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On Raven Avenue, in Helmshore
What it's like at BB4 4EZ: every home that has sold on Raven Avenue 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.
Sales and extensions on Raven Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 6 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Raven AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2011 | £100,000 | 83 m² | £1,205/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Raven AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2011 | £113,000 | 85 m² | £1,329/m² | 1 |
| 3, Raven AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2020 | £171,000 | 86 m² | £1,988/m² | 1 |
| 4, Raven AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2007 | £138,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 7, Raven AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 1997 | £48,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Raven AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2003 | £21,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Entwistle, a drive away (6.8 km), with 20k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Brooklands Avenue, 100 m away, with a bus about every 27 minutes on weekdays (routes X41, 481, 123, BR2); 11 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 44 minutes away by public transport (25 by car).
The nearest primary school is St Veronica's Roman Catholic Primary School, Helmshore, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 81% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Haslingden (2 km).
The nearest secondary is Haslingden High School and Sixth Form, 450 m away; Attainment 8: 44.2 · 6.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (5.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 850 m away, with Helmshore Pharmacy closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Haslingden Healthcare (1.7 km), with Everest Pharmacy Helmshore the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Friendz is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Blackburn Hospital, 10.0 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: 7 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Pearsons is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Station Hotel the nearest pub (200 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 37 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 18 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 9% flats and 36% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Helmshore Memorial Park (Snig Hole), 700 m away; for exercise, Haslingden Sports Centre (650 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 38 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 43% of households own their home outright.
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.
Rossendale and Darwen constituency: Andy MacNae MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 5,628 (12.6%), turnout 60%. Vote shares: Labour 41%, Conservative 28%, Reform UK 22%, Green Party 5%.
3 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 BB4 4EZ →
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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 6 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 90.7% | 94.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.8% | 0.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.3% | 3.8% | 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 44 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 53 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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