BL3 — Bolton
Bolton's BL3 postcode sits in Bolton. The board behind it is assembled from 25,510 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical BL3 sale went from £34,000 in 1995 to £180,000 in 2026 — 5.3× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2004 — prices moved +48.6% that year. The one to avoid was 2011: the median moved -15.3%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in BL3
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £34,000 | 745 |
| 2000 | £38,000 | 944 |
| 2005 | £82,975 | 984 |
| 2010 | £94,500 | 536 |
| 2015 | £92,000 | 645 |
| 2020 | £113,500 | 686 |
| 2025 | £176,000 | 611 |
| 2026 | £180,000 | 105 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Bolton (BL3 4) (26% of local sales) — busiest streets: Willows Lane, Hulton Lane, Wigan Road
- Bolton (BL3 3) (25% of local sales) — busiest streets: St Helens Road, Longfield Road, Ellesmere Road
- Little Lever (17% of local sales) — busiest streets: Church Street, Aintree Road, Tong Road
- Bolton (BL3 2) (16% of local sales) — busiest streets: Crescent Road, Woodgate Street, Green Lane
- Bolton (BL3 5) (7% of local sales) — busiest streets: Wigan Road, Melbourne Road, Glen Avenue
- Bolton (BL3 6) (5% of local sales) — busiest streets: Crook Street, Auburn Street, Bridgeman Street
- Bolton (BL3 1) (3% of local sales) — busiest streets: Whiteoak View, Radcliffe Road, Laurel Avenue
- Lostock (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Bryony Gardens
Reading about 2004 is easy; surviving 2011 is the game. Play the BL3 board.
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Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.