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On Rockside Gardens, in Downend North
What it's like at BS16 6TJ: every home that has sold on Rockside Gardens 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 Rockside Gardens; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 6 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Rockside GardensDetached | Jul 2010 | £245,000 | 77 m² | £3,182/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Rockside GardensDetached | Mar 2023 | £440,000 | 78 m² | £5,641/m² | 1 |
| 3, Rockside GardensDetached | Feb 2016 | £391,000 | 158 m² | £2,475/m² | 3 |
| 4, Rockside GardensDetached | Dec 2025 | £542,000 | 127 m² | £4,268/m² | 1 |
| 5, Rockside GardensSemi-detached | May 2001 | £137,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Rockside GardensDetached | Aug 1997 | £93,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 41% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Bristol Parkway, a drive away (3.9 km), with 2.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
The nearest bus stop is The Trident, 150 m away, with a bus about every 14 minutes on weekdays (routes 48x, SB2, 534); 28 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Blackhorse Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 73% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Bromley Heath Infant School (0.2 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Downend School, 750 m away; Attainment 8: 51 · 14.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Sushi Gourmet (Emersons Green), 1.4 km away, with Spar closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Leap Valley Medical Centre (400 m), with Westbourne Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Monroes is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is UHBW Bristol Campus, 7.8 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 68% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 69% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 3 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Emersons Green JNR FC is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Trident the nearest pub (150 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 10 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 3% flats and 25% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Leap Valley, 500 m away; for exercise, Downend Sports Centre (650 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Henleaze Lake, 7.3 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bristol is 20 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 50% of households own their home outright.
29 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.
Filton and Bradley Stoke constituency: Claire Hazelgrove MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 10,000 (19.9%), turnout 65%. Vote shares: Labour 46%, Conservative 26%, Reform UK 14%, Green Party 8%.
23 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 BS16 6TJ →
The nearest university is University of the West of England, Bristol, 3.9 km away (TEF Silver).
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.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 1.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.5% | 86.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.8% | 4.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.4% | 7.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.9% | 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.
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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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 6 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.