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Blackrod By-pass Road, Blackrod

Land size
5.6 acres

Key Features

  • Approx 5.60 acres
  • Close proximity to Blackrod Village
  • Grade 4 Agricultural Land
  • Local amenities
  • Freehold subject to vacant possession

Description

**FOR SALE BY INFORMAL TENDER - DEADLINE 07/08/2026**

As a whole the land measures approximately 2.27 ha (5.60 ac), Grade 4 land that is laid to permanent pasture and is utilised for horse grazing purposes.

Alternatively the land is for sale as 2x separate lots with Lot 1 measuring approx 1.90 ha (4.69 ac) and Lot 2 measuring approx 0.37 ha (0.92 ac).

The land is accessed via the adopted highway known as Blackrod Bypass Road and can otherwise be accessed via the adopted highway known as Castlecroft Avenue.

Subject to Overage.

Further details within the brochure

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-07-07

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 33 Bare & Undeveloped Land listings in North West England (5+ acres).

This Property£17,857 / acre
Bare & Undeveloped Land Average (5+ acres) £12,653 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
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Water
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Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Private Rights of Way
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Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
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Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre · available to 57% of premises

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Fixed wireless access may also be an option here.

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Beacon Primary School0.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    209
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • St Catherine's CofE Primary School0.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    237
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Horwich Parish CofE Primary School1.1 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    300
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Rivington Foundation Primary School1.3 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    109
    Type
    Foundation school
  • Blackrod Anglican/Methodist Primary School1.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    260
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England/Methodist

Secondary

  • Rivington and Blackrod High School0.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,626
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • St Joseph's RC High School2 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,047
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • Albany Academy3.4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    725
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Holy Cross Catholic High School3.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    976
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • Southlands High School4.3 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    821
    Type
    Academy converter

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Spar - Euro Garage Rivington Northbound, Horwich799 metres
Spar - Euro Garage Rivington Southbound, Horwich969 metres
Sainsburys Horwich Local, Horwich0.8 miles

GP surgery

Pike View, Dr Malhotra & Partners1.1 miles

Pharmacy

Cohens Chemist0.8 miles

Hospital

Beaumont Hospital3.2 miles

Green space

Playing Field496 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Blackrod Rail Station1 mile

Nearest bus stop

Rivington Waterworks112 metres

Typical drive times

Chorley11 min · 4.9 miles
Horwich3 min · 1 miles
Adlington4 min · 1.7 miles
Westhoughton13 min · 5.6 miles
Salford (city)26 min · 20 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

A 1 in 100 to 1 in 1000 chance each yearMedium to low risk

Mapped within the area searched, not at the advertised map pin itself.

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

£14.99 · one-off purchase

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