The UK Postcode Database

BL5 2RD

a postcode in Bolton

Introduced in January 1980
BL5 2RD Normal (geographic) postcodes Large user postcodes

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Streets Associated with BL5 2RD

Higher Drake Meadow - 59 properties, USRN 3402082

Street names are those nearest to properties in this postcode, they are not necessarily the postal address

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.5349 / 53°32'5"N

Longitude: -2.5291 / 2°31'44"W

UTM Reference: 30U 531212 5931875

OS Easting: 365031

OS Northing: 404374

OS Grid: SD650043

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR BWSK.8L

Mapcode Global: WH980.3DYY

Open Location Code: 9C5VGFMC+W9

Maidenhead Locator System: IO83rm68

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: A1

  • major urban conurbation
  • a very large city or conurbation

ONS Population Classification: 1b1

  • Retired Professionals
  • Small Town Suburbia
  • Younger Established Suburban Communities

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 13828 / 32844

  • 5th decile
  • slightly more deprived

Demographics are based on the LSOA containing this postcode and not necessarily this postcode alone

Sun and Moon Times for BL5 2RD on Thursday 4 June 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light) 02:29
Civil twilight begins (Dawn) 03:54
Sunrise 04:44
Transit (sun is at its highest) 13:08
Sunset 21:32
Civil twilight ends (Dusk) 22:22
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall) 23:47
Hours of daylight today04:14 to 22:02
Hours of darkness tonight
(lighting-up time)
22:02 to 04:14
Moon Phase Waning Gibbous
Moon Sets 06:52
Moon Rises 23:57

For a full sun and moon calendar for BL5 2RD, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in BL5 2RD

DateAddressProperty TypeTenurePrice
20 August 2024 6 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Freehold £210,000
15 December 2023 29 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Leasehold £160,000
23 January 2023 15 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £180,000
3 November 2022 34 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Freehold £330,000
11 April 2022 2 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Freehold £1,164,000
26 October 2021 71 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £276,000
25 June 2021 1 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £162,000
21 May 2021 32 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £290,000
21 June 2019 17 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £130,000
26 October 2018 24 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £259,950
31 August 2018 71 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £210,000
14 August 2018 28 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £235,000
1 June 2018 36 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £195,000
11 August 2017 77 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £190,000
10 March 2017 20 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £218,000
3 February 2017 21 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £138,000
15 June 2016 73 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £225,000
29 April 2016 6 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Freehold £125,000
12 February 2016 15 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £115,000
5 February 2016 39 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £134,250
28 November 2014 15 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £110,000
28 November 2014 20 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £198,000
6 October 2014 35 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Leasehold £130,000
15 November 2013 32 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £192,000
11 May 2012 27 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Leasehold £126,000
29 September 2011 32 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £199,950
25 February 2011 67 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £169,500
22 October 2010 30 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £200,000
7 August 2009 25 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Freehold £118,000
7 August 2009 25 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £118,000
9 August 2007 27 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Leasehold £139,000
3 August 2007 30 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £193,500
27 July 2007 20 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Freehold £190,000
23 March 2007 8 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £144,000
1 December 2006 8 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £133,000
18 August 2006 13 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £113,000
26 May 2006 2 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Freehold £114,950
21 December 2005 30 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £167,000
17 November 2005 47 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Leasehold £137,000
18 October 2005 19 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £109,500
27 September 2005 5 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £159,995
22 September 2005 24 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £160,000
30 June 2005 45 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Leasehold £140,000
13 May 2005 10 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £128,000
13 May 2005 35 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Leasehold £115,000
19 November 2004 73 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £170,000
8 October 2004 9 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £134,000
27 August 2004 2 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Freehold £92,500
20 May 2004 24 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £149,950
19 March 2004 19 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £77,000
17 March 2004 10 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £96,000
17 January 2003 30 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £160,000
9 December 2002 37 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £72,500
7 November 2002 8 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £89,000
6 September 2002 13 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £59,995
9 August 2002 24 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £125,000
6 December 2001 18 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £95,000
27 July 2001 32 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £92,500
22 June 2001 30 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £92,500
14 May 2001 67 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £75,000
11 May 2001 34 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Freehold £80,000
30 March 2001 39 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £55,950
30 March 2001 71 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £88,450
3 November 2000 7 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £50,000
6 October 2000 9 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £59,950
8 September 2000 21 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £40,000
25 August 2000 17 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £39,950
16 June 2000 34 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Freehold £75,000
25 February 2000 2 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Freehold £42,000
10 January 2000 65 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £15,402
7 August 1998 65 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £79,000
8 May 1998 13 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £41,950
1 May 1998 36 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £76,750
27 March 1998 28 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £86,450
12 February 1998 13 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £40,000
12 September 1997 34 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Freehold £67,500
25 July 1997 19 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £35,000
5 June 1997 3 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Leasehold £51,950
13 March 1997 3 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Leasehold £51,500
26 February 1997 36 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £18,000
11 December 1995 61 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Freehold £42,000
8 December 1995 37 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £44,000
15 September 1995 35 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Detached Leasehold £43,500
30 June 1995 15 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £43,500
9 June 1995 9 Higher Drake Meadow, Westhoughton, Bolton BL5 2RD Semi-detached Leasehold £43,000

Key to property sale icons:

First sale of newbuild property. This includes new properties created from existing properties, such as residential conversions of commercial or agricultural property, or subdivision of a larger residential property.
Subsequent sale of existing property.
Standard sale at market value to private individual.
Additional (non-standard) sale. This includes repossessions, buy-to-lets and transfers of property sold to non-private individuals.

Elected Representatives for BL5 2RD

United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency

Bolton West

MP

Phil Brickell Labour

Bolton Borough Council
Metropolitan district ward

Westhoughton South

Councillors

David Chadwick Labour

David Wilkinson Liberal Democrats

John McHugh Labour

BL5 2RD also falls within the Civil Parish of Westhoughton, which has its own parish council and parish councillors. These are not shown here.

Elected representative data is updated approximately monthly, so may not include recent by-elections or vacancies.

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for BL5 2RD

CodeNameData TypeData ThemeActive SinceData Owner
E00025001 Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 January 2009 ONS
E01004934 Bolton 035B Lower layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 February 2004 ONS
E02001018 Bolton 035 Middle layer Super Output Areas Statistical Building Block 1 August 2004 ONS
E04000003 Westhoughton Civil Parishes Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E05014837 Westhoughton South Electoral Wards/Divisions Administrative/Electoral 4 May 2023 DLUHC
E08000001 Bolton Metropolitan Districts Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E12000002 North West Regions Administrative 1 January 2009 DLUHC
E14001112 Bolton West Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies Electoral 4 July 2024 LGBC
E23000005 Greater Manchester Police Force Areas Other 1 January 2009 Home Office
E30000239 Manchester Travel to Work Areas Other 31 July 2015 ONS
E33004801 Workplace Zones Census 31 December 2011 ONS
E37000015 Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnerships Other 28 October 2010 BEIS
E38000016 NHS Greater Manchester ICB - 00T Sub Integrated Care Board Locations Health 1 July 2022 ODS
E40000010 North West NHS England Regions Health 1 April 2019 ODS
E54000057 NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board Integrated Care Boards Health 1 April 2024 ODS
E56000032 Greater Manchester Cancer Alliances Health 1 July 2023 NHS England
E63008271 Westhoughton Built Up Areas Census 17 April 2024 OS
E65000001 England Non-National Park Area England Non-National Park Area Census 27 February 2023 ONS
E92000001 England Country Administrative 1 January 2009 ONS

All public sector data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v2.0.

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