BL6 postcode area guide — Bolton
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the BL6 postcode district in Bolton — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in BL6
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
94.3%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
83.7%
Gigabit-capable
83.4%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.2%
Broadband availability in the BL6 postcode district (Bolton) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 975 postcodes Ofcom measures in BL6, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 94.3% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 83.4%.
Around 0.2% of premises in BL6 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 BL6
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| BL6 4AA | 100% | 88.9% |
| BL6 4AB | 100% | 0% |
| BL6 4AD | 100% | 100% |
| BL6 4AE | 100% | 66.7% |
| BL6 4AF | 100% | 50% |
| BL6 4AG | 100% | 94.1% |
| BL6 4AH | 100% | 100% |
| BL6 4AJ | 80% | 0% |
| BL6 4AL | 100% | 100% |
| BL6 4AN | 100% | 100% |
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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 BL6
Based on 418 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in BL6 is £210,000, down 7.3% on the previous year (£226,500).
Detached
£390,000
106 sales
Semi-detached
£225,000
118 sales
Terraced
£158,500
156 sales
Flat / maisonette
£120,000
23 sales
Latest recorded sales in BL6
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 May 2026 | £185,000 | Terraced | Alexandra Road | BL6 4BB |
| 20 May 2026 | £118,000 | Terraced | Oxford Road | BL6 4AY |
| 18 May 2026 | £152,000 | Terraced | Chorley New Road | BL6 4BA |
| 18 May 2026 | £691,000 | Detached | Princess Road | BL6 4DS |
| 15 May 2026 | £259,000 | Semi-detached | Nightingale Road | BL6 5DX |
| 8 May 2026 | £105,000 | Flat | Mulberry Court | BL6 6DX |
| 5 May 2026 | £285,000 | Detached | Fryent Close | BL6 5BU |
| 1 May 2026 | £215,000 | Terraced | Wilderswood Court | BL6 7HS |
| 1 May 2026 | £222,000 | Semi-detached | Ox Hey Lane | BL6 4BY |
| 1 May 2026 | £195,000 | Terraced | Brazley Avenue | BL6 6LF |
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 BL6
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivington and Blackrod High School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,626 | BL6 7RU |
| St Joseph's RC High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1,047 | BL6 6HW |
| Chorley New Road Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 316 | BL6 6EW |
| Blackrod Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 311 | BL6 5SY |
| Horwich Parish CofE Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 300 | BL6 6AA |
| Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 260 | BL6 5DE |
| St Catherine's CofE Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 237 | BL6 5SJ |
| Claypool Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 218 | BL6 6LN |
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 BL6
256 rated food businesses operate in BL6. 159 hold the top rating of 5, 41 are rated 4, and 13 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 201 Sandwich Shop, Aldi, Alliance Learning Ltd, Asda, Bank Top Brewery Ale House.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in BL6
From a sample of 321 Energy Performance Certificates across 12 BL6 postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band C). 74% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
24%
Band C
50%
Band D
19%
Band E
4%
Band F
2%
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.