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On Wilson Road, in Ely West
What it's like at CF5 4LL: every home that has sold on Wilson 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.
Sales and extensions on Wilson Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
5 of the 47 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 24, Wilson RoadSemi-detached | May 2024 | £210,000 | 97 m² | £2,165/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27, Wilson RoadOther | Nov 2018 | £141,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 30, Wilson RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2007 | £130,000 | 92 m² | £1,413/m² | 2 |
| 31, Wilson RoadTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2003 | £35,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 33, Wilson RoadTerraced | Jan 2008 | £40,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 35, Wilson RoadOther | Feb 2024 | £20,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 37, Wilson RoadOther | Nov 2024 | £386,000 | 60 m² | £6,433/m² | 1 |
| 41, Wilson RoadTerraced | Feb 2023 | £475,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 43, Wilson RoadTerraced | Nov 2000 | £59,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 51a, Wilson RoadTerraced | Jul 2006 | £195,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 53, Wilson RoadOther · company-owned | Oct 2024 | £400,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 53a, Wilson RoadFlat · company-owned | Oct 2024 | £85,000 | 77 m² | £1,104/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Waun-gron Park, a short drive or bike ride (2.2 km), with 116k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Cardiff Central.
The nearest bus stop is St Francis Centre, 100 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (routes 18, C1); 69 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St. Francis R. C. Primary Sch., a few minutes' walk (200 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Mary Immaculate High School, 800 m away.
It's a family area: 22% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Nisa Local Store, 50 m away; MJS Market (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Westway Surgery (250 m), with Knights Wilson Road Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Lextan is 300 m away.
It's quiet in the evenings: only 5 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
St Francis Community Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Cardiff West End Social Club the nearest pub (400 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 95 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 13% flats and 14% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 49% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Hywel Dda Park, 500 m away; for exercise, Western Leisure Centre (600 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, Cardiff is 10 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 39 km.
Most households own their home, 13% 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.
31 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.
Cardiff West constituency: Mr Alex Barros-Curtis MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 7,019 (15.7%), turnout 59%. Vote shares: Labour 37%, Plaid Cymru 21%, Conservative 15%, Reform UK 13%.
4 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 CF5 4LL →
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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 47 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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On this street: 1 of 27 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.2% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 97.7% | 86.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.9% | 12.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.4% | 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.