BL5 — Bolton
The BL5 board covers Bolton in Bolton, built from 16,240 sales over 32 years of real Land Registry sales across 5 local areas.
The median sale here was £46,500 back in 1995. In 2026 it stood at £217,500, a 4.7× change. Peak momentum came in 2004, when the BL5 median climbed +42.9%. 2011 was the year the music stopped here: -10.2% on the median.
Median sold price in BL5
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £46,500 | 415 |
| 2000 | £58,000 | 614 |
| 2005 | £123,019 | 596 |
| 2010 | £130,000 | 281 |
| 2015 | £140,000 | 483 |
| 2020 | £180,000 | 510 |
| 2025 | £225,000 | 552 |
| 2026 | £217,500 | 78 |
The areas on the board
The game's reel draws from 5 areas, in proportion to how often property really changes hands there:
- Westhoughton (92% of local sales) — busiest streets: Church Street, Chorley Road, Park Road
- Bolton (BL5 1) (7% of local sales) — busiest streets: Rutherford Drive, Newbrook Road, Salford Road
- Over Hulton (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Manchester Road, Crescent Avenue, Rungers Field
- Grange Road (0% of local sales)
- The Parkway (0% of local sales)
Think you could survive a decade here? Play the BL5 board and find out.
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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.