Ploughfields Wingates, Bolton
25 addresses across 1 postcode (BL5), about 160 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 3403258.
21 recorded sales since 1995; in 2023 the median was £310,000 across 1 sale. 12 homes have an energy certificate (D: 9, E: 3). 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Bolton costs £2,400 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises. The nearest railway station is Westhoughton, about 750 m away in a straight line. The nearest park or garden is about 240 m away. Background air pollution in 2024 was 11.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 120 to 123 m above sea level. 9 of its 25 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. The nearest GP surgery is Stable Fold Surgery, about 1.1 km away. About 360 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 80% of households owned their home and 31% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | £310,000 | £310,000 | £310,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £256,000 | £256,000 | £256,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £200,000 | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | £211,225 | £199,950 | £222,500 |
| 2017 | 2 | £184,750 | £172,000 | £197,500 |
| 2013 | 2 | £202,750 | £177,500 | £228,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £187,500 | £187,500 | £187,500 |
| 2004 | 1 | £229,995 | £229,995 | £229,995 |
| 2003 | 5 | £157,950 | £145,000 | £183,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £87,000 | £87,000 | £87,000 |
| 1999 | 2 | £79,750 | £76,000 | £83,500 |
| 1996 | 1 | £73,000 | £73,000 | £73,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 2023 | 19 BL5 3LG | Detached | £310,000 | Leasehold. |
| 7 Oct 2022 | 20 BL5 3LG | Detached | £256,000 | Leasehold. |
| 19 Nov 2021 | 3 BL5 3LG | Detached | £200,000 | Leasehold. |
| 27 Sep 2019 | 9 BL5 3LG | Detached | £222,500 | Leasehold. |
| 8 Aug 2019 | 19 BL5 3LG | Detached | £199,950 | Leasehold. |
| 24 Apr 2019 | 19 BL5 3LG | Detached | £150,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 13 Apr 2017 | 9 BL5 3LG | Detached | £197,500 | Leasehold. |
| 19 Jan 2017 | 6 BL5 3LG | Semi-detached | £172,000 | Leasehold. |
| 2 Dec 2013 | 26 BL5 3LG | Detached | £177,500 | Leasehold. |
| 18 Oct 2013 | 17 BL5 3LG | Detached | £228,000 | Leasehold. |
| 16 Feb 2007 | 9 BL5 3LG | Detached | £187,500 | Leasehold. |
| 5 Nov 2004 | 18 BL5 3LG | Detached | £229,995 | Leasehold. |
| 26 Sep 2003 | 18 BL5 3LG | Detached | £183,000 | Leasehold. |
| 28 Aug 2003 | 7 BL5 3LG | Detached | £157,950 | Leasehold. |
| 6 Jun 2003 | 20 BL5 3LG | Detached | £155,000 | Leasehold. |
| 17 Jan 2003 | 14 BL5 3LG | Detached | £159,950 | Leasehold. |
| 10 Jan 2003 | 1 BL5 3LG | Detached | £145,000 | Leasehold. |
| 9 Feb 2001 | 6 BL5 3LG | Semi-detached | £87,000 | Leasehold. |
| 3 Dec 1999 | 12 BL5 3LG | Semi-detached | £76,000 | Leasehold. |
| 4 Oct 1999 | 2 BL5 3LG | Detached | £83,500 | Leasehold. |
| 11 Oct 1996 | 7 BL5 3LG | Detached | £73,000 | Leasehold. |
Energy performance certificates
12 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 84 m². Most common: House, detached (10); Bungalow, semi-detached (1); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: 1983-1990 (9); 1991-1995 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (11).
Council tax
What each band costs in Bolton in 2026-27: Band D £2,400 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,600 | £1,866 | £2,133 | £2,400 | £2,933 | £3,466 | £4,000 | £4,799 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (26% of about 1,310 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): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- 96,106 & Paddock, Chorley Road, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3PL, permissioned (160 m)
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, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 0 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 street's 25 addresses are between 120 m and 123 m above sea level (122 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BL5 3LG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Westhoughton 166,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 750 m |
| Horwich Parkway 550,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.0 km | |
| Lostock 286,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.5 km | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m, 10 within 800 m; nearest Church Lane Wingates | 90 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bolton Interchange | 6.7 km |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 1.5 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 28.8 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Stable Fold Surgery | 1.1 km |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Rigby & Higginson Pharmacy | 1.1 km |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Church Street Dental Surgery | 1.4 km |
| Hospital | Beaumont Hospital | 2.7 km |
| Police station | Horwich Police Station | 2.4 km |
| Cash machines | Welcome Coop, Westhoughton Cashzone | 1.5 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.0 ha | 240 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 320 m² | 280 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1,870 m² | 1.4 km |
| Allotments | Unnamed 570 m² | 1.2 km |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 2.0 hectares in all.
Landmarks
2 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Stonepit Field Plantation | Wood | 1.3 km north |
| Holden Woods | Wood | 1.4 km south-west |
| Closes Gate Plantation | Wood | 1.7 km north-east |
| Rumworth Lodge Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 2.6 km east |
| Old Hall Clough | Valley | 3.2 km north-east |
| Green Hill | Hill | 3.8 km north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 9 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 16 | 25 |
9 of the street's 25 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Gates Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 620 m | No published inspection |
| Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km | Outstanding (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Bartholomew's CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 5–11 | 1.5 km | No overall grade (May 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| St Thomas CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 2.0 km | Report card (May 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: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wingates Residential Home BL5 3PG | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 170 m | 5 Very good | 1 Jul 2026 |
| Happitots Nursery BL5 3PD | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 200 m | 5 Very good | 1 Jul 2026 |
| Grillo Bites BL5 3QE | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 270 m | 5 Very good | 26 Mar 2026 |
| Pata Indian BL5 3PT | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 280 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| One to All Limited BL5 3QE | Retailers - other | 300 m | 4 Good | 21 Apr 2026 |
| Wingates Chippy BL5 3QE | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 300 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Wingates Off Licence BL5 3PN | Retailers - other | 370 m | 5 Very good | 12 Mar 2025 |
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 | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 80% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 49% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 7% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 52% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 38% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 31% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 62% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | under 1% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 59% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 31% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 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
- BL5 3LG: 25 addresses
Nearby streets
Church Lane · Sandstone Gardens · The Croft · Bamber Croft · Fawcetts Fold · Pennine View · St Johns Court · Pennine Mews · Wingates Square · Wingates Grove · St John's Avenue · Holden Lea
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 aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.