Freckleton Drive Bury
55 addresses across 2 postcodes (BL8), about 420 m (0.3 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 5100817.
- Sales: 45 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £380,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 25 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 5, D: 18, E: 1).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Bury costs £2,555 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Hall-I'-Th'-Wood, about 5.2 km (3.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 830 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 10.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 116 to 133 m above sea level.
- Noise: 3 of its 55 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Mile Lane Health Centre, about 240 m away.
- People: About 540 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 94% of households owned their home and 37% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | £380,000 | £380,000 | £380,000 |
| 2025 | 1 | £365,000 | £365,000 | £365,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | £330,000 | £330,000 | £330,000 |
| 2022 | 4 | £377,213 | £344,425 | £475,000 |
| 2021 | 3 | £343,000 | £310,000 | £410,000 |
| 2020 | 2 | £312,750 | £243,000 | £382,500 |
| 2018 | 1 | £275,000 | £275,000 | £275,000 |
| 2017 | 3 | £300,000 | £260,000 | £331,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | £223,000 | £206,000 | £240,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | £232,500 | £225,000 | £240,000 |
| 2014 | 2 | £230,000 | £225,000 | £235,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £285,000 | £285,000 | £285,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Jan 2026 | 38 BL8 2JA | Detached | £380,000 | Leasehold. |
| 6 Mar 2025 | 36 BL8 2JA | Detached | £365,000 | Leasehold. |
| 29 Oct 2024 | 55 BL8 2JA | Detached | £330,000 | Leasehold. |
| 15 Aug 2022 | 43 BL8 2JA | Detached | £475,000 | |
| 11 Apr 2022 | 32 BL8 2JA | Detached | £410,000 | Leasehold. |
| 4 Feb 2022 | 14 BL8 2JA | Detached | £344,425 | |
| 4 Feb 2022 | 14 BL8 2JA | Detached | £344,425 | Leasehold. |
| 30 Jun 2021 | 26 BL8 2JA | Detached | £343,000 | |
| 21 Jun 2021 | 43 BL8 2JA | Detached | £310,000 | |
| 21 May 2021 | 30 BL8 2JA | Detached | £410,000 | |
| 9 Apr 2021 | 9 BL8 2JA | Other | £330,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 9 Apr 2021 | 9 BL8 2JA | Other | £330,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 12 Oct 2020 | 40 BL8 2JA | Detached | £382,500 | |
| 10 Jul 2020 | 10 BL8 2JA | Detached | £243,000 | Leasehold. |
| 18 Dec 2018 | 24 BL8 2JA | Detached | £275,000 | |
| 15 Nov 2017 | 15 BL8 2JA | Detached | £331,000 | |
| 2 Oct 2017 | 44 BL8 2JA | Flat or maisonette | £300,000 | Leasehold. |
| 2 Oct 2017 | 7 BL8 2JA | Other | £950 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 14 Jul 2017 | 42 BL8 2JA | Detached | £260,000 | |
| 28 Oct 2016 | 25 BL8 2JA | Detached | £240,000 | Leasehold. |
| 8 Aug 2016 | 18 BL8 2JA | Detached | £206,000 | Leasehold. |
| 29 May 2015 | 29 BL8 2JA | Detached | £240,000 | Leasehold. |
| 10 Mar 2015 | 37 BL8 2JA | Detached | £225,000 | |
| 18 Dec 2014 | 53 BL8 2JA | Detached | £235,000 | |
| 6 May 2014 | 3 BL8 2JA | Detached | £225,000 | Leasehold. |
| 4 Jan 2013 | 15 BL8 2JA | Detached | £285,000 | |
| 21 Dec 2011 | 16 BL8 2JA | Detached | £168,000 | Leasehold. |
| 29 May 2009 | 11 BL8 2JA | Detached | £289,999 | |
| 3 Oct 2008 | 51 BL8 2JA | Detached | £223,000 | Leasehold. |
| 3 Oct 2008 | 51 BL8 2JA | Detached | £223,000 | |
| 23 Nov 2007 | 2 BL8 2JA | Detached | £221,750 | |
| 31 Aug 2007 | 26 BL8 2JA | Detached | £260,000 | Leasehold. |
| 21 Aug 2006 | 21 BL8 2JA | Detached | £335,000 | Leasehold. |
| 4 Oct 2004 | 25 BL8 2JA | Detached | £290,000 | Leasehold. |
| 3 Jun 2004 | 2 BL8 2JA | Detached | £170,000 | |
| 12 Dec 2003 | 6 BL8 2JA | Detached | £170,000 | |
| 23 Apr 2003 | 17 BL8 2JA | Detached | £240,000 | Leasehold. |
| 25 Mar 2003 | 40 BL8 2JA | Detached | £176,000 | |
| 16 Nov 2000 | 47 BL8 2JA | Detached | £98,000 | |
| 9 Aug 1999 | 42 BL8 2JA | Detached | £107,000 | |
| 21 Jun 1999 | 35 BL8 2JA | Detached | £118,000 | |
| 28 May 1999 | 17 BL8 2JA | Detached | £95,000 | Leasehold. |
| 23 Mar 1999 | 25 BL8 2JA | Detached | £105,000 | Leasehold. |
| 28 Oct 1996 | 21 BL8 2JA | Detached | £85,950 | Leasehold. |
| 22 Dec 1995 | 57 BL8 2JA | Detached | £59,950 |
Energy performance certificates
25 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 115 m². Most common: House, detached (18); Bungalow, detached (7). Built: 1967-1975 (19); 1976-1982 (4); 1991-1995 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (20); rented (private) (2).
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 street: most are in band D (56% of about 620 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 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.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| BL8 2JA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| BL8 2JQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 55 addresses are between 116 m and 133 m above sea level (126 m on average); the ground rises about 17 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BL8 2JA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BL8 2JQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Hall-I'-Th'-Wood 196,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) |
| Farnworth 51,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) | |
| Kearsley (Manchester) 55,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 11 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 39 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Preesall Close Seddons Farm Estate | 80 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bury Interchange | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Car parks | Q-Park Knowsley Place | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Osprey Charging Station | 340 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 26.6 km (17 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Mile Lane Health Centre | 240 m |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Mile Lane Pharmacy | 240 m |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Mile Lane Dental Practice | 240 m |
| Hospital | Alpha Hospital Bury | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
| Police station | Greater Manchester Police | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Cooperative Food Mile Lane Cashzone | 240 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 12 ha | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,050 m² | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 5.1 ha | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 740 m² | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
Landmarks
1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Starling Pond | Lake or reservoir | 470 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Starling Wood | Wood | 490 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Elton Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| Withins Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| High Barn | Hill | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) north-west |
| Oaken Bottom | Valley | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 52 | 55 |
3 of the street's 55 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Bury: see them on the Bury page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenhill Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 310 m | No published inspection |
| Lowercroft Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 610 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Jan 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Stephen's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 840 m (0.5 miles) | Requires improvement (Jul 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Chantlers Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Radcliffe | Primary | 3–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| Christ Church Ainsworth Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| The Elton High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Report card (Feb 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Wesley Methodist Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
| Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Christ Church CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| The Derby High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seddons Farm Butchers BL8 2JR | Retailers - other | 240 m | 5 Very good | 14 Jan 2025 |
| Taylor's Fish Bar BL8 2JR | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 240 m | 5 Very good | 18 Feb 2025 |
| Co-op BL8 2JR | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 260 m | 5 Very good | 17 Jul 2025 |
| Spar M26 4JY | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 340 m | 5 Very good | 28 Aug 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (metropolitan).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 59 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 43% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 94% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 71% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 5% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 45% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 48% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 35% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 51% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 67% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 37% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 10 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Preesall Close · Warton Close · Hambleton Close · Watling Street · Winmarleigh Close · Galgate Close · St Michaels Close · Bury & Bolton Road · Ormskirk Close · Eccleston Close · Street Lane · Street Lane
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.