# BL0

Postcode district covering Ramsbottom and Edenfield, in Bury and Rossendale.

BL0 is a postcode district covering Ramsbottom and Edenfield, in Bury and Rossendale. Median sale price £264,500 in 2025. About 17,561 people.

Postcode district. Code BL0. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [BL](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an BL0 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £264,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in BL0 was £264,500 in 2025. Joint 859th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl0#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 17,303** (2021). BL0 had 17,303 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,128th least populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl0#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in BL0 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl0#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 86.1%** (January 2026). In BL0, 86.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl0#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=BL0) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in BL0 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=BL0) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 291 homes were sold in BL0 in 2025.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=BL0) (Census 2021, England and Wales): BL0 had 17,303 usual residents at the census.
- [Deprivation score by council](https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-score-england?place=BL0) (English Indices of Deprivation 2025): Published for whole councils, so the map colours all of Bury, where most of this postcode district lies. The outline is BL0.

## How BL0 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | BL0 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £264,500 | 2nd most expensive | 10 postcode districts, BL · 2025 |
| Population | 17,303 | 2nd least populated | 10 postcode districts, BL · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 10 postcode districts, BL · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 86.1% | 2nd lowest | 10 postcode districts, BL · Jan 2026 |

## What is the population of BL0?

BL0 had 17,303 usual residents at the census.
BL0 is the 1,128th least populated of 2,756 in the UK.

## Deprivation in BL0, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so BL0 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in BL0

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bury 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/bury/neighbourhood/e01005014) | 1,465 | – | 6 | 75.3% |
| [Bury 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/bury/neighbourhood/e01005015) | 1,494 | – | 3 | 82.9% |
| [Bury 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/bury/neighbourhood/e01005016) | 1,494 | – | 7 | 96.0% |
| [Bury 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/bury/neighbourhood/e01005017) | 1,835 | – | 8 | 94.1% |
| [Bury 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/bury/neighbourhood/e01005018) | 1,534 | – | 4 | 94.6% |
| [Bury 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/bury/neighbourhood/e01005019) | 1,504 | – | 8 | 99.6% |
| [Bury 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/bury/neighbourhood/e01005023) | 1,278 | – | 6 | 98.2% |
| [Bury 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/bury/neighbourhood/e01005020) | 1,362 | – | 10 | 99.6% |
| [Rossendale 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/rossendale/neighbourhood/e01025357) | 1,354 | 58.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 77.7% |
| [Rossendale 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/rossendale/neighbourhood/e01025358) | 2,253 | 31.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 60.2% |

## Your MP

- [Bury North](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bury-north): Mr James Frith (Labour), MP since July 2024. 73% of the people here.
- [Rossendale and Darwen](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/rossendale-and-darwen): Andy MacNae (Labour), MP since July 2024. 27% of the people here.
- [Bury South](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bury-south): Christian Wakeford (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.2% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in BL0

[Ramsbottom](https://openindex.co.uk/bury/ramsbottom), [Summerseat](https://openindex.co.uk/bury/summerseat)

## Postcode sectors in BL0

[BL0 0 (231 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl0-0), [BL0 9 (333 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl0-9)

## Councils BL0 covers

[Bury](https://openindex.co.uk/bury), [Rossendale](https://openindex.co.uk/rossendale)

## Towns in BL0

[Ramsbottom](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ramsbottom)

## Postcode districts next to BL0

[BB4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb4), [BL8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl8), [BL9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl9)

## More in the BL postcode area

[All BL postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## BL0 in brief

BL0 is a postcode district covering Ramsbottom and Edenfield, in Bury and Rossendale.
About 17,561 people lived in BL0 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £264,500 in 2025 across 291 sales (HM Land Registry).
The median price paid for a home in BL0 was £264,500 in 2025.
BL0 had 17,303 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in BL0 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In BL0, 86.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: BL0
- Postcode area: [BL](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl)
- Constituency: [Bury North †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bury-north)
- Council: [Bury †](https://openindex.co.uk/bury)
- Area: 26.58 km²
- People, mid-2024: 17,561*
- Neighbourhoods: 10
- Output areas: 58

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[BL9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl9), [BB4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bb4), [BL8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl8)

## Latest updates for BL0

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/BL0

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl0, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl0#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bl0