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On Avon Drive, in Walmersley & Limefield
What it's like at BL9 6SN: every home that has sold on Avon Drive 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Avon Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 17 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Avon DriveDetached | Dec 2022 | £380,000 | 143 m² | £2,657/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Avon DriveSemi-detached | Jul 2025 | £325,000 | 119 m² | £2,731/m² | 1 |
| 4, Avon DriveSemi-detached | Feb 2023 | £295,000 | 115 m² | £2,565/m² | 1 |
| 5, Avon DriveDetached | Feb 2011 | £222,500 | 188 m² | £1,184/m² | 2 |
| 8, Avon DriveSemi-detached | Jan 2019 | £215,000 | 94 m² | £2,287/m² | 1 |
| 9, Avon DriveDetached | Nov 2009 | £280,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 10, Avon DriveSemi-detached | May 2012 | £160,000 | 95 m² | £1,684/m² | 1 |
| 12, Avon DriveSemi-detached | Jun 2024 | £300,000 | 103 m² | £2,913/m² | 2 |
| 14, Avon DriveDetached | May 1997 | £110,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Avon DriveDetached | Jun 2006 | £200,000 | 102 m² | £1,961/m² | 1 |
| 16, Avon DriveDetached | Jan 1997 | £101,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, Avon DriveDetached | Jan 2017 | £176,000 | 133 m² | £1,323/m² | 1 |
| 21, Avon DriveDetached | Aug 2016 | £186,500 | 90 m² | £2,072/m² | 1 |
| 22, Avon DriveDetached | Sept 2015 | £216,000 | 97 m² | £2,227/m² | 1 |
| 24, Avon DriveDetached | Jul 2022 | £330,000 | 109 m² | £3,028/m² | 1 |
| 26, Avon DriveDetached | Jul 2026 | £395,000 | 113 m² | £3,496/m² | 1 |
| 28, Avon DriveDetached | Jun 2022 | £300,000 | 89 m² | £3,371/m² | 2 |
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 (3.2 km). The nearest rail station is Castleton (Manchester), 7.9 km away, with 141k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Mill Road, 300 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 487); 3 departures an hour from the 3 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Springside Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 66% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Hazel Wood High School, 2.8 km away; Attainment 8: 35.7 · 4.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (9.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Morrisons Daily, 1.2 km away, with Walmersley Food & Booze closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Woodbank Surgery (2.0 km), with Strachan'S Chemist the closest pharmacy (1.8 km).
For a haircut, Pelo is 2.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Fairfield General Hospital, 3.0 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 6 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Food Foundry is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Hark to Dandler the nearest pub (450 m).
There are 14 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 11% flats and 14% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
It's growing: about 192 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Clarence Park, 1.5 km away; for exercise, JD Gyms (2.8 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 29 km away.
Most households own their home, 15% 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.
7 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%.
22 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 6SN →
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" Avon Drive in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Blackpool South · about 51 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 60 min
Nearest: Gulliver's World Resort · about 34 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 1 of 14 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 | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 93.8% | 93.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.8% | 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.