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On Plantation Road, in Meadowhead
What it's like at BB2 4QA: every home that has sold on Plantation 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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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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Plantation Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
24 of the 42 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Plantation RoadTerraced | Mar 2022 | £94,500 | 89 m² | £1,062/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Plantation RoadTerraced | Dec 2006 | £133,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 3, Plantation RoadTerraced | Oct 2008 | £75,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Plantation RoadTerraced | Feb 2003 | £54,500 | 68 m² | £801/m² | 2 |
| 5, Plantation RoadTerraced | Jun 2015 | £91,000 | 89 m² | £1,022/m² | 3 |
| 6, Plantation RoadTerraced | Jan 2012 | £75,000 | 63 m² | £1,190/m² | 2 |
| 8, Plantation RoadTerraced | Jul 2026 | £120,000 | 68 m² | £1,765/m² | 2 |
| 9, Plantation RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2026 | £125,000 | 89 m² | £1,404/m² | 3 |
| 11, Plantation RoadTerraced | Apr 2002 | £27,500 | 89 m² | £309/m² | 2 |
| 12, Plantation RoadTerraced | Mar 1997 | £36,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, Plantation RoadTerraced | Mar 2025 | £128,000 | 91 m² | £1,407/m² | 3 |
| 14, Plantation RoadTerraced | Apr 2022 | £120,000 | 69 m² | £1,739/m² | 3 |
| 15, Plantation RoadTerraced | Feb 2013 | £80,750 | 89 m² | £907/m² | 5 |
| 16, Plantation RoadTerraced | Dec 2005 | £167,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 17, Plantation RoadTerraced | Nov 2021 | £95,000 | 88 m² | £1,080/m² | 2 |
| 19, Plantation RoadTerraced | Jan 2026 | £147,000 | 110 m² | £1,336/m² | 2 |
| 20, Plantation RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Sept 2024 | £155,000 | 71 m² | £2,183/m² | 4 |
| 21, Plantation RoadDetached · company-owned | Jan 2020 | £169,950 | 93 m² | £1,827/m² | 2 |
| 23, Plantation RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Dec 2019 | £80,000 | 46 m² | £1,739/m² | 1 |
| 24, Plantation RoadDetached · company-owned | Oct 2017 | £140,000 | 71 m² | £1,972/m² | 1 |
| 25, Plantation RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Nov 2024 | £165,000 | 64 m² | £2,578/m² | 2 |
| 26, Plantation RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Oct 2004 | £102,000 | 55 m² | £1,855/m² | 3 |
| 27, Plantation RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Jul 2023 | £87,500 | 66 m² | £1,326/m² | 2 |
| 28, Plantation RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Nov 2020 | £101,000 | 56 m² | £1,804/m² | 4 |
| 29, Plantation RoadTerraced · company-owned | May 2021 | £99,000 | 66 m² | £1,500/m² | 2 |
| 30, Plantation RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2024 | £153,000 | 69 m² | £2,217/m² | 2 |
| 31, Plantation RoadDetached · company-owned | Aug 2004 | £124,950 | 97 m² | £1,288/m² | 2 |
| 32, Plantation RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Jun 2017 | £99,000 | 56 m² | £1,768/m² | 4 |
| 34, Plantation RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Oct 2024 | £162,500 | 58 m² | £2,802/m² | 3 |
| 35, Plantation RoadDetached · company-owned | Aug 2010 | £98,000 | 56 m² | £1,750/m² | 2 |
| 36, Plantation RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Oct 2024 | £107,500 | 46 m² | £2,337/m² | 1 |
| 37, Plantation RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Jul 2003 | £78,950 | 66 m² | £1,196/m² | 4 |
| 39, Plantation RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2018 | £130,000 | 82 m² | £1,585/m² | 1 |
| 41, Plantation RoadDetached · company-owned | Jan 2025 | £210,000 | 78 m² | £2,692/m² | 1 |
| 42, Plantation RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Aug 2004 | £105,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 43, Plantation RoadDetached · company-owned | Jul 2024 | £195,000 | 92 m² | £2,120/m² | 2 |
| 44, Plantation RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Jun 2007 | £139,500 | 70 m² | £1,993/m² | 3 |
| 45, Plantation RoadDetached · company-owned | Dec 1995 | £52,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 46, Plantation RoadDetached · company-owned | Sept 2005 | £135,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 47, Plantation RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Mar 2011 | £100,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 49, Plantation RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Jun 2014 | £115,000 | 66 m² | £1,742/m² | 2 |
| 53, Plantation RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | May 2017 | £109,500 | 56 m² | £1,955/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Mill Hill (Lancs), about a 10-minute walk (650 m), with 60k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Preston (Lancs).
The nearest bus stop is Livesey Branch Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 30 minutes on weekdays (routes 2, 2A, 122, 85); 20 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Meadowhead Junior School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 40% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 47.4 · 10% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School (2 km) and Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School (2.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-Op (formerly Livesey Service Station), 150 m away; Livesey Pharmacy (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bentham Road Health Centre (200 m), with Livesey Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Reflektion is 550 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Blackburn Hospital, 3.1 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 2 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
The Caff is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Mill Hill Working Mens Club the nearest pub (200 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 110 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 7% flats and 14% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Griffin Park, 1.1 km away; for exercise, Go Ape Blackburn (1.5 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 44 km away.
Most households own their home, 14% 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.
33 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%.
34 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 BB2 4QA →
On this street: 0 of 34 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.0% | 95.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.7% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.2% | 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 Central · about 36 min
Nearest: Ingleton Outdoor Swimming Pool · about 56 min
Nearest: East Lancashire Railway · about 33 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 42 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.