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On Kings Road, in Accrington North East
What it's like at BB5 6BS: every home that has sold on Kings Road 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates). 4 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 Kings Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
20 of the 31 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Kings RoadTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2002 | £44,000 | 111 m² | £396/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Kings RoadTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2013 | £97,000 | 130 m² | £746/m² | 1 |
| 3, Kings RoadTerraced | Dec 1995 | £39,450 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, Kings RoadTerraced | May 2001 | £37,850 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Kings RoadTerraced · company-owned | Sept 2014 | £61,400 | 93 m² | £660/m² | 1 |
| 8, Kings RoadTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2021 | £125,500 | 117 m² | £1,073/m² | 4 |
| 9, Kings RoadTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2005 | £80,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 10, Kings RoadTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2020 | £121,000 | 94 m² | £1,287/m² | 3 |
| 12, Kings RoadTerraced | Nov 2023 | £130,000 | 107 m² | £1,215/m² | 2 |
| 14, Kings RoadTerraced | Oct 2019 | £35,000 | 88 m² | £398/m² | 1 |
| 15, Kings RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2018 | £72,500 | 86 m² | £843/m² | 1 |
| 16, Kings RoadOther · company-owned | May 2024 | £118,000 | 88 m² | £1,341/m² | 2 |
| 17, Kings RoadTerraced | Oct 2004 | £85,000 | 95 m² | £895/m² | 2 |
| 18, Kings RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2002 | £41,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 19, Kings RoadTerraced | Dec 2006 | £115,000 | 128 m² | £898/m² | 1 |
| 20, Kings RoadTerraced | Aug 2023 | £110,000 | 97 m² | £1,134/m² | 1 |
| 21, Kings RoadTerraced | Dec 2024 | £118,000 | 100 m² | £1,180/m² | 2 |
| 22, Kings RoadTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2003 | £59,950 | – | – | 3 |
| 23, Kings RoadTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2016 | £121,000 | 56 m² | £2,161/m² | 2 |
| 24, Kings RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jan 1997 | £35,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, Kings RoadTerraced | Feb 2022 | £118,000 | 63 m² | £1,873/m² | 2 |
| 26, Kings RoadTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2013 | £94,600 | 88 m² | £1,075/m² | 2 |
| 27, Kings RoadTerraced · company-owned | Sept 2005 | £105,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 28, Kings RoadTerraced · company-owned | Apr 2021 | £100,000 | 58 m² | £1,724/m² | 1 |
| 29, Kings RoadTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2002 | £49,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 30, Kings RoadTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2019 | £123,000 | 59 m² | £2,085/m² | 3 |
| 31, Kings RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Dec 2016 | £139,950 | 56 m² | £2,499/m² | 2 |
| 32, Kings RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2009 | £99,500 | 71 m² | £1,401/m² | 1 |
| 33, Kings RoadDetached | Mar 2007 | £124,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 34, Kings RoadTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2007 | £126,000 | 63 m² | £2,000/m² | 1 |
| 36, Kings RoadTerraced | Apr 2019 | £116,500 | 66 m² | £1,765/m² | 3 |
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 (900 m), with 504k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Blackburn.
The nearest bus stop is Marlborough Road, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route A3); 20 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Accrington St Mary Magdalen's Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 58% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Accrington Academy, 450 m away; Attainment 8: 39.4 · 6.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (10.4 km) and Clitheroe Royal Grammar School (12.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 550 m away, with Premier - Dixons News, Food & Wine closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Peel House Medical Practice (1.1 km), with Accrington Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, H1cutz is 1.5 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Blackburn Hospital, 7.3 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, 11 pubs and bars.
Accrington Stanley Community Trust is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and Grey Horse the nearest pub (300 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (17 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 137 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 11% flats and 9% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 51% were built before 1919.
It's growing: about 104 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Milnshaw Park, 750 m away; for exercise, The Gym (950 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 45 km away.
Most households own their home, 27% 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.
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%.
14 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 6BS →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Kings Road in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 21 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 | 0.3% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.0% | 96.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.6% | 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 Central · about 43 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 48 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.