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On Arkwright Street, in Whittlefield & Rose Grove
What it's like at BB12 8AG: every home that has sold on Arkwright Street since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Arkwright Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 18 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 3, Arkwright StreetSemi-detached | Apr 2024 | £185,000 | 79 m² | £2,342/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Arkwright StreetTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2021 | £85,000 | 100 m² | £850/m² | 1 |
| 6, Arkwright StreetTerraced | Sept 2006 | £43,000 | 96 m² | £448/m² | 1 |
| 7, Arkwright StreetTerraced | Jul 1999 | £27,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Arkwright StreetTerraced | Jan 2003 | £57,000 | 131 m² | £435/m² | 1 |
| 12, Arkwright StreetTerraced | Dec 2016 | £83,000 | 120 m² | £692/m² | 1 |
| 13, Arkwright StreetTerraced | May 2013 | £89,000 | 135 m² | £659/m² | 2 |
| 14, Arkwright StreetTerraced | Sept 2025 | £165,000 | 116 m² | £1,422/m² | 2 |
| 17, Arkwright StreetTerraced | May 2013 | £88,000 | 138 m² | £638/m² | 1 |
| 18, Arkwright StreetSemi-detached · company-owned | Jul 2021 | £170,000 | 165 m² | £1,030/m² | 4 |
| 19, Arkwright StreetTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2021 | £94,000 | 109 m² | £862/m² | 1 |
| 20, Arkwright StreetTerraced | Sept 2021 | £205,000 | 189 m² | £1,085/m² | 2 |
| 21, Arkwright StreetTerraced | Oct 2024 | £165,000 | 107 m² | £1,542/m² | 2 |
| 22, Arkwright StreetTerraced | Aug 1996 | £44,950 | 140 m² | £321/m² | 1 |
| 24, Arkwright StreetSemi-detached | Nov 2016 | £85,000 | 178 m² | £478/m² | 2 |
| 25, Arkwright StreetTerraced | Mar 2016 | £133,000 | 129 m² | £1,031/m² | 5 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Burnley Barracks, about a 10-minute walk (850 m), with 30k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Blackburn.
The nearest bus stop is Ightenhill Park Lane, 50 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (routes M2, M1, 152, 892); 41 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Whittlefield Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 67% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Burnley High School, 1.7 km away; Attainment 8: 38.6 · 4.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (11.1 km) and Clitheroe Royal Grammar School (12 km).
The nearest supermarket is Farmfoods, 800 m away, with Best One Singh Store closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ightenhill Medical Centre (150 m), with Cohens Chemist the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Allure is 1.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Blackburn Hospital, 14 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 63% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 72% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 10 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 10 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Dallas Chicken & Pizza is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Ighten Mount Bowling Club the nearest pub (100 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (11 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 140 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 9% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 51% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Ightenhill Park, 400 m away; for exercise, The Gym Group (800 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 41 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 49 km.
Most households own their home, 31% rent privately.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
30 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Burnley constituency: Oliver Ryan MP (Labour (Co-op)), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 3,420 (8.6%), turnout 53%. Vote shares: Labour 32%, Liberal Democrat 23%, Conservative 20%, Reform UK 20%.
12 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near BB12 8AG →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Arkwright Street in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 17 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.3% | 95.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.5% | 3.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Blackpool South · about 43 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 42 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.