Ramsbottom
Ramsbottom is covered by postcode districts BL0, BL8 and BL9. It is in the Bury council area, England.
Every postcode in Ramsbottom, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 6
- In use before 2020: 494
Of the 500 postcodes in Ramsbottom that ONS places, 6 are new since 2020 and 494 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 53.6391, longitude -2.3239. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 Ramsbottom?
Homes sold for a typical £278,823 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.2% on the 12 months before. At 394 of the 495 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 311 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 30 of its 500 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Entwistle, 6.3 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 Ramsbottom?
Homes in Ramsbottom sold for a typical £278,823 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 208 sales, down 2.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £425,000 59 sales
- Semi-detached £295,000 55 sales
- Terraced £228,500 76 sales
- Flat or maisonette £150,000 18 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole BL0 district, Ramsbottom's main postcode district: a typical £265,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ramsbottom: 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 Ramsbottom?
6 of the 500 postcodes now in use in Ramsbottom came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 279 homes sold in Ramsbottom were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BL0 district, Under 1%.
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 Ramsbottom | Across the BL0 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 208 (0%) | 0 of 228 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 1 of 279 (Under 1%) | 2 of 289 (Under 1%) |
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 Ramsbottom?
Ofcom reports on 495 of the 500 postcodes in Ramsbottom. At 394 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, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Ramsbottom at risk of flooding?
30 of the 500 postcodes in Ramsbottom 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 311 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
Which schools are in Ramsbottom?
The open schools at the postcodes in Ramsbottom. 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
- Hazlehurst Primary Academy300 m 156 pupils, 210 places
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Ramsbottom600 m 178 pupils, 210 places
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy600 m 193 pupils, 210 places
- Emmanuel Holcombe Church of England Primary School900 m 115 pupils, 118 places
- Holcombe Brook Primary School1.3 km
- Peel Brow School1.4 km 94 pupils, 210 places
- Greenmount Primary School1.6 km 229 pupils, 245 places
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 Ramsbottom?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ramsbottom is Entwistle Rail Station, 6.3 km away in a straight line.
- Entwistle Rail Station Railway station 6.3 kmDrive
- Bromley Cross Rail Station Railway station 6.4 kmDrive
- Hall i' th' Wood Rail Station Railway station 7.5 kmDrive
- Ramsbottom (East Lancashire Railway) Underground, metro or tram 1.1 kmWalk
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 Ramsbottom?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Ramsbottom. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Ramsbottom Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01706 824413 1.1 kmWalk
- Garden City Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01204 884710 1.1 kmWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Ramsbottom 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 Ramsbottom. 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 (data.police.uk), from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Ramsbottom?
- Council
- Bury
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bury North
- Police force area
- Greater Manchester
- Region
- North West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Mr James Frith (Labour)
All 500 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
Moving to Ramsbottom
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Bury about council tax Council tax, on bury.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Ramsbottom
- 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
Ramsbottom postcodes
500 postcodes in use in Ramsbottom, by district:
Those districts are all in the BL postcode area.
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Places near Ramsbottom
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Ramsbottom's £278,823. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Ramsbottom
- What is it like to live in Ramsbottom?
- Homes sold for a typical £278,823 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.2% on the 12 months before. At 394 of the 495 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 311 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 30 of its 500 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Entwistle, 6.3 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 Ramsbottom?
- Ramsbottom is covered by postcode districts BL0, BL8 and BL9, across 500 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Ramsbottom in?
- Ramsbottom is in the Bury council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Ramsbottom?
- Ramsbottom 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 Ramsbottom?
- Homes in Ramsbottom sold for a typical £278,823 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 208 sales, down 2.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Ramsbottom?
- In Ramsbottom, primary schools at its postcodes include Hazlehurst Primary Academy, St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Ramsbottom and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include Darul Uloom Al Arabiya Al Islamiya and Woodhey High School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Ramsbottom have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ramsbottom is Entwistle, 6.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Ramsbottom?
- Ofcom reports on 495 of the 500 postcodes in Ramsbottom. At 394 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Ramsbottom at risk of flooding?
- 30 of the 500 postcodes in Ramsbottom 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 311 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Ramsbottom?
- 6 of the 500 postcodes now in use in Ramsbottom came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 279 homes sold in Ramsbottom were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BL0 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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