BL9 0GE Bury
Live postcode, introduced March 2024. Ward: Bury East. Region: North West.
Streets
- Peel Way, Bury: 3 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Bury in 2026-27: Band D £2,555 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,703 | £1,987 | £2,271 | £2,555 | £3,123 | £3,691 | £4,259 | £5,110 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (75% of about 1,080 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Bury Town Centre (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 7.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): Bury borough HMO.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- PARISH CHURCH OF SAINT MARY, grade I
- Bury War Memorial, grade II*
- 12-16, MARKET STREET, grade II
- CHURCH ROOMS, grade II
- DERBY HALL, grade II
- STATUE OF SIR ROBERT PEEL, grade II
- UNION BUILDINGS, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- 1 The Rock, Bury, BL9 0JP: up to 5 homes, not permissioned (10 m)
- Victoria Buildings, 9-13 Silver Street, Bury, BL9 0EU: up to 12 homes, permissioned (160 m)
- Millgate Shopping Centre, Bury: up to 400 homes, not permissioned (170 m)
- Clerke Street, Bury: up to 30 homes, not permissioned (200 m)
- The Castle surface car park, Bolton Street, Bury: up to 40 homes, not permissioned (210 m)
- Castle Leisure Centre, Bolton Street, Bury, BL9 0EZ: up to 200 homes, not permissioned (350 m)
- Site of Former Paradise Mill, John Street, Bury, BL9 0NH: up to 30 homes, not permissioned (420 m)
- Humphrey House, Angouleme Way, Bury, BL9 6EQ: up to 40 homes, not permissioned (430 m)
Flood risk
The Environment Agency's long-term flood risk figures have not been loaded for this postcode yet.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 96 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 0%, gigabit 0% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Kearsley (Manchester) 55,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.6 km |
| Hall-I'-Th'-Wood 196,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.7 km | |
| Farnworth 51,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.8 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Bury (Manchester Metrolink) | 360 m |
| Bus stops | 13 stops within 400 m, 42 within 800 m; nearest The Met theatre Bury | 110 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bury Interchange | 260 m |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Q-Park Knowsley Place | 560 m |
| EV charging points | 5 within 1.6 km; nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 240 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 27.2 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 8 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Townside Surgery | 440 m |
| Pharmacies | 15 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Boots | 170 m |
| NHS dentists | 7 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 350 m |
| Hospital | Alpha Hospital Bury | 1.5 km |
| Police station | Bury Police Station | 410 m |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest Cash machine 29-33 The Rock Halifax | 50 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 7 within 800 m; nearest Kay Garden 1,830 m² | 210 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Tower Gardens 2,920 m² | 590 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 370 m² | 590 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Manchester Road Recreation Ground 2.8 ha | 730 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,220 m² | 1.0 km |
Within 800 m: 7 parks and gardens, 0.9 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Parish Church of Saint Mary, a listed building (Grade I), 50 m west. 42 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I and 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Parish Church of Saint Mary | Listed building, Grade I | 50 m west |
| Bury War Memorial | Listed building, Grade II* | 80 m west |
| Medieval moated site and later fortified manor house known as Bury Castle 100m west of the parish church | Scheduled monument | 140 m west |
| War Memorial to the Lancashire Fusiliers, Gallipoli Gardens | Listed building, Grade II* | 250 m south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Woodhill Brook | Lake or reservoir | 1.1 km north-west |
| Deardens Lodge | Lake or reservoir | 1.3 km west |
| Goit | Lake or reservoir | 1.4 km south-west |
| Starkies Wood | Wood | 1.5 km south |
| Gallows Hill | Hill | 2.8 km north-east |
| Sunny Clough | Valley | 4.3 km north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 15.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.6 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 3 |
3 of the postcode's 3 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 30 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 4% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 4% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 0% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 29% | 17% |
| Private rented | 66% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 51% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 12% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 5% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 7% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 34% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 19% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 12% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 27% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 17% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 67% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 32% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 75% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 6% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 2 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Peel Way.