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On Alexander Drive, in Unsworth
What it's like at BL9 8PF: every home that has sold on Alexander 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Alexander Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 30 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Alexander DriveSemi-detached | Oct 2019 | £178,000 | 89 m² | £2,000/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Alexander DriveTerraced | Aug 2024 | £280,000 | 89 m² | £3,146/m² | 2 |
| 3, Alexander DriveSemi-detached | Jan 2000 | £70,500 | 84 m² | £839/m² | 1 |
| 4, Alexander DriveSemi-detached · company-owned | Jul 2024 | £305,000 | 111 m² | £2,748/m² | 3 |
| 7, Alexander DriveSemi-detached | Aug 2001 | £58,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Alexander DriveSemi-detached | Dec 2025 | £349,950 | 117 m² | £2,991/m² | 2 |
| 9, Alexander DriveSemi-detached | Nov 1998 | £55,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 10, Alexander DriveSemi-detached | Dec 2025 | £265,000 | 80 m² | £3,313/m² | 2 |
| 12, Alexander DriveTerraced | Aug 2025 | £425,000 | 132 m² | £3,220/m² | 3 |
| 14, Alexander DriveSemi-detached | Nov 2024 | £307,000 | 111 m² | £2,766/m² | 2 |
| 15, Alexander DriveSemi-detached | Apr 2000 | £73,250 | 92 m² | £796/m² | 1 |
| 16, Alexander DriveTerraced | Jun 2019 | £230,000 | 119 m² | £1,933/m² | 2 |
| 17, Alexander DriveDetached | Dec 2020 | £332,000 | 144 m² | £2,306/m² | 3 |
| 19, Alexander DriveSemi-detached · company-owned | Jul 2025 | £210,000 | 128 m² | £1,641/m² | 1 |
| 21, Alexander DriveSemi-detached | Nov 2014 | £163,500 | 94 m² | £1,739/m² | 1 |
| 22, Alexander DriveSemi-detached | Aug 2021 | £265,000 | 79 m² | £3,354/m² | 3 |
| 23, Alexander DriveSemi-detached | May 2021 | £297,000 | 127 m² | £2,339/m² | 2 |
| 25, Alexander DriveSemi-detached | Jul 2010 | £135,000 | 96 m² | £1,406/m² | 1 |
| 26, Alexander DriveSemi-detached | May 2003 | £93,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, Alexander DriveSemi-detached | Jun 2007 | £164,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 29, Alexander DriveSemi-detached | Sept 2005 | £75,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 30, Alexander DriveSemi-detached | Nov 1997 | £55,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 31, Alexander DriveSemi-detached | Jun 2006 | £184,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 33, Alexander DriveSemi-detached | Feb 2024 | £330,000 | 108 m² | £3,056/m² | 2 |
| 34, Alexander DriveSemi-detached | Jul 2018 | £165,000 | 63 m² | £2,619/m² | 1 |
| 40, Alexander DriveSemi-detached | Oct 2003 | £144,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 41, Alexander DriveTerraced | Dec 2017 | £220,000 | 120 m² | £1,833/m² | 4 |
| 45, Alexander DriveSemi-detached | May 2015 | £183,000 | 93 m² | £1,968/m² | 2 |
| 46, Alexander DriveSemi-detached | Jul 2017 | £185,000 | 96 m² | £1,927/m² | 1 |
| 48, Alexander DriveSemi-detached | May 2025 | £260,000 | 110 m² | £2,364/m² | 1 |
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 15-minute walk (1.0 km). The nearest rail station is Clifton (Manchester), 4.3 km away, with 1k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Randale Drive, 100 m away, with a bus about every 27 minutes on weekdays (routes 97, 890, 889); 19 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Unsworth Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 82% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Unsworth Academy, 850 m away; Attainment 8: 45.4 · 9.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Our Lady's RC High School (4.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Stretford Grammar School (13.1 km) and Urmston Grammar Academy (13.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Cooperative, 100 m away; Spar (550 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Unsworth Medical Centre (800 m), with Whitefield Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Nails 4 U is 1.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Fairfield General Hospital, 4.7 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 9 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
Smithy's Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and O'Marleys Queen Anne the nearest pub (1.1 km).
It's a mix of homes: 7% flats and 36% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Sunny Bank Wood, 400 m away; for exercise, The Gym (550 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 23 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 49% of households own their home outright.
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.
21 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%.
7 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 8PF →
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" Alexander Drive 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: 1 of 20 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 | 1.2% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.6% | 93.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.9% | 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 50 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 57 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.