BL8 4DB postcode in Ramsbottom, Bury

BL8 4DB is a postcode in Ramsbottom, in the North Manor ward of Bury. It is in the Bury North 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 86% of homes and businesses can get it. Bury: 94% Typical price £415,000 Homes sold in BL8 4, last 12 months. ▲ 25.8% on the year before Nearest station Bromley Cross 5.5 km in a straight line

Where BL8 4DB is, and what is near it

Map of BL8 4DB and what is near it Map of BL8 4DB: its centre point, with the 187 other postcodes in the BL8 4 sector, 4 schools, 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 1 Underground, metro or tram station (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 12 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. BL8 4AA: also in BL8 4BL8 4AB: also in BL8 4BL8 4AD: also in BL8 4BL8 4AE: also in BL8 4BL8 4AF: also in BL8 4BL8 4AG: also in BL8 4BL8 4AH: also in BL8 4BL8 4AJ: also in BL8 4BL8 4AL: also in BL8 4BL8 4AN: also in BL8 4BL8 4AP: also in BL8 4BL8 4AQ: also in BL8 4BL8 4AR: also in BL8 4BL8 4AS: also in BL8 4BL8 4AT: also in BL8 4BL8 4AU: also in BL8 4BL8 4AW: also in BL8 4BL8 4AX: also in BL8 4BL8 4AY: also in BL8 4BL8 4AZ: also in BL8 4BL8 4BA: also in BL8 4BL8 4BB: also in BL8 4BL8 4BD: also in BL8 4BL8 4BE: also in BL8 4BL8 4BG: also in BL8 4BL8 4BH: also in BL8 4BL8 4BJ: also in BL8 4BL8 4BL: also in BL8 4BL8 4BN: also in BL8 4BL8 4BQ: also in BL8 4BL8 4BR: also in BL8 4BL8 4BS: also in BL8 4BL8 4BT: also in BL8 4BL8 4BU: also in BL8 4BL8 4BW: also in BL8 4BL8 4BX: also in BL8 4BL8 4BY: also in BL8 4BL8 4BZ: also in BL8 4BL8 4DA: also in BL8 4BL8 4DD: also in BL8 4BL8 4DE: also in BL8 4BL8 4DF: also in BL8 4BL8 4DG: also in BL8 4BL8 4DH: also in BL8 4BL8 4DJ: also in BL8 4BL8 4DL: also in BL8 4BL8 4DN: also in BL8 4BL8 4DP: also in BL8 4BL8 4DQ: also in BL8 4BL8 4DR: also in BL8 4BL8 4DS: also in BL8 4BL8 4DT: also in BL8 4BL8 4DU: also in BL8 4BL8 4DW: also in BL8 4BL8 4DX: also in BL8 4BL8 4DY: also in BL8 4BL8 4DZ: also in BL8 4BL8 4EA: also in BL8 4BL8 4EB: also in BL8 4BL8 4ED: also in BL8 4BL8 4EE: also in BL8 4BL8 4EF: also in BL8 4BL8 4EG: also in BL8 4BL8 4EH: also in BL8 4BL8 4EJ: also in BL8 4BL8 4EL: also in BL8 4BL8 4EN: also in BL8 4BL8 4EP: also in BL8 4BL8 4EQ: also in BL8 4BL8 4ER: also in BL8 4BL8 4ES: also in BL8 4BL8 4ET: also in BL8 4BL8 4EU: also in BL8 4BL8 4EW: also in BL8 4BL8 4EX: also in BL8 4BL8 4EY: also in BL8 4BL8 4EZ: also in BL8 4BL8 4FA: also in BL8 4BL8 4FB: also in BL8 4BL8 4FZ: also in BL8 4BL8 4GT: also in BL8 4BL8 4HA: also in BL8 4BL8 4HB: also in BL8 4BL8 4HD: also in BL8 4BL8 4HE: also in BL8 4BL8 4HF: also in BL8 4BL8 4HG: also in BL8 4BL8 4HH: also in BL8 4BL8 4HJ: also in BL8 4BL8 4HL: also in BL8 4BL8 4HN: also in BL8 4BL8 4HP: also in BL8 4BL8 4HQ: also in BL8 4BL8 4HR: also in BL8 4BL8 4HS: also in BL8 4BL8 4HT: also in BL8 4BL8 4HU: also in BL8 4BL8 4HX: also in BL8 4BL8 4HY: also in BL8 4BL8 4HZ: also in BL8 4BL8 4JA: also in BL8 4BL8 4JB: also in BL8 4BL8 4JE: also in BL8 4BL8 4JF: also in BL8 4BL8 4JG: also in BL8 4BL8 4JH: also in BL8 4BL8 4JJ: also in BL8 4BL8 4JN: also in BL8 4BL8 4JW: also in BL8 4BL8 4LA: also in BL8 4BL8 4LB: also in BL8 4BL8 4LH: also in BL8 4BL8 4LN: also in BL8 4BL8 4LP: also in BL8 4BL8 4LS: also in BL8 4BL8 4LT: also in BL8 4BL8 4LU: also in BL8 4BL8 4LW: also in BL8 4BL8 4NE: also in BL8 4BL8 4NF: also in BL8 4BL8 4NG: also in BL8 4BL8 4NH: also in BL8 4BL8 4NJ: also in BL8 4BL8 4NL: also in BL8 4BL8 4NN: also in BL8 4BL8 4NP: also in BL8 4BL8 4NQ: also in BL8 4BL8 4NS: also in BL8 4BL8 4PL: also in BL8 4BL8 4PN: also in BL8 4BL8 4PP: also in BL8 4BL8 4PR: also in BL8 4BL8 4PS: also in BL8 4BL8 4PT: also in BL8 4BL8 4PW: also in BL8 4BL8 4QA: also in BL8 4BL8 4QB: also in BL8 4BL8 4QD: also in BL8 4BL8 4QE: also in BL8 4BL8 4QF: also in BL8 4BL8 4QG: also in BL8 4BL8 4QJ: also in BL8 4BL8 4QN: also in BL8 4BL8 4QP: also in BL8 4BL8 4QQ: also in BL8 4BL8 4QR: also in BL8 4BL8 4QS: also in BL8 4BL8 4QT: also in BL8 4BL8 4SA: also in BL8 4 Woodbank Surgery 2.6 kmTram or metro 2.7 kmBromley Cross station 5.5 kmNorth Manor BL8 4DB Map of BL8 4DB and what is near it Map of BL8 4DB: its centre point, with the 187 other postcodes in the BL8 4 sector, 4 schools, 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 1 Underground, metro or tram station (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 12 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Hall i' th' Wood station 6.3 kmNorth Manor BL8 4DB
  • BL8 4DB
  • Other postcodes in BL8 4: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 1 Underground, metro or tram station
  • 3 GP practices
  • 12 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 53.6247, longitude -2.3288)

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 BL8 4DB?

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 BL8 4DB?

Every home and business at BL8 4DB can get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) from a line, and 86% can get gigabit, Ofcom says.

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)86% can get it

Bury: 94%

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

Bury: Over 99%

The line marks the figure across Bury.

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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 BL8 4DB?

Bury Metropolitan Borough Council gives bin days for each home rather than each postcode. BinDayBuddy finds yours from your house number, from the council's own system.

Find the bin days for your home 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 BL8 4DB 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 BL8 4DB.

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 Bury

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for BL8 4DB: 2,447 properties in Bury are at high risk (2.5% of all its properties). All the figures for Bury

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 BL8 4DB 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 BL8 4DB?

Homes in BL8 4 sold for a typical £415,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 51 sales, up 25.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£415,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£330,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 25.8% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £451,250 22 sales
  • Semi-detached £367,250 18 sales
  • Terraced £244,670 10 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

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

Across the whole BL8 district: a typical £254,000 from 404 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 BL8 4DB

HM Land Registry records one standard sale of homes in BL8 4DB from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 29 October 2024. 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 BL8 4DB

The Food Standards Agency lists one food business at BL8 4DB. 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 BL8 4DB?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 720 homes in the neighbourhood around BL8 4DB. The largest share of them, 44%, are in council tax band D. More were built from 1965 to 1982 than in any other period (45%). 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 BL8 4DB

Band D in Bury for 2026‑27: £2,555. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,703 (band A) to £4,259 (band G); band D, the most common, is £2,555.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 10 (1%)£1,703
Band Babout 50 (7%)£1,987
Band Cabout 180 (25%)£2,271
Band Dabout 320 (44%)£2,555
Band Eabout 120 (17%)£3,123
Band Fabout 20 (3%)£3,691
Band Gabout 20 (3%)£4,259
Band Hwithheld£5,110

When the homes were built

  1. 4% Before 1900
  2. None 1900 to 1918
  3. 20% 1919 to 1939
  4. 17% 1945 to 1964
  5. 45% 1965 to 1982
  6. 1% 1983 to 1999
  7. 4% 2000 to 2009
  8. 8% 2010 to 2019
  9. None 2020 or later

1900 to 1918, 2020 or later: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Bury 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 BL8 4DB is in (ONS area E01005046), 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 BL8 4DB?

The nearest open schools to BL8 4DB, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near BL8 4DB, 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 BL8 4DB?

The nearest railway station to the centre of BL8 4DB is Bromley Cross Rail Station, 5.5 km away in a straight line.

  • Bromley Cross Rail Station Railway station 5.5 kmDrive
  • Hall i' th' Wood Rail Station Railway station 6.3 kmDrive
  • Ramsbottom (East Lancashire Railway) Underground, metro or tram 2.7 kmCycle

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

12 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Emmanuel Church Centre, 104 m away.

More stations near BL8 4DB, 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 BL8 4DB?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of BL8 4DB, 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 BL8 4DB?

0 within 1 km 1 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of BL8 4DB, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • Ramsbottom Car Park - Prince Street Charging point · 2 chargers 2.6 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.

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

Which dentists are near BL8 4DB?

The nearest to the centre of BL8 4DB, 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 BL8 4DB?

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 BL8 4DB?

The nearest care homes to the centre of BL8 4DB, 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 BL8 4DB?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of BL8 4DB, 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 BL8 4DB?

The nearest vets to the centre of BL8 4DB 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 BL8 4DB in a conservation area?

The centre of BL8 4DB is in one area with planning rules of its own, as planning.data.gov.uk holds them:

Work on a home here, and on its trees, may need permission that it would not need elsewhere. The council's planning team has the rules for one address. Not every council has sent all its data.

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 BL8 4DB?

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 BL8 4DB. 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 BL8 4DB

Ward
North Manor
Parish
Not in a parish
Region
North West
Country
England
Built-up area
Ramsbottom
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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