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On Poplar Avenue, in Ripley South & Loscoe
What it's like at DE5 3PN: every home that has sold on Poplar Avenue 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 Poplar Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 3 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 3, Poplar AvenueSemi-detached | May 2014 | £92,000 | 80 m² | £1,150/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7, Poplar AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2022 | £178,000 | 79 m² | £2,253/m² | 4 |
| 9, Poplar AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 1995 | £35,950 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Ambergate, a drive away (5.1 km), with 39k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Derby.
The nearest bus stop is Maple Avenue, 100 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (routes 6.3, 6.2); 28 departures an hour from the 33 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 45 minutes away by public transport (23 by car).
The nearest primary school is Ripley Junior School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Ripley Academy, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 44.5 · 7.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Heanor Gate Spencer Academy (3.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Central England Co-operative, 250 m away; Ripley Leisure Centre (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ripley Medical Centre (400 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, Hair 4 U is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is King's Mill Hospital, 15 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: 17 restaurants and cafés, 14 pubs and bars.
Springs Of Living Water - Warm Space is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Pear Tree Hotel the nearest pub (400 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 100 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 7% flats and 29% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
It's growing: about 168 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Charnwood Drive Park, 600 m away; for exercise, Ripley Leisure Centre (350 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, East Midlands is 24 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 68 km.
Most households own their home, 14% 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.
42 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.
Amber Valley constituency: Linsey Farnsworth MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 3,554 (8.4%), turnout 59%. Vote shares: Labour 37%, Reform UK 29%, Conservative 25%, Green Party 5%.
21 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 DE5 3PN →
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.0% | 94.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 1.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.5% | 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.
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 79 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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Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Amber Valley since 2011.
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 3 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.