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On Blossom Avenue, in Oswaldtwistle
What it's like at BB5 0FD: every home that has sold on Blossom 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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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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Blossom Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 30 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Blossom AvenueDetached | May 2021 | £168,000 | 58 m² | £2,897/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Blossom AvenueDetached | Mar 2001 | £62,450 | – | – | 1 |
| 3, Blossom AvenueDetached | Mar 2007 | £166,000 | 95 m² | £1,747/m² | 4 |
| 4, Blossom AvenueDetached | Jun 2001 | £62,450 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, Blossom AvenueDetached | Oct 2016 | £153,000 | 94 m² | £1,628/m² | 3 |
| 6, Blossom AvenueDetached | May 2005 | £133,000 | 91 m² | £1,462/m² | 2 |
| 7, Blossom AvenueDetached | May 2001 | £80,450 | 98 m² | £821/m² | 1 |
| 8, Blossom AvenueDetached | Apr 2017 | £155,000 | 94 m² | £1,649/m² | 2 |
| 9, Blossom AvenueDetached | Dec 2015 | £165,000 | 90 m² | £1,833/m² | 3 |
| 10, Blossom AvenueDetached | Mar 2001 | £80,450 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Blossom AvenueDetached | Jul 2022 | £187,500 | 91 m² | £2,060/m² | 4 |
| 12, Blossom AvenueDetached | Jul 2001 | £80,450 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Blossom AvenueDetached | Sept 2001 | £72,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Blossom AvenueDetached | Aug 2001 | £80,450 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Blossom AvenueDetached | Jan 2014 | £152,500 | 91 m² | £1,676/m² | 2 |
| 17, Blossom AvenueDetached | Dec 2001 | £72,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, Blossom AvenueDetached | Aug 2019 | £132,000 | 68 m² | £1,941/m² | 3 |
| 19, Blossom AvenueDetached | Aug 2001 | £80,450 | 100 m² | £805/m² | 1 |
| 21, Blossom AvenueDetached | Jan 2002 | £81,500 | 155 m² | £526/m² | 1 |
| 23, Blossom AvenueDetached | Nov 2001 | £77,425 | – | – | 1 |
| 24, Blossom AvenueDetached | Oct 2025 | £260,000 | 100 m² | £2,600/m² | 2 |
| 25, Blossom AvenueDetached | Dec 2001 | £72,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Blossom AvenueDetached | Mar 2002 | £72,950 | 80 m² | £912/m² | 1 |
| 27, Blossom AvenueDetached | Jan 2004 | £115,000 | 93 m² | £1,237/m² | 2 |
| 28, Blossom AvenueDetached | May 2026 | £250,000 | 81 m² | £3,086/m² | 5 |
| 29, Blossom AvenueDetached | Jan 2004 | £120,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 30, Blossom AvenueDetached | Aug 2013 | £110,000 | 68 m² | £1,618/m² | 2 |
| 31, Blossom AvenueDetached | Dec 2001 | £81,500 | 142 m² | £574/m² | 1 |
| 32, Blossom AvenueTerraced | Aug 2026 | £195,000 | 70 m² | £2,786/m² | 2 |
| 34, Blossom AvenueDetached | Feb 2002 | £53,950 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Church & Oswaldtwistle, a few minutes' walk (150 m), with 59k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Burnley Central.
The nearest bus stop is Oswaldtwistle Mills, 200 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (routes 6, 6A, 879); 55 departures an hour from the 19 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Oswaldtwistle St Paul's Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 63% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Rhyddings, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 36.5 · 2.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School (6 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (11.4 km) and Clitheroe Royal Grammar School (14.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Home Bargains, 800 m away, with Sensation closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Dr Bello'S Surgery (350 m), with Cohens Chemist the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, H1cutz is 900 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Blackburn Hospital, 4.4 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: 15 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
ReAct Academy of Theatre Arts is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and InSoul Bar the nearest pub (350 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (16 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 148 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 12% flats and 8% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
It's growing: about 142 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is The Pocket Park, 450 m away; for exercise, Hyndburn Sports Centre (600 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 44 km away.
Most households own their home, 22% 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.
38 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.
Hyndburn constituency: Sarah Smith MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 1,687 (4.6%), turnout 54%. Vote shares: Labour 34%, Conservative 29%, Reform UK 21%, Green Party 14%.
8 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 BB5 0FD →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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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 30 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Blackpool South · about 41 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.
On this street: 1 of 19 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 | 0.6% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.1% | 96.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.3% | 2.9% | 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.