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On Idle Road, in Wrose & Bolton Woods
What it's like at BD2 2AY: every home that has sold on Idle 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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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.
8 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 8 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 Idle Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
8 of the 223 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 465, Idle RoadTerraced | Oct 2019 | £176,000 | 167 m² | £1,054/m² | 2 |
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| 467, Idle RoadTerraced | Oct 2020 | £145,000 | 136 m² | £1,066/m² | 2 |
| 469, Idle RoadTerraced | Aug 2006 | £140,000 | 154 m² | £909/m² | 2 |
| 473, Idle RoadTerraced | Dec 2023 | £180,000 | 152 m² | £1,184/m² | 3 |
| 475, Idle RoadTerraced | Jun 2018 | £122,000 | 132 m² | £924/m² | 1 |
| 477, Idle RoadTerraced | Nov 2006 | £155,000 | 152 m² | £1,020/m² | 2 |
| 479, Idle RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2001 | £50,000 | 159 m² | £314/m² | 1 |
| 481, Idle RoadTerraced | May 2021 | £156,500 | 166 m² | £943/m² | 2 |
| 485, Idle RoadTerraced | Jan 2020 | £140,000 | 128 m² | £1,094/m² | 1 |
| 487, Idle RoadTerraced | Aug 2007 | £158,000 | 148 m² | £1,068/m² | 3 |
| 489, Idle RoadTerraced | Aug 2006 | £152,000 | 139 m² | £1,094/m² | 2 |
| 491, Idle RoadTerraced | Aug 2007 | £150,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 493, Idle RoadTerraced | Jun 2004 | £134,000 | 136 m² | £985/m² | 3 |
| 497, Idle RoadTerraced | Sept 2018 | £145,000 | 101 m² | £1,436/m² | 5 |
| 499, Idle RoadTerraced | Apr 2011 | £108,000 | 115 m² | £939/m² | 4 |
| 501, Idle RoadTerraced | Nov 2005 | £145,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 503, Idle RoadTerraced | Nov 2023 | £185,000 | 102 m² | £1,814/m² | 3 |
| 503a, Idle RoadTerraced | Sept 2021 | £159,950 | 109 m² | £1,467/m² | 3 |
| 505, Idle RoadDetached | Jun 2008 | £210,000 | 153 m² | £1,373/m² | 1 |
| 505a, Idle RoadDetached | Mar 2013 | £280,000 | 229 m² | £1,223/m² | 1 |
| 507, Idle RoadDetached | Nov 2007 | £240,000 | 149 m² | £1,611/m² | 1 |
| 509, Idle RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2002 | £67,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 511, Idle RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2012 | £150,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 513, Idle RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2010 | £170,000 | 137 m² | £1,241/m² | 1 |
| 515, Idle RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2012 | £160,000 | 135 m² | £1,185/m² | 1 |
| 517, Idle RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2000 | £90,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 519, Idle RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2013 | £183,000 | 131 m² | £1,397/m² | 2 |
The nearest station is Frizinghall, a short drive or bike ride (2.2 km), with 433k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Idle Road Norman Grove, 50 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (routes 676, 602); 43 departures an hour from the 19 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Swain House 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 Hanson Academy, 450 m away; Attainment 8: 35.1 · 6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy (2.1 km) and Carlton Bolling (3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The North Halifax Grammar School (11.7 km) and Heckmondwike Grammar School (14 km).
The nearest supermarket is Bolton Road Convenience Store Premier, 400 m away; Flacks Fitness (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Rockwell And Wrose Practice (600 m), with J Robertson & Son the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, Arny's is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Bradford Royal Infirmary, 3.6 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 73% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 69% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 5 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Skylight Lounge is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Swing Gate Inn (Bar Only) the nearest pub (300 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 96 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 7% flats and 11% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 42% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Eccleshill Recreation Ground, 600 m away; for exercise, Flacks Fitness (400 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 7.4 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 63 km.
Most households own their home, 17% rent privately.
The nearest university is University of Bradford, 3.7 km away (TEF Silver).
41 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ivy Place | 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.
Bradford East constituency: Imran Hussain MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 6,189 (16.6%), turnout 50%. Vote shares: Labour 38%, Independent 21%, Reform UK 13%, Conservative 9%.
22 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 BD2 2AY →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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.
On this street: 0 of 167 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 4 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.7% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.4% | 91.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.4% | 7.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.2% | 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.
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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 223 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Formby · about 86 min
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