BL9 6HD Bury
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Moorside. Region: North West.
Streets
- Hudcar Lane, Bury: 22 addresses
- Porritt Street, Bury: 6 addresses
- Canon Street, Bury: 1 address
- Oram Street, Bury: 1 address
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 (74% of about 820 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- 125 Walmersley Road, Bury, BL9 5AY: up to 7 homes, permissioned (300 m)
- Topping Mill, Topping Street, Bury, BL9 6DR: up to 15 homes, permissioned (390 m)
- Yard, North of Birch Street, Bury: up to 10 homes, not permissioned (480 m)
- Corner Walmersley Road/Moorgate, Bury: up to 30 homes, not permissioned (530 m)
- Site of Former Paradise Mill, John Street, Bury, BL9 0NH: up to 30 homes, not permissioned (680 m)
- Woolfield House, Wash Lane, Bury, BL9 6BJ: up to 11 homes, permissioned (710 m)
- Acorn Business Centre, Fountain Street North, Bury, BL9 7AN: up to 19 homes, permissioned (730 m)
- Site of Hartshead Works, Deal Street, Bury, BL9 7PU: up to 39 homes, not permissioned (770 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 30 addresses are between 101 m and 106 m above sea level (103 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Castleton (Manchester) 141,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.2 km |
| Bromley Cross (Lancs) 312,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.4 km | |
| Hall-I'-Th'-Wood 196,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.4 km | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Bury (Manchester Metrolink) | 1.4 km |
| Bus stops | 11 stops within 400 m, 46 within 800 m; nearest Brookshaw Street Chesham | 160 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bury Interchange | 1.3 km |
| Car parks | Village Hotel Bury, Manchester Car Park Pre Book | 1.5 km |
| EV charging points | 5 within 1.6 km; nearest InstaVolt Charging Station | 500 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 28.1 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 7 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Walmersley Road Medical Practice | 300 m |
| Pharmacies | 13 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Strachan's Chemist | 330 m |
| NHS dentists | 5 practices within 1.6 km; nearest S Patel& Associates | 300 m |
| Hospital | Fairfield Gen Hospital | 2.0 km |
| Police station | Bury Police Station | 1.1 km |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m; nearest Payzone | 610 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,870 m² | 240 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Clarence Park 23 ha | 350 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,240 m² | 510 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 8,890 m² | 1.2 km |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,220 m² | 580 m |
Within 800 m: 5 parks and gardens, 29 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Lower Chesham, a listed building (Grade II*), 480 m south-east. 4 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Lower Chesham | Listed building, Grade II* | 480 m south-east |
| Medieval moated site and later fortified manor house known as Bury Castle 100m west of the parish church | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km south-west |
| Promontory fort called Castlesteads on the east bank of the Irwell 550m SSE of Banks Farm | Scheduled monument | 2.0 km north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| The Lido | Lake or reservoir | 660 m north |
| Woodhill Brook | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km west |
| Gallows Hill | Hill | 1.8 km east |
| Broad Oak Wood | Wood | 2.2 km east |
| Deardens Lodge | Lake or reservoir | 2.3 km south-west |
| Deeply Vale | Valley | 3.4 km north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 14.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.0 | 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 | 8 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 22 | 30 |
8 of the postcode's 30 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 | 33 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 26% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 10% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 53% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 22% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 4% | 1% |
| Social rented | 17% | 17% |
| Private rented | 27% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 12% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 17% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 60% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 9% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 12% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 75% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 3% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 23% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 26% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 93% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 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 Hudcar Lane.