Blackburn with Darwen
BL7 house prices in Blackburn with Darwen
The median sold price in BL7 between 17 Jul 2025 and 24 Jul 2026 was £282,500 across 250 recorded sales. BL7 covers part of Blackburn with Darwen around the Astley Bridge ward. Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for this district — from official UK data, in one place.
Get the BL7 OfferCheckTypical sold price
£282,500
Range £167,250–£632,000 · 250 real sales
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 17 Jul 2025 and 24 Jul 2026. Real recorded sales — not estimates. Scroll for the map, trend and breakdown.
The median sold price in BL7, Blackburn with Darwen, was £282,500 across 250 recorded sales between 17 Jul 2025 and 24 Jul 2026. Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,455 a year — Blackburn with Darwen's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Blackburn with Darwen, 2026-27. Real recorded transactions — we never publish an estimated valuation.
On the map
Where BL7 sits in Blackburn with Darwen
Latest sales
The most recent sales in BL7
21, PINNACLE DRIVE, BOLTON
Detached · Leasehold · 24 Jul 2026
£320,000
32, HOUGH LANE, BOLTON
Terraced · Leasehold · 21 Jul 2026
£171,000
32, HOUGH LANE, BOLTON
Terraced · Leasehold · 21 Jul 2026
£171,000
17, COX GREEN ROAD, BOLTON
Terraced · Leasehold · 16 Jul 2026
£220,000
342, BLACKBURN ROAD, BOLTON
Terraced · Leasehold · 14 Jul 2026
£215,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors)
The data, honestly
BL7 sold prices at a glance
Typical price
£282,500
Lower end
£167,250
Upper end
£632,000
Sample size
250 sales
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter — BL7
By property type
What each type sells for — BL7
Tenure mix
Freehold vs leasehold — BL7
94 freehold (38%)
156 leasehold (62%)
2 new-build sales
Across the 250 most recent recorded sales in BL7. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions — never estimates. See every BL7 sale.
Area data
What else the records hold on BL7
Council tax, schools, area deprivation and planning activity for this district — each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in BL7
Band D · Blackburn with Darwen · 2026-27
£2,455
a year — the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,637 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,910 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,182 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,455 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,001 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,547 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,092 |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,911 |
These are Blackburn with Darwen's charges for 2026-27, the authority BL7 falls in — not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Blackburn with Darwen · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near BL7
Walmsley CofE Primary School
Primary · Academies · BL7 9SA
1.2 km
Not graded
Egerton Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · BL7 9RE
1.3 km
Good · 2021
Eagley Infant School
Primary · Academies · BL7 9LN
1.4 km
Good · 2012
St John the Evangelist RC Primary School, Bromley Cross, Bolton
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · BL7 9HT
1.6 km
Good · 2014
Eagley Junior School
Primary · Academies · BL7 9AT
1.8 km
Good · 2012
Turton School
Middle deemed secondary · Local authority maintained schools · BL7 9LT
2.1 km
Good · 2024
Turton and Edgworth CofE/Methodist Primary School
Primary · Academies · BL7 0AH
2.2 km
Not graded
Birtenshaw School Bolton
Special schools · BL7 9AB
2.3 km
Good · 2013
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes — Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the BL7 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education — Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 6 with a grade on record
Planning applications
Planning activity around BL7
Blackburn/10/09/1134Permitted
345 m
Single storey rear extension and associated landscaping works (involving change of use of greenbelt to residential)
Received 2009-12-18 · decided 2010-02-12
Blackburn/10/06/1175Permitted
345 m
Single storey rear extension and associated landscaping works (involving change of use of green belt land to residential)
Received 2006-11-01 · decided 2006-12-22
Blackburn/10/01/0991Permitted
345 m
Change of use and conversion of barn to form extension to existing residence and erection of single storey extension and detached garage
Received 2001-12-10 · decided 2002-03-11
Applications are matched within 500 m of the BL7 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 3 of 3 held; run a live planning search for BL7 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 3 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 13 September 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for BL7
Across the 12 sampled BL7 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 4 to decile 10, with a median of decile 8 of 10 — where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
BL7 9YA, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 8 of 10 — where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so BL7 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in BL7 that have recorded sales and 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in BL7, band by band
Blackburn with Darwen's council tax for 2026-27 set against the BL7 median sold price of £282,500 across 250 recorded sales — the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearBlackburn with Darwen | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £282,500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,637 | £136 | 0.58% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,910 | £159 | 0.68% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,182 | £182 | 0.77% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,455 | £205 | 0.87% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,001 | £250 | 1.06% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,547 | £296 | 1.26% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,092 | £341 | 1.45% |
| H | over £320,000 | £4,911 | £409 | 1.74% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the BL7 median sold price — a comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data — HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Blackburn with Darwen, 2026-27.
Address by address
What individual homes in BL7 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 237 distinct addresses in the records we hold for BL7. Real recorded transactions — never estimates.
21, PINNACLE DRIVE, BOLTON
BL7 9XD · Detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£320,000
2026-07-24
32, HOUGH LANE, BOLTON
BL7 9DA · Terraced · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£171,000
2026-07-21
17, COX GREEN ROAD, BOLTON
BL7 9HF · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£220,000
2026-07-16
342, BLACKBURN ROAD, BOLTON
BL7 9TR · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£215,000
2026-07-14
47, HIGHER DUNSCAR, BOLTON
BL7 9TF · Detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£510,000
2026-07-10
28, GRANGE PARK ROAD, BOLTON
BL7 9YA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£495,000
2026-07-06
DAWSON HOUSE, 41, CHAPELTOWN ROAD, BOLTON
BL7 9LY · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£248,000
2026-07-06
77, BLACKBURN ROAD, BOLTON
BL7 9ES · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£572,500
2026-07-03
53, SMITH LANE, BOLTON
BL7 9EZ · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£360,000
2026-06-26
24, MARIA SQUARE, BOLTON
BL7 8AE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£354,000
2026-06-26
SPRINGBANK, GREENS ARMS ROAD, BOLTON
BL7 0NE · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,450,000
2026-06-26
THE SCHOOL HOUSE, SCHOOL STREET, BOLTON
BL7 9DS · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£173,000
2026-06-25
10, CONISBER CLOSE, BOLTON
BL7 9XN · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£540,000
2026-06-23
88, DEAKINS MILL WAY, BOLTON
BL7 9YT · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£370,000
2026-06-23
25, DELPH BROOK WAY, BOLTON
BL7 9UB · Detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£490,000
2026-06-17
2, EGERTON ROAD, BOLTON
BL7 8BT · Detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£392,500
2026-06-17
7, DUNSCAR GRANGE, BOLTON
BL7 9BB · Detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£410,000
2026-06-16
19, HARDMANS, BOLTON
BL7 9XR · Semi-detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£245,000
2026-06-12
17, DIMPLE PARK, BOLTON
BL7 9QE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£730,000
2026-06-05
38, BRIGGS FOLD ROAD, BOLTON
BL7 9SG · Detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£370,000
2026-06-04
18, HIGHER DUNSCAR, BOLTON
BL7 9TE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£510,000
2026-05-29
2, CLARENDON GARDENS, BOLTON
BL7 9GX · Detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£500,000
2026-05-29
ROUND BARN, BLACKBURN ROAD, BOLTON
BL7 0QA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£320,000
2026-05-28
21, BRIGGS FOLD ROAD, BOLTON
BL7 9SG · Detached · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£305,000
2026-05-28
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link — we match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
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- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
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Where this comes from
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education — Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government — English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 31 July 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on — never estimates, never a valuation. Every BL7 sale in the lookup tool · The Bolton property market · About Your Property Check.