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On Gain Lane, in Thornbury
What it's like at BD2 3LW: every home that has sold on Gain Lane 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 Gain Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 7 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 4, Gain LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2003 | £68,000 | 101 m² | £673/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10, Gain LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2014 | £109,000 | 75 m² | £1,453/m² | 2 |
| 12, Gain LaneSemi-detached | May 2018 | £81,500 | 77 m² | £1,058/m² | 1 |
| 215, Gain LaneTerraced | Apr 2007 | £136,500 | 155 m² | £881/m² | 2 |
| 217, Gain LaneTerraced | Apr 2008 | £102,500 | 119 m² | £861/m² | 1 |
| 219, Gain LaneTerraced | Feb 2023 | £130,000 | 125 m² | £1,040/m² | 3 |
| 221, Gain LaneOther | Aug 2019 | £80,000 | 163 m² | £491/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Bradford Forster Square, a short drive or bike ride (2.4 km), with 1.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Gain Lane Fagley Rd, under 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 660); 23 departures an hour from the 15 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St. Clare's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 57% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Dixons Marchbank Primary (0.6 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Laisterdyke Leadership Academy, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 36.1 · 5.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Carlton Bolling (1.9 km) and Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy (2.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Heckmondwike Grammar School (10.9 km) and The North Halifax Grammar School (12.2 km).
It's a family area: 27% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Morrisons, 750 m away, with Today's Extra closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Thornbury Medical Practice (750 m), with Fagley Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Arny's is 1.4 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Bradford Royal Infirmary, 5.3 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: 16 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Morrisons Staff Canteen is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Undercliffe Cricket Club the nearest pub (400 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (14 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 127 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 6% flats and 5% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 50% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Bradford Moor Park, 650 m away; for exercise, Esporta (1.3 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 8.0 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 62 km.
27 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.
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%.
19 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 3LW →
Most households own their home, 24% rent privately.
It's young: 25% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is University of Bradford, 3.3 km away (TEF Silver).
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.
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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 7 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 0 of 7 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 | 0.1% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.4% | 91.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.3% | 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.
Nearest: Formby · about 81 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 34 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.