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On The Sands, in Whalley & Brockhall
What it's like at BB7 9TL: every home that has sold on The Sands 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on The Sands; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 19 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, The SandsDetached | Dec 1997 | £225,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, The SandsSemi-detached | Aug 2026 | £442,500 | 100 m² | £4,425/m² | 2 |
| 6, The SandsSemi-detached | Dec 1997 | £98,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 10, The SandsSemi-detached | Jun 2026 | £496,000 | 131 m² | £3,786/m² | 2 |
| 12, The SandsSemi-detached | May 2017 | £402,000 | 134 m² | £3,000/m² | 2 |
| 14, The SandsDetached | Nov 2002 | £200,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, The SandsSemi-detached | Jul 2008 | £310,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 20, The SandsSemi-detached | Oct 2011 | £294,000 | 101 m² | £2,911/m² | 1 |
| 22, The SandsSemi-detached | May 2020 | £202,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 24, The SandsDetached | Dec 2020 | £375,200 | 128 m² | £2,931/m² | 1 |
| 26, The SandsTerraced | Aug 2003 | £210,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 28, The SandsDetached | Jul 2008 | £325,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 30, The SandsTerraced | Feb 2007 | £240,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 32, The SandsSemi-detached | Oct 2009 | £443,000 | 119 m² | £3,723/m² | 1 |
| Sands Cottage, The SandsDetached | Feb 2024 | £865,000 | 217 m² | £3,986/m² | 4 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Whalley, a few minutes' walk (350 m), with 81k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Railway Stn, 300 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 995); 32 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Whalley Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 81% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 44.9 · 11.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Clitheroe Royal Grammar School (6.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is The Coop Group Food, 300 m away; Spar (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Doctor Company (300 m), with Whalley Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Kellie Hughes is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Blackburn Hospital, 9.9 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: 15 restaurants and cafés, 17 pubs and bars.
Deux Amis is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Giardino Segreto the nearest pub (200 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 65 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 58 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 39% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
It's growing: about 410 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Whalley Park, 300 m away; for exercise, PLM Fitness (250 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.2 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 50 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 53 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 43% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 43% of adults have a degree.
44 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbey Presbytery | II | 50 m |
| Sands Cottage | II* | 90 m |
| 1, 2 and 3 Abbeycroft | II | 130 m |
| 2, 3 and 4, The Square, Whalley | II | 130 m |
| Poole House | II | 140 m |
| 1, 2 and 3, Poole End | II | 150 m |
| North West Gateway (Formerly Included As An Integral Part of Whalley Abbey) | I | 150 m |
| 16, Church Lane | II | 170 m |
| 14 and 15, Church Lane | II | 180 m |
| 10-13, Church Lane | II | 190 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.
Pendle and Clitheroe constituency: Jonathan Hinder MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 902 (1.9%), turnout 59%. Vote shares: Labour 35%, Conservative 33%, Reform UK 18%, Independent 7%.
11 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 BB7 9TL →
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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
On this street: 0 of 11 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 | 1.4% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 94.4% | 87.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 2.9% | 6.7% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 0.9% | 4.0% | 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: Ingleton Outdoor Swimming Pool · about 43 min
Nearest: East Lancashire Railway · about 32 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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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 19 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.