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On Holcombe Road, in Helmshore
What it's like at BB4 4NP: every home that has sold on Holcombe 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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 7 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 Holcombe Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 195 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 245, Holcombe RoadTerraced | Jun 2025 | £160,000 | 54 m² | £2,963/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 247, Holcombe RoadTerraced | Dec 2016 | £120,000 | 61 m² | £1,967/m² | 7 |
| 250, Holcombe RoadTerraced | Oct 2014 | £103,000 | 63 m² | £1,635/m² | 1 |
| 252, Holcombe RoadTerraced | Mar 1996 | £44,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 254, Holcombe RoadTerraced | Feb 2024 | £175,000 | 53 m² | £3,302/m² | 6 |
| 256, Holcombe RoadTerraced | Jun 2013 | £92,000 | 58 m² | £1,586/m² | 3 |
| 258, Holcombe RoadTerraced | Mar 2022 | £164,000 | 73 m² | £2,247/m² | 1 |
| 260, Holcombe RoadTerraced | Apr 2001 | £75,600 | 72 m² | £1,050/m² | 2 |
| 262, Holcombe RoadTerraced | May 2002 | £145,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 264, Holcombe RoadTerraced | May 2002 | £145,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 271, Holcombe RoadTerraced | Mar 2025 | £150,000 | 85 m² | £1,765/m² | 1 |
| 275, Holcombe RoadTerraced | Dec 2012 | £137,000 | 103 m² | £1,330/m² | 6 |
| 281, Holcombe RoadTerraced | Sept 2017 | £145,000 | 103 m² | £1,408/m² | 2 |
| 283, Holcombe RoadTerraced | Aug 2015 | £146,000 | 113 m² | £1,292/m² | 2 |
| 285, Holcombe RoadTerraced | Jun 2013 | £120,000 | 110 m² | £1,091/m² | 1 |
| 287, Holcombe RoadTerraced | Dec 2009 | £154,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 289, Holcombe RoadTerraced | Jun 2017 | £146,000 | 100 m² | £1,460/m² | 1 |
| 295, Holcombe RoadTerraced | May 1998 | £41,000 | 116 m² | £353/m² | 1 |
| 297, Holcombe RoadTerraced | Aug 2007 | £123,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 299, Holcombe RoadTerraced | Sept 2019 | £171,000 | 90 m² | £1,900/m² | 3 |
| 300, Holcombe RoadDetached | Oct 2022 | £218,000 | 167 m² | £1,305/m² | 1 |
| 301, Holcombe RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2012 | £112,500 | 140 m² | £804/m² | 3 |
| 303, Holcombe RoadTerraced | Jan 2022 | £180,000 | 92 m² | £1,957/m² | 2 |
| Robin Hood Inn, 280, Holcombe RoadTerraced | Apr 2004 | £225,000 | – | – | 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 (6.3 km), with 20k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Gregory Fold, 600 m away, with a bus about every 27 minutes on weekdays (routes X41, 481, 123, BR2).
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 Helmshore Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 88% 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, 1.2 km 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, 1.5 km away, with Neary's closer still (600 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Haslingden Healthcare (1.8 km), with Everest Pharmacy Helmshore the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Friendz is 800 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.
The Mill Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and The Robin Hood Inn the nearest pub (under 50 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), 850 m away; for exercise, Haslingden Sports Centre (800 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.
12 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Museum of the Lancashire Textile Industry | II | 50 m |
| Higher Mill Museum | II | 70 m |
| Chimney to Higher Mill | II | 80 m |
| Two Railway Viaducts and Linking Revetment | II | 120 m |
| 241-247, Holcombe Road | II | 120 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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 4NP →
On this street: 1 of 151 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 58 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 90.7% | 94.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.8% | 1.0% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.4% | 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Rossendale 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 195 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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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