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On Royds Street, in Accrington South East
What it's like at BB5 2LH: every home that has sold on Royds 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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 3 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 Royds Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
36 of the 92 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 104, Royds StreetTerraced | Jan 2003 | £18,500 | 120 m² | £154/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 108, Royds StreetTerraced | Jul 2019 | £39,800 | – | – | 2 |
| 112, Royds StreetTerraced | Jun 2017 | £85,000 | 80 m² | £1,063/m² | 2 |
| 114, Royds StreetTerraced | Oct 1998 | £27,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 116, Royds StreetTerraced | Jul 2018 | £95,000 | 108 m² | £880/m² | 3 |
| 118, Royds StreetTerraced | Sept 2024 | £65,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 120, Royds StreetTerraced | Apr 1998 | £31,995 | – | – | 2 |
| 122, Royds StreetTerraced | Jul 2025 | £93,000 | 88 m² | £1,057/m² | 3 |
| 124, Royds StreetTerraced | Jun 2016 | £50,000 | 80 m² | £625/m² | 1 |
| 126, Royds StreetTerraced | Feb 2016 | £75,000 | 79 m² | £949/m² | 5 |
| 128, Royds StreetTerraced | Jun 2017 | £47,000 | 81 m² | £580/m² | 1 |
| 130, Royds StreetTerraced | Jun 2025 | £108,000 | 86 m² | £1,256/m² | 2 |
| 134, Royds StreetTerraced | May 2024 | £104,000 | 114 m² | £912/m² | 3 |
| 136, Royds StreetTerraced | May 2023 | £60,000 | – | – | 5 |
| 138, Royds StreetSemi-detached | Jan 2006 | £80,000 | 94 m² | £851/m² | 1 |
| 152, Royds StreetDetached · company-owned | Aug 2024 | £290,000 | 125 m² | £2,320/m² | 1 |
| 160, Royds StreetSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £210,000 | 100 m² | £2,100/m² | 1 |
| 162, Royds StreetSemi-detached | Jul 2018 | £172,000 | 111 m² | £1,550/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Accrington, about a 10-minute walk (950 m), with 504k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Blackburn.
The nearest bus stop is Royds Street, 300 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 123, 879); 11 departures an hour from the 6 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, a few minutes' walk (100 m); 48% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Hollins, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 40.7 · 5.2% 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 Express Store, 650 m away, with TheCandyMen closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Peel House Medical Practice (650 m), with Everest Pharmacy - Accrington the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, H1cutz is 1.0 km 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.
The Park Inn is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Grants Bar the nearest pub (450 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 Oak Hill Park, 250 m away; for exercise, The Gym (800 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.
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.
37 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Former Christ Church School | II | 170 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%.
6 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 2LH →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
On this street: 0 of 68 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 | 1.2% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| 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.
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 92 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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.