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On The Sidings, in Tockholes, Edgworth & Hoddlesden
What it's like at BL7 0JB: every home that has sold on The Sidings 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 The Sidings; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 4 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, The SidingsDetached | Feb 2014 | £735,000 | 313 m² | £2,348/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, The SidingsDetached | May 2014 | £620,000 | 278 m² | £2,230/m² | 2 |
| 3, The SidingsDetached | Jul 2023 | £850,000 | 309 m² | £2,751/m² | 3 |
| 4, The SidingsDetached | Dec 2021 | £995,000 | 397 m² | £2,506/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Entwistle, a short drive or bike ride (2.2 km), with 20k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is High Street, 350 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 975).
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 52 minutes away by public transport (20 by car).
This is car country: only 6% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Turton and Edgworth CofE/Methodist Primary School, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Turton School, 2.5 km away; Attainment 8: 43.7 · 9.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (12.4 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's Local, 2.5 km away, with Village Pharmacy closer still (1.6 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Edgworth Medical Centre (1.6 km), with Village Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.6 km).
For a haircut, Calm is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Blackburn Hospital, 8.1 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 63% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 72% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 10 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 13 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
Turton Tower Woodland Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and The Chetham Arms the nearest pub (300 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 41 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 99 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 3% flats and 37% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 51% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Egerton Park, 2.2 km away; for exercise, InSync PT (1.8 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Manchester is 36 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 48% of households own their home outright.
6 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.
Rossendale and Darwen constituency: Andy MacNae MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 5,628 (12.6%), turnout 60%. Vote shares: Labour 41%, Conservative 28%, Reform UK 22%, Green Party 5%.
3 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 BL7 0JB →
It's highly educated: 44% of adults have a degree.
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" The Sidings in the last 12 months.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.9% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.6% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 82.2% | 95.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 10.9% | 0.7% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.7% | 3.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.0% | 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: Blackpool Central · about 45 min
Nearest: Ingleton Outdoor Swimming Pool · about 65 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.