WN1 postcode area guide — Bolton
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the WN1 postcode district in Bolton — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in WN1
Strong coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
96.6%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
78.4%
Gigabit-capable
78.2%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.1%
Broadband availability in the WN1 postcode district (Bolton) is Strong — superfast is near-universal and gigabit is rolling out. Across the 624 postcodes Ofcom measures in WN1, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 96.6% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 78.2%.
Around 0.1% of premises in WN1 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 WN1
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| WN1 1AA | 100% | 0% |
| WN1 1AE | 100% | 100% |
| WN1 1AF | 100% | 100% |
| WN1 1AJ | 100% | 0% |
| WN1 1AL | 100% | 0% |
| WN1 1AR | 100% | 0% |
| WN1 1AT | 100% | 0% |
| WN1 1AU | 100% | 0% |
| WN1 1AW | 66.7% | 0% |
| WN1 1AX | 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 WN1
Based on 250 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in WN1 is £170,000, down 10.5% on the previous year (£190,000).
Detached
£305,000
31 sales
Semi-detached
£200,000
95 sales
Terraced
£120,000
84 sales
Flat / maisonette
£131,500
24 sales
Latest recorded sales in WN1
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2026 | £165,000 | Semi-detached | Holme Terrace | WN1 2HF |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £166,000 | Semi-detached | Trecastell Close | WN1 3YT |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £130,000 | Terraced | Darlington Street East | WN1 3EA |
| 28 Apr 2026 | £351,000 | Semi-detached | Kenyon Road | WN1 2DQ |
| 28 Apr 2026 | £600,000 | Other | Sovereign Business Park | WN1 3AP |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £120,000 | Terraced | Park Crescent | WN1 1RZ |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £170,000 | Semi-detached | Eccleston Street | WN1 2AY |
| 23 Apr 2026 | £200,000 | Terraced | Trevore Drive | WN1 2QE |
| 23 Apr 2026 | £70,000 | Terraced | Sole Street | WN1 3YE |
| 20 Apr 2026 | £158,000 | Semi-detached | Holt Street | WN1 3HN |
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 WN1
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Deanery Church of England High School and Sixth Form College | Secondary | 11–18 | 1,365 | WN1 1HQ |
| Dean Trust Rose Bridge | Secondary | 11–16 | 692 | WN1 3HD |
| Mab's Cross Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 461 | WN1 1XL |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 348 | WN1 3RZ |
| Woodfield Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 209 | WN1 2NT |
| St Mary and St John Catholic Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 209 | WN1 1XL |
| St Catharine's CofE Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 205 | WN1 3LP |
| Douglas Valley Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 100 | WN1 3SU |
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 WN1
301 rated food businesses operate in WN1. 118 hold the top rating of 5, 71 are rated 4, and 30 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Alexandra House, ARG Hardybutts, Armed Forces HQ CIC, Asda Express, Baby Platinum.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in WN1
From a sample of 266 Energy Performance Certificates across 10 WN1 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 36% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
3%
Band C
33%
Band D
41%
Band E
19%
Band F
3%
Band G
0%
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.