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On Cowley Street, in Little Chester
What it's like at DE1 3SN: every home that has sold on Cowley Street 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.
8 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Cowley Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
12 of the 39 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Cowley StreetOther · company-owned | Jan 2016 | £460,000 | 365 m² | £1,260/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Cowley StreetTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2018 | £92,500 | 77 m² | £1,201/m² | 1 |
| 8, Cowley StreetTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2024 | £145,000 | 65 m² | £2,231/m² | 5 |
| 10, Cowley StreetTerraced | Nov 2025 | £162,000 | 70 m² | £2,314/m² | 2 |
| First Floor Flat, 16, Cowley StreetSemi-detached | Feb 2002 | £59,550 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Cowley StreetSemi-detached | Feb 2002 | £59,550 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, Cowley StreetTerraced | Mar 2014 | £132,000 | 90 m² | £1,467/m² | 2 |
| 20, Cowley StreetTerraced | Dec 2017 | £143,000 | 93 m² | £1,538/m² | 4 |
| 22, Cowley StreetTerraced | Jun 2003 | £95,000 | 92 m² | £1,033/m² | 1 |
| 24, Cowley StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2020 | £202,000 | 147 m² | £1,374/m² | 1 |
| 26, Cowley StreetTerraced | Jun 2023 | £215,000 | 123 m² | £1,748/m² | 1 |
| 34, Cowley StreetSemi-detached | Oct 2006 | £128,000 | 76 m² | £1,684/m² | 3 |
| 40, Cowley StreetTerraced · company-owned | May 1996 | £45,000 | 101 m² | £446/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Derby, a short drive or bike ride (2.4 km), with 4.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Bromley Street, 200 m away, with a bus about every 7 minutes on weekdays (routes TA, U1, U1X, 114); 39 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 10 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
43% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Markeaton Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 66% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Castleward Spencer Academy (1.6 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Derby Cathedral School, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 41.5 · 4.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Landau Forte College (0.6 km).
Few families with young children: only 9% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 100 m away; Mattu Stores (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Brook Medical Centre (200 m), with Markeaton Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Reflections is under 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Derby Hospital, 3.0 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 52% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 61% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 11 restaurants and cafés, 17 pubs and bars.
Derby Shakespeare Theatre Company is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Victoria & Albert Vaults the nearest pub (50 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (14 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 233 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 35% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Strutts Park, Little Chester).
There are 72 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (52%).
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 113 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Mundy Pleasure Ground, 200 m away; for exercise, Heat (500 m).
52 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.
Derby North constituency: Catherine Atkinson MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 8,915 (21.8%), turnout 57%. Vote shares: Labour 46%, Conservative 24%, Reform UK 18%, Green Party 8%.
26 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 DE1 3SN →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, East Midlands is 15 km away, and Birmingham, with far more destinations, 56 km.
Many neighbours rent: 35% of households rent privately and 33% socially.
It's young: 45% of residents are aged 15–29.
This is a student area: 35% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 census, so expect shared houses, busy term times and quiet summers.
The nearest university is University of Derby, 950 m away (TEF Gold).
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.
On this street: 0 of 33 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% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 83.5% | 92.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 14.7% | 7.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.5% | 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.
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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 39 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 71 min
Nearest: Colwick Country Park (West Lake) · about 31 min
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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