026 | £155,000 | Semi-detached | St Kilda Avenue | BL4 8JB |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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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 BL4
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harper Green School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,070 | BL4 0DH |
| St James's Church of England High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,053 | BL4 9RU |
| Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 895 | BL4 0HT |
| Kearsley Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 768 | BL4 8HY |
| The Ferns Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 445 | BL4 0DA |
| Highfield Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 412 | BL4 0AP |
| St Peter's CofE Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 411 | BL4 9JT |
| Cherry Tree Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 408 | BL4 0NS |
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 BL4
234 rated food businesses operate in BL4. 97 hold the top rating of 5, 63 are rated 4, and 24 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Age Concern, American Fried Chicken, Asda, Asda Express PFS Parkview, Azure Gaze Convenience Store.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in BL4
From a sample of 246 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 BL4 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 30% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band C
30%
Band D
53%
Band E
14%
Band F
1%
Band G
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.