Reynolds Close Atherton, Bolton
11 addresses across 1 postcode (BL5), about 100 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 3403339.
- Sales: 10 recorded sales since 1995; in 2022 the median was £400,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Bolton cost £203,951 in August 2026 (+4.8% on a year); private rents averaged £902 a month.
- Energy: 6 homes have an energy certificate (A: 1, D: 3, E: 2).
- 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.
- Radon: Up to 3 to 5% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A579, carries 13,324 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Bolton costs £2,400 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Atherton, about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 550 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 111 to 113 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Dr Kk Chan & Partners, about 2.2 km (1.4 miles) away.
- People: About 280 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 93% of households owned their home and 37% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | £400,000 | £400,000 | £400,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £248,000 | £248,000 | £248,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £235,000 | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £135,000 | £135,000 | £135,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £235,000 | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £185,000 | £185,000 | £185,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £228,000 | £228,000 | £228,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £195,000 | £195,000 | £195,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £91,000 | £91,000 | £91,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Jul 2007 | 2 BL5 1HD | Semi-detached | £228,000 | Leasehold. |
| 9 Nov 2001 | 3 BL5 1HD | Semi-detached | £91,000 | Leasehold. |
| 25 Aug 2017 | 5 BL5 1HD | Detached | £235,000 | Leasehold. |
| 25 Aug 2017 | 5 BL5 1HD | Other | £235,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 23 Sep 2016 | 6 BL5 1HD | Detached | £135,000 | Leasehold. |
| 5 Sep 2014 | 6 BL5 1HD | Detached | £185,000 | Leasehold. |
| 17 Jan 2020 | 7 BL5 1HD | Detached | £248,000 | Leasehold. |
| 1 Sep 2015 | 8 BL5 1HD | Detached | £235,000 | Leasehold. |
| 16 Dec 2022 | 10 BL5 1HD | Detached | £400,000 | Leasehold. |
| 12 Aug 2004 | 10 BL5 1HD | Detached | £195,000 | Leasehold. |
House prices and rents in Bolton
A typical home in Bolton cost £203,951 in August 2026, 4.8% more than a year before. That is 26% more than five years earlier and 73% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £376,034 |
| Semi-detached | £223,966 |
| Terraced | £168,153 |
| Flat or maisonette | £117,128 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £180,018 |
Private renters in Bolton paid £902 a month on average in September 2026, 9.7% more than a year before. That is 49% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £658 |
| Two bedrooms | £822 |
| Three bedrooms | £997 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,461 |
Energy performance certificates
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 90 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (6). Built: 1967-1975 (3); 1950-1966 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (6 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 14,312 kWh of it on average in 2024, 29% more than the district's 11,124 kWh, and 3,814 kWh of electricity, 20% more than the district's 3,172 kWh. There are gas meters for about 90% of the homes.
These are all the homes on the 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 BL5.
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 (44% of about 570 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 km (0.6 miles)
- Garthmere, not permissioned (590 m (0.4 miles))
- Umbertons Farm Salford Road Bolton BL5 1BP, permissioned (730 m (0.5 miles))
Energy projects nearby
1 energy project near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salford Road Solar Farm Bolton 94267/15 | Solar farm | 2.2 MW | Operational Aug 2015 | 1.3 km (0.8 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
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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 with radon potential up to 3 to 5%: 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 the square is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
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
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 11 addresses are between 111 m and 113 m above sea level (112 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BL5 1HD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Atherton 218,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Hag Fold 74,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | |
| Daisy Hill 195,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3 km (1.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 13 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Firs Road Over Hulton | 120 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bolton Interchange | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Pine Tree Farm (Bolton) evyve | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 24.8 km (15 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Dr Kk Chan & Partners Good Aug 2016 | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Newbrook Pharmacy | 610 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Bolton Royal Hospital Good Oct 2023 | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| Care homes | 2 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Lang Riggs House Outstanding Aug 2026 | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
| Police station | Atherton police station | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Parrys Supermarkets, Over Hulton Cashzone | 610 m (0.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 174 ha | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 490 m² | 350 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Adam Glover Memorial Park 8,510 m² | 270 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,630 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 174 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Hulton Park, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 880 m (0.5 miles) west. 1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hulton Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 880 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Chequerbent embankment of Bolton and Leigh Railway | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Firs | Wood | 240 m south-west |
| Kearsley Plantation | Wood | 520 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Park Pits Wood | Wood | 580 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Mill Dam | Lake or reservoir | 640 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Will Hill | Hill | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) north-east |
| Deane Church Clough | Valley | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 11 | 11 |
None of the street's 11 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 Bolton: see them on the Bolton page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Andrew's CofE Primary School, Over Hulton Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 590 m (0.4 miles) | Report card (Feb 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Early years: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met | 90% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 16% at the higher standard (2025; 72% in 2024 and 83% in 2023) |
| St Philip's CofE Primary School, Atherton Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 71% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 78% in 2024 and 70% in 2023) |
| Heathfield Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 75% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 13% at the higher standard (2025; 74% in 2024 and 80% in 2023) |
| Chowbent Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection | 36% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 11% at the higher standard (2025; 70% in 2024 and 69% in 2023) |
| Meadowbank Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 70% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10% at the higher standard (2025; 55% in 2024 and 46% in 2023) |
| St Richard's Roman Catholic Primary School Atherton | Primary | 4–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Early years: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met | 54% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 13% at the higher standard (2025; 77% in 2024 and 83% 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 1.1 km (0.7 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mucky Munchkins Childcare BL5 1AA | Full day care | 41 | Good (Aug 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Partou Little Acorns Day Nursery & Pre-School M46 9HG | Full day care | 75 | Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 110 childminders and 17 home childcarers (nannies) in Bolton. 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 (dyfed-powys).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Jan 2022 11:08 | Slight | 3 people | A579, 30 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 A579 between LA Boundary and A6, with 13,324 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 140 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A579 | LA Boundary to A6 | 13,324 estimated; counted 2020 | 1% | +18% since 2015 | 140 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 | 59 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 40% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 93% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 67% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 6% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 44% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 9% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 46% | 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 | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | under 1% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 58% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 4% | 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 | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 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 1HD: 11 addresses of 12 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Elmwood Close · Newbrook Road · Cherrywood Avenue · Stapleford Close · Shurdington Road · Thirlmere Road · Sandyacre Close · Fairlyn Drive · Firs Road · Fairlyn Close · Newbrook Road · Reynolds Drive
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.