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On The Common, in Crich, Holloway & Wingfield
What it's like at DE4 5BJ: every home that has sold on The Common 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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on The Common; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 72 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 51, The CommonDetached | Oct 1999 | £172,500 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53, The CommonSemi-detached | Dec 2023 | £220,000 | 81 m² | £2,716/m² | 1 |
| 55, The CommonSemi-detached | Mar 2026 | £295,000 | 84 m² | £3,512/m² | 4 |
| 55a, The CommonDetached | Jan 2024 | £892,000 | 237 m² | £3,764/m² | 2 |
| 55b, The CommonDetached | Apr 2024 | £740,000 | 234 m² | £3,162/m² | 3 |
| 57, The CommonDetached | Sept 2003 | £315,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 58, The CommonSemi-detached | Oct 2002 | £86,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 60, The CommonTerraced | Mar 2003 | £125,000 | 77 m² | £1,623/m² | 3 |
| 62, The CommonTerraced | Aug 2023 | £201,500 | 70 m² | £2,879/m² | 3 |
| 64, The CommonTerraced | Jul 2024 | £181,000 | 56 m² | £3,232/m² | 3 |
| 66 - 68, The CommonTerraced | Aug 2021 | £325,000 | 115 m² | £2,826/m² | 3 |
| 74, The CommonDetached | Mar 2002 | £205,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 76, The CommonDetached | Oct 2017 | £399,950 | 231 m² | £1,731/m² | 1 |
| 78, The CommonDetached | Mar 2019 | £420,000 | 159 m² | £2,642/m² | 2 |
| 82, The CommonDetached | Apr 2026 | £850,000 | 246 m² | £3,455/m² | 3 |
| 86, The CommonDetached | Jun 2013 | £179,500 | 151 m² | £1,189/m² | 1 |
| 88, The CommonSemi-detached | Aug 2015 | £210,000 | 84 m² | £2,500/m² | 2 |
| 90, The CommonSemi-detached | Oct 2014 | £215,000 | 98 m² | £2,194/m² | 3 |
| 94, The CommonSemi-detached | Oct 2003 | £112,500 | – | – | 3 |
| 96, The CommonTerraced | Oct 2000 | £78,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 98, The CommonTerraced | Apr 2023 | £195,000 | 61 m² | £3,197/m² | 2 |
| 100, The CommonTerraced | Aug 2014 | £124,950 | 49 m² | £2,550/m² | 2 |
| 181, The CommonDetached | Feb 2021 | £692,500 | 267 m² | £2,594/m² | 4 |
| Orchard View, The CommonDetached | Oct 2003 | £325,000 | 440 m² | £739/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Whatstandwell, a short drive or bike ride (1.9 km), with 28k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Derby.
The nearest bus stop is New Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (routes 142, 141, 319); 5 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 68 minutes away by public transport (25 by car).
This is car country: only 10% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Crich Junior School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 65% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Central England Co-operative, 5.1 km away, with Budgens closer still (650 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Crich Medical Practice (800 m), with Crich Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Finlays is 3.7 km away.
The nearest full A&E is King's Mill Hospital, 17 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 69% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 12 restaurants and cafés, 13 pubs and bars.
Crich Wesley Methodist Church is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Comrades Club the nearest pub (600 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 49 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Much of it is protected: 34% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Dethick, Lea and Holloway, Whatstandwell).
There are 134 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 50% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
It's growing: about 158 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Charnwood Drive Park, 5.4 km away; for exercise, Splash Pad (5.5 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.0 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, East Midlands is 30 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 61 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 51% of households own their home outright.
7 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bower House | II | 110 m |
| Dial Farmhouse | II | 120 m |
| Crich Wesleyan Chapel and Attached Walls | II | 120 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Derbyshire Dales constituency: John Whitby MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 350 (0.7%), turnout 70%. Vote shares: Labour 35%, Conservative 34%, Reform UK 15%, Liberal Democrat 10%.
11 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 DE4 5BJ →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
It's an older community: 30% are 65 or over.
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" The Common in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Rutland Water Sykes Lane · about 81 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 54 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.7% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 86.3% | 94.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 7.5% | 1.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.0% | 3.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.0% | 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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