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On Thorn Street, in Great Harwood
What it's like at BB6 7RX: every home that has sold on Thorn 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.
Sales and extensions on Thorn Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 23 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Thorn StreetTerraced | Feb 2024 | £139,200 | 90 m² | £1,547/m² | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Thorn StreetTerraced | Aug 2004 | £79,950 | 96 m² | £833/m² | 3 |
| 3, Thorn StreetTerraced | Nov 2019 | £105,000 | 85 m² | £1,235/m² | 1 |
| 4, Thorn StreetTerraced | Dec 2019 | £123,000 | 117 m² | £1,051/m² | 4 |
| 5, Thorn StreetTerraced | Nov 2024 | £135,000 | 83 m² | £1,627/m² | 4 |
| 7, Thorn StreetTerraced | May 2025 | £139,500 | 83 m² | £1,681/m² | 5 |
| 8, Thorn StreetTerraced | Jul 1999 | £26,000 | 90 m² | £289/m² | 2 |
| 9, Thorn StreetTerraced | Aug 2026 | £136,000 | 85 m² | £1,600/m² | 3 |
| 10, Thorn StreetTerraced | Jan 2015 | £83,500 | 100 m² | £835/m² | 1 |
| 11, Thorn StreetTerraced | Oct 2025 | £117,000 | 83 m² | £1,410/m² | 2 |
| 13, Thorn StreetTerraced | Nov 2022 | £139,000 | 83 m² | £1,675/m² | 3 |
| 14, Thorn StreetTerraced | Feb 2000 | £37,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 15, Thorn StreetTerraced | Mar 2011 | £91,000 | 82 m² | £1,110/m² | 3 |
| 16, Thorn StreetTerraced | Jan 2022 | £105,000 | 92 m² | £1,141/m² | 1 |
| 17, Thorn StreetTerraced | Dec 2024 | £100,000 | 93 m² | £1,075/m² | 2 |
| 18, Thorn StreetTerraced | Jan 2007 | £65,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Thorn StreetTerraced | Mar 2022 | £89,000 | 84 m² | £1,060/m² | 1 |
| 22, Thorn StreetTerraced | Dec 2022 | £95,000 | 78 m² | £1,218/m² | 1 |
| 23, Thorn StreetTerraced | Jul 2021 | £137,000 | 121 m² | £1,132/m² | 2 |
| 24, Thorn StreetTerraced | Jan 2024 | £87,000 | 76 m² | £1,145/m² | 3 |
| 26, Thorn StreetTerraced | Nov 2014 | £88,500 | 79 m² | £1,120/m² | 2 |
| 28, Thorn StreetTerraced | Sept 2007 | £105,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 30, Thorn StreetTerraced | Aug 2015 | £71,500 | 79 m² | £905/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Rishton, a drive away (3.0 km), with 41k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Blackburn.
The nearest bus stop is Church Street, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 14, 531); 32 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 43 minutes away by public transport (20 by car).
The nearest primary school is Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 59% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Hyndburn Academy, 2.2 km away; Attainment 8: 37.4 · 2.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Pleckgate High School (5.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Clitheroe Royal Grammar School (9.8 km) and Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (14.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 250 m away; Great Harwood Service Station T/A Morrisons Daily Great Harwood (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Great Harwood Medical Group (100 m), with Tesco Instore Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Elysium is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Blackburn Hospital, 6.9 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: 18 restaurants and cafés, 11 pubs and bars.
Churchfield House is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Plough Pub the nearest pub (300 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (17 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 96 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 15 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 10% flats and 12% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 52% were built before 1919.
It's growing: about 237 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Windsor Road Recreation ground, 200 m away; for exercise, The Cath Thom Leisure Centre (1.7 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.5 µg/m³).
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.
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%.
9 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 BB6 7RX →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
For holidays, Manchester is 49 km away.
Most households own their home, 23% 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Thorn Street in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 20 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 | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.5% | 96.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.5% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.8% | 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 42 min
Nearest: Ingleton Outdoor Swimming Pool · about 44 min
Nearest: East Lancashire Railway · about 31 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.