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, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in the BL5 1 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 96 postcodes in the BL5 1 sector that ONS places, 1 are new since 2020 and 95 were in use before 2020. Places named: Westhoughton, Wingates. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. M61A6 BL5 1AA: before 2020BL5 1AB: before 2020BL5 1AD: before 2020BL5 1AE: before 2020BL5 1AF: before 2020BL5 1AG: before 2020BL5 1AH: before 2020BL5 1AJ: before 2020BL5 1AL: before 2020BL5 1AN: before 2020BL5 1AP: before 2020BL5 1AQ: before 2020BL5 1AR: before 2020BL5 1AS: before 2020BL5 1AT: before 2020BL5 1AU: before 2020BL5 1AW: before 2020BL5 1AX: before 2020BL5 1AY: before 2020BL5 1AZ: before 2020BL5 1BA: before 2020BL5 1BB: before 2020BL5 1BD: before 2020BL5 1BE: before 2020BL5 1BF: before 2020BL5 1BG: before 2020BL5 1BH: before 2020BL5 1BJ: before 2020BL5 1BL: before 2020BL5 1BN: before 2020BL5 1BP: before 2020BL5 1BQ: before 2020BL5 1BR: before 2020BL5 1BS: before 2020BL5 1BU: before 2020BL5 1BW: before 2020BL5 1BX: before 2020BL5 1BY: before 2020BL5 1DB: before 2020BL5 1DF: before 2020BL5 1DH: before 2020BL5 1DJ: before 2020BL5 1DL: before 2020BL5 1DN: before 2020BL5 1DP: before 2020BL5 1DQ: before 2020BL5 1DR: before 2020BL5 1DS: before 2020BL5 1DT: before 2020BL5 1DU: before 2020BL5 1DW: before 2020BL5 1DX: before 2020BL5 1DY: before 2020BL5 1DZ: before 2020BL5 1EA: before 2020BL5 1EB: before 2020BL5 1ED: before 2020BL5 1EE: before 2020BL5 1EH: before 2020BL5 1EL: before 2020BL5 1EN: before 2020BL5 1EP: before 2020BL5 1EQ: before 2020BL5 1ER: before 2020BL5 1ES: before 2020BL5 1ET: before 2020BL5 1EU: before 2020BL5 1EW: before 2020BL5 1EX: before 2020BL5 1EY: before 2020BL5 1EZ: before 2020BL5 1FH: before 2020BL5 1FJ: before 2020BL5 1FL: before 2020BL5 1FN: before 2020BL5 1FQ: before 2020BL5 1HA: before 2020BL5 1HB: before 2020BL5 1HD: before 2020BL5 1HE: before 2020BL5 1HG: before 2020BL5 1HH: before 2020BL5 1HJ: before 2020BL5 1HL: before 2020BL5 1HN: before 2020BL5 1HP: before 2020BL5 1HQ: before 2020BL5 1HR: before 2020BL5 1HS: before 2020BL5 1HT: before 2020BL5 1YY: before 2020BL5 1DA: new since 2020 WesthoughtonWingates Map of every postcode in the BL5 1 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 96 postcodes in the BL5 1 sector that ONS places, 1 are new since 2020 and 95 were in use before 2020. Places named: Westhoughton, Wingates. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. M61A673A58 WesthoughtonWingates
  • New since 2020: 1
  • In use before 2020: 95

Of the 96 postcodes in the BL5 1 sector that ONS places, 1 are new since 2020 and 95 were in use before 2020.

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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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

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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.

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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

What council am I in? The council, borough or local authority for a postcode, and the county council where there is one. What ward am I in? The ward for a postcode, with its council, constituency and parish.

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