BL5 3 postcode sector in the BL5 district
BL5 3 is a sector of the BL5 district: every postcode that starts BL5 3. It has 357 postcodes in use, 9 of them large-user postcodes. 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 3 sector, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 38
- In use before 2020: 319
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 357 postcodes in the BL5 3 sector that ONS places, 38 are new since 2020 and 319 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and 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
The 5 newest postcodes
2 further out, not drawn
These postcodes lie well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without them to show the rest closer; they are in every count.
What do homes sell for in BL5 3?
Homes in BL5 3 sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 184 sales, down 6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £355,148 56 sales
- Semi-detached £242,000 53 sales
- Terraced £171,250 56 sales
- Flat or maisonette £120,000 19 sales
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 3. A typical price is the median, the middle sale, given from 5 sales or more.
How we work this out: house prices by postcodeSource: 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 3
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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
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