Ruby Street Brooksbottoms, Bury
3 addresses across 2 postcodes (BL9), about 210 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 5101910.
- Flood: 11 addresses on its postcodes are in areas 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 C; 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 Bromley Cross (Lancs), about 6.6 km away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 910 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 105 m above sea level.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Garden City Medical Centre, about 1.0 km away.
- People: About 240 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 75% of households owned their home and 50% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
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 C (37% of about 680 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Brooksbottoms and Rowlands (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Land off Kay Street, Summerseat, Bury: up to 16 homes, permissioned (170 m)
- New Summerseat House, Summerseat Lane, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9UD: up to 12 homes, not permissioned (580 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, 10 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 13 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 24 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 1 medium, 23 low and 0 very low.
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: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| BL9 5PU | zone 3 | 0 / 1 / 13 | unlikely |
| BL9 5PT | zone 2 | 10 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 105 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BL9 5PT | 100% | 90% | 100% | 0% |
| BL9 5PU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bromley Cross (Lancs) 312,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.6 km |
| Entwistle 20,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.1 km | |
| Hall-I'-Th'-Wood 196,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.5 km | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m, 15 within 800 m; nearest Ruby Street Summerseat | 110 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bury Interchange | 4.7 km |
| EV charging points | Be.EV Charging Station | 1.7 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 31.6 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Garden City Medical Centre | 1.0 km |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Gardners Chemist | 1.3 km |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 1.7 km |
| Hospital | Alpha Hospital Bury | 5.0 km |
| Police station | Bury Police Station | 4.1 km |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Vernon Road | 1.2 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 9,620 m² | 910 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 710 m² | 160 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.3 ha | 490 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,730 m² | 90 m |
Landmarks
4 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Broad Hey Wood | Wood | 400 m north-west |
| Gollinrod Wood | Wood | 730 m east |
| Sunny Clough | Valley | 750 m east |
| Crow Lumb Wood | Wood | 1.0 km north |
| Square Reservoir Bridge | Lake or reservoir | 1.5 km north |
| Whitelow Hillock | Hill | 1.7 km north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.2 | 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
Noise figures are still being loaded.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summerseat Methodist Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 480 m | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Woodhey High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.0 km | No overall grade (Jul 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good |
| Holcombe Brook Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.1 km | No published inspection |
| Hazlehurst Primary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km | Inadequate (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Ramsbottom | Primary | 4–11 | 1.3 km | 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 |
| St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Greenmount Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.7 km | No published inspection |
| Peel Brow School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Old Hall Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km | No published inspection |
| Emmanuel Holcombe Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.9 km | Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Bosco BL9 5QP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 420 m | 5 Very good | 8 Dec 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (lancashire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 19% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 75% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 30% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 23% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 66% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 25% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 30% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 66% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | under 1% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 51% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 50% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 8 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
Hamer Terrace · India Street · Thorn Street · East View · Garden Street · Beech Street · Holly Street · Waterside Road · Plantation View · Hill Street · Pollards Lane · Manley Close
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.