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BL7 vs BL1: house prices compared

A side-by-side look at sold prices in BL7 and BL1, from official Land Registry records — overall and by property type, with the more affordable area highlighted.

On median sold price, BL1 is the more affordable of the two, at £180,000 versus £265,000.

BL7
Blackburn With Darwen, Bolton
BL1
Bolton
Median sold price£265,000£180,000
Average sold price£322,037£220,858
Year-on-year-8%+12.1%
Sales (3 yrs)7041,888
Detached (median)£440,000£375,000
Terraced (median)£216,000£140,625
Semi-detached (median)£260,000£230,000
Flat / maisonette (median)£170,000£105,000

Green marks the more affordable (lower-priced) area for each measure. Figures cover the whole district over the last three years and are a market guide, not a valuation of any home.

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Sources

Sold-price figures derived from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (© Crown copyright), under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full reports also draw on HM Land Registry, Ordnance Survey, Environment Agency, VOA, Ofsted, Police.uk, DEFRA, ONS and more.