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On Bowlee Close, in Whitefield East
What it's like at BL9 8NQ: every home that has sold on Bowlee Close 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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 Bowlee Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 8 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 3, Bowlee CloseDetached | Mar 2011 | £218,000 | 123 m² | £1,772/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Bowlee CloseDetached | Sept 2023 | £375,000 | 114 m² | £3,289/m² | 1 |
| 5, Bowlee CloseSemi-detached | May 2020 | £225,000 | 99 m² | £2,273/m² | 1 |
| 8, Bowlee CloseDetached | Sept 2013 | £225,500 | 143 m² | £1,577/m² | 3 |
| 9, Bowlee CloseSemi-detached | Jan 1998 | £54,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Bowlee CloseDetached | May 2013 | £220,550 | 145 m² | £1,521/m² | 1 |
| 11, Bowlee CloseSemi-detached | Jun 2000 | £66,750 | – | – | 2 |
| 18, Bowlee CloseDetached | Jun 2015 | £285,000 | – | – | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Whitefield Metrolink stop, about a 10-minute walk (750 m). The nearest rail station is Clifton (Manchester), 4.1 km away, with 1k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Wavell Drive, 250 m away, with a bus about every 27 minutes on weekdays (routes 97, 889, 890); 21 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 59% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Unsworth Academy, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 45.4 · 9.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Our Lady's RC High School (5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Stretford Grammar School (11.6 km) and Urmston Grammar Academy (11.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Cooperative, 400 m away; Best One (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Elms Medical Centre (600 m), with Well the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, Nails 4 U is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is North Manchester General Hospital, 5.3 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 59% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 12 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
Sunny Bank Stop Inn is the closest café or restaurant (650 m), and Northern Crafthouse the nearest pub (750 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (10 of them).
It's a mix of homes: 23% flats and 7% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Sunny Bank Wood, 500 m away; for exercise, The Gym (350 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 22 km away.
Most households own their home, 20% 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.
26 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 South constituency: Christian Wakeford MP (Labour), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 9,361 (22.2%), turnout 56%. Vote shares: Labour 46%, Conservative 23%, Reform UK 16%, Green Party 6%.
9 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 8NQ →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Bowlee Close in the last 12 months.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 0 of 5 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 | 0.2% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 90.2% | 93.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.6% | 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 47 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 53 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.