Farnworth
Farnworth is covered by postcode districts BL3, BL4 and BL78. It is in the Bolton council area, England.
Every postcode in Farnworth, by gigabit broadband
- No home or business can get gigabit: 8
- Some can get gigabit: 86
- Every home and business can get gigabit: 588
- Ofcom gives no figure: 12
Of the 694 postcodes in Farnworth that ONS places, 8 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 86 have some that can, 588 can all get it and 12 have no Ofcom figure.
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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.5482, longitude -2.4066. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.
What is it like to live in Farnworth?
Homes sold for a typical £176,000 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 588 of the 682 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 694 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 11 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes within 12 km of its centre. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Moses Gate, 950 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Environment Agency flood risk; Get Information about Schools; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.
What do homes cost in Farnworth?
Homes in Farnworth sold for a typical £176,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 247 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £175,000 from 287 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached £328,500 18 sales
- Semi-detached £205,000 101 sales
- Terraced £157,750 108 sales
- Flat or maisonette £97,750 20 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole BL4 district, Farnworth's main postcode district: a typical £185,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Farnworth: 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 October 2026.
Are new homes being built in Farnworth?
16 of the 694 postcodes now in use in Farnworth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 287 homes sold in Farnworth were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BL4 district, 0%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Farnworth | Across the BL4 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to September 2026 | 0 of 247 (0%) | 0 of 304 (0%) |
| The 12 months to September 2025 | 0 of 287 (0%) | 0 of 370 (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.
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Farnworth?
Ofcom reports on 682 of the 694 postcodes in Farnworth. At 588 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.
Is Farnworth at risk of flooding?
None of the 694 postcodes in Farnworth 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 flood risk, published 6 July 2026.
Which schools are in Farnworth?
The open schools at the postcodes in Farnworth (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.
Primary
- Queensbridge Primary School150 m 246 pupils, 210 places
- The Ferns Primary Academy350 m 445 pupils, 420 places
- St James CofE Primary School, Farnworth550 m 357 pupils, 362 places
- Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School750 m 236 pupils, 210 places
- St Peter's CofE Primary School900 m 411 pupils, 420 places
- Highfield Primary School950 m 412 pupils, 420 places
- All Saints CofE Primary School1.0 km 285 pupils, 294 places
- St Gregory's RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy1.0 km 185 pupils, 210 places
An orange bar: the school has as many pupils as places, or more (Department for Education's figures).
Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UKSource: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.
How far is the station from Farnworth?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Farnworth is Moses Gate Rail Station, 950 m away in a straight line.
- Moses Gate Rail Station Railway station 950 mWalk
- Farnworth Rail Station Railway station 1.3 kmCycle
- Kearsley Rail Station Railway station 2.1 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: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
Which GP surgeries are in Farnworth?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Farnworth. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Stonehill Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report September 2026 · Phone 01204 573445 600 mWalk
- Farnworth Family Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01204 463100 650 mWalk
- Fig Tree Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2026 · Phone 01204 795170 650 mWalk
Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.
Is Farnworth 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 Farnworth. 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 postcodeSource: police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026.
Who runs Farnworth?
- Council
- Bolton
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Bolton South and Walkden (692) and Bolton West (2)
- Police force area
- Greater Manchester
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026.
Moving to Farnworth
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Bolton about council tax Council tax, on bolton.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Farnworth
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Farnworth postcodes
694 postcodes in use in Farnworth, by district:
Those districts are all in the BL postcode area.
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Places near Farnworth
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Farnworth's £176,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Farnworth
- What is the postcode for Farnworth?
- Postcode districts BL3, BL4 and BL78, with 694 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- Which council is Farnworth in?
- Bolton. Source: ONS.
- How much are houses in Farnworth?
- A typical £176,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 247 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are in Farnworth?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include Queensbridge Primary School, The Ferns Primary Academy and St James CofE Primary School, Farnworth; secondary schools at its postcodes include Harper Green School, St James's Church of England High School and Mount St Joseph RC High School a Voluntary Academy. Source: Department for Education.
- Does Farnworth have a railway station?
- Yes: Moses Gate station, 950 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- What broadband can you get in Farnworth?
- Ofcom reports on 682 of the 694 postcodes in Farnworth. At 588 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
- Is Farnworth at risk of flooding?
- None of the 694 postcodes in Farnworth 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. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Farnworth?
- 16 of the 694 postcodes now in use in Farnworth came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 287 homes sold in Farnworth were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BL4 district, 0%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.
Where the facts on this page come from
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory
- Ofcom Connected Nations
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
- Environment Agency flood risk
- Department for Education: Get Information about Schools
- Department for Transport: NaPTAN
- NHS England: NHS GP practices
- Care Quality Commission
- data.police.uk: police.uk
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information.
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