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On St Michaels Road, in Central Bradford
What it's like at BD8 8HE: every home that has sold on St Michaels 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on St Michaels Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 19 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 4, St Michaels RoadTerraced | Sept 2014 | £95,000 | 92 m² | £1,033/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6, St Michaels RoadTerraced | Mar 1999 | £37,000 | 121 m² | £306/m² | 2 |
| 8, St Michaels RoadTerraced | Jan 2019 | £60,000 | 117 m² | £513/m² | 1 |
| 9, St Michaels RoadTerraced | Mar 2026 | £125,000 | 107 m² | £1,168/m² | 3 |
| 10, St Michaels RoadTerraced | Mar 2009 | £115,000 | 106 m² | £1,085/m² | 1 |
| 17, St Michaels RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2005 | £86,000 | 117 m² | £735/m² | 1 |
| 19, St Michaels RoadTerraced | Dec 2004 | £80,000 | 106 m² | £755/m² | 1 |
| 23, St Michaels RoadTerraced | Mar 2023 | £100,000 | 76 m² | £1,316/m² | 2 |
| 28, St Michaels RoadTerraced | Apr 2005 | £80,000 | 99 m² | £808/m² | 2 |
| 29, St Michaels RoadTerraced | Nov 2019 | £48,000 | 92 m² | £522/m² | 2 |
| 32, St Michaels RoadTerraced | Oct 2023 | £112,900 | 80 m² | £1,411/m² | 7 |
| 33, St Michaels RoadTerraced | Mar 2008 | £120,000 | 106 m² | £1,132/m² | 1 |
| 34, St Michaels RoadTerraced | Mar 2008 | £95,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 42, St Michaels RoadTerraced | Feb 1998 | £40,000 | 106 m² | £377/m² | 1 |
| 50, St Michaels RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2005 | £110,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 52, St Michaels RoadTerraced | Aug 1996 | £29,500 | 103 m² | £286/m² | 1 |
| 55, St Michaels RoadTerraced | May 1999 | £45,000 | 111 m² | £405/m² | 1 |
| 56, St Michaels RoadTerraced | Apr 2020 | £75,000 | 102 m² | £735/m² | 2 |
| St Michaels RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2008 | £110,000 | – | – | 1 |
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, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 1.5m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Wood Street, 100 m away, with a bus about every 19 minutes on weekdays (routes 617, 618); 50 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 8 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
66% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Dixons Manningham Academy, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 64% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Dixons Music Primary (1.1 km).
The nearest secondary is Valley Academy, 800 m away; Attainment 8: 38.7 · 7.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Carlton Bolling (1 km) and Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy (1.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The North Halifax Grammar School (9.4 km) and Heckmondwike Grammar School (11.4 km).
It's a family area: 22% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 600 m away, with Clifton Groceries closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bilton Medical Centre (100 m), with City Road Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Hairbase is 750 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Bradford Royal Infirmary, 2.7 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 106 restaurants and cafés and 42 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Cairo Zaks is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Top Pocket the nearest pub (250 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (38 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 858 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 68% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (City Centre, Goitside).
There are 116 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (76%).
It's new: 68% of homes were built since 2000.
It's growing: about 177 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
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 West constituency: Naz Shah MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 707 (1.9%), turnout 48%. Vote shares: Labour 32%, Independent 30%, Green Party 10%, Independent 10%.
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 BD8 8HE →
The nearest park is Infirmary Fields, 450 m away; for exercise, JD Gyms (600 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 16.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 10 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 60 km.
Many neighbours rent: 62% of households rent privately and 23% socially.
It's young: 29% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is University of Bradford, 900 m 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" St Michaels Road in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Formby · about 80 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 16 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 | 0.0% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 19.1% | 91.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 79.1% | 7.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.9% | 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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