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.
Every postcode in Little Lever, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 8
- In use before 2020: 257
Of the 265 postcodes in Little Lever that ONS places, 8 are new since 2020 and 257 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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
Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 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.
The 5 newest postcodes
What is it like to live in Little Lever?
Homes sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to September 2026. 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 5 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.
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 Little Lever?
Homes in Little Lever sold for a typical £220,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 117 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £227,400 from 164 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.
- Detached £364,500 18 sales
- Semi-detached £224,500 64 sales
- Terraced £160,000 28 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 £185,000.
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 October 2026.
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 September 2025, 0 of the 164 homes sold in Little Lever were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BL3 district, 3%.
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 Little Lever | Across the BL3 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to September 2026 | 0 of 117 (0%) | 3 of 423 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to September 2025 | 0 of 164 (0%) | 15 of 529 (3%) |
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 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.
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 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 flood risk, published 6 July 2026.
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. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.
Primary
- Masefield Primary School350 m 254 pupils, 210 places
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Little Lever400 m 196 pupils, 210 places
- Mytham Primary School500 m 323 pupils, 452 places
- St Teresa's RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy600 m 126 pupils, 161 places
- Bowness Primary School900 m 129 pupils, 156 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 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: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
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.
- Little Lever Health Centre 1 Phone 01204 462640 200 mWalk
- Little Lever Health Centre 2 Phone 01204 462988 200 mWalk
- Spring View Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2021, over 3 years old · Phone 01204 578128 300 mWalk
Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.
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 postcodeSource: police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026.
Who runs Little Lever?
- 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: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026.
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.
- 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 Little Lever
- 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
Little Lever postcodes
265 postcodes in use in Little Lever, by district:
Those districts are in the BL postcode area and M postcode area.
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Places near Little Lever
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Little Lever's £220,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Quick answers about Little Lever
- What is the postcode for Little Lever?
- Postcode districts BL2, BL3 and M26, with 265 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
- How much are houses in Little Lever?
- A typical £220,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 117 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
- What schools are in Little Lever?
- Primary schools at its postcodes include Masefield Primary School, St Matthew's CofE Primary School, Little Lever and Mytham Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Little Lever School. Source: Department for Education.
- Does Little Lever have a railway station?
- The nearest is Farnworth station, 1.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
- 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.
- 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. River and sea risk for the land, not 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 September 2025, 0 of the 164 homes sold in Little Lever were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BL3 district, 3%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.
Where the facts on this page come from
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
- Ofcom Connected Nations
- 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 HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information.
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