Starling Close Bury
7 addresses across 2 postcodes (M26), about 70 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 5104610.
- Sales: 8 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £340,000 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: 6 homes have an energy certificate (B: 6).
- Flood: 4 addresses on its postcodes are in areas 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: 2 of its postcodes are in a coal mining high risk area; ask for a coal mining search.
- Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Disused Bury-Bolton Railway line, is 40 m away.
- Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 10 times (39 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 1 to 3% 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 A58, carries 18,148 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; 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 Kearsley (Manchester), about 5.2 km (3.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 860 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 10.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 103 to 105 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 Mile Lane Health Centre, about 750 m (0.5 miles) away.
- People: About 520 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 97% of households owned their home and 49% 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 | £340,000 | £340,000 | £340,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £335,000 | £335,000 | £335,000 |
| 2018 | 6 | £302,495 | £183,746 | £389,995 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug 2018 | 1 M26 4NA | Detached | £183,746 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 21 Sep 2018 | 3 M26 4NA | Detached | £264,995 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 19 Jul 2022 | 5 M26 4NA | Detached | £335,000 | Leasehold. |
| 21 Sep 2018 | 5 M26 4NA | Detached | £259,995 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 9 Apr 2024 | 7 M26 4NA | Detached | £340,000 | Leasehold. |
| 31 Oct 2018 | 7 M26 4NA | Detached | £339,995 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 7 Dec 2018 | 9 M26 4NA | Detached | £389,995 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 19 Oct 2018 | 11 M26 4NA | Detached | £339,995 | New build. Leasehold. |
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
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 107 m². Most common: House, detached (6). Built: 2015 (4); 2018 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (6 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 8,296 kWh of it on average in 2024, 18% less than the district's 10,137 kWh, and 3,401 kWh of electricity, 11% more than the district's 3,073 kWh. There are gas meters for about 82% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M26 4NA | 6 | 3,192 kWh | 6 | 8,988 kWh |
| M26 4LU | 59 | 2,876 kWh | 47 | 7,810 kWh |
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 M26.
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 D (23% of about 860 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: no.
Energy projects nearby
1 energy project near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilsworth Quarry Landfill Scheme | Landfill Gas | 4.1 MW | Operational Oct 1998 | 4.7 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, 3 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| M26 4NA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| M26 4LU | not in 2 or 3 | 3 / 1 / 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
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 10 times, for 39 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Black Lane Brook.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Andrews Rd Brooks Av Cso 09001 United Utilities | Black Lane Brook | 10 | 39 | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
2 of the street's 2 postcodes are in a coal mining high risk area, where coal mining features at or near the surface, such as shallow workings or old mine shafts, are recorded or likely and could affect the ground.
Ask your conveyancer for a coal mining search (CON29M) on the home: it says what is recorded beneath and near it, and whether there have been claims for subsidence damage.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 1 to 3%: 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.
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. 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 40 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disused Bury-Bolton Railway line East Of, Ainsworth Road, Radcliffe, Greater Manchester | 1979 to 1989 | Inert, industrial; gas control on site | 40 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 7 addresses are between 103 m and 105 m above sea level (104 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M26 4LU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| M26 4NA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Kearsley (Manchester) 55,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) |
| Farnworth 51,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) | |
| Moses Gate 37,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 14 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Spen Fold Seddons Farm Estate | 230 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bury Interchange | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Car parks | Q-Park Knowsley Place | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Osprey Charging Station | 380 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 26.1 km (16 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Mile Lane Health Centre Good Jun 2016 | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Mile Lane Pharmacy | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Mile Lane Dental Practice | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Alpha Hospital Bury Good Jul 2026 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Care homes | 5 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Epworth Grange Good Jan 2024 | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
| Police station | Greater Manchester Police | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Cooperative Food Mile Lane Cashzone | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 570 m² | 860 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,050 m² | 780 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 5.1 ha | 820 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 740 m² | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Landmarks
2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Elton Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 660 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Withins Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 860 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Starling Wood | Wood | 870 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Starling Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1 km (0.6 miles) west |
| High Barn | Hill | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) north-west |
| Oaken Bottom | Valley | 4.8 km (3 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 7 | 7 |
None of the street's 7 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 Bury: see them on the Bury page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Stephen's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 630 m (0.4 miles) | Requires improvement (Jul 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 67% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025) |
| Greenhill Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 730 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection | 86% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 23% at the higher standard (2025; 74% in 2024 and 76% in 2023) |
| Chantlers Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding | 97% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6% at the higher standard (2025; 85% in 2024 and 87% in 2023) |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Radcliffe | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection | 69% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 21% at the higher standard (2025; 53% in 2024 and 55% in 2023) |
| Lowercroft Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Jan 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) | 66% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6% at the higher standard (2025; 60% in 2024 and 60% in 2023) |
| The Derby High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection | None published |
| Wesley Methodist Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection | 60% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 60% in 2024 and 42% in 2023) |
| St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy Roman Catholic | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 39.2 (46.0 in 2025 and 44.5 in 2024); 23% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| Bury Church of England High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | 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; Safeguarding standards: Met | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 51.5 (49.1 in 2025 and 46.0 in 2024); 59.9% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection | 46% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 50% in 2024 and 59% in 2023) |
| Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good | None published |
| Gorsefield Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection | 88% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 37% at the higher standard (2025; 79% in 2024 and 64% 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
4 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 1.2 km (0.7 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington Villa Nursery BL8 2NX | Full day care | 38 | Outstanding (Aug 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Bubbles St. Andrews M26 4GE | Out-of-school day care | 40 | Not inspected yet | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Stagecoach Bury BL9 9NH | Sessional day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | |
| Bubbles M26 4PX | Out-of-school day care | 40 | 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
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spar M26 4JY | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 370 m | 5 Very good | 28 Aug 2024 |
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
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A58 between A665 and Bolton St roundabout, with 18,148 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 240 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A58 | A665 to Bolton St roundabout | 18,148 counted 2025 | 2% | -1% since 2015 | 240 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 | 30 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 29% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 3% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 97% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 12% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 3% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 85% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 6% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 38% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 59% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 1% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 56% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 49% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 7% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 6 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
Spen Moor Close · Spen Moor Close · Tudor Close · Spen Moor Close · Sandiford Row · Ramsbottom Close · Farm Crescent · Spen Close · Sunningdale Close · Spen Fold · Chantler Lane · Kensington 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.