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On Walmersley Road, in Fernhill & Pimhole
What it's like at BL9 6LL: 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.
10 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 7 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).
| 138, Walmersley RoadTerraced | May 2006 | £167,000 | 222 m² | £752/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 142, Walmersley RoadTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2020 | £159,995 | 181 m² | £884/m² | 1 |
| 146, Walmersley RoadTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2019 | £149,500 | 171 m² | £874/m² | 2 |
| 148, Walmersley RoadTerraced | May 2011 | £188,000 | 171 m² | £1,099/m² | 4 |
| 154, Walmersley RoadSemi-detached | May 2008 | £160,000 | 226 m² | £708/m² | 2 |
| 156, Walmersley RoadTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2024 | £271,400 | 199 m² | £1,364/m² | 1 |
| 160, Walmersley RoadTerraced | Jan 2001 | £44,500 | 182 m² | £245/m² | 1 |
| 162, Walmersley RoadTerraced | Nov 2001 | £54,000 | 260 m² | £208/m² | 2 |
| Flat 9, 196, Walmersley RoadFlat | Jan 2021 | £39,500 | 36 m² | £1,097/m² | 6 |
| Flat 5, 196, Walmersley RoadFlat | Jan 2001 | £12,000 | 41 m² | £293/m² | 2 |
| Flat 4, 196, Walmersley RoadFlat | Jan 2025 | £44,000 | 38 m² | £1,158/m² | 3 |
| Flat 1, 196, Walmersley RoadFlat | May 1997 | £22,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat 10, 198, Walmersley RoadFlat | Nov 2020 | £35,000 | 41 m² | £854/m² | 2 |
| Flat 3, 198, Walmersley RoadFlat | May 2007 | £76,000 | 35 m² | £2,171/m² | 1 |
| 200, Walmersley RoadTerraced | Jan 2015 | £125,000 | 186 m² | £672/m² | 4 |
| 202, Walmersley RoadTerraced | Jul 2006 | £115,000 | – | – | 6 |
| 204, Walmersley RoadTerraced | Feb 2016 | £190,000 | 245 m² | £776/m² | 4 |
| 206, Walmersley RoadTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2021 | £270,000 | 283 m² | £954/m² | 4 |
| 208, Walmersley RoadTerraced | Mar 2016 | £185,000 | 245 m² | £755/m² | 5 |
| 210, Walmersley RoadTerraced | Dec 2021 | £247,000 | 245 m² | £1,008/m² | 2 |
| Flat A, 210, Walmersley RoadFlat | Aug 2013 | £19,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 212, Walmersley RoadTerraced | Jan 2018 | £165,000 | 44 m² | £3,750/m² | 3 |
| 214, Walmersley RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Jan 2002 | £42,000 | 222 m² | £189/m² | 2 |
| Flat 3, 222, Walmersley RoadFlat · company-owned | Mar 2010 | £70,000 | 59 m² | £1,186/m² | 2 |
| Flat 1, 222, Walmersley RoadTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2024 | £200,000 | 90 m² | £2,222/m² | 2 |
| Flat 2, 222, Walmersley RoadFlat · company-owned | Mar 2010 | £75,000 | 83 m² | £904/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Bury Metrolink stop, a short drive or bike ride (1.4 km). The nearest rail station is Castleton (Manchester), 7.5 km away, with 141k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Russell Street, 50 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (routes 472, 481, 483, 487); 41 departures an hour from the 8 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, a few minutes' walk (300 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, 1.4 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, under 50 m away; The Local Walmersley (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Walmersley Road Medical Practice (300 m), with Strachan'S Chemist the closest pharmacy (under 50 m).
For a haircut, Kutting Korner is 500 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.
Chatterbox Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and Bury Masonic Association the nearest pub (850 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 Clarence Park, 500 m away; for exercise, JD Gyms (1.0 km).
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.
33 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%.
28 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 6LL →
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 296 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.
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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.