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On Monk Street, in Accrington West
What it's like at BB5 1SR: every home that has sold on Monk 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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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).
Sales and extensions on Monk Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
63 of the 79 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Monk StreetTerraced | Jun 1995 | £13,000 | 91 m² | £143/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Monk StreetTerraced | Jul 2005 | £65,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 3a, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Dec 1999 | £12,000 | 93 m² | £129/m² | 1 |
| 4, Monk StreetTerraced | Mar 2008 | £62,000 | 84 m² | £738/m² | 1 |
| 5a, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2012 | £70,000 | 83 m² | £843/m² | 1 |
| 7, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jan 1996 | £19,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2007 | £65,000 | 83 m² | £783/m² | 3 |
| 11, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2002 | £15,000 | 84 m² | £179/m² | 1 |
| 12, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2002 | £20,000 | 109 m² | £183/m² | 2 |
| 14, Monk StreetTerraced | Mar 2019 | £47,250 | 82 m² | £576/m² | 1 |
| 15, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2002 | £12,500 | 110 m² | £114/m² | 2 |
| 16, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2019 | £65,000 | 82 m² | £793/m² | 2 |
| 17, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | May 1998 | £15,500 | 125 m² | £124/m² | 1 |
| 18, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Dec 1998 | £10,500 | 81 m² | £130/m² | 1 |
| 19, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Sept 2004 | £22,000 | 82 m² | £268/m² | 1 |
| 20, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2013 | £69,000 | 83 m² | £831/m² | 1 |
| 23, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2007 | £70,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 24, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jul 1997 | £13,500 | 97 m² | £139/m² | 1 |
| 25, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Nov 1998 | £10,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 26, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | May 2016 | £53,000 | 84 m² | £631/m² | 1 |
| 27, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Apr 2011 | £70,000 | 78 m² | £897/m² | 3 |
| 28, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2022 | £40,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 29, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2011 | £40,000 | 78 m² | £513/m² | 3 |
| 30, Monk StreetTerraced | Apr 2022 | £82,999 | 89 m² | £933/m² | 1 |
| 31, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Apr 2002 | £14,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 32, Monk StreetTerraced | Feb 2025 | £57,000 | 82 m² | £695/m² | 1 |
| 33, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Dec 1997 | £12,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 34, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2017 | £45,000 | 84 m² | £536/m² | 1 |
| 35, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2004 | £19,000 | 154 m² | £123/m² | 2 |
| 36, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2024 | £50,000 | 81 m² | £617/m² | 4 |
| 37, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2010 | £48,000 | 79 m² | £608/m² | 1 |
| 38, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2000 | £12,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 39, Monk StreetTerraced | Mar 1995 | £12,950 | 86 m² | £151/m² | 1 |
| 40, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jan 1996 | £13,750 | 101 m² | £136/m² | 1 |
| 42, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Nov 1997 | £18,500 | 80 m² | £231/m² | 1 |
| 48, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Apr 2018 | £55,000 | 81 m² | £679/m² | 2 |
| 50, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2024 | £75,000 | 78 m² | £962/m² | 2 |
| 52, Monk StreetTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2023 | £67,000 | 75 m² | £893/m² | 1 |
| 54, Monk StreetSemi-detached · company-owned | Jan 2001 | £20,249 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Accrington, about a 10-minute walk (700 m), with 504k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Blackburn.
The nearest bus stop is Princess Street, 150 m away, with a bus about every 8 minutes on weekdays (routes 6, 6A, 59, 59C); 37 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Accrington Hyndburn Park Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 42% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School, 850 m away; Attainment 8: 50.7 · 13.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (10.5 km) and Clitheroe Royal Grammar School (13.9 km).
It's a family area: 27% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Lidl UK GMBH, 250 m away, with Monk Street Shop closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Oswald Medical Centre (250 m), with Accrington Late Night Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, H1cutz is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Blackburn Hospital, 5.9 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: 14 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
My Abaseen is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Acorn the nearest pub (550 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (23 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 177 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 5% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 61% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Gatty Park, 300 m away; for exercise, Hyndburn Sports Centre (350 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 45 km away.
Most households own their home, 27% rent privately.
It's young: 22% of residents are aged 15–29.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Andrew | II | 180 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.
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%.
15 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 1SR →
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Hyndburn 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 79 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 63 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.2% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 96.0% | 96.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.4% | 2.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 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 41 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 51 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.