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On Rooley Lane, in Bierley & Tong
What it's like at BD5 8LB: every home that has sold on Rooley 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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). 3 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 Rooley Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 101 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 274, Rooley LaneSemi-detached | Jan 2006 | £270,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 276, Rooley LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2013 | £140,000 | 101 m² | £1,386/m² | 2 |
| 280, Rooley LaneSemi-detached | May 2024 | £215,000 | 125 m² | £1,720/m² | 3 |
| 282, Rooley LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2003 | £55,000 | 83 m² | £663/m² | 2 |
| 290, Rooley LaneDetached | Sept 2012 | £180,000 | 113 m² | £1,593/m² | 1 |
| 292, Rooley LaneDetached | Feb 1998 | £76,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Low Moor, a short drive or bike ride (2.3 km), with 292k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is New Hall Way, 150 m away, with a bus about every 18 minutes on weekdays (routes 635, 508, 602, 606); 17 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Newhall Park Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 77% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St John's CofE Primary School (0.1 km).
The nearest secondary is Bradford Academy, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 33.1 · 3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Carlton Bolling (3.9 km) and Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy (4.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Heckmondwike Grammar School (7.2 km) and The North Halifax Grammar School (10.8 km).
It's a family area: 22% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Asda, 700 m away, with Springwood Stores closer still (600 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bowling Hall Med Practice (800 m), with Bierley Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Bliss Hair & Tanning is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Bradford Royal Infirmary, 6.7 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: 21 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
Compass at Yorkshire Building Society is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Toby Carvery the nearest pub (100 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (15 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 151 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 38 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 7% flats and 21% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is Bowling Park, 750 m away; for exercise, Bowling Pool (1.1 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 12 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 59 km.
16 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Newhall | 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 South constituency: Judith Cummins MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 4,392 (13.3%), turnout 47%. Vote shares: Labour 36%, Reform UK 23%, Conservative 15%, Green Party 10%.
29 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 8LB →
Most households own their home, 24% rent privately.
The nearest university is University of Bradford, 3.0 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Rooley Lane in the last 12 months.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 0 of 77 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.5% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.2% | 91.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.4% | 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.
Nearest: Formby · about 76 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 36 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.