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Higher Lane

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227 recorded sales · median £175,950 · Bury

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Bury Council · Labour-controlled 30/51 seats · 59% · OCD 2026

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

71/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£176k

median price

£176k

median sold price

7.1 yrs

of local pay to buy

5 min

Manchester — fastest

rail stations

grammar school

schools total

Violence — most

13.2

NO₂ · WHO 10

2.8%

in a flood zone

1,309

green spaces

7.1

PM2.5 · WHO 5

273

eat & drink

shops

89%

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

£170,000 in 2013 → £258,000 in 2025

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Bury, 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 £175,950. That's about 7.1× local earnings — around the 7.4× five-year average.

Sold price history

2025 · 4 sales

Median sold price · median of all 227 sales£175,950

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 pay7.1× · five-year average 7.4×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership67%

Owned outright

34%

With a mortgage

33%

Private rented

18%

Social rented

15%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,555

Your band:

Bury Council£2,116

Mayoral (incl. fire)£154

Mayoral Police & Crime£285

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,703

Band B£1,987

Band C£2,271

Band D (baseline)£2,555

Band E£3,123

Band F£3,691

Band G£4,259

Band H£5,110

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 Bury how Higher Lane compares · from Bury

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Gigg +54.7%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Gigg	£240,000	+54.7%	72
Unsworth	£315,000	+51.2%	172
Tottington	£250,000	+48.6%	72
Elton	£226,250	+48.4%	184
Fairfield	£155,000	+46%	160
Blackford Bridge	£280,000	+44.1%	82
Fishpool	£185,000	+44%	126
Irwell Bank	£162,000	+41.7%	114
Besses o' th' Barn	£242,000	+40.6%	260
Heaton Park	£281,500	+36.7%	274
Radcliffe	£134,500	+36.4%	192
Woolfold	£184,000	+35.4%	252
Chesham	£165,000	+34.9%	96
Bradley Fold	£259,725	+33.9%	52
Kirkhams	£300,000	+31.3%	128
Black Lane	£188,975	+29.6%	352
Brandlesholme	£269,000	+28%	108
Limefield	£205,000	+27.2%	98
Bury	£154,500	+26.8%	92
Whitefield	£250,000	+25%	228
Prestwich	£297,500	+23.9%	120
Greenmount	£380,000	+23%	82
Kersal	£298,500	+19.2%	60
Sedgley Park	£345,000	+19%	116
Fernhill	£120,000	+11.1%	68
Hazelhurst	£281,000	+8.4%	60
Walshaw	£186,000	+7.2%	124
Ramsbottom	£212,500	+6.7%	158
Starling	£315,000	+5.9%	142

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 Higher Lane — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
WENTWORTH COURT HIGHER LANE	Flat	—	—	£232,500	Mar 2026
WENTWORTH COURT HIGHER LANE	Flat	—	—	£265,000	Sep 2025
123, Higher Lane Whitefield	Detached	—	—	£1,020,000	Sep 2025
WENTWORTH COURT HIGHER LANE	Flat	—	—	£217,500	Mar 2025
WENTWORTH COURT HIGHER LANE	Flat	—	—	£251,000	Feb 2025
61 higher lane annex 1	Terraced	—	—	£235,000	Dec 2024
WENTWORTH COURT HIGHER LANE	Flat	—	—	£274,000	May 2024
9, Higher Lane Whitefield	Flat	—	—	£122,500	Apr 2024
99 Higher Lane Whitefield	Terraced	—	—	£166,000	Feb 2024
Apartment 4 Parklands House 46 Higher Lane	Flat	—	—	£530,000	Dec 2023
WENTWORTH COURT HIGHER LANE	Flat	—	—	£225,000	Oct 2022
WENTWORTH COURT HIGHER LANE	Flat	—	—	£250,000	Aug 2022
FLAT 40 WENTWORTH COURT HIGHER LANE	Flat	—	—	£250,000	Aug 2022
95 Higher Lane Whitefield	Terraced	—	—	£160,000	Mar 2022
143, Higher Lane Whitefield	Detached	—	—	£557,800	Dec 2021
WENTWORTH COURT HIGHER LANE	Flat	—	—	£232,500	Dec 2021
2, Higher Lane Whitefield	Terraced	—	—	£195,000	Nov 2021
FLAT 36 WENTWORTH COURT HIGHER LANE	Flat	—	—	£260,000	Sep 2021
135 HIGHER LANE WHITEFIELD	Detached	—	—	£463,000	Sep 2021
141, Higher Lane Whitefield	Detached	—	—	£635,000	May 2021
28 HIGHER LANE WHITEFIELD	Terraced	—	—	£160,000	Feb 2021
107, Higher Lane Whitefield	Detached	—	—	£400,000	Feb 2021
WENTWORTH COURT HIGHER LANE	Flat	—	—	£225,000	Nov 2020
111, Higher Lane Whitefield	Detached	—	—	£478,000	Nov 2020

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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 Bury

Street-level crime isn't published for Higher Lane — 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 Bury

Per 1,000 residents / year94.1

Total recorded (year ending December 2025)18,239

Violence against the person

7,663

Theft offences

4,058

Public order offences

1,989

Criminal damage and arson

1,546

Drug offences

1,258

Sexual offences

754

Home Office recorded crime across the whole Bury 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 Bury

Population193,851

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 5/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 45% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 5/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 5/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 45% 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 5 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

5.0/10

Employment

4.5/10

Education & skills

5.6/10

Health & disability

4.1/10

Crime

4.1/10

Housing & services

7.5/10

Living environment

4.1/10

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

Figures for the wider Bury — 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+57%

Unemployment · economically active residents5.3%

Degree-level (Level 4+)32%

Good or very good health81%

Own their home67%

Median age40.5

Born outside the UK12%

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ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

78% of the 9 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

7 of 9 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 9 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
Higher Lane Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	0.2 km
Philips High School	Secondary	Requires improvement ('22)	0.2 km
Mulberry Bush Nursery Whitefield	Nursery	Good ('22)	0.3 km
Whitefield Community Primary School	Primary	Good ('21)	0.7 km
Bright Starts Day Nursery Whitefield	Nursery	Good ('21)	0.7 km
St Michael's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy	Primary	Inadequate ('22)	0.9 km
Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School	Primary	—	1.0 km
Ribble Drive Community Primary School	Primary	Good ('19)	1.0 km
Toddlers Children's Nursery Limited	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.0 km
Kids Planet Prestwich Baby House	Nursery	—	1.1 km
Kids Planet - Prestwich	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.1 km
All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand	Primary	—	1.2 km
Heaton Park Primary School	Primary	—	1.3 km
St Bernadette's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy	Primary	Good ('20)	1.4 km
Unsworth Primary School	Primary	—	1.6 km
Chapelfield Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	1.6 km
NCA Classroom	Nursery	—	1.6 km
The Therapy Adventure Phillips Park	Nursery	—	1.6 km
St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.7 km
The Heys School	Secondary	Good ('24)	1.7 km
Stagecoach North Manchester	Nursery	—	1.7 km
Mersey Drive Community Primary School	Primary	Good ('24)	1.8 km
Holyrood Day Nursery Prestwich	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.8 km
Amber's Attic Ltd	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.9 km
Sunny Bank Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	1.9 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 0.3 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.2 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.3 km
NHS ODS

13 of 15 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
R E Noar And Associates	Dentist	—	0.2 km
The Uplands Medical Practice	GP	Requires improvement ('22)	0.3 km
Greenleaf Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.3 km
Whitefield Orthodontic Clinic	Dentist	—	0.4 km
Inglewood Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.5 km
Well	Pharmacy	—	0.8 km
The Elms Medical Centre	GP	Requires improvement ('16)	0.8 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.1 km
Blue Sky Dental Care	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Whitefield Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.5 km
Fairfax Group Practice	GP	—	1.6 km
Longfield Medical Practice	GP	Good ('18)	1.6 km
Greyland Medical Centre	GP	—	1.6 km
Wise Pharmacies Ltd	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
Prestwich Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.6 km
The Birches Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	1.9 km
Ms D Davy	Dentist	—	2.1 km
Unsworth Medical Centre	GP	—	2.2 km
Parr Lane (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	2.2 km
Rowlands Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Radcliffe Medical Practice	GP	—	2.4 km
Red Bank Group Practice	GP	—	2.4 km
Radcliffe Primary Care Centre	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Radcliffe Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Well	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.4 km
Monarch Medical Centre	GP	Good ('20)	2.4 km
Radcliffe Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Neil Larah'S Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.5 km
Dennis Gore Chemists	Pharmacy	—	2.6 km
Whittaker Lane Med Centre	GP	Good ('18)	2.7 km
Park Dental Practice	Dentist	—	2.7 km
Spring Lane Family Dental Practi	Dentist	—	2.8 km
Jt Smith & Son	Pharmacy	—	3.2 km
111 Bury Old Road [Dental Practice]	Dentist	—	3.3 km
Blackford House Medical Centre	GP	Good ('24)	3.3 km
Cohens Chemist	Pharmacy	—	3.3 km
Bury Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.3 km
Radcliffe Dental Practice	Dentist	—	3.3 km
Sedgley Park Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.4 km
St Gabriel'S Medical Centre	GP	Good ('23)	3.4 km
Cohens Chemist	Pharmacy	—	3.4 km
Forest Bank (Dental Practice)	Dentist	—	3.5 km
Manor Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.5 km
Ms N Shahid	Dentist	—	3.6 km
Silverdale Medical Practice	GP	Good ('18)	3.8 km
Tims & Parker Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.8 km
Peak Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.8 km
Higher Crumpsall Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.8 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	3.9 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.9 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.9 km
Formans Chemist	Pharmacy	—	3.9 km
Fishpool Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.2 km
St Andrews Dental Care	Dentist	—	4.2 km
Park House Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.3 km
Postbox Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.4 km
Blackley Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.5 km
Swinton Late Night Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.5 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.7 km
Knowsley Medical Centre	GP	—	4.7 km
Knowsley Dental Practice	Dentist	—	4.7 km
The Lakes Medical Practice	GP	Good ('24)	4.8 km
Swinton Dental Centre	Dentist	—	4.8 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	4.8 km
Limefield Road Medical Practice	GP	—	4.9 km
Newbury Green Medical Practice	GP	Good ('18)	4.9 km
Reut Medical Practice	GP	Good ('18)	4.9 km
Peel Gps	GP	Good ('17)	4.9 km
Ribblesdale Medical Practice	GP	—	4.9 km
Townside Surgery	GP	—	4.9 km
The Poplars Medical Practice	GP	Good ('19)	4.9 km
Mocha Parade Medical Practice	GP	—	5.0 km
The Height General Practice	GP	Outstanding ('17)	5.1 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 Bury

5 nearest stations; the fastest to Manchester is 13 min from Swinton (Manchester) Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To Manchester	Fastest
Clifton (Manchester) Rail Station	1.8 mi	Manchester Victoria	15 min
Swinton (Manchester) Rail Station	2.7 mi	Manchester Victoria	13 min
Moorside Rail Station	3.1 mi	Manchester Victoria	16 min
Kearsley Rail Station	3.2 mi	Manchester Victoria	16 min
Farnworth Rail Station	3.8 mi	Manchester Victoria	17 min

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

Travel to work

Drive

54%

Work from home

30%

Walk or cycle

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging10 points

Per 10,000 residents0.5

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

Environment from Bury

Air quality

NO₂

13.2

— WHO guide

PM2.5

7.1

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1000.2%

Flood zone2.8% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 10–30%)

Coal miningin/near a coalfield (100%)

Historic landfill142 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 buildings255

Conservation areas12

Green belt53.8%

Green spaces1,309

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Bury

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	273	87% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	77	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	28	—
Green spaces & parks	1,309	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

89%

Superfast

98.1%

Ultrafast

90.1%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Bury

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

Unemployment rate5.3%

In work (employment rate)57.1%

Companies registered here17,548

New incorporations (12m)2,488

Property companies (SPVs)3,304

See the full Bury report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district