When buying a house in Bolton, is having a garden at the top of your priority list?

If you’re looking to move in the area, you might be wondering where some of the best places are when it comes to having a garden that isn’t overlooked.

With this in mind, the most affordable areas in Bolton to own a property with a private garden space have been unveiled in a new study.

It comes as MG Timber and Online Marketing Surgery have created the “Garden Space Report” which helped rank areas across the UK based on their home outdoor space, revealing the best areas to buy houses with a garden.


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To do this, the experts have used data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) around access to gardens and public green spaces in UK, where they found the property garden space area for all neighbourhoods in Bolton.

Top 10 areas in Bolton with the most private garden space

  1. Lostock & Ladybridge (area) – 1,258,509 (home garden space area m2)
  2. Harwood - 993,646
  3. Bromley Cross & Bradshaw - 930,527
  4. Dunscar & Egerton - 900,263
  5. Westhoughton East - 817,956
  6. Doffcocker & Moss Bank - 786,818
  7. Little Lever - 752,462
  8. Horwich East - 751,321
  9. Kearsley & Stoneclough - 705,945
  10. Over Hulton - 685,574

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Top 10 areas in Bolton with the least private garden space

Additionally, here are the locations with the least private garden space in the town:

  1. Central Bolton - 120,391
  2. Rumworth North - 151,994
  3. Halliwell & Brownlow Fold - 164,912
  4. Rumworth South - 178,587
  5. Gilnow & Victory - 207,418
  6. Farnworth North - 231,528
  7. Farnworth South - 279,703
  8. Burnden & Great Lever - 280,812
  9. Lever Edge - 298,834
  10. Daubhill & Fernhill Gate - 373,597

The ONS data suggests Lostock and Ladybridge and Harwood are some of the best areas with the most private garden space.

In contrast, Central Bolton, Rumworth North and Halliwell and Brownlow Fold are among the places with the least amount of private garden space.