BL9 8AZ postcode in Bury, England

BL9 8AZ is a postcode in Bury, in the Unsworth ward. It is in the Bury South 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. Bury: 94% Typical price £306,500 Homes sold in BL9 8, last 12 months. ▲ 6.7% on the year before Nearest station Clifton (Manchester) 5.5 km in a straight line

Where BL9 8AZ is, and what is near it

Map of BL9 8AZ and what is near it Map of BL9 8AZ: its centre point, with the 199 other postcodes in the BL9 8 sector, 4 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 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 (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 6 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. BL9 8AA: also in BL9 8BL9 8AB: also in BL9 8BL9 8AD: also in BL9 8BL9 8AE: also in BL9 8BL9 8AF: also in BL9 8BL9 8AG: also in BL9 8BL9 8AH: also in BL9 8BL9 8AJ: also in BL9 8BL9 8AL: also in BL9 8BL9 8AN: also in BL9 8BL9 8AP: also in BL9 8BL9 8AQ: also in BL9 8BL9 8AR: also in BL9 8BL9 8AS: also in BL9 8BL9 8AT: also in BL9 8BL9 8AW: also in BL9 8BL9 8AX: also in BL9 8BL9 8AY: also in BL9 8BL9 8BA: also in BL9 8BL9 8BD: also in BL9 8BL9 8BE: also in BL9 8BL9 8BG: also in BL9 8BL9 8BH: also in BL9 8BL9 8BJ: also in BL9 8BL9 8BL: also in BL9 8BL9 8BN: also in BL9 8BL9 8BP: also in BL9 8BL9 8BQ: also in BL9 8BL9 8BR: also in BL9 8BL9 8BS: also in BL9 8BL9 8BT: also in BL9 8BL9 8BU: also in BL9 8BL9 8BW: also in BL9 8BL9 8BX: also in BL9 8BL9 8BY: also in BL9 8BL9 8BZ: also in BL9 8BL9 8DA: also in BL9 8BL9 8DB: also in BL9 8BL9 8DD: also in BL9 8BL9 8DE: also in BL9 8BL9 8DF: also in BL9 8BL9 8DH: also in BL9 8BL9 8DQ: also in BL9 8BL9 8DS: also in BL9 8BL9 8DT: also in BL9 8BL9 8DU: also in BL9 8BL9 8DX: also in BL9 8BL9 8DY: also in BL9 8BL9 8DZ: also in BL9 8BL9 8EA: also in BL9 8BL9 8ED: also in BL9 8BL9 8EE: also in BL9 8BL9 8EF: also in BL9 8BL9 8EG: also in BL9 8BL9 8EJ: also in BL9 8BL9 8EL: also in BL9 8BL9 8EN: also in BL9 8BL9 8EP: also in BL9 8BL9 8EQ: also in BL9 8BL9 8ER: also in BL9 8BL9 8ES: also in BL9 8BL9 8ET: also in BL9 8BL9 8EW: also in BL9 8BL9 8EX: also in BL9 8BL9 8EY: also in BL9 8BL9 8EZ: also in BL9 8BL9 8HA: also in BL9 8BL9 8HE: also in BL9 8BL9 8HF: also in BL9 8BL9 8JD: also in BL9 8BL9 8JE: also in BL9 8BL9 8JF: also in BL9 8BL9 8JG: also in BL9 8BL9 8JH: also in BL9 8BL9 8JJ: also in BL9 8BL9 8JL: also in BL9 8BL9 8JP: also in BL9 8BL9 8JQ: also in BL9 8BL9 8JX: also in BL9 8BL9 8JY: also in BL9 8BL9 8JZ: also in BL9 8BL9 8LR: also in BL9 8BL9 8LS: also in BL9 8BL9 8LT: also in BL9 8BL9 8NX: also in BL9 8BL9 8NY: also in BL9 8BL9 8PZ: also in BL9 8BL9 8QA: also in BL9 8BL9 8QF: also in BL9 8BL9 8QG: also in BL9 8BL9 8QH: also in BL9 8BL9 8RD: also in BL9 8BL9 8RE: also in BL9 8BL9 8RL: also in BL9 8BL9 8RP: also in BL9 8BL9 8RR: also in BL9 8BL9 8RT: also in BL9 8 3 places, 1.1 kmKearsley station 6.6 kmUnsworth BL9 8AZ Map of BL9 8AZ and what is near it Map of BL9 8AZ: its centre point, with the 199 other postcodes in the BL9 8 sector, 4 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 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 (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 6 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Kearsley station 6.6 kmUnsworth BL9 8AZ
  • BL9 8AZ
  • Other postcodes in BL9 8: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 1 Underground, metro or tram station
  • 3 GP practices
  • 6 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 53.5683, longitude -2.2842)

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 BL9 8AZ?

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 BL9 8AZ?

Every home and business at BL9 8AZ can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)100% 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.

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 BL9 8AZ?

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 BL9 8AZ 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 BL9 8AZ.

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 BL9 8AZ: 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 BL9 8AZ 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 BL9 8AZ?

Homes in BL9 8 sold for a typical £306,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 106 sales, up 6.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£306,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£287,250 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 6.7% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £355,000 33 sales
  • Semi-detached £305,000 47 sales
  • Terraced £205,500 16 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £116,500 10 sales

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

Across the whole BL9 district: a typical £215,000 from 515 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 BL9 8AZ

HM Land Registry records 2 standard sales of homes in BL9 8AZ from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 22 January 2026. 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

What council tax band are homes near BL9 8AZ?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 750 homes in the neighbourhood around BL9 8AZ. The largest share of them, 31%, are in council tax band C. More were built from 1965 to 1982 than in any other period (43%). 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 BL9 8AZ

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 C, the most common, is £2,271.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 150 (20%)£1,703
Band Babout 210 (28%)£1,987
Band Cabout 230 (31%)£2,271
Band Dabout 110 (15%)£2,555
Band Eabout 20 (3%)£3,123
Band Fabout 20 (3%)£3,691
Band Gabout 10 (1%)£4,259
Band Hfewer than 5£5,110

When the homes were built

  1. 27% Before 1900
  2. Withheld 1900 to 1918
  3. 1% 1919 to 1939
  4. 9% 1945 to 1964
  5. 43% 1965 to 1982
  6. 7% 1983 to 1999
  7. 4% 2000 to 2009
  8. 8% 2010 to 2019
  9. None 2020 or later

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 BL9 8AZ is in (ONS area E01005054), 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 BL9 8AZ?

The nearest open schools to BL9 8AZ, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near BL9 8AZ, 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 BL9 8AZ?

The nearest railway station to the centre of BL9 8AZ is Clifton (Manchester) Rail Station, 5.5 km away in a straight line.

  • Clifton (Manchester) Rail Station Railway station 5.5 kmDrive
  • Kearsley Rail Station Railway station 6.6 kmDrive
  • Whitefield (Manchester Metrolink) Underground, metro or tram 2.0 kmCycle

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

6 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Melton Drive, 53 m away.

More stations near BL9 8AZ, 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 BL9 8AZ?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of BL9 8AZ, 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 BL9 8AZ?

0 within 1 km 4 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of BL9 8AZ, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • Be.EV Charging point · No details mapped 2.0 kmCycle
  • Be.EV Charging point · 2 chargers 2.1 kmCycle
  • Bury Market - Angouleme Way Charging point · No details mapped 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.

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 BL9 8AZ?

The nearest to the centre of BL9 8AZ, 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 BL9 8AZ?

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 BL9 8AZ?

The nearest care homes to the centre of BL9 8AZ, 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 BL9 8AZ?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of BL9 8AZ, 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 BL9 8AZ?

The nearest vets to the centre of BL9 8AZ 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 BL9 8AZ in a conservation area?

The centre of BL9 8AZ 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 BL9 8AZ?

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 BL9 8AZ. 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 BL9 8AZ

Ward
Unsworth
Parish
Not in a parish
Region
North West
Country
England
Built-up area
Bury
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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BL9 8AY40 mBL9 8EX70 mBL9 8AS90 mBL9 8BA90 mBL9 8BR120 mBL9 8BH120 m
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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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