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On Fir Street, in Ramsbottom
What it's like at BL0 0BJ: every home that has sold on Fir 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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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 Fir Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 52 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Fir StreetTerraced | Nov 2022 | £192,500 | 70 m² | £2,750/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Fir StreetTerraced | Aug 2026 | £340,000 | 121 m² | £2,810/m² | 3 |
| 3, Fir StreetTerraced | Oct 2006 | £108,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Fir StreetTerraced | Oct 2006 | £134,000 | 92 m² | £1,457/m² | 2 |
| 5, Fir StreetTerraced | Oct 2010 | £95,000 | 71 m² | £1,338/m² | 1 |
| 6, Fir StreetTerraced | Oct 1997 | £31,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Fir StreetTerraced | Mar 2004 | £95,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 9, Fir StreetTerraced | Mar 2025 | £225,000 | 78 m² | £2,885/m² | 6 |
| 10, Fir StreetTerraced | Jul 2014 | £128,000 | 95 m² | £1,347/m² | 2 |
| 12, Fir StreetTerraced | Oct 2019 | £146,000 | 103 m² | £1,417/m² | 2 |
| 13, Fir StreetTerraced | Dec 2019 | £129,000 | 87 m² | £1,483/m² | 3 |
| 15, Fir StreetTerraced | Aug 2024 | £241,500 | 89 m² | £2,713/m² | 3 |
| 17, Fir StreetTerraced | Oct 2012 | £126,200 | 96 m² | £1,315/m² | 2 |
| 19, Fir StreetTerraced | Feb 1997 | £43,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Fir StreetTerraced | Jul 2023 | £188,500 | 92 m² | £2,049/m² | 4 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Bury Metrolink stop, a drive away (6.4 km). The nearest rail station is Entwistle, 7.0 km away, with 20k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Fir Street, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 477); 39 departures an hour from the 17 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Peel Brow School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 71% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Woodhey High School, 2.0 km away; Attainment 8: 47.3 · 9.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (7.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 400 m away, with Peel Brow General Store closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ramsbottom Medical Practice (650 m), with Cohens Chemist the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Angel Face Jewellery is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Fairfield General Hospital, 6.6 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 62% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 56% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 16 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 35 restaurants and cafés and 11 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
The Ram is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Eagle and Child the nearest pub (350 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (15 of them).
Much of it is protected: 38% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Ramsbottom, Holcombe Village).
There are 29 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 14% flats and 17% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Bridge Street Gardens, 350 m away; for exercise, Ramsbottom Fitness Centre (550 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 33 km away.
Most households own their home, 19% rent privately.
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.
44 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.
Bury North constituency: Mr James Frith MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 6,944 (15.3%), turnout 59%. Vote shares: Labour 43%, Conservative 28%, Reform UK 16%, Workers Party of Britain 4%.
7 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 BL0 0BJ →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Fir Street in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Blackpool South · about 47 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 56 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 35 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 90.1% | 93.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.5% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.1% | 6.3% | 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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