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On Walmersley Road, in Fernhill & Pimhole
What it's like at BL9 6DX: every home that has sold on Walmersley 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.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 8 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 Walmersley Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
52 of the 417 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
| 82, Walmersley RoadTerraced | Jun 1995 | £32,000 | 155 m² | £206/m² | 1 |
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| 84, Walmersley RoadTerraced | Jul 2012 | £50,500 | 185 m² | £273/m² | 2 |
| 86, Walmersley RoadTerraced | Mar 2017 | £135,000 | 151 m² | £894/m² | 2 |
| 88, Walmersley RoadTerraced | Aug 1998 | £45,000 | 150 m² | £300/m² | 1 |
| 92, Walmersley RoadTerraced | Jan 1997 | £45,000 | 150 m² | £300/m² | 1 |
| 96, Walmersley RoadTerraced | Nov 2006 | £125,000 | 245 m² | £510/m² | 1 |
| 100, Walmersley RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2007 | £99,500 | – | – | 3 |
| 102, Walmersley RoadTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2017 | £140,000 | 151 m² | £927/m² | 2 |
| 104, Walmersley RoadTerraced | Nov 2004 | £120,000 | 162 m² | £741/m² | 1 |
| 108, Walmersley RoadTerraced | Nov 2016 | £160,000 | 130 m² | £1,231/m² | 1 |
| 110, Walmersley RoadTerraced | Oct 2012 | £240,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 112, Walmersley RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2008 | £200,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 114, Walmersley RoadTerraced | Apr 1997 | £45,000 | 60 m² | £750/m² | 1 |
| 116, Walmersley RoadTerraced | Nov 2020 | £251,000 | 39 m² | £6,436/m² | 2 |
| 118, Walmersley RoadTerraced | Jul 2011 | £140,000 | 147 m² | £952/m² | 1 |
| 122, Walmersley RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2020 | £187,000 | 173 m² | £1,081/m² | 2 |
| 126, Walmersley RoadTerraced | Dec 2003 | £89,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 130, Walmersley RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2002 | £48,000 | 184 m² | £261/m² | 1 |
| 132, Walmersley RoadTerraced · company-owned | May 2025 | £375,000 | 62 m² | £6,048/m² | 2 |
The nearest station is Bury Metrolink stop, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km). The nearest rail station is Castleton (Manchester), 7.4 km away, with 141k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Cateaton Street, under 50 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (routes 474, 483, 487, 481); 44 departures an hour from the 9 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 11 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is St John with St Mark CofE Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (500 m); 43% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St. Marie's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (0.7 km).
The nearest secondary is Hazel Wood High School, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 35.7 · 4.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (11.2 km).
It's a family area: 23% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Cooperative, 300 m away, with Best Meat UK closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Walmersley Road Medical Practice (under 50 m), with Bury Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Kutting Korner is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Fairfield General Hospital, 2.2 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: 54 restaurants and cafés and 7 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Oodles Chinese Bury is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Bury Masonic Association the nearest pub (600 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (50 of them).
There are 15 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 25% flats and 4% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 59% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is St John's Garden, 500 m away; for exercise, JD Gyms (700 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 27 km away.
Many neighbours rent: 38% of households rent privately and 18% socially.
42 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%.
21 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 BL9 6DX →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
It's young: 21% of residents are aged 15–29.
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" Walmersley Road in the last 12 months.
On this street: 2 of 297 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 35 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 88.4% | 93.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 11.3% | 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.
Nearest: Formby · about 51 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 58 min
Nearest: Gulliver's World Resort · about 31 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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