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On Pleckgate Road, in Wilpshire & Mellor
What it's like at BB1 8QY: every home that has sold on Pleckgate Road 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.
7 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 3 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Pleckgate Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
17 of the 171 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
| Lane End Barn, Pleckgate RoadDetached | Nov 2020 | £700,000 | 294 m² | £2,381/m² | 2 |
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The nearest station is Ramsgreave & Wilpshire, about a 10-minute walk (900 m), with 92k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Pleckgate Road, 250 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 623).
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 69% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Pleckgate High School, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 49.2 · 13.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School (3.5 km) and Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School (4.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Clitheroe Royal Grammar School (12.4 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Nisa, 500 m away; Brownhill Pharmacy (550 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Brownhill Surgery (550 m), with Brownhill Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Odyssey is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Blackburn Hospital, 6.1 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: 11 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
ego@knowles arms is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Blackburn RUFC the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 35 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 27 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 47% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
Bungalow country: 31% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Roe Lee Park, 800 m away; for exercise, QEGS Sports Hall (1.3 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.0 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Manchester is 50 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 54% of households own their home outright.
24 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.
Ribble Valley constituency: Maya Ellis MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 856 (1.6%), turnout 65%. Vote shares: Labour 35%, Conservative 33%, Reform UK 16%, Liberal Democrat 10%.
17 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 8QY →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
It's an older community: 28% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 45% of adults have a degree.
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Pleckgate Road in the last 12 months.
On this street: 2 of 121 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.3% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.1% | 1.6% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 91.3% | 87.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 5.4% | 6.7% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.1% | 4.0% | 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 39 min
Nearest: Ingleton Outdoor Swimming Pool · about 55 min
Nearest: Ribble Steam Railway and Museum · about 35 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.