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On Besant Close, in Queen's Park & Higher Croft
What it's like at BB1 2RG: every home that has sold on Besant Close 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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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 Besant Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
14 of the 29 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Besant CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2003 | £140,000 | 200 m² | £700/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Besant CloseSemi-detached | Jun 2002 | £77,950 | 74 m² | £1,053/m² | 1 |
| 3, Besant CloseTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2025 | £110,000 | 84 m² | £1,310/m² | 2 |
| 4, Besant CloseDetached | Jun 2024 | £160,000 | 77 m² | £2,078/m² | 3 |
| 5, Besant CloseSemi-detached | Apr 2004 | £112,500 | 74 m² | £1,520/m² | 2 |
| 6, Besant CloseTerraced | Dec 2019 | £120,000 | 97 m² | £1,237/m² | 3 |
| 7, Besant CloseTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2006 | £158,500 | 130 m² | £1,219/m² | 3 |
| 8, Besant CloseTerraced | Jun 2023 | £209,000 | 78 m² | £2,679/m² | 3 |
| 9, Besant CloseTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2005 | £152,500 | 126 m² | £1,210/m² | 2 |
| 10, Besant CloseDetached | Oct 2017 | £162,000 | 82 m² | £1,976/m² | 3 |
| 11, Besant CloseTerraced | Dec 2007 | £158,500 | 105 m² | £1,510/m² | 1 |
| 12, Besant CloseDetached | Sept 2002 | £116,950 | 150 m² | £780/m² | 2 |
| 14, Besant CloseDetached · company-owned | Aug 2002 | £97,950 | 84 m² | £1,166/m² | 1 |
| 15, Besant CloseDetached | Jun 2021 | £163,000 | 110 m² | £1,482/m² | 3 |
| 16, Besant CloseDetached | Mar 2021 | £247,000 | 152 m² | £1,625/m² | 2 |
| 17, Besant CloseTerraced | May 2002 | £99,950 | 100 m² | £1,000/m² | 1 |
| 18, Besant CloseDetached | Oct 2002 | £105,950 | 87 m² | £1,218/m² | 1 |
| 19, Besant CloseTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2003 | £110,950 | 125 m² | £888/m² | 1 |
| 20, Besant CloseDetached · company-owned | Dec 2017 | £157,000 | 86 m² | £1,826/m² | 3 |
| 21, Besant CloseTerraced · company-owned | Sept 2025 | £190,000 | 112 m² | £1,696/m² | 2 |
| 22, Besant CloseDetached | Jul 2011 | £145,000 | 88 m² | £1,648/m² | 2 |
| 23, Besant CloseTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2014 | £128,000 | 120 m² | £1,067/m² | 2 |
| 24, Besant CloseDetached | Apr 2021 | £234,000 | 123 m² | £1,902/m² | 3 |
| 25, Besant CloseTerraced · company-owned | Apr 2018 | £132,000 | 104 m² | £1,269/m² | 3 |
| 27, Besant CloseTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2019 | £144,000 | 100 m² | £1,440/m² | 1 |
| 29, Besant CloseTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2003 | £114,950 | 93 m² | £1,236/m² | 1 |
| 31, Besant CloseTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2022 | £200,000 | 125 m² | £1,600/m² | 4 |
| 33, Besant CloseTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2004 | £147,500 | 127 m² | £1,161/m² | 2 |
| 35, Besant CloseSemi-detached · company-owned | Jul 2003 | £84,950 | 76 m² | £1,118/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Blackburn, a short drive or bike ride (2.1 km), with 1.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Seacole Close, 50 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (routes 481, HS1); 33 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Shadsworth Junior School, about a 10-minute walk (950 m); 60% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 37.2 · 4.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School (2 km) and Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School (4 km).
It's a family area: 22% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Kashmir Supermarket, 1.4 km away, with Beehive Service Station/Spar closer still (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Cornerstone Practice (850 m), with Beehive Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Suntastic is 750 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Blackburn Hospital, 650 m 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, 4 pubs and bars.
Waterside Canteen is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Observatory the nearest pub (750 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 164 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 9% flats and 16% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 549 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Queen's Park, 850 m away; for exercise, PureGym (2.4 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 44 km away.
Most households own their home, 16% 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.
13 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.
Blackburn constituency: Mr Adnan Hussain MP (Independent), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Ind gain from Lab, majority 132 (0.3%), turnout 53%. Vote shares: Independent 27%, Labour 27%, Workers Party of Britain 18%, Reform UK 13%.
21 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 BB1 2RG →
On this street: 0 of 28 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 | 2.1% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 97.9% | 95.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.7% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.8% | 3.7% | 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.
Nearest: Blackpool South · about 37 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 54 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Blackburn with Darwen since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 29 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.