BL3 — house prices & area data
A free, sourced snapshot of BL3, Bolton South and Walkden from Acreright. Every figure shows its source and date; where the data isn’t reliable we say so rather than guess.
BL3 is a postcode district in Bolton South and Walkden. Homes here sold for a median of £175,000 over the last year, up 45.8% over five years. 26,161 sales are on record. Parts of it rank among England’s more-deprived areas (73% of its postcodes are in the most-deprived 30%). 46% of homes are rated EPC C or better.
- £78,000 median sold price (all time)
- £175,000 median price, last 12 months
- 26,161 recorded sales
- +45.8% 5-year price change
- 7% of postcodes in England’s least-deprived 30%
- 46% of homes rated EPC C or better
- Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid & English Indices of Deprivation, Jul 2026
Recent sales
| Address | Type | Price | Date |
|---|
| 102 High Street | Detached | £130,000 | May 2026 |
| Lincoln House Nelson Street | Flat | £110,000 | May 2026 |
| 11 Grosvenor Street | Terraced | £160,000 | May 2026 |
| 191 Lee Avenue | Terraced | £155,000 | May 2026 |
| 6 Surrey Close | Semi | £195,000 | May 2026 |
| 9 Cyril Street | Terraced | £100,000 | May 2026 |
| 23 Boscow Road | Terraced | £233,000 | May 2026 |
| 246 Willows Lane | Terraced | £80,000 | May 2026 |
| 19 Harbury Close | Semi | £227,000 | May 2026 |
| 22 Marion Street | Terraced | £148,000 | May 2026 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid · Jul 2026
Crime
Greater Manchester Police does not publish street-level crime to police.uk — a known force-level data gap, not a crime-free area, so we don’t show a figure here that would imply zero.
Street-level crime map near here →
Across the wider Bolton district
The figures below cover Bolton — the council district BL3 sits within, the finest grain we publish for schools, health, transport, amenities and who lives here.
- £190,000 median home price (HM Land Registry Price Paid, May 2026)
- 295,961 residents (ONS Census 2021 (Nomis), 2021)
- 89% of inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding (Get Information About Schools (GIAS) + Ofsted inspections MI, 2026)
- ≈19 min fastest train to Manchester (OpenStreetMap + National Rail timetable (ATOC/RDG, GTFS), 2026)
- 86% of premises can get gigabit broadband (Ofcom Connected Nations 2024, Jul 2024)
Open the full Bolton district report →
Prices by postcode sector
| Sector | Median price | Sales |
|---|
| BL3 1 | £200,000 | 5,424 |
| BL3 2 | £140,000 | 4,166 |
| BL3 3 | £164,500 | 6,586 |
| BL3 4 | £195,000 | 6,810 |
| BL3 5 | £146,075 | 1,817 |
| BL3 6 | £120,000 | 1,358 |
Median sold price — most recent 12 months where available, else all-time. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid.
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