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 gigabit broadband

Map of every postcode in the BL5 1 sector, by gigabit broadband Of the 96 postcodes in the BL5 1 sector that ONS places, 19 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 9 have some that can, 66 can all get it and 2 have no Ofcom figure. Places named: Westhoughton, Wingates. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. M61A6 BL5 1BP: no Ofcom figureBL5 1YY: no Ofcom figureBL5 1AB: gigabit for allBL5 1AD: gigabit for allBL5 1AF: gigabit for allBL5 1AG: gigabit for allBL5 1AS: gigabit for allBL5 1AT: gigabit for allBL5 1AU: gigabit for allBL5 1AX: gigabit for allBL5 1AY: gigabit for allBL5 1AZ: gigabit for allBL5 1BA: gigabit for allBL5 1BB: gigabit for allBL5 1BD: gigabit for allBL5 1BE: gigabit for allBL5 1BG: gigabit for allBL5 1BJ: gigabit for allBL5 1BL: gigabit for allBL5 1BN: gigabit for allBL5 1BQ: gigabit for allBL5 1BR: gigabit for allBL5 1BY: gigabit for allBL5 1DF: gigabit for allBL5 1DH: gigabit for allBL5 1DJ: gigabit for allBL5 1DL: gigabit for allBL5 1DN: gigabit for allBL5 1DP: gigabit for allBL5 1DQ: gigabit for allBL5 1DR: gigabit for allBL5 1DS: gigabit for allBL5 1DT: gigabit for allBL5 1DU: gigabit for allBL5 1DW: gigabit for allBL5 1DX: gigabit for allBL5 1DY: gigabit for allBL5 1DZ: gigabit for allBL5 1EA: gigabit for allBL5 1EH: gigabit for allBL5 1EL: gigabit for allBL5 1EN: gigabit for allBL5 1EP: gigabit for allBL5 1EQ: gigabit for allBL5 1ET: gigabit for allBL5 1EU: gigabit for allBL5 1EW: gigabit for allBL5 1EX: gigabit for allBL5 1EY: gigabit for allBL5 1EZ: gigabit for allBL5 1HA: gigabit for allBL5 1HB: gigabit for allBL5 1HD: gigabit for allBL5 1HE: gigabit for allBL5 1HG: gigabit for allBL5 1HH: gigabit for allBL5 1HJ: gigabit for allBL5 1HL: gigabit for allBL5 1HN: gigabit for allBL5 1HP: gigabit for allBL5 1HQ: gigabit for allBL5 1HR: gigabit for allBL5 1HS: gigabit for allBL5 1HT: gigabit for allBL5 1AA: some gigabitBL5 1AQ: some gigabitBL5 1AR: some gigabitBL5 1BH: some gigabitBL5 1BW: some gigabitBL5 1ED: some gigabitBL5 1EE: some gigabitBL5 1ER: some gigabitBL5 1ES: some gigabitBL5 1AE: no gigabitBL5 1AH: no gigabitBL5 1AJ: no gigabitBL5 1AL: no gigabitBL5 1AN: no gigabitBL5 1AP: no gigabitBL5 1AW: no gigabitBL5 1BF: no gigabitBL5 1BS: no gigabitBL5 1BU: no gigabitBL5 1BX: no gigabitBL5 1DA: no gigabitBL5 1DB: no gigabitBL5 1EB: no gigabitBL5 1FH: no gigabitBL5 1FJ: no gigabitBL5 1FL: no gigabitBL5 1FN: no gigabitBL5 1FQ: no gigabit WesthoughtonWingates Map of every postcode in the BL5 1 sector, by gigabit broadband Of the 96 postcodes in the BL5 1 sector that ONS places, 19 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 9 have some that can, 66 can all get it and 2 have no Ofcom figure. Places named: Westhoughton, Wingates. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. M61A673A58 WesthoughtonWingates
  • No home or business can get gigabit: 19
  • Some can get gigabit: 9
  • Every home and business can get gigabit: 66
  • Ofcom gives no figure: 2

Of the 96 postcodes in the BL5 1 sector that ONS places, 19 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 9 have some that can, 66 can all get it and 2 have no Ofcom figure.

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.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.

Postcodes without gigabit

19 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.

BL5 1AEBL5 1AHBL5 1AJBL5 1ALBL5 1ANBL5 1APBL5 1AWBL5 1BFBL5 1BSBL5 1BUBL5 1BXBL5 1DA

What do homes sell for in BL5 1?

Homes in BL5 1 sold for a typical £310,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 33 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £273,000 from 43 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.

£310,000 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£273,000 12 months to September 2025
  • Detached £377,500 8 sales
  • Semi-detached £310,000 20 sales
  • Terraced 4 sales, too few to price
  • 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 October 2026.

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: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Postcodes that have ended are not listed.

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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