M46 postcode area guide — Bolton
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the M46 postcode district in Bolton — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in M46
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
99.4%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
91.3%
Gigabit-capable
91.3%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the M46 postcode district (Bolton) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 569 postcodes Ofcom measures in M46, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 99.4% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 91.3%.
Around 0% of premises in M46 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 M46
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| M46 0AA | 100% | 100% |
| M46 0AB | 100% | 100% |
| M46 0AD | 100% | 100% |
| M46 0AE | 100% | 100% |
| M46 0AG | 100% | 96% |
| M46 0AH | 100% | 100% |
| M46 0AJ | 100% | 100% |
| M46 0AL | 100% | 100% |
| M46 0AN | 100% | 100% |
| M46 0AP | 100% | 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 M46
Based on 263 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in M46 is £180,000, up 2.9% on the previous year (£175,000).
Detached
£345,000
39 sales
Semi-detached
£205,000
96 sales
Terraced
£155,000
96 sales
Flat / maisonette
£122,500
24 sales
Latest recorded sales in M46
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | £145,000 | Terraced | Defiance Street | M46 0FE |
| 8 May 2026 | £169,000 | Terraced | Desmond Street | M46 0GH |
| 1 May 2026 | £171,000 | Terraced | Wigan Road | M46 0LN |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £170,000 | Terraced | Stanley Street | M46 0AD |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £164,000 | Semi-detached | Car Bank Crescent | M46 9NL |
| 27 Apr 2026 | £240,000 | Semi-detached | Meadowbank Avenue | M46 9LB |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £249,000 | Semi-detached | Lancaster Avenue | M46 9EJ |
| 20 Apr 2026 | £128,000 | Flat | Shalefield Gardens | M46 0NQ |
| 17 Apr 2026 | £140,000 | Terraced | Tyldesley Road | M46 9AB |
| 17 Apr 2026 | £197,000 | Terraced | Bolton Road | M46 9LD |
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 M46
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 561 | M46 0AY |
| St Philip's CofE Primary School, Atherton | Primary | 4–11 | 397 | M46 9FD |
| Atherton St George's CofE Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 333 | M46 0HJ |
| Parklee Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 325 | M46 0AR |
| Meadowbank Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 220 | M46 0HX |
| Hindsford CofE Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 207 | M46 9BL |
| St Michael's CofE Primary School, Howe Bridge | Primary | 4–11 | 207 | M46 0PA |
| St Richard's Roman Catholic Primary School Atherton | Primary | 4–11 | 184 | M46 0HA |
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 M46
163 rated food businesses operate in M46. 66 hold the top rating of 5, 34 are rated 4, and 17 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 3L Care Atherton, ABC Childcare@Atherton Startwell Centre, Asda, Atherton & Tyldesley Botanical Gardens Association, Atherton Community School.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in M46
From a sample of 138 Energy Performance Certificates across 10 M46 postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band D). 51% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band C
51%
Band D
38%
Band E
11%
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
Landlines around M46 typically use:
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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.