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On Birch Lane, in Bowling Park
What it's like at BD5 8PF: every home that has sold on Birch 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.
10 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Birch Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 73 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 134, Birch LaneTerraced | Feb 2008 | £100,000 | 100 m² | £1,000/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 138, Birch LaneTerraced | Sept 1996 | £18,000 | 113 m² | £159/m² | 3 |
| 140, Birch LaneTerraced | Feb 1996 | £17,600 | 98 m² | £180/m² | 1 |
| 142, Birch LaneTerraced | Apr 2022 | £100,000 | 111 m² | £901/m² | 3 |
| 144, Birch LaneTerraced | Jul 2012 | £84,000 | 115 m² | £730/m² | 1 |
| 146, Birch LaneTerraced | Nov 2003 | £44,500 | 136 m² | £327/m² | 1 |
| 148, Birch LaneTerraced | Oct 1999 | £25,000 | 121 m² | £207/m² | 1 |
| 150, Birch LaneTerraced | Jan 2015 | £49,000 | 90 m² | £544/m² | 1 |
| 154, Birch LaneTerraced | Apr 2007 | £139,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 156, Birch LaneDetached | Jan 2004 | £105,000 | 136 m² | £772/m² | 2 |
| 166, Birch LaneTerraced | May 2006 | £78,000 | 106 m² | £736/m² | 1 |
| 172, Birch LaneTerraced | Oct 2008 | £61,896 | 107 m² | £578/m² | 3 |
| 174, Birch LaneTerraced | Dec 2011 | £70,000 | 81 m² | £864/m² | 2 |
| 176, Birch LaneTerraced · company-owned | Apr 2025 | £60,000 | 65 m² | £923/m² | 1 |
| 178, Birch LaneTerraced | Mar 2002 | £26,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 182, Birch LaneTerraced | May 1999 | £25,000 | 112 m² | £223/m² | 1 |
| 184, Birch LaneTerraced | Oct 1996 | £23,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 186, Birch LaneTerraced | May 2002 | £29,400 | 75 m² | £392/m² | 1 |
| 188, Birch LaneTerraced | Nov 2016 | £65,000 | 68 m² | £956/m² | 2 |
| 192, Birch LaneTerraced | Dec 2002 | £29,000 | 64 m² | £453/m² | 1 |
| 194, Birch LaneTerraced | Jan 2017 | £72,000 | 67 m² | £1,075/m² | 2 |
| 196, Birch LaneTerraced | Oct 2005 | £90,000 | 82 m² | £1,098/m² | 1 |
| 198, Birch LaneSemi-detached | Apr 1996 | £57,000 | 202 m² | £282/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Bradford Interchange, a short drive or bike ride (1.8 km), with 2.4m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Parkside Park, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 671); 9 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Bowling Park Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 71% 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, 800 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, 450 m away, with Parks Express closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bowling Hall Med Practice (1.2 km), with Woodroyd Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Angela's is 1.2 km 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.
Noor Bakers and Sweets is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Little Horton Social Cycling Club (Bar only) the nearest pub (250 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 Parkside Park, 100 m away; for exercise, Bowling Pool (950 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.
31 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Numbers 149 to 153 (Odd) and Adjoining Barn | II | 160 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%.
31 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 8PF →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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, 2.1 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.
On this street: 0 of 60 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 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% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.0% | 91.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.8% | 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 73 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Formby · about 76 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 35 min
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