Ainsworth

Ainsworth is covered by postcode district BL2. It is in the Bury council area, England.

Typical price £216,750 Homes sold in Ainsworth, last 12 months. ▲ 1.4% on the year before Gigabit broadband 36 of 54 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Ainsworth, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Ainsworth, by flood risk Of the 54 postcodes in Ainsworth that ONS places, 54 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ainsworth. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. BL2 5PG: not on the flood risk listBL2 5PN: not on the flood risk listBL2 5PP: not on the flood risk listBL2 5PQ: not on the flood risk listBL2 5PU: not on the flood risk listBL2 5PW: not on the flood risk listBL2 5PY: not on the flood risk listBL2 5PZ: not on the flood risk listBL2 5QB: not on the flood risk listBL2 5QD: not on the flood risk listBL2 5QE: not on the flood risk listBL2 5QF: not on the flood risk listBL2 5QG: not on the flood risk listBL2 5QH: not on the flood risk listBL2 5QJ: not on the flood risk listBL2 5QL: not on the flood risk listBL2 5QP: not on the flood risk listBL2 5QQ: not on the flood risk listBL2 5QU: not on the flood risk listBL2 5QX: not on the flood risk listBL2 5QY: not on the flood risk listBL2 5QZ: not on the flood risk listBL2 5RA: not on the flood risk listBL2 5RB: not on the flood risk listBL2 5RD: not on the flood risk listBL2 5RE: not on the flood risk listBL2 5RF: not on the flood risk listBL2 5RH: not on the flood risk listBL2 5RJ: not on the flood risk listBL2 5RL: not on the flood risk listBL2 5RN: not on the flood risk listBL2 5RP: not on the flood risk listBL2 5RQ: not on the flood risk listBL2 5RR: not on the flood risk listBL2 5RS: not on the flood risk listBL2 5RT: not on the flood risk listBL2 5RU: not on the flood risk listBL2 5RX: not on the flood risk listBL2 5RY: not on the flood risk listBL2 5RZ: not on the flood risk listBL2 5SA: not on the flood risk listBL2 5SB: not on the flood risk listBL2 5SD: not on the flood risk listBL2 5SE: not on the flood risk listBL2 5SF: not on the flood risk listBL2 5SG: not on the flood risk listBL2 5SH: not on the flood risk listBL2 5SJ: not on the flood risk listBL2 5SL: not on the flood risk listBL2 5SN: not on the flood risk listBL2 5SP: not on the flood risk listBL2 5SQ: not on the flood risk listBL2 5SR: not on the flood risk listBL2 5SW: not on the flood risk list Ainsworth Map of every postcode in Ainsworth, by flood risk Of the 54 postcodes in Ainsworth that ONS places, 54 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ainsworth. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Ainsworth
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 54

Of the 54 postcodes in Ainsworth that ONS places, 54 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.5878, longitude -2.3574. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

What is it like to live in Ainsworth?

Homes sold for a typical £216,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.4% on the 12 months before. At 36 of the 54 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 54 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Mile Lane Health Centre, 1.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Hall i' th' Wood, 3.8 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Ainsworth?

Homes in Ainsworth sold for a typical £216,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 20 sales, up 1.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£216,750 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£213,750 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 1.4% on the 12 months before
  • Detached 2 sales, too few to price
  • Semi-detached £239,875 6 sales
  • Terraced £190,000 11 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

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

Across the whole BL2 district, Ainsworth's main postcode district: a typical £210,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ainsworth: 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

Are new homes being built in Ainsworth?

None of the 54 postcodes now in use in Ainsworth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 26 homes sold in Ainsworth were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BL2 district, 0%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn AinsworthAcross the BL2 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 20 (0%) 0 of 480 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 26 (0%) 0 of 559 (0%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Ainsworth?

Ofcom reports on 54 of the 54 postcodes in Ainsworth. At 36 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit36 of 54
Postcodes where every home can get superfast53 of 54

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.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

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

Is Ainsworth at risk of flooding?

None of the 54 postcodes in Ainsworth is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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

Which schools are in Ainsworth?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Ainsworth. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Ainsworth?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ainsworth is Hall i' th' Wood Rail Station, 3.8 km away in a straight line.

  • Hall i' th' Wood Rail Station Railway station 3.8 kmCycle
  • Moses Gate Rail Station Railway station 4.6 kmCycle
  • Bromley Cross Rail Station Railway station 4.6 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Ainsworth?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Ainsworth. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Ainsworth safe? Crime recorded around it

Greater Manchester's police force has published no crime figures to Police.uk for any month from September 2024 to August 2026, so we have none to show for Ainsworth. A count from Police.uk here would take in only the few crimes that neighbouring forces record nearby, so we show none rather than a figure that looks like a quiet area.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Ainsworth?

Council
Bury
Parliamentary constituency
Bury North
Police force area
Greater Manchester
Region
North West
Country
England
MP
Mr James Frith (Labour)

All 54 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

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Ainsworth postcodes

54 postcodes in use in Ainsworth, by district:

BL2 postcode district,54 postcodes

That district is in the BL postcode area.

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Places near Ainsworth

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Ainsworth's £216,750. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Little Lever2.8 km, £215,000Radcliffe3.3 km, £200,000Bury3.7 km, £225,000Bolton5.0 km, £205,000Kearsley5.3 km, £185,000Farnworth5.5 km, £180,000Ramsbottom6.1 km, £278,823Whitefield6.3 km, £260,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Ainsworth

What is it like to live in Ainsworth?
Homes sold for a typical £216,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.4% on the 12 months before. At 36 of the 54 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 54 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Mile Lane Health Centre, 1.5 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Hall i' th' Wood, 3.8 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Ainsworth?
Ainsworth is covered by postcode district BL2, across 54 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Ainsworth in?
Ainsworth is in the Bury council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Ainsworth?
Ainsworth is in the Bury North parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Mr James Frith (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Ainsworth?
Homes in Ainsworth sold for a typical £216,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 20 sales, up 1.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Ainsworth?
In Ainsworth, primary schools at its postcodes include Christ Church Ainsworth Church of England Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Breightmet School, 2.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Ainsworth have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ainsworth is Hall i' th' Wood, 3.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Ainsworth?
Ofcom reports on 54 of the 54 postcodes in Ainsworth. At 36 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Ainsworth at risk of flooding?
None of the 54 postcodes in Ainsworth is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Ainsworth?
None of the 54 postcodes now in use in Ainsworth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 26 homes sold in Ainsworth were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BL2 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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