BL9 — Bury
Bury's BL9 postcode sits in Bury. The board behind it is assembled from 24,881 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical BL9 sale went from £38,950 in 1995 to £184,950 in 2026 — 4.7× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 2004 — prices moved +31.4% that year. The one to avoid was 2011: the median moved -10.9%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in BL9
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £38,950 | 787 |
| 2000 | £45,000 | 956 |
| 2005 | £98,000 | 994 |
| 2010 | £110,000 | 422 |
| 2015 | £120,000 | 735 |
| 2020 | £145,000 | 637 |
| 2025 | £200,000 | 713 |
| 2026 | £184,950 | 129 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Bury (BL9 9) (22% of local sales) — busiest streets: Manchester Road, Horne Street, Valley Mill Lane
- Bury (BL9 6) (20% of local sales) — busiest streets: Walmersley Road, Chesham Road, Derby Court
- Bury (BL9 7) (20% of local sales) — busiest streets: Rochdale Old Road, Wash Lane, Rochdale Road
- Bury (BL9 8) (16% of local sales) — busiest streets: Hollins Lane, Parr Lane, Pole Lane Court
- Bury (BL9 5) (11% of local sales) — busiest streets: Walmersley Road, Hornby Street, Vernon Street
- Bury (BL9 0) (7% of local sales) — busiest streets: St Johns Gardens, Spring Street, Manchester Road
- Unsworth (2% of local sales) — busiest streets: Church Meadow, Haweswater Crescent, Parr Lane
- Summerseat (1% of local sales) — busiest streets: Waterside Road, Hill Street, Holly Street
Reading about 2004 is easy; surviving 2011 is the game. Play the BL9 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.