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On Watson Street, in Oswaldtwistle
What it's like at BB5 3HH: every home that has sold on Watson 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Watson Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 16 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Watson StreetTerraced | Jan 2023 | £104,000 | 79 m² | £1,316/m² | 3 |
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| 2, Watson StreetTerraced | Feb 2026 | £132,750 | 102 m² | £1,301/m² | 3 |
| 4, Watson StreetTerraced | Sept 2013 | £63,000 | 91 m² | £692/m² | 4 |
| 6, Watson StreetTerraced | Jun 2012 | £91,000 | 85 m² | £1,071/m² | 3 |
| 8, Watson StreetTerraced | Aug 2017 | £89,000 | 84 m² | £1,060/m² | 5 |
| 10, Watson StreetTerraced | Jan 2025 | £122,000 | 80 m² | £1,525/m² | 2 |
| 12, Watson StreetTerraced | Mar 2025 | £100,000 | 83 m² | £1,205/m² | 2 |
| 14, Watson StreetTerraced | May 2003 | £23,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 16, Watson StreetTerraced | Sept 2025 | £124,999 | 74 m² | £1,689/m² | 2 |
| 18, Watson StreetTerraced | May 2018 | £100,000 | 88 m² | £1,136/m² | 2 |
| 20, Watson StreetTerraced | Nov 2012 | £56,000 | 82 m² | £683/m² | 1 |
| 22, Watson StreetTerraced | Nov 1997 | £26,500 | 82 m² | £323/m² | 1 |
| 24, Watson StreetTerraced | May 2003 | £35,500 | 80 m² | £444/m² | 1 |
| 26, Watson StreetTerraced | Jun 2010 | £90,000 | 93 m² | £968/m² | 2 |
| 28, Watson StreetTerraced | Nov 1996 | £34,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Watson Street Works, Watson StreetOther | Jan 2024 | £260,600 | – | – | 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, about a 10-minute walk (750 m), with 59k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Burnley Central.
The nearest bus stop is Watson Street, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route A4); 36 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Oswaldtwistle, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 74% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Rhyddings, 150 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, 100 m away; Non-stop 24/7 (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Higher Heys Surgery (350 m), with Cohens Chemist the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, H1cutz is 1.2 km 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.
The Coffee House at Brave Church is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and 'Oswaldtwistle Social Club' the nearest pub (under 50 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 Rhyddings Park, 350 m away; for exercise, Hyndburn Sports Centre (1.3 km).
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.
43 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oswaldtwistle War Memorial | II* | 150 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 3HH →
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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 16 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 13 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 | 0.6% | 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.
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.