BL5 postcode district: Westhoughton and around, Bolton

What broadband can you get in BL5?

Ofcom reports on 692 of the 706 postcodes in BL5. At 586 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 6 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is BL5 at risk of flooding?

3 of the 706 postcodes in BL5 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 4 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What do homes sell for in BL5?

Homes in BL5 sold for a typical £233,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 332 sales, down 4.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

• Detached £355,296 95 sales
• Semi-detached £233,000 129 sales
• Terraced £175,000 86 sales
• Flat or maisonette £123,250 22 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Places in BL5

Towns and villages with postcodes in BL5, and how many each has here.

Who covers BL5

How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.