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James Street

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121 recorded sales · median £70,000 · Bolton

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Bolton Council · Labour minority — no overall control 20/60 seats · 33% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

67/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£70k

median price

£70k

median sold price

6.2 yrs

of local pay to buy

13 min

Manchester — fastest

rail stations

grammar schools

146

schools total

Violence — most

12.5

NO₂ · WHO 10

in a flood zone

107

green spaces

6.9

PM2.5 · WHO 5

740

eat & drink

220

shops

85.5%

gigabit

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£87,416 in 2010 → £155,000 in 2026

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Bolton, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-07-21

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)

Crime2026-06

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £70,000. That's about 6.2× local earnings — around the 6.2× five-year average.

Sold price history

2026 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 121 sales£70,000

Full history since 1995

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay6.2× · five-year average 6.2×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership62%

Owned outright

33%

With a mortgage

28%

Private rented

18%

Social rented

20%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,392

Your band:

Bolton Council£1,953

Mayoral (incl. fire)£154

Mayoral Police & Crime£285

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,595

Band B£1,861

Band C£2,127

Band D (baseline)£2,392

Band E£2,924

Band F£3,456

Band G£3,987

Band H£4,785

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in Bolton how James Street compares · from Bolton

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: New Bury +101.4%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
New Bury	£180,000	+101.4%	60
Springfield	£122,000	+93.2%	74
Daubhill	£155,000	+69.9%	214
Heaton	£180,000	+64.8%	258
Darcy Lever	£187,000	+62.6%	78
Bolton	£110,000	+62.1%	84
Tonge Moor	£144,000	+61.8%	116
Gilnow	£146,075	+55.6%	124
Fernhill Gate	£198,000	+55.4%	142
Breightmet	£175,000	+54.2%	230
Deane	£140,000	+53.8%	94
Hollins	£225,000	+53.3%	78
Farnworth	£156,375	+52%	268
Great Lever	£161,000	+50.9%	248
Brownlow Fold	£124,500	+48.1%	124
Bromley Cross	£372,500	+47.4%	80
Halliwell	£125,000	+45.1%	110
Bank Top	£225,000	+44.6%	124
Chew Moor	£267,500	+42.8%	100
Blackrod	£210,000	+41.6%	226
Smithills	£190,000	+41.2%	140
Kearsley	£185,000	+41%	158
Bradley Fold	£215,000	+40.6%	68
Moses Gate	£128,500	+40.4%	104
Daisy Hill	£217,000	+40.2%	166
Highfield	£174,000	+38.2%	180
Harwood	£289,000	+35.6%	144
Little Lever	£195,000	+34.2%	218
Tonge Fold	£152,000	+31.1%	162
Withins	£208,000	+30.3%	82
Doffcocker	£260,000	+27.2%	166
Eagley	£215,000	+27%	194
Bottom o' th' Moor	£262,000	+23.2%	82
Westhoughton	£205,000	+22.8%	462
Egerton	£285,000	+21.9%	96
Horwich	£172,750	+21.1%	364
Astley Bridge	£127,000	+20.4%	226
Lostock	£495,000	+19%	70
Bradshaw	£245,000	+19%	102
Markland Hill	£345,000	+17.9%	114
Ladybridge	£262,850	+10.1%	96
The Haulgh	£170,000	+0.6%	68
Middlebrook	£182,500	-6.6%	140

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in James Street — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
54 James Street Little Lever	Terraced	—	—	£130,000	Apr 2026
46, James Street Little Lever	Terraced	—	—	£180,000	Feb 2026
42 James Street Little Lever	Terraced	—	—	£80,000	Aug 2025
22 James Street Little Lever	Terraced	—	—	£100,000	Mar 2025
4 James Street Horwich	Detached	—	—	£295,000	Nov 2024
WESTHOUGHTON INDISTRIAL ESTATE JAMES STREET	Other	—	—	£296,666	Oct 2024
WESTHOUGHTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE JAMES STREET	Other	—	—	£515,000	Jan 2024
8 James Street Horwich	Detached	—	—	£490,000	Dec 2023
26 JAMES STREET	Other	—	—	£650	Oct 2023
6 James Street Kearsley	Detached	—	—	£250,000	Sep 2023
WESTHOUGHTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE JAMES STREET	Other	—	—	£280,000	Jul 2023
10, James Street Westhoughton	Terraced	—	—	£123,000	Oct 2022
2 James Street Little Lever	Terraced	—	—	£132,000	Sep 2022
16 James Street Little Lever	Terraced	—	—	£91,000	Jul 2022
JAMES STREET INDUSTRIAL ESTATE JAMES STREET	Other	—	—	£225,000	Jun 2022
6 James Street Kearsley	Detached	—	—	£215,000	Mar 2022
61 JAMES STREET LITTLE LEVER BOLTON	Detached	—	—	£170,000	Jul 2021
10 JAMES STREET LITTLE LEVER BOLTON	Terraced	—	—	£123,000	Feb 2021
18, James Street Little Lever	Terraced	—	—	£93,000	Sep 2020
WESTHOUGHTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE JAMES STREET	Other	—	—	£200,000	Jun 2020
10 JAMES STREET LITTLE LEVER BOLTON	Terraced	—	—	£42,500	May 2020
12 James Street Westhoughton	Terraced	—	—	£70,000	Mar 2020
32 JAMES STREET	Terraced	—	—	£68,000	Dec 2019
3, James Street Egerton	Terraced	—	—	£100,000	Nov 2019

Show all sales ↓

24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from Bolton

Street-level crime isn't published for James Street — Greater Manchester Police stopped supplying it to police.uk. We show the Home Office annual recorded-crime figure where held, and never a fabricated zero.

Street-level crime

The local police force is not currently publishing street-level crime records to police.uk, so a comparable crime rate is not available for this area. Any records shown are British Transport Police (railway) only.

Declared honestly — a force data gap, not shown as zero · police.uk / Home Office

Recorded crime from Bolton

Per 1,000 residents / year103.1

Total recorded (year ending December 2025)30,504

Violence against the person

13,215

Theft offences

6,704

Public order offences

3,231

Criminal damage and arson

2,352

Drug offences

1,780

Sexual offences

1,209

Home Office recorded crime across the whole Bolton district — the force's annual return, a real figure from a different feed · Home Office police recorded crime (CSP open data)

Who lives here? from Bolton

Population295,963

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 4/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 35% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 4/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 4/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — more deprived than most (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 35% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 4 in 2019 — little changed since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

3.8/10

Employment

3.6/10

Education & skills

4.3/10

Health & disability

3.4/10

Crime

3.2/10

Housing & services

5.4/10

Living environment

4.3/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Bolton — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+54%

Unemployment · economically active residents6.8%

Degree-level (Level 4+)27%

Good or very good health81%

Own their home62%

Median age38.9

Born outside the UK17%

See the full Bolton report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

83% of the 6 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

5 of 6 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 6 nearest inspected schools

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Nearest schools 25 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Bolton Islamic Girls School	Secondary	—	0.4 km
All Smiles Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.4 km
Ss Simon & Jude CofE Primary School, Bolton	Primary	Good ('24)	0.6 km
Bright Futures @ the gateway	Nursery	Good ('24)	0.7 km
St Michael's CofE Primary School, Great Lever	Primary	—	0.7 km
Tiny Tots Private Day Nursery Ltd	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.8 km
Lord's School	Secondary	—	0.8 km
Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School	Primary	Good ('22)	0.9 km
Hocus Pocus Day Nursery Ltd	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.0 km
St Stephen and All Martyrs' CofE School, Lever Bridge	Primary	Good ('23)	1.1 km
St William of York Roman Catholic Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.1 km
Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy	Secondary	Requires improvement ('23)	1.2 km
Clarendon Primary School	Primary	—	1.2 km
Shining Stars Nursery	Nursery	—	1.2 km
Bolton Parish Church, Church of England Primary School	Primary	—	1.3 km
St Peter and St Paul RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy	Primary	—	1.3 km
Haven Daycare Limited	Nursery	—	1.3 km
Highmeadows Day Nursery Limited	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.5 km
Bolton Muslim Girls School	Secondary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.5 km
Lever Edge Primary Academy	Primary	Good ('23)	1.5 km
Lever Edge Early Years Unit	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.5 km
Bolton Sixth Form College	16 plus	—	1.6 km
Harper Green School	Secondary	Good ('23)	1.7 km
Bolton College	16 plus	—	1.7 km
Early Years And Pre-School Centre	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.7 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 0.1 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.2 km
NHS ODS

10 of 11 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Beehive Surgery	GP	Good ('19)	0.1 km
Cohens Chemist	Pharmacy	—	0.2 km
Manchester Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	0.3 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.3 km
Cohens Chemist	Pharmacy	—	0.9 km
Bolton Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	0.9 km
Great Lever One	GP	Good ('21)	1.0 km
The Bolton Family Practice	GP	Good ('23)	1.0 km
Rupert Street Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.0 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Bradford Street Surgery	GP	Good ('21)	1.3 km
Nash Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Newport Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.5 km
Manor Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
A1 Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Octagon Medical Centre	GP	—	1.6 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Hearts Pharmacy Bolton	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Swan Lane Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	1.6 km
Swan Lane Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Care Connect Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Derby Street Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Derby Street Dentist	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Pharmaease	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Tonge Fold Health Centre	GP	—	1.7 km
Bolton General Practice	GP	Outstanding ('22)	1.8 km
Bolton Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Deane Medical Centre	GP	—	1.8 km
Ukpharmacylive	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Everest Pharmacy - Tonge Fold	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
Smile Centre	Dentist	—	1.9 km
3D Medical Centre	GP	—	2.0 km
S & S Dispensing Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Asif Iqbal Pharmacy Limited	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Al Fal Medical Group	GP	—	2.1 km
Dr S Naseef	GP	—	2.1 km
Olive Family Practice	GP	Outstanding ('16)	2.1 km
Pikes Lane 1	GP	—	2.1 km
Pikes Lane Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Pikes Lane Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Portman Healthcare Ltd - Bolton	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Highfield Road Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Shanti Medical Centre	GP	Inadequate ('18)	2.2 km
Shanti Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Brackley Street	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Highfield Dental Practice Ltd	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Ravat & Ray Dental Care	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Wigan Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Farnworth Family Practice	GP	—	2.5 km
Fig Tree Medical Practice	GP	—	2.5 km
272 St Helens Road	Dentist	—	2.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.5 km
Stonehill Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	2.6 km
Dental Facial Artisan Ltd	Dentist	—	2.7 km
True Dentistry	Dentist	—	2.7 km
St Helens Road Practice	GP	—	2.7 km
Bolton Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.7 km
Dr Rizwan And Dr Awan	GP	Good ('18)	2.7 km
Halliwell Surgery 2	GP	—	2.7 km
Halliwell Surgery 3	GP	—	2.7 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.8 km
Orient House Medical Centre	GP	—	2.9 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.9 km
Bolton Community Practice	GP	—	2.9 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.0 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.0 km
The Dental Care Centre	Dentist	—	3.0 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.2 km
Little Lever Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.3 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from Bolton

5 nearest stations; the fastest to Manchester is 13 min from Bolton Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To Manchester	Fastest
Bolton Rail Station	0.7 mi	Deansgate	13 min
Moses Gate Rail Station	0.9 mi	Manchester Victoria	19 min
Farnworth Rail Station	1.6 mi	Manchester Victoria	17 min
Hall I' Th' Wood Rail Station	2.2 mi	Manchester Victoria	24 min
Kearsley Rail Station	2.3 mi	Manchester Victoria	16 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest Manchester time in bold — from Bolton Rail Station (13 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

60%

Work from home

24%

Walk or cycle

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging8 points

Per 10,000 residents0.3

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Bolton

Air quality

NO₂

12.5

— WHO guide

PM2.5

6.9

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1000%

Flood zone2% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 10–30%)

Coal miningin/near a coalfield (100%)

Historic landfill137 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings361

Conservation areas26

Green belt50.3%

Green spaces107

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Bolton

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	740	77% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	220	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	36	—
Green spaces & parks	107	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

85.5%

Superfast

96.6%

Ultrafast

86.5%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Bolton

Figures for the wider Bolton — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate6.8%

In work (employment rate)54%

Companies registered here26,575

New incorporations (12m)4,278

Property companies (SPVs)3,080

See the full Bolton report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district