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On Boswell Square, in Normanton South
What it's like at DE23 8AW: every home that has sold on Boswell Square 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Boswell Square; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 7 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 5, Boswell SquareSemi-detached | Nov 2019 | £115,000 | 63 m² | £1,825/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12, Boswell SquareTerraced | Dec 2025 | £148,000 | 58 m² | £2,552/m² | 1 |
| 21, Boswell SquareTerraced | Jun 2015 | £100,000 | 71 m² | £1,408/m² | 3 |
| 24, Boswell SquareSemi-detached | May 1999 | £25,500 | 72 m² | £354/m² | 1 |
| 25, Boswell SquareSemi-detached | Sept 2006 | £107,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 26, Boswell SquareSemi-detached | Aug 2004 | £80,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 27, Boswell SquareTerraced | Nov 2020 | £165,000 | 87 m² | £1,897/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Peartree, about a 10-minute walk (950 m), with 5k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Derby.
The nearest bus stop is Browning Circle, 100 m away, with a bus about every 22 minutes on weekdays (route 6); 32 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Akaal Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 69% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St George's Catholic Voluntary Academy (1.3 km).
The nearest secondary is Derby Moor Spencer Academy, 1.8 km away; Attainment 8: 47.7 · 13.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Landau Forte College (3.5 km).
It's a family area: 25% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Lidl, 600 m away, with Southern spices closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Village Surgery (200 m), with Village Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Peaky Blinders Salon is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Derby Hospital, 2.4 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 5 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
PKB's Coffee Bar is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and Norman Arms the nearest pub (450 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 141 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 14% flats and 9% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 50% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Sunnyhill Recreational Ground, 500 m away; for exercise, Mickleover Gymnastics Centre (900 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, East Midlands is 13 km away, and Birmingham, with far more destinations, 52 km.
Most households own their home, 24% rent privately.
It's young: 22% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is University of Derby, 4.9 km away (TEF Gold).
33 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 South constituency: Baggy Shanker MP (Labour (Co-op)), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 6,002 (16.0%), turnout 51%. Vote shares: Labour 39%, Reform UK 23%, Workers Party of Britain 14%, Conservative 14%.
24 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 DE23 8AW →
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 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 | 0.4% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 96.5% | 92.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.0% | 7.2% | 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.
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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 7 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 74 min
Nearest: Ashby Leisure Centre And Lido · about 33 min
Nearest: Midland Railway – Butterley · 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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