OL13 — Bacup
The OL13 board covers Bacup in Rossendale, built from 9,037 sales over 32 years of real Land Registry sales across 7 local areas.
The median sale here was £28,000 back in 1995. In 2026 it stood at £155,000, a 5.5× change. Peak momentum came in 2003, when the OL13 median climbed +40.6%. 2019 was the year the music stopped here: -13.6% on the median.
Median sold price in OL13
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £28,000 | 156 |
| 2000 | £33,000 | 335 |
| 2005 | £76,750 | 328 |
| 2010 | £88,725 | 178 |
| 2015 | £85,000 | 251 |
| 2020 | £110,000 | 286 |
| 2025 | £154,500 | 286 |
| 2026 | £155,000 | 45 |
The areas on the board
The game's reel draws from 7 areas, in proportion to how often property really changes hands there:
- Bacup (OL13 9) (43% of local sales) — busiest streets: Rochdale Road, New Line, Todmorden Road
- Bacup (OL13 8) (25% of local sales) — busiest streets: Burnley Road, Bankside Lane, Dale Street
- Bacup (OL13 0) (17% of local sales) — busiest streets: Newchurch Road, Booth Road, Cutler Lane
- Stacksteads (11% of local sales) — busiest streets: Booth Road, Lee Road, Blackwood Court
- Weir (3% of local sales) — busiest streets: The Moorlands, Heald Lane, Doals Gate
- Britannia (2% of local sales) — busiest streets: Cockerell Drive, Market Street, Edge Lane
- Tunstead (0% of local sales)
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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.