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Watson Road

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43 recorded sales · median £87,472 · 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

£87k

median price

£87k

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

£34,225 in 1995 → £140,000 in 2021

⌄ 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 £87,472. That's about 6.2× local earnings — around the 6.2× five-year average.

Sold price history

2021 · 7 sales

Median sold price · median of all 43 sales£87,472

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 Watson Road 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 Watson Road — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
90 Watson Road Farnworth	Semi-detached	—	—	£204,000	Aug 2025
12 Watson Road Farnworth	Terraced	—	—	£160,000	May 2024
50 Watson Road Farnworth	Semi-detached	—	—	£147,500	Aug 2023
47 Watson Road Farnworth	Semi-detached	—	—	£182,000	May 2023
32 Watson Road Farnworth	Terraced	—	—	£132,500	Aug 2022
42 Watson Road Farnworth	Semi-detached	—	—	£130,000	May 2022
5, Watson Road Farnworth	Terraced	—	—	£134,950	Oct 2021
52, Watson Road Farnworth	Terraced	—	—	£137,500	Sep 2021
30 WATSON ROAD	Terraced	—	—	£140,000	Jul 2021
15 WATSON ROAD FARNWORTH	Semi-detached	—	—	£150,000	Jul 2021
23 WATSON ROAD FARNWORTH BOLTON	Terraced	—	—	£150,000	Jul 2021
44, Watson Road Farnworth	Terraced	—	—	£152,000	Mar 2021
37 WATSON ROAD FARNWORTH BOLTON	Terraced	—	—	£95,000	Jan 2021
37 WATSON ROAD FARNWORTH BOLTON	Terraced	—	—	£70,000	Nov 2020
5, Watson Road Farnworth	Terraced	—	—	£108,000	Sep 2020
26 WATSON ROAD	Semi-detached	—	—	£97,500	Apr 2020
44, Watson Road Farnworth	Terraced	—	—	£75,500	Nov 2019
41, Watson Road Farnworth	Terraced	—	—	£95,000	Oct 2019
52, Watson Road Farnworth	Terraced	—	—	£97,000	Dec 2018
16 WATSON ROAD	Semi-detached	—	—	£122,500	Aug 2018
30 WATSON ROAD	Terraced	—	—	£95,000	Nov 2017
40, Watson Road Farnworth	Terraced	—	—	£95,000	Sep 2016
23 WATSON ROAD FARNWORTH BOLTON	Terraced	—	—	£83,000	May 2016
23 WATSON ROAD FARNWORTH BOLTON	Semi-detached	—	—	£83,000	Nov 2012

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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 Watson Road — 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

88% of the 8 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

7 of 8 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 8 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
Care Chiefs Highfield Hall	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.3 km
Highfield Primary School	Primary	—	0.3 km
Cherry Tree Primary School	Primary	Good ('21)	0.5 km
Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	0.5 km
St James's Church of England High School	Secondary	Good ('22)	0.6 km
Highmeadows Day Nursery Limited	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.8 km
Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy	Secondary	Requires improvement ('23)	0.9 km
Harper Green School	Secondary	Good ('23)	0.9 km
The Ferns Primary Academy	Primary	Inspected '26 — see report	0.9 km
Care Chiefs	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.0 km
St James CofE Primary School, Farnworth	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	1.2 km
Dukesgate Academy	Primary	—	1.3 km
Queensbridge Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	1.3 km
Lord's School	Secondary	—	1.3 km
Wharton Primary School	Primary	—	1.5 km
Lever Edge Primary Academy	Primary	Good ('23)	1.5 km
Lever Edge Early Years Unit	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.5 km
King's Leadership Academy Bolton	Secondary	Good ('23)	1.5 km
Ss Simon & Jude CofE Primary School, Bolton	Primary	Good ('24)	1.5 km
St William of York Roman Catholic Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.5 km
Tiny Tots Private Day Nursery Ltd	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.5 km
All Smiles Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.6 km
Taqwa Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.6 km
Wow Kids	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.6 km
St Paul's Peel CofE Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.6 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 1.5 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 1.7 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.2 km
NHS ODS

11 of 13 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Highfield Road Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.2 km
Bolton Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.4 km
Bowness Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Cleggs Lane Medical Practice/129	GP	Good ('24)	1.5 km
Cohens Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Stonehill Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	1.6 km
Rowlands Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Tims & Parker Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Manor Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Care Connect Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Cleggs Lane Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Farnworth Family Practice	GP	—	1.8 km
Fig Tree Medical Practice	GP	—	1.8 km
Well	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Cohens Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
Brackley Street	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Highfield Dental Practice Ltd	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Ravat & Ray Dental Care	Dentist	—	1.9 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
Beehive Surgery	GP	Good ('19)	1.9 km
Tims & Parker Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Manchester Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	2.0 km
Bolton Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	2.0 km
Market Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.0 km
Great Lever One	GP	Good ('21)	2.1 km
The Bolton Family Practice	GP	Good ('23)	2.1 km
Rupert Street Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Berkshire Dental	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Pharmaease	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Cherry Medical Practice	GP	—	2.3 km
Dearden Avenue Medical Practice	GP	Good ('23)	2.3 km
Manchester Road East Medical Practice	GP	—	2.3 km
Salford Primary Care Together	GP	—	2.3 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
Swan Lane Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	2.4 km
Swan Lane Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Asif Iqbal Pharmacy Limited	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Shanti Medical Centre	GP	Inadequate ('18)	2.5 km
Shanti Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.5 km
272 St Helens Road	Dentist	—	2.5 km
Manor Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Derby Street Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Sykes Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Derby Street Dentist	Dentist	—	2.5 km
St Helens Road Practice	GP	—	2.5 km
Cohens Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.8 km
Kearsley Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	2.9 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	2.9 km
Deane Medical Centre	GP	—	3.0 km
Walkden Health And Social Care C	Dentist	Inadequate ('22)	3.1 km
3D Medical Centre	GP	—	3.1 km
Al Fal Medical Group	GP	—	3.1 km
Dr S Naseef	GP	—	3.1 km
Olive Family Practice	GP	Outstanding ('16)	3.1 km
Pikes Lane 1	GP	—	3.1 km
The Gill Medical Practice	GP	—	3.1 km
Wigan Road (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	3.2 km
Hewitt, Higgins, Sadler & Hamburger	Dentist	—	3.3 km
Bradford Street Surgery	GP	Good ('21)	3.3 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.3 km
The Limes Medical Practice	GP	—	3.3 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.3 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.3 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.4 km
Ravat & Ray Dental Care	Dentist	—	3.5 km
Rumworth House	Dentist	—	3.5 km
Smile Centre	Dentist	—	3.5 km
Europa House	Dentist	—	3.7 km
Idh Group	Dentist	—	3.7 km
The Dental Care Centre	Dentist	—	3.9 km
Portman Healthcare Ltd - Bolton	Dentist	—	4.0 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
Moses Gate Rail Station	1.2 mi	Manchester Victoria	19 min
Farnworth Rail Station	1.6 mi	Manchester Victoria	17 min
Bolton Rail Station	1.8 mi	Deansgate	13 min
Kearsley Rail Station	2.1 mi	Manchester Victoria	16 min
Walkden Rail Station	2.3 mi	Manchester Victoria	18 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