BL4 9BU postcode in Kearsley, Bolton

BL4 9BU is a postcode in Kearsley, in the Kearsley ward of Bolton. It is in the Bolton South and Walkden parliamentary constituency and the Greater Manchester police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses can get it. Bolton: 95% Typical price £176,000 Homes sold in BL4 9, last 12 months. ▲ 6.7% on the year before Nearest station Kearsley 650 m in a straight line

Where BL4 9BU is, and what is near it

Map of BL4 9BU and what is near it Map of BL4 9BU: its centre point, with the 226 other postcodes in the BL4 9 sector, 4 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices and 16 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. BL4 9AG: also in BL4 9BL4 9AH: also in BL4 9BL4 9AL: also in BL4 9BL4 9AN: also in BL4 9BL4 9AP: also in BL4 9BL4 9AR: also in BL4 9BL4 9AU: also in BL4 9BL4 9AW: also in BL4 9BL4 9AY: also in BL4 9BL4 9AZ: also in BL4 9BL4 9BA: also in BL4 9BL4 9BB: also in BL4 9BL4 9BD: also in BL4 9BL4 9BE: also in BL4 9BL4 9BF: also in BL4 9BL4 9BG: also in BL4 9BL4 9BJ: also in BL4 9BL4 9BL: also in BL4 9BL4 9BN: also in BL4 9BL4 9BP: also in BL4 9BL4 9BS: also in BL4 9BL4 9BT: also in BL4 9BL4 9BW: also in BL4 9BL4 9BX: also in BL4 9BL4 9BY: also in BL4 9BL4 9BZ: also in BL4 9BL4 9DA: also in BL4 9BL4 9DB: also in BL4 9BL4 9DD: also in BL4 9BL4 9DF: also in BL4 9BL4 9DG: also in BL4 9BL4 9DH: also in BL4 9BL4 9DN: also in BL4 9BL4 9DQ: also in BL4 9BL4 9DU: also in BL4 9BL4 9DW: also in BL4 9BL4 9EN: also in BL4 9BL4 9EQ: also in BL4 9BL4 9ET: also in BL4 9BL4 9EU: also in BL4 9BL4 9EW: also in BL4 9BL4 9HG: also in BL4 9BL4 9HJ: also in BL4 9BL4 9HL: also in BL4 9BL4 9HQ: also in BL4 9BL4 9JE: also in BL4 9BL4 9JG: also in BL4 9BL4 9JH: also in BL4 9BL4 9JJ: also in BL4 9BL4 9JL: also in BL4 9BL4 9JN: also in BL4 9BL4 9JP: also in BL4 9BL4 9JQ: also in BL4 9BL4 9JR: also in BL4 9BL4 9JT: also in BL4 9BL4 9JU: also in BL4 9BL4 9JX: also in BL4 9BL4 9JY: also in BL4 9BL4 9JZ: also in BL4 9BL4 9LA: also in BL4 9BL4 9LD: also in BL4 9BL4 9LE: also in BL4 9BL4 9LF: also in BL4 9BL4 9LG: also in BL4 9BL4 9LH: also in BL4 9BL4 9LJ: also in BL4 9BL4 9LL: also in BL4 9BL4 9LP: also in BL4 9BL4 9NG: also in BL4 9BL4 9NN: also in BL4 9BL4 9SF: also in BL4 9BL4 9TN: also in BL4 9BL4 9TP: also in BL4 9BL4 9TQ: also in BL4 9 Harper Green School 2.1 kmKearsley BL4 9BU Map of BL4 9BU and what is near it Map of BL4 9BU: its centre point, with the 226 other postcodes in the BL4 9 sector, 4 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices and 16 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Farnworth South BL4 9BU
  • BL4 9BU
  • Other postcodes in BL4 9: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 16 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 53.5425, longitude -2.3842)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after BL4 9BU?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at BL4 9BU?

Every home and business at BL4 9BU can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)100% can get it

Bolton: 95%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)100% can get it

Bolton: 99%

The line marks the figure across Bolton.

Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

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

When are the bins collected at BL4 9BU?

BinDayBuddy has not read Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council's days for BL4 9BU today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

Check the bin days for BL4 9BU on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is BL4 9BU at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include BL4 9BU.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across Bolton

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for BL4 9BU: 4,242 properties in Bolton are at high risk (2.9% of all its properties). All the figures for Bolton

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of BL4 9BU is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near BL4 9BU?

Homes in BL4 9 sold for a typical £176,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 67 sales, up 6.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£176,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£165,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 6.7% on the 12 months before
  • Detached 1 sale, too few to price
  • Semi-detached £187,000 36 sales
  • Terraced £163,500 24 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £82,500 6 sales

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

Across the whole BL4 district: a typical £183,000 from 302 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in BL4 9BU

HM Land Registry records 4 standard sales of homes in BL4 9BU from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 15 November 2024. The middle price was £143,000, from £50,000 to £339,950. Across BL4 9, the typical price in the 12 months to August 2026 was £176,000. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

Food hygiene ratings at BL4 9BU

The Food Standards Agency lists one food business at BL4 9BU. Each opens the agency's own page for it, with what the council's inspector found.

Ratings run from 5, very good, to 0, urgent improvement necessary. A rating comes from the business's last inspection, and can change at the next.

Food hygiene ratings, from the Food Standards Agency

Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings as published on 22 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What council tax band are homes near BL4 9BU?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 720 homes in the neighbourhood around BL4 9BU. Over half of them (79%) are in council tax band A. More were built from 1919 to 1939 than in any other period (34%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around BL4 9BU

Band D in Bolton for 2026‑27: £2,400. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,600 (band A) to £2,400 (band D); band A, the most common, is £1,600.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 570 (79%)£1,600
Band Babout 90 (13%)£1,866
Band Cabout 50 (7%)£2,133
Band Dabout 10 (1%)£2,400
Band Ewithheld£2,933
Band Ffewer than 5£3,466
Band Gfewer than 5£4,000
Band Hfewer than 5£4,799

When the homes were built

  1. 30% Before 1900
  2. 3% 1900 to 1918
  3. 34% 1919 to 1939
  4. 19% 1945 to 1964
  5. 7% 1965 to 1982
  6. 3% 1983 to 1999
  7. 3% 2000 to 2009
  8. 1% 2010 to 2019
  9. None 2020 or later

2020 or later: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Bolton before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of BL4 9BU is in (ONS area E01004905), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near BL4 9BU?

The nearest open schools to BL4 9BU, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near BL4 9BU, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to BL4 9BU?

The nearest railway station to the centre of BL4 9BU is Kearsley Rail Station, 650 metres away in a straight line.

  • Kearsley Rail Station Railway station 650 mWalk
  • Farnworth Rail Station Railway station 850 mWalk

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

16 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Jackson Street, 31 m away.

More stations near BL4 9BU, and how we find them

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

Which GP surgeries are near BL4 9BU?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of BL4 9BU, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near BL4 9BU?

0 within 1 km 1 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of BL4 9BU, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • Walkden Gateway Charging point · No details mapped 2.2 kmCycle

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near BL4 9BU?

The nearest to the centre of BL4 9BU, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to BL4 9BU?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near BL4 9BU?

The nearest care homes to the centre of BL4 9BU, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near BL4 9BU?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of BL4 9BU, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near BL4 9BU?

The nearest vets to the centre of BL4 9BU on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is BL4 9BU in a conservation area?

The centre of BL4 9BU is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near BL4 9BU?

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 BL4 9BU. 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.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

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

The official record for BL4 9BU

Ward
Kearsley
Parish
Not in a parish
Region
North West
Country
England
Built-up area
Kearsley
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

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

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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