BL5 1 postcode sector in the BL5 district

BL5 1 is a sector of the BL5 district: every postcode that starts BL5 1. It has 96 postcodes in use, one of them a large-user postcode. A large-user postcode is one Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

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Every postcode in the BL5 1 sector, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in the BL5 1 sector, by flood risk Of the 96 postcodes in the BL5 1 sector that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 94 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Westhoughton, Wingates. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. M61A6 BL5 1AA: not on the flood risk listBL5 1AB: not on the flood risk listBL5 1AD: not on the flood risk listBL5 1AE: not on the flood risk listBL5 1AF: not on the flood risk listBL5 1AG: not on the flood risk listBL5 1AH: not on the flood risk listBL5 1AJ: not on the flood risk listBL5 1AL: not on the flood risk listBL5 1AN: not on the flood risk listBL5 1AP: not on the flood risk listBL5 1AQ: not on the flood risk listBL5 1AR: not on the flood risk listBL5 1AS: not on the flood risk listBL5 1AT: not on the flood risk listBL5 1AU: not on the flood risk listBL5 1AW: not on the flood risk listBL5 1AX: not on the flood risk listBL5 1AY: not on the flood risk listBL5 1AZ: not on the flood risk listBL5 1BA: not on the flood risk listBL5 1BB: not on the flood risk listBL5 1BD: not on the flood risk listBL5 1BE: not on the flood risk listBL5 1BF: not on the flood risk listBL5 1BG: not on the flood risk listBL5 1BH: not on the flood risk listBL5 1BJ: not on the flood risk listBL5 1BL: not on the flood risk listBL5 1BN: not on the flood risk listBL5 1BP: not on the flood risk listBL5 1BQ: not on the flood risk listBL5 1BR: not on the flood risk listBL5 1BS: not on the flood risk listBL5 1BU: not on the flood risk listBL5 1BW: not on the flood risk listBL5 1BX: not on the flood risk listBL5 1BY: not on the flood risk listBL5 1DA: not on the flood risk listBL5 1DB: not on the flood risk listBL5 1DF: not on the flood risk listBL5 1DH: not on the flood risk listBL5 1DJ: not on the flood risk listBL5 1DL: not on the flood risk listBL5 1DN: not on the flood risk listBL5 1DP: not on the flood risk listBL5 1DQ: not on the flood risk listBL5 1DR: not on the flood risk listBL5 1DS: not on the flood risk listBL5 1DT: not on the flood risk listBL5 1DU: not on the flood risk listBL5 1DW: not on the flood risk listBL5 1DX: not on the flood risk listBL5 1DY: not on the flood risk listBL5 1DZ: not on the flood risk listBL5 1EA: not on the flood risk listBL5 1EB: not on the flood risk listBL5 1ED: not on the flood risk listBL5 1EE: not on the flood risk listBL5 1EH: not on the flood risk listBL5 1EL: not on the flood risk listBL5 1EN: not on the flood risk listBL5 1EP: not on the flood risk listBL5 1EQ: not on the flood risk listBL5 1ER: not on the flood risk listBL5 1ES: not on the flood risk listBL5 1ET: not on the flood risk listBL5 1EU: not on the flood risk listBL5 1EW: not on the flood risk listBL5 1EX: not on the flood risk listBL5 1EY: not on the flood risk listBL5 1EZ: not on the flood risk listBL5 1FJ: not on the flood risk listBL5 1FL: not on the flood risk listBL5 1FN: not on the flood risk listBL5 1HA: not on the flood risk listBL5 1HB: not on the flood risk listBL5 1HD: not on the flood risk listBL5 1HE: not on the flood risk listBL5 1HG: not on the flood risk listBL5 1HH: not on the flood risk listBL5 1HJ: not on the flood risk listBL5 1HL: not on the flood risk listBL5 1HN: not on the flood risk listBL5 1HP: not on the flood risk listBL5 1HQ: not on the flood risk listBL5 1HR: not on the flood risk listBL5 1HS: not on the flood risk listBL5 1HT: not on the flood risk listBL5 1YY: not on the flood risk listBL5 1FH: low flood risk at worstBL5 1FQ: high flood risk WesthoughtonWingates Map of every postcode in the BL5 1 sector, by flood risk Of the 96 postcodes in the BL5 1 sector that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 94 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Westhoughton, Wingates. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. M61A673A58 WesthoughtonWingates
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 94

Of the 96 postcodes in the BL5 1 sector that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at low risk at worst and 94 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

BL5 1FQ1 at high risk

What do homes sell for in BL5 1?

Homes in BL5 1 sold for a typical £285,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 33 sales, up 1.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£285,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£280,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 1.8% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £377,500 8 sales
  • Semi-detached £285,000 19 sales
  • Terraced £155,000 5 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

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

Standard sales of homes at market value at the postcodes that start BL5 1. A typical price is the median, the middle sale, given from 5 sales or more.

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

Postcodes in BL5 1

Pick a postcode to see its council and MP, broadband, flood risk, what homes sell for, council tax, the nearest schools and stations, and crime around it.

BL5 1AABL5 1ABBL5 1ADBL5 1AEBL5 1AFBL5 1AGBL5 1AHBL5 1AJBL5 1ALBL5 1ANBL5 1APBL5 1AQBL5 1ARBL5 1ASBL5 1ATBL5 1AUBL5 1AWBL5 1AXBL5 1AYBL5 1AZBL5 1BABL5 1BBBL5 1BDBL5 1BEBL5 1BFBL5 1BGBL5 1BHBL5 1BJBL5 1BLBL5 1BNBL5 1BPBL5 1BQBL5 1BRBL5 1BSBL5 1BUBL5 1BWBL5 1BXBL5 1BYBL5 1BZBL5 1DABL5 1DBBL5 1DFBL5 1DHBL5 1DJBL5 1DLBL5 1DNBL5 1DPBL5 1DQBL5 1DRBL5 1DSBL5 1DTBL5 1DUBL5 1DWBL5 1DXBL5 1DYBL5 1DZBL5 1EABL5 1EBBL5 1EDBL5 1EEBL5 1EHBL5 1EJBL5 1ELBL5 1ENBL5 1EPBL5 1EQBL5 1ERBL5 1ESBL5 1ETBL5 1EUBL5 1EWBL5 1EXBL5 1EYBL5 1EZBL5 1FHBL5 1FJBL5 1FLBL5 1FNBL5 1FQBL5 1HABL5 1HBBL5 1HDBL5 1HEBL5 1HFBL5 1HGBL5 1HHBL5 1HJBL5 1HLBL5 1HNBL5 1HPBL5 1HQBL5 1HRBL5 1HSBL5 1HTBL5 1HWBL5 1YY

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Postcodes that have ended are not listed. See all our data sources

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