Old Vicarage, Bolton house prices are built from 165 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 1 Oct 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £124,999. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved +64.9% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +19.5%.
Median price paid
£124,999
Change in cash, 2015–2025
+64.9%
Change in real terms
+19.5%
HM Land Registry165 salesLatest sale 1 Oct 2025
Section 01
How Old Vicarage, Bolton prices moved
The chart tracks the median Old Vicarage, Bolton house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2025. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4 | £48,000 | £106,583 |
| 2000s | 6 | £66,975 | £122,009 |
| 2010s | 5 | £141,750 | £199,868 |
| 2020s | 3 | £216,250 | £220,951 |
The highest yearly median on record for Old Vicarage, Bolton is £237,500 in 2025; the lowest is £42,950 in 1996. Across the full 30-year record the cash median has moved from £42,950 to £237,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £93,168, so the real change over the whole record is +160.5% — about +3.36% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +64.9% in cash against +19.5% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 | 1 Oct 2025 | Terraced | £195,000 | £199,239 |
| 83 | 26 Sep 2025 | Semi-detached | £262,500 | £268,207 |
| 86 | 11 Jul 2025 | Detached | £230,000 | £235,000 |
| 61 | 28 Feb 2025 | Semi-detached | £170,000 | £173,696 |
| 154 | 21 Feb 2025 | Detached | £260,000 | £265,652 |
| 97 | 6 Feb 2025 | Semi-detached | £240,000 | £245,217 |
| 59 | 24 Jan 2025 | Semi-detached | £237,500 | £242,663 |
| 117 | 11 Oct 2024 | Semi-detached | £217,500 | £228,862 |
| 157 | 24 May 2024 | Semi-detached | £208,000 | £218,866 |
| 64 | 26 Apr 2024 | Detached | £290,000 | £305,149 |
| 39 | 23 Feb 2024 | Semi-detached | £225,000 | £236,754 |
| 65 | 17 Nov 2023 | Semi-detached | £180,000 | £194,483 |
| 43 | 1 Sep 2023 | Semi-detached | £240,000 | £259,310 |
| 146 | 18 Aug 2023 | Detached | £226,000 | £244,184 |
| 148 | 27 Jun 2023 | Detached | £217,500 | £235,000 |
| 87 | 2 Dec 2022 | Semi-detached | £240,000 | £278,061 |
| 109 | 30 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £210,000 | £243,303 |
| 91 | 25 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £217,500 | £251,993 |
| 18 | 14 Nov 2022 | Detached | £270,000 | £312,818 |
| 135 | 11 Nov 2022 | Semi-detached | £215,000 | £249,096 |
| 40 | 20 Oct 2022 | Semi-detached | £260,000 | £301,233 |
| 3 | 2 Mar 2022 | Semi-detached | £157,000 | £181,898 |
| 115 | 18 Feb 2022 | Semi-detached | £208,000 | £240,986 |
| 16 | 20 Oct 2021 | Detached | £217,500 | £274,798 |
| 24 | 31 Aug 2021 | Detached | £200,000 | £252,688 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Old Vicarage, Bolton values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 Old Vicarage | £79,950 (2004) | £195,000 (2025) | +4.3% | +1.4% |
| 83 Old Vicarage | £39,000 (1996) | £262,500 (2025) | +6.8% | +4.1% |
| 86 Old Vicarage | £190,000 (2021) | £230,000 (2025) | +4.9% | -0.5% |
| 154 Old Vicarage | £64,950 (1995) | £260,000 (2025) | +4.7% | +2.1% |
| 59 Old Vicarage | £48,500 (1999) | £237,500 (2025) | +6.3% | +3.5% |
| 117 Old Vicarage | £97,000 (2014) | £217,500 (2024) | +8.4% | +5.1% |
| 157 Old Vicarage | £40,000 (1997) | £208,000 (2024) | +6.3% | +3.6% |
| 64 Old Vicarage | £70,000 (1998) | £290,000 (2024) | +5.6% | +2.9% |
| 39 Old Vicarage | £92,000 (2004) | £225,000 (2024) | +4.6% | +1.6% |
| 43 Old Vicarage | £54,000 (1998) | £240,000 (2023) | +6.1% | +3.4% |
| 148 Old Vicarage | £65,000 (2000) | £217,500 (2023) | +5.4% | +2.6% |
| 87 Old Vicarage | £45,500 (2000) | £240,000 (2022) | +7.9% | +5.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Old Vicarage, Bolton is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 119 | 72.1% | £124,000 | £39,000 – £262,500 |
| Detached | 37 | 22.4% | £155,000 | £49,500 – £290,000 |
| Terraced | 9 | 5.5% | £79,950 | £44,000 – £195,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Old Vicarage, Bolton
71 of the sales on record are leasehold and 94 freehold — 43.0% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £125,000 and the median freehold sale £124,999 — a gap of 0.0%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 71 | 43.0% | £125,000 |
| Freehold | 94 | 57.0% | £124,999 |
| New build | 1 | 0.6% | £64,950 |
| Existing home | 164 | 99.4% | £125,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -48.0%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 3 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in Old Vicarage, Bolton
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Bolton, 43.5% of 135,690 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 3.5% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 417 | 0.3% |
| B | 10,442 | 7.7% |
| C | 48,231 | 35.5% |
| D | 54,163 | 39.9% |
| E | 17,667 | 13.0% |
| F | 3,716 | 2.7% |
| G | 1,054 | 0.8% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Bolton at £882 a month as of Jun 2026 — £645 for a one-bedroom home and £974 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £124,999 here, that rent is a gross yield of 8.47% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
No street-level crime was published for BL5 in Jun 2026. Several forces do not supply street-level data to police.uk, so this is a gap in the source rather than a crime-free month — and printing a zero would say something the data does not.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Old Vicarage, Bolton
The 2021 census counted 295,963 residents in Bolton across 118,790 households. 61.9% of those households own their home and 37.8% rent — a split the sold record cannot show, because only owners appear in it.
10 state and independent schools have a BL5 postcode: 9 primary, 1 secondary. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westhoughton High School | Secondary | Community school | 1,342 |
| St James CofE Primary School, Daisy Hill | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 445 |
| Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 417 |
| The Gates Primary School | Primary | Community school | 290 |
| St George's CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 247 |
| St Thomas CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 239 |
| Eatock Primary School | Primary | Community school | 238 |
| St Bartholomew's CofE Primary School | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 210 |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary School, Over Hulton | Primary | Voluntary aided school | 206 |
| Woodland Primary Academy | Primary | Academy converter | 170 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Daisy Hill Rail Station | Rail | 1.0 km |
| Westhoughton Rail Station | Rail | 1.0 km |
| Hag Fold Rail Station | Rail | 2.1 km |
| Lostock Rail Station | Rail | 3.1 km |
Section 09
How Old Vicarage, Bolton compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Old Vicarage, Bolton sits below that national figure — -20.6%.
Within Bolton the street ranks 1273 of 3171 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £98,000 (+27.6%).
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published here. An estimate would be a guess, and the archive does not publish guesses.
The full range on record runs from £39,000 to £290,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Old Vicarage, Bolton sits in Bolton, in the North West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Bolton at 6.2 times median local earnings of £33,008 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Bolton Road£100,000 median
- Chorley Road£105,000 median
- Leigh Road£88,000 median
- Green Meadows£109,495 median
- Hindley Road£95,000 median
- School Street£107,826 median
- Glazebury Drive£121,000 median
- Ingleby Close£113,000 median
- Sandalwood£109,000 median
- Marlbrook Drive£106,000 median
- Collingwood Way£101,000 median
- Rutherford Drive£152,475 median
- Marsham Road£155,000 median
- Newbrook Road£151,250 median
- New Drake Green£67,000 median
- Wharfedale£90,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 142 Old Vicarage6 sales
- 77 Old Vicarage6 sales
- 39 Old Vicarage5 sales
- 43 Old Vicarage5 sales
- 91 Old Vicarage5 sales
- 3 Old Vicarage4 sales
- 159 Old Vicarage4 sales
- 35 Old Vicarage4 sales
- 32 Old Vicarage4 sales
- 117 Old Vicarage3 sales
- 157 Old Vicarage3 sales
- 64 Old Vicarage3 sales
- 148 Old Vicarage3 sales
- 109 Old Vicarage3 sales
- 40 Old Vicarage3 sales
- 115 Old Vicarage3 sales
- 103 Old Vicarage3 sales
- 138 Old Vicarage3 sales
- 23 Old Vicarage3 sales
- 4 Old Vicarage3 sales
- 48 Old Vicarage3 sales
- 158 Old Vicarage3 sales
- 134 Old Vicarage3 sales
- 137 Old Vicarage3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Old Vicarage, Bolton?
The median price paid in Old Vicarage, Bolton across every sale on the register is £124,999. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Old Vicarage, Bolton?
165 sales are on record for Old Vicarage, Bolton, the most recent completing on 1 Oct 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Old Vicarage, Bolton house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +64.9% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +19.5%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Old Vicarage, Bolton house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £237,500, set in 2025. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Old Vicarage, Bolton?
No EPC floor areas could be matched to these sales, so no price per square metre is published for this area. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 1 Oct 2025. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Old Vicarage, Bolton house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.