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BL8 2BG lies on Powell Street in Bury. BL8 2BG is located in the Bury West electoral ward, within the metropolitan district of Bury and the English Parliamentary constituency of Bury North. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS Greater Manchester ICB - 00V and the police force is Greater Manchester. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

BL8 2BG maps

BL8 2BG map - OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)
BL8 2BG map - OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)

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BL8 2BG geodata

Easting378943
Northing410106
Latitude53.587110
Longitude-2.319562

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is BL8 2BG?

StreetPowell Street
Town/CityBury
CountryEngland
Postcode DistrictBL8

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BL8 2BG Elevation

Elevation or altitude of BL8 2BG as distance above sea level:

MetresFeet
Elevation100m328ft

Elevation is measured from the approximate centre of the postcode, to the nearest point on an OS contour line from OS Terrain 50, which has contour spacing of ten vertical metres.

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Politics

WardBury West
ConstituencyBury North

House Prices

Sales of detached houses in BL8 2BG

2004
24 JUN
£60,000
2000
30 JUN
£19,000

➜ Bury house prices

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Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
Licence: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2025. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Transport

Nearest bus stops to BL8 2BG

Bolton Rd/Regimental Museum (Bolton Rd)Daisyfield136m
Bolton Rd/Regimental Museum (Bolton Rd)Daisyfield152m
Bolton Rd/Grange Rd (Bolton Rd)Elton257m
Bolton Rd/Grange Rd (Bolton Rd)Elton272m
Bolton Rd/Buckingham Dr (Bolton Road)Seddons Farm Estate279m

Nearest underground/metro/tram to BL8 2BG

Bury Bolton Street (East Lancashire Railway)Bury1,496m
Bury (Manchester Metrolink) (The Haymarket)Bury1,547m

Nearest railway stations to BL8 2BG

Kearsley Station6km
Farnworth Station6.1km

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Broadband

Broadband access in BL8 2BG (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband98.2%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband14.3%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband0.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in BL8 2BG (2019 data)

Download

Median download speed38.1Mbps
Average download speed36.4Mbps
Maximum download speed80.00Mbps

Upload

Median upload speed7.1Mbps
Average upload speed8.5Mbps
Maximum upload speed20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in BL8 2BG (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps1.8%

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BL8 2BG gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in BL8 2BG by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)464,796
Meter count56
Mean (kWh/meter)8,300
Median (kWh/meter)8,490

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)125,127
Meter count51
Mean (kWh/meter)2,453
Median (kWh/meter)1,947

Deprivation

91.5% of English postcodes are less deprived than BL8 2BG:

Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to BL8 2BG (metres)

Cygnet
Food Hygiene Rating: 5 (Very Good)
Buller Street
55m
Epworth Grange
Food Hygiene Rating: 5 (Very Good)
Epworth Grange
148m
Rahan Tandoori Take-away
Food Hygiene Rating: 3 (Generally Satisfactory)
321 Bolton Road
151m

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Nearest post box to BL8 2BG

 Last Collection 
LocationMon-FriSatDistance
Owlerbarrow Road17:3511:051,321m
Bolton Street Station18:4011:201,471m
Brandle Avenue18:3011:101,825m

BL8 2BG ITL and BL8 2BG LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for BL8 2BG:

ITL 1 CodeName
TLDNorth West (England)
ITL 2 CodeName
TLD3Greater Manchester
ITL 3 CodeName
TLD37Greater Manchester North East
LAU 1 CodeName
E08000002Bury

BL8 2BG census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for BL8 2BG:

CodeName
OAE00025059
LSOAE01004948Bury 009B
MSOAE02001027Bury 009

Nearest postcodes to BL8 2BG

BL8 2BQBuller Street53m
BL8 2BEConnaught Street63m
BL8 2BWKitchener Street95m
BL8 2PHBolton Road145m
BL8 2BUBuller Mews147m
BL8 2EJFinchley Close152m
BL8 2PDBolton Road152m
BL8 2QWReigate Close187m
BL8 2BNWhite Street187m
BL8 2NBWellington Square209m