Little Lever

Little Lever is covered by postcode districts BL2, BL3 and M26. It is mostly in the Bolton council area: 223 of its 265 postcodes. The others are in Bury.

Typical price £215,000 Homes sold in Little Lever, last 12 months. ▼ 2.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 244 of 259 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 7 6 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Little Lever, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Little Lever, by flood risk Of the 265 postcodes in Little Lever that ONS places, 265 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Little Lever. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A665A6053 BL2 6RA: not on the flood risk listBL2 6RB: not on the flood risk listBL2 6RD: not on the flood risk listBL2 6RE: not on the flood risk listBL2 6RF: not on the flood risk listBL2 6RG: not on the flood risk listBL2 6RH: not on the flood risk listBL2 6RN: not on the flood risk listBL2 6RQ: not on the flood risk listBL2 6RS: not on the flood risk listBL2 6RT: not on the flood risk listBL2 6RU: not on the flood risk listBL2 6RW: not on the flood risk listBL2 6RX: not on the flood risk listBL2 6RY: not on the flood risk listBL2 6RZ: not on the flood risk listBL2 6SE: not on the flood risk listBL2 6SF: not on the flood risk listBL2 6SG: not on the flood risk listBL2 6SH: not on the flood risk listBL2 6SJ: not on the flood risk listBL3 1AA: not on the flood risk listBL3 1AB: not on the flood risk listBL3 1AD: not on the flood risk listBL3 1AH: not on the flood risk listBL3 1AJ: not on the flood risk listBL3 1AQ: not on the flood risk listBL3 1BA: not on the flood risk listBL3 1BB: 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not on the flood risk listBL3 1QP: not on the flood risk listBL3 1QR: not on the flood risk listBL3 1QS: not on the flood risk listBL3 1QU: not on the flood risk listBL3 1QW: not on the flood risk listBL3 1QX: not on the flood risk listBL3 1QZ: not on the flood risk listBL3 1RA: not on the flood risk listBL3 1RB: not on the flood risk listBL3 1RD: not on the flood risk listBL3 1RE: not on the flood risk listBL3 1RF: not on the flood risk listBL3 1RG: not on the flood risk listBL3 1RH: not on the flood risk listBL3 1TA: not on the flood risk listBL3 1TB: not on the flood risk listBL3 1TD: not on the flood risk listBL3 1TE: not on the flood risk listBL3 1TF: not on the flood risk listBL3 1TG: not on the flood risk listBL3 1TH: not on the flood risk listBL3 1TJ: not on the flood risk listBL3 1TL: not on the flood risk listBL3 1TP: not on the flood risk listBL3 1TQ: not on the flood risk listBL3 1TR: not on the flood risk listBL3 1UB: not on the flood risk listBL3 1UD: not on the flood risk listBL3 1UE: not on the flood risk listBL3 1UF: not on the flood risk listBL3 1UG: not on the flood risk listBL3 1UQ: not on the flood risk listBL3 1XA: not on the flood risk listBL3 1XB: not on the flood risk listBL3 1XD: not on the flood risk listBL3 1XE: not on the flood risk listBL3 1XF: not on the flood risk listBL3 1XG: not on the flood risk listBL3 1XH: not on the flood risk listBL3 1XJ: not on the flood risk listBL3 1XL: not on the flood risk listBL3 1XN: not on the flood risk listBL3 1XQ: not on the flood risk listM26 3BU: not on the flood risk listM26 3LT: not on the flood risk listM26 3TG: not on the flood risk listM26 3TR: not on the flood risk listM26 3TS: not on the flood risk listM26 3TT: not on the flood risk listM26 3TU: not on the flood risk listM26 3TW: not on the flood risk listM26 3TX: not on the flood risk listM26 3TY: not on the flood risk listM26 3UH: not on the flood risk listM26 3UU: not on the flood risk listM26 3XA: not on the flood risk listM26 3XB: not on the flood risk listM26 3XD: not on the flood risk listM26 3XE: not on the flood risk listM26 3XF: not on the flood risk listM26 3XU: not on the flood risk listM26 3XX: not on the flood risk listM26 3XY: not on the flood risk listM26 3XZ: not on the flood risk list Little Lever Map of every postcode in Little Lever, by flood risk Of the 265 postcodes in Little Lever that ONS places, 265 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Little Lever. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Little Lever
  • 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: 265

Of the 265 postcodes in Little Lever that ONS places, 265 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.5637, longitude -2.3703. 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 Little Lever?

Homes sold for a typical £215,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.3% on the 12 months before. At 244 of the 259 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 265 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 6 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Farnworth, 1.9 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 Little Lever?

Homes in Little Lever sold for a typical £215,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 119 sales, down 2.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£215,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£220,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 2.3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £364,500 18 sales
  • Semi-detached £225,000 64 sales
  • Terraced £160,500 30 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £125,000 7 sales

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

Across the whole BL3 district, Little Lever's main postcode district: a typical £182,250.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Little Lever: 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 Little Lever?

8 of the 265 postcodes now in use in Little Lever came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 158 homes sold in Little Lever were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BL3 district, 4%.

The newest postcodes

BL3 1GPsince March 2026BL3 1GQsince March 2026BL3 1GRsince March 2026BL3 1GSsince March 2026BL3 1GBsince December 2023BL3 1AQsince August 2022

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

PeriodIn Little LeverAcross the BL3 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 119 (0%) 0 of 412 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 158 (0%) 19 of 524 (4%)

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 Little Lever?

Ofcom reports on 259 of the 265 postcodes in Little Lever. At 244 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit244 of 259
Postcodes where every home can get superfast255 of 259

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 Little Lever at risk of flooding?

None of the 265 postcodes in Little Lever 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 Little Lever?

The open schools at the postcodes in Little Lever. 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.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Little Lever?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Little Lever is Farnworth Rail Station, 1.9 km away in a straight line.

  • Farnworth Rail Station Railway station 1.9 kmCycle
  • Kearsley Rail Station Railway station 2.2 kmCycle
  • Moses Gate Rail Station Railway station 2.2 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 Little Lever?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Little Lever. 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 Little Lever 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 Little Lever. 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 Little Lever?

Councils
Bolton (223) and Bury (42)
Parliamentary constituencies
Bolton North East (223), Bury North (41) and Bury South (1)
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: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Moving to Little Lever

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Little Lever is in Bolton; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.

Who to tell when moving house: the full list Moving house checklist

Little Lever postcodes

265 postcodes in use in Little Lever, by district:

BL3 postcode district,223 postcodesBL2 postcode district,21 postcodesM26 postcode district,21 postcodes

Those districts are in the BL postcode area and M postcode area.

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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Little Lever

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Little Lever's £215,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Kearsley2.5 km, £185,000Ainsworth2.8 km, £216,750Radcliffe2.8 km, £200,000Farnworth3.0 km, £180,000Bolton4.8 km, £205,000Little Hulton4.9 km, £212,000Wardley5.0 km, £221,000Bury5.6 km, £225,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Little Lever

What is it like to live in Little Lever?
Homes sold for a typical £215,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.3% on the 12 months before. At 244 of the 259 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 265 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 6 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Farnworth, 1.9 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 Little Lever?
Little Lever is covered by postcode districts BL2, BL3 and M26, across 265 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Little Lever?
Homes in Little Lever sold for a typical £215,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 119 sales, down 2.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Little Lever?
In Little Lever, primary schools at its postcodes include Ladywood School, Masefield Primary School and St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Little Lever; secondary schools at its postcodes include Little Lever School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Little Lever have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Little Lever is Farnworth, 1.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Little Lever?
Ofcom reports on 259 of the 265 postcodes in Little Lever. At 244 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Little Lever at risk of flooding?
None of the 265 postcodes in Little Lever 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 Little Lever?
8 of the 265 postcodes now in use in Little Lever came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 158 homes sold in Little Lever were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BL3 district, 4%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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