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On Fern Lea Street, in Waterfoot & Stacksteads
What it's like at BB4 7JF: every home that has sold on Fern Lea Street 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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1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Fern Lea Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 14 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Fern Lea StreetTerraced | Sept 2012 | £62,000 | 77 m² | £805/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Fern Lea StreetTerraced | Jan 2022 | £158,000 | 119 m² | £1,328/m² | 1 |
| 4, Fern Lea StreetTerraced | May 2019 | £131,000 | 105 m² | £1,248/m² | 3 |
| 5, Fern Lea StreetTerraced | Jul 2023 | £132,600 | 80 m² | £1,658/m² | 4 |
| 7, Fern Lea StreetTerraced | Oct 2010 | £95,000 | 87 m² | £1,092/m² | 2 |
| 8, Fern Lea StreetTerraced | Feb 2015 | £105,000 | 95 m² | £1,105/m² | 3 |
| 9, Fern Lea StreetTerraced | Aug 2007 | £95,000 | 81 m² | £1,173/m² | 4 |
| 10, Fern Lea StreetTerraced | Jan 2009 | £65,000 | 96 m² | £677/m² | 2 |
| 11, Fern Lea StreetTerraced | Dec 1996 | £34,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Fern Lea StreetTerraced | Oct 2020 | £118,000 | 113 m² | £1,044/m² | 1 |
| 13, Fern Lea StreetTerraced | Sept 2017 | £86,000 | 80 m² | £1,075/m² | 2 |
| 14, Fern Lea StreetTerraced | Feb 2025 | £219,300 | 96 m² | £2,284/m² | 3 |
| 19, Fern Lea StreetTerraced | Feb 2016 | £62,000 | 90 m² | £689/m² | 4 |
| 21, Fern Lea StreetTerraced | Dec 1999 | £43,000 | – | – | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Accrington, a drive away (9.9 km), with 504k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Blackburn.
The nearest bus stop is Warth Bridge, 50 m away, with a bus about every 11 minutes on weekdays (routes 464, 483, BR3, BR2); 26 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 49 minutes away by public transport (27 by car).
The nearest primary school is Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 20% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School, 800 m away; Attainment 8: 73.3 · 41.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (0.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-Op Late Shop, 350 m away, with Lords Of Rossendale closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Waterfoot Medical Practice (550 m), with Parade Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Headmasters is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Fairfield General Hospital, 11 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 62% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 56% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 16 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 20 restaurants and cafés, 12 pubs and bars.
Horse & Bamboo is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Newchurch & Dist.Conservative the nearest pub (400 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 97 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 48 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 11% flats and 11% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
It's growing: about 126 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Fall barn park, 1.8 km away; for exercise, Marl Pits Leisure Centre (1.5 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.6 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Manchester is 38 km away.
Most households own their home, 19% rent privately.
23 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%.
7 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 7JF →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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.
On this street: 0 of 12 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 | 0.8% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 95.5% | 94.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.8% | 0.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.0% | 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 54 min
Nearest: Ingleton Outdoor Swimming Pool · about 61 min
Nearest: Rascals · about 37 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 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 14 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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