Houghton Street
Bolton, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: transport-stop proximity 90/100; daily amenities 30/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 39/100. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy. These indicators do not establish personal suitability or future property returns.
Compare Profile Scores
Each profile applies different weights to the available indicators; it does not determine personal suitability.
Available components: transport-stop proximity 90/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy, sale price. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: family indicators 80/100; green-space proximity 39/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy, energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Safety 30%, Family indicators 30%, Environment 20%, Amenities 10%, Energy 10%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: transport-stop proximity 90/100; amenity proximity 45/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: market proxy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Transport 35%, Walkability 30%, Amenities 25%, Market 10%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: green-space proximity 39/100; daily amenities 30/100; amenity proximity 45/100. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy, energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Safety 25%, Environment 25%, Amenities 20%, Energy 15%, Walkability 15%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: transport-stop proximity 90/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy, sale price. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Affordability 40%, Transport 25%, Amenities 20%, Safety 15%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Flood mapping
The mapped street point is classified as Zone 1 in the Environment Agency planning dataset. This covers river and sea flooding; it does not assess every property or surface-water risk.
Dataset revision: 2026-05-20. This is the dataset revision date, not a property inspection date.
Check the official flood map for your propertyThings You Should Know
Score 39/100. This measures mapped green-space proximity, not noise or air quality.
How Life Works Here
Houghton Street is located in Bolton. Recorded crime data is unavailable for this area. No nearby amenity records are available in this extract. Recorded nearby transport modes: rail and bus. The nearest mapped stop (University of Bolton) is 218m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The price sample is too small to publish a median; at least eight recorded transactions are required. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 2,091; owner-occupied homes 7.7%; social housing 26.7%; retired population 17.3%; average household size 2.7. There are 13 schools within 2 km, 13 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. The nearest school is just 57m away. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is first time buyers at 63/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 62/100. Its recorded district percentile is 89. Missing dimensions are excluded; scores are proxies rather than measurements of personal liveability.
Score Breakdown
Scores are heuristic proxies from open datasets. Missing dimensions are excluded from the overall score. Source and scope are listed below.
police.uk recorded incident counts in the source extract; LSOA area, not street-level or population-adjusted
OpenStreetMap amenities within 2km
DfT NaPTAN + TfL stops
OpenStreetMap green-space proximity; distance-decay proxy, not noise or air quality
HM Land Registry price paid data
GIAS/Ofsted school records, mapped amenities, household and area-score indicators
Amenity and transport proximity proxy; no pedestrian network or route assessment
EPC Register — awaiting public API access
English Environment Agency planning zones; Welsh NRW categories are shown separately
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Public Services Nearby
Public facilities within walking distance from Houghton Street, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (3)
- JD Gyms 834m · 10 min walk
- David Lloyd Clubs 1073m · 13 min walk
- The Gym 1700m · 21 min walk
hospitals (3)
- Deasnsgate Osteopath Clinic 873m · 11 min walk
- The Cupping Clinic 922m · 12 min walk
- Abbas Osteopathic Clinic 1532m · 19 min walk
libraries (2)
- High Street Library 513m · 6 min walk
- Bolton Central Library 740m · 9 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Heywood Park 407m · 5 min walk
- Elizabeth Park 640m · 8 min walk
- Queen's Park 1054m · 13 min walk
- Sunnyside Park 1287m · 16 min walk
- Thomasson Park 1739m · 22 min walk
schools (4)
- St Peter and St Paul RC Primary School a Voluntary Academy 57m · 1 min walk
- Clarendon Primary School 432m · 5 min walk
- Bishop Bridgeman CofE Primary School 683m · 8 min walk
- The Olive Tree Primary School Bolton 1051m · 13 min walk
Transport Links
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Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.
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Data Transparency
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- OS Open Roads — Crown copyright and database right
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data — Crown copyright
- police.uk crime data — Open Government Licence v3.0
- OpenStreetMap — ODbL licence
- DfT NaPTAN — Open Government Licence v3.0
- GIAS schools data — Crown copyright
- Environment Agency flood data — OGL v3.0
- ONS Census 2021 — Open Government Licence v3.0
All scores are computed from publicly available government and open data. No proprietary data is used. Scores reflect statistical patterns, not guarantees. Limited data available for this street — interpret scores with caution.