M66 Bury
1 address across 1 postcode (M25), about 210 m long, classed as a motorway. USRN 5104491.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Bury cost £243,107 in August 2026 (+2.8% on a year); private rents averaged £970 a month.
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Coal mining: It is in a coalfield, in a low risk area.
- Landfill: 2 historic landfill sites within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Land to the South of Whitehouse Farm, is 340 m away.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the M60, carries 122,752 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; 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 Clifton (Manchester), about 4.6 km (2.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Heaton Park, is about 730 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 16.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 101 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Unsworth Medical Centre, about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 270 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 73% of households owned their home and 20% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: 3 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 2 of them fatal or serious; 1 involved a pedestrian.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in Bury
A typical home in Bury cost £243,107 in August 2026, 2.8% more than a year before. That is 21% more than five years earlier and 72% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £414,043 |
| Semi-detached | £271,010 |
| Terraced | £202,870 |
| Flat or maisonette | £134,929 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £214,424 |
Private renters in Bury paid £970 a month on average in September 2026, 0.7% more than a year before. That is 45% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £686 |
| Two bedrooms | £889 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,066 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,559 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Gas and electricity use
The postcode does not have the 5 or more domestic meters needed for figures to be published.
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 A (45% of about 780 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: yes, Bury.
Energy projects nearby
2 energy projects near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilsworth Quarry Landfill Scheme | Landfill Gas | 4.1 MW | Operational Oct 1998 | 3.8 km (2.3 miles) |
| Clifton Hall Salford 02/44153/FUL | Landfill Gas | 1 MW | Operational Feb 2003 | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 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 2 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.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
This postcode is in a coalfield, in a low risk area: coal was mined in the area, but no workings shallow enough to matter for building are recorded.
Conveyancers usually still order a coal mining search (CON29M) for a home in a coalfield.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
2 historic landfill sites are within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 340 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land to the South of Whitehouse Farm Farm Lane, Simister, Bury, Greater Manchester | 1993 to 1994 | Inert | 340 m |
| Land to the west of the M66 motorway Bridle Road, Simister, Bury, Greater Manchester | from 1994 | Inert | 380 m |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's address is about 101 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M25 2RP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Clifton (Manchester) 1,100 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) |
| Mills Hill (Manchester) 304,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6 km (3.7 miles) | |
| Swinton (Manchester) 165,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Besses o'th'Barn (Manchester Metrolink) | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 13 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest M60 Simister | 350 m |
| Bus or coach station | Middleton Bus Station | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) |
| Car parks | Heaton Park Car Park | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | Be.EV Charging Station | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 22.3 km (14 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Unsworth Medical Centre Good Jan 2019 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Whitefield Pharmacy | 940 m (0.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Parr Lane (Dental Surgery) | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Prestwich Hospital | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Care homes | 2 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Brookvale - Prestwich Good Mar 2018 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Police station | Greater Manchester Police - Whitefield Police Station | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | Nisa, Unsworth | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Heaton Park 287 ha | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 730 m² | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 3.1 ha | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 5,230 m² | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 293 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Heaton Park, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Heaton Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Heaton Park Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 1 km (0.6 miles) south |
| Hazlitt Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Oak Croft Hill | Hill | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Blackfish Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.5 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Lamb Lodge Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) north-west |
| Mere Clough | Valley | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 16.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 1 |
1 of the street's 1 addresses is 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 | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Margaret's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 510 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection | 74% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 69% in 2024 and 67% in 2023) |
| Parrenthorn High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 540 m (0.3 miles) | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 45.4; 44.3% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| Mersey Drive Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 50% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 8% at the higher standard (2025; 55% in 2024 and 61% in 2023) |
| St Michael's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met | 58% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 4% at the higher standard (2025; 54% in 2024) |
| Ribble Drive Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Nov 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) | 56% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 42% in 2024 and 57% in 2023) |
| Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 56% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 11% at the higher standard (2025; 58% in 2024 and 71% in 2023) |
| Unsworth Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Nov 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 43.2 (45.4 in 2025 and 46.5 in 2024); 36.8% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| Unsworth Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection | 82% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 4% at the higher standard (2025; 77% in 2024 and 58% in 2023) |
| Whitefield Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Nov 2021, overall grade under the previous framework) | 63% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 13% at the higher standard (2025; 62% in 2024 and 46% in 2023) |
| Heaton Park Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection | 67% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 4% at the higher standard (2025; 56% in 2024 and 67% in 2023) |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection | 59% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 63% in 2024 and 48% in 2023) |
| The Heys School | Secondary | 11–16 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 33.1 (34.0 in 2025 and 41.3 in 2024); 24.8% grade 5+ in English and maths |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
4 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 540 m (0.3 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smarties M25 2BW | Out-of-school day care | 74 | Not inspected yet | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
| Olive Tree Jewish Nursery BL9 8JT | Full day care | 18 | Not inspected yet | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Toddlers Children's Nursery Limited M45 8TD | Full day care | Good (Apr 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | |
| Cherry Trees Pre-School Ltd M25 2QB | Sessional day care | 20 | Not inspected yet | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 81 childminders and 7 home childcarers (nannies) in Bury. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (lancashire).
Road safety
3 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 2 fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight, in which 2 people died. 1 involved a pedestrian; 1 involved a motorcyclist. 33% happened in the dark. Most were on roads with a 70 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Nov 2025 21:40 | Fatal | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | M66, 70 mph | Dark, street lights off |
| 26 Sep 2021 16:10 | Fatal | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | M60, 70 mph | Daylight |
| 25 Sep 2021 11:10 | Slight | 1 person | M60, 70 mph | Daylight |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the M60 between 19 and 18, with 122,752 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 280 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M60 | 19 to 18 | 122,752 counted 2025 | 5% | +17% since 2015 | 280 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 21% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 73% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 39% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 15% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 21% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 25% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 64% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 84% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 2% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 20% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street 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.
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
- M25 2RP: 1 address of 10 in the postcode
Nearby streets
M60 · M60 · M66 · M60 · M62 · M66 · M66 · M60 · M66 · M66 · M62 · M66
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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.