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On Bowling Old Lane, in Bowling Park
What it's like at BD5 8HN: every home that has sold on Bowling Old 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Bowling Old Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 41 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 369, Bowling Old LaneTerraced | Apr 2018 | £55,000 | 107 m² | £514/m² | 3 |
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| 371, Bowling Old LaneFlat | Apr 2002 | £23,000 | 91 m² | £253/m² | 1 |
| 375, Bowling Old LaneTerraced | Nov 2010 | £54,500 | 63 m² | £865/m² | 4 |
| 377, Bowling Old LaneFlat | Mar 2005 | £43,000 | 57 m² | £754/m² | 1 |
| 379, Bowling Old LaneTerraced | Feb 2019 | £39,000 | 65 m² | £600/m² | 2 |
| 381, Bowling Old LaneTerraced | Jul 2016 | £47,500 | 59 m² | £805/m² | 4 |
| 383, Bowling Old LaneTerraced | Jan 2024 | £70,000 | 57 m² | £1,228/m² | 5 |
| 385, Bowling Old LaneTerraced | May 2006 | £53,000 | 84 m² | £631/m² | 5 |
| 387, Bowling Old LaneTerraced | Oct 2001 | £9,000 | 80 m² | £113/m² | 1 |
| 389, Bowling Old LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2007 | £155,000 | 76 m² | £2,039/m² | 1 |
| 393, Bowling Old LaneTerraced | Nov 2011 | £53,000 | 68 m² | £779/m² | 1 |
| 395, Bowling Old LaneTerraced | Oct 2018 | £50,000 | 60 m² | £833/m² | 2 |
| 397, Bowling Old LaneTerraced | Aug 2025 | £67,500 | 94 m² | £718/m² | 1 |
| 399, Bowling Old LaneTerraced | Nov 2012 | £50,000 | 113 m² | £442/m² | 1 |
| 401, Bowling Old LaneOther · company-owned | Feb 2014 | £105,000 | – | – | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Bradford Interchange, a short drive or bike ride (1.9 km), with 2.4m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Parkside Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (routes 645, 687, 686, 681); 63 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Bankfoot Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 83% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Dixons Music Primary (1.7 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Dixons City Academy, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 49.5 · 13.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Carlton Bolling (2.7 km) and Dixons Kings Academy (3.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Heckmondwike Grammar School (8.9 km) and The North Halifax Grammar School (9.2 km).
It's a family area: 26% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Makkah Superstore, 300 m away, with Jeeya Newsagents closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Dr I M Raja & Partner (950 m), with Woodroyd Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Angela's is 850 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Bradford Royal Infirmary, 4.8 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: 12 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Deli 29 is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Little Horton Social Cycling Club (Bar only) the nearest pub (400 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (14 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 140 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 13% flats and 6% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Emsley (Alfred) Memorial Recreation Ground, 250 m away; for exercise, Snap Fitness (700 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 12 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 58 km.
40 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%.
27 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 BD5 8HN →
Most households own their home, 27% rent privately.
It's young: 22% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is University of Bradford, 1.9 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 41 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 29 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 | 1.3% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 96.1% | 91.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.7% | 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 76 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 35 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.