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On St James Street, in Accrington South East
What it's like at BB5 1NT: every home that has sold on St James 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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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 St James Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
5 of the 9 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 26, St James StreetTerraced | Jul 1995 | £43,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28, St James StreetTerraced | Feb 2016 | £75,000 | 88 m² | £852/m² | 5 |
| 30, St James StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2023 | £110,000 | – | – | 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 few minutes' walk (250 m), with 504k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Blackburn.
The nearest bus stop is Inspire, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route A3); 64 departures an hour from the 24 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 (21 by car).
The nearest primary school is Accrington Woodnook Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 48% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 42.7 · 3.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (9.2 km) and Clitheroe Royal Grammar School (14.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 250 m away, with Accrington Christians Together Foodbank closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Peel House Medical Practice (50 m), with Everest Pharmacy - Accrington the closest pharmacy (50 m).
For a haircut, H1cutz is 700 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Blackburn Hospital, 7.1 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 29 restaurants and cafés and 18 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Church Street Chippy is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and 'The Commercial Hotel' the nearest pub (150 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (24 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 161 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 27 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 10% flats and 20% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Milnshaw Park, 800 m away; for exercise, The Gym (500 m).
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, 22% rent privately.
50 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sundial circa 6 metres south west of Church of St James | II | 70 m |
| Monument to Adam Westwell Circa 40 Metres West of Church of St James | II | 80 m |
| Conservative Club | II | 80 m |
| Church of St James | II | 90 m |
| Carnegie Public Library | II | 100 m |
| Baptist Church | II | 100 m |
| Mechanics Institution | II | 100 m |
| 21, Cannon Street | II | 120 m |
| 20, Cannon Street and Old Peoples Day Centre, Eagle Street | II | 130 m |
| Numbers 53, 55 (Warners Arms) and 57 | II | 150 m |
| Arcade | II | 170 m |
| Accrington Town Hall |
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 1NT →
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.
| II* |
| 190 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.
Nearest 8 shown. Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
No crimes recorded "on or near" St James Street in the last 12 months.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.2% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.5% | 96.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.1% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.9% | 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.
Nearest: Blackpool South · about 43 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 50 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.