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| 4, New MeadowBL6 4PB | 17 Feb 2017 | £530,000 | Detached · leasehold |
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From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Lostock, about a 10-minute walk (700 m), with 286k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Piccadilly.
The nearest bus stop is Briksdal Way, 50 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (routes 575, 576, 615, 920); 57 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Lostock Primary School, a few minutes' walk (500 m).
The nearest secondary is Ladybridge High School, 2.0 km away; Attainment 8: 41.7 · 6.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Essa Academy (3 km) and Eden Boys' School, Bolton (3.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 2.3 km away, with Broadgate Farm closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ladybridge Medical Centre (1.6 km), with Ladybridge Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.6 km).
For a haircut, Bella Vida is 900 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Bolton Hospital, 4.1 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 51% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 62% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 6 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Medirest Healthcare Compass Group at Beaumont Hospital is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Tempest United AFC the nearest pub (900 m).
Detached houses make up 72% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
Bungalow country: 23% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Harrier Close Park, 1.8 km away; for exercise, Rock Over Climbing Bolton (2.0 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 28 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 55% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 26% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 45% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is University of Bolton, 4.1 km away (TEF Silver).
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
9 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Checked at BL6 4PB; a long street can cross an Article 4 boundary, so check the exact postcode.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
No crimes recorded "on or near" New Meadow in the last 12 months.
None of the 29 injury collisions in Lostock & Ladybridge over the same years were on New Meadow.
Police-reported collisions where someone was hurt (DfT STATS19), on the nearest named road within 30 m. A main road through the area naturally collects more than a side street.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
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| Homes with solar panels | 1.4% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.9% | 92.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.4% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.2% | 6.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.1% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Local Housing Allowance, Bolton and Bury rental area, 2026-27, a month: Shared room £342 · 1 bed £475 · 2 beds £575 · 3 beds £700 · 4 beds £950. The most a tenant on Universal Credit or Housing Benefit gets towards rent here, set at the cheapest 30% of local rents in 2023 and frozen since April 2024.
Gross LHA yields at this neighbourhood's 2025 prices: 1-bed rate vs flats 3.47% · 2-bed vs terraced houses 3.92% · 3-bed vs semis 3.29%.
HMO planning rules: unknown here. Bolton has not published HMO Article 4 areas to the national planning data platform, so we cannot tell whether HMOs need planning permission here. Ask the council's planning team. About HMOs
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