Moor Road Rossendale, Bury
12 addresses across 6 postcodes (BL8), about 1.9 km (1.2 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 5103383.
- Sales: 2 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £700,000 across 1 sale.
- 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.
- Energy: 5 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 1, F: 3).
- 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: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Higher Barn Farm, is 140 m away.
- Radon: Up to 10 to 30% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- 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 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Entwistle, about 5.3 km (3.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Pin Meadow, is about 1.2 km (0.8 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 243 to 330 m above sea level.
- Noise: 3 of its 12 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Ramsbottom Medical Practice, about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) away.
- People: About 850 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 78% of households owned their home and 40% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | £700,000 | £700,000 | £700,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £470,000 | £470,000 | £470,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Mar 2016 | HIGHER HOUSE BL8 4NX | Detached | £470,000 | |
| 13 Jun 2024 | HIGHER HOUSE COTTAGE BL8 4NY | Semi-detached | £700,000 |
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
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 294 m². Most common: House, detached (3); House, semi-detached (1); Flat (1). Built: before 1900 (3); 2015 (1); 2007-2011 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (5 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 33,529 kWh of it on average in 2024, 166% more than the district's 12,591 kWh, and 4,623 kWh of electricity, 42% more than the district's 3,252 kWh. There are gas meters for about 91% of the homes.
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is BL8.
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band A (32% of about 1,190 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Holcombe Village (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 5.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): Bury borough HMO, Holcombe Village.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: yes, Bury.
Listed buildings
- EAVES FARMHOUSE, grade II
- HIGHER HOUSE, grade II
- Nos. 1 and 3, ALBA STREET, grade II
- Nos. 24 and 26, ALBA STREET, grade II
- SHOULDER OF MUTTON PUBLIC HOUSE, grade II
Energy projects nearby
4 energy projects near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rossendale Power | Landfill Gas | 1.6 MW | Operational Jul 2001 | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Horncliffe Quarry (Extension) | Landfill Gas | 1 MW | Operational Jan 2003 | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Horncliffe Quarry | Landfill Gas | 1 MW | Operational Apr 2001 | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Scout Moor Windfarm | Wind 26 turbines | 65 MW | Operational Jun 2008 | 4.6 km (2.9 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| BL8 4NY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BL8 4NX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| BL8 4NU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BL8 4LY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BL8 4LZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| BL8 4NT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any 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
6 of the street's 6 postcodes are 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 highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 10 to 30%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
By postcode centre: 1 to 3% (5); 10 to 30% (2).
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 140 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher Barn Farm Off Helmshore Road, Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester | from 1983 | Not recorded | 140 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 12 addresses are between 243 m and 330 m above sea level (264 m on average); the ground rises about 87 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BL8 4LY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BL8 4LZ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BL8 4NT | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| BL8 4NU | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| BL8 4NX | 100% | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| BL8 4NY | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Entwistle 20,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| Bromley Cross (Lancs) 312,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7 km (4.3 miles) | |
| Hall-I'-Th'-Wood 196,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.4 km (5.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Arrival Std Rawtenstall | 5.9 km (3.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 34.4 km (21 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Ramsbottom Medical Practice Good Aug 2018 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Cohens Chemist | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Market Place (Dental Surgery) | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Alpha Hospital Bury Good Jul 2026 | 7.9 km (4.9 miles) |
| Care homes | 1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Lavender Hills Care Home Good May 2019 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Police station | Lancashire Police - Haslingden Customer Service Reception | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Pin Meadow 1.7 ha | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 860 m² | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.0 ha | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 6,230 m² | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
Landmarks
2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| White Hill | Hill | 570 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Ox Hey Wood | Wood | 650 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Buckden Wood | Wood | 800 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Deep Clough | Valley | 850 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Harcles Hill | Hill | 870 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Square Reservoir Bridge | Lake or reservoir | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.0 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 9 | 12 |
3 of the street's 12 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 | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmanuel Holcombe Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 67% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 93% in 2024 and 88% in 2023) |
| St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 65% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6% at the higher standard (2025; 73% in 2024 and 73% in 2023) |
| Ramsbottom Stubbins Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection | 72% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10% at the higher standard (2025; 63% in 2024 and 71% in 2023) |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Ramsbottom | Primary | 4–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 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: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 50% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 9% at the higher standard (2025; 79% in 2024 and 71% in 2023) |
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
2 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 1.4 km (0.9 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early Learning Daycare Ltd BL0 9BT | Full day care | 70 | Good (May 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| The Learning Tree Pre School Nursery BL0 0PQ | Full day care | 32 | Good (May 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.4 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
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
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
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 38 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 15% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 78% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 44% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 8% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 20% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 38% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 59% | 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) | 40% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 88% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 4 to 9 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
- BL8 4NY: 4 addresses
- BL8 4NX: 3 addresses of 11 in the postcode
- BL8 4NU: 2 addresses of 5 in the postcode
- BL8 4LY: 1 address of 19 in the postcode
- BL8 4LZ: 1 address of 14 in the postcode
- BL8 4NT: 1 address of 6 in the postcode
Nearby streets
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.