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On Kensington Street, in Girlington
What it's like at BD8 9LN: every home that has sold on Kensington Street 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.
32 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 6 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 Kensington Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 157 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 189, Kensington StreetTerraced | May 1995 | £8,500 | 50 m² | £170/m² | 1 |
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| 193, Kensington StreetTerraced | Mar 2007 | £30,000 | 145 m² | £207/m² | 2 |
| 195, Kensington StreetTerraced | Jul 2002 | £17,250 | 61 m² | £283/m² | 1 |
| 197, Kensington StreetTerraced | Oct 2022 | £85,000 | 43 m² | £1,977/m² | 3 |
| 201, Kensington StreetTerraced | Nov 2006 | £79,000 | 53 m² | £1,491/m² | 3 |
| 203, Kensington StreetTerraced | Jul 2012 | £60,000 | 47 m² | £1,277/m² | 1 |
| 205, Kensington StreetTerraced | Feb 2008 | £20,000 | 44 m² | £455/m² | 1 |
| 209, Kensington StreetSemi-detached | Feb 1998 | £15,250 | 69 m² | £221/m² | 1 |
| 213, Kensington StreetTerraced | May 2015 | £66,250 | 52 m² | £1,274/m² | 2 |
| 215, Kensington StreetTerraced | Jul 2019 | £51,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 217, Kensington StreetTerraced | Sept 2018 | £74,000 | 51 m² | £1,451/m² | 2 |
| 219, Kensington StreetTerraced | Aug 2017 | £69,000 | 48 m² | £1,438/m² | 2 |
| 221, Kensington StreetTerraced | Feb 1995 | £9,500 | 49 m² | £194/m² | 1 |
| 223, Kensington StreetTerraced | Oct 2020 | £65,000 | 48 m² | £1,354/m² | 2 |
| 225, Kensington StreetTerraced | Sept 2022 | £95,000 | 51 m² | £1,863/m² | 2 |
| 227, Kensington StreetTerraced | Sept 2006 | £78,000 | 52 m² | £1,500/m² | 5 |
| 229, Kensington StreetTerraced | Jul 2007 | £75,000 | 53 m² | £1,415/m² | 3 |
| 249, Kensington StreetOther · company-owned | Jun 2025 | £110,000 | – | – | 1 |
The nearest station is Frizinghall, a short drive or bike ride (2.3 km), with 433k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Little Lane, 400 m away, with a bus about every 14 minutes on weekdays (routes 617, 618, 601); 15 departures an hour from the 4 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 10 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is Girlington Primary School, a few minutes' walk (50 m); 47% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford, 600 m away; Attainment 8: 49.1 · 12.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Dixons Kings Academy (1.2 km) and Feversham Girls' Secondary Academy (2.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The North Halifax Grammar School (8 km) and The Crossley Heath School (11.6 km).
It's a family area: 27% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Morrisons, 500 m away, with Ismael Mini Market closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Manor Medical Practice (100 m), with Girlington Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Ultimate Style is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Bradford Royal Infirmary, 550 m 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: 11 restaurants and cafés, 0 pubs and bars.
Bismillah Roti House Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and West Bradford Bowling Club (Bar Only) the nearest pub (500 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (13 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 90 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 10% flats and 9% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 63% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is West Park, 400 m away; for exercise, 5-Alive Indoor Soccer (1.3 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 11 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 59 km.
56 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%.
15 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 9LN →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Most households own their home, 35% rent privately.
It's young: 25% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is University of Bradford, 2.0 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Bradford since 2011.
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 157 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Formby · about 82 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 33 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 126 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 10 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.7% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.4% | 91.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.3% | 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.
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