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On James Street, in Somercotes & Pye Bridge
What it's like at DE55 1LW: every home that has sold on James 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.
Sales and extensions on James Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 102 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 61, James StreetTerraced | Mar 2019 | £168,500 | 107 m² | £1,575/m² | 2 |
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| 62, James StreetTerraced | Jan 2018 | £157,500 | 107 m² | £1,472/m² | 3 |
| 63, James StreetTerraced | May 2022 | £189,995 | 109 m² | £1,743/m² | 3 |
| 64, James StreetTerraced | Mar 2017 | £160,000 | 106 m² | £1,509/m² | 3 |
| 65, James StreetTerraced | Jul 2024 | £220,000 | 114 m² | £1,930/m² | 2 |
| 66, James StreetTerraced | Dec 2009 | £143,995 | 112 m² | £1,286/m² | 1 |
| 67, James StreetTerraced | Jun 2008 | £176,646 | 103 m² | £1,715/m² | 1 |
| 68, James StreetTerraced | Mar 2010 | £142,000 | 112 m² | £1,268/m² | 1 |
| 69, James StreetDetached | Sept 2016 | £185,000 | 114 m² | £1,623/m² | 3 |
| 70, James StreetTerraced | Feb 2010 | £139,995 | 112 m² | £1,250/m² | 1 |
| 71, James StreetDetached | Oct 2012 | £179,500 | 118 m² | £1,521/m² | 2 |
| 72, James StreetTerraced | Jan 2014 | £142,000 | 112 m² | £1,268/m² | 2 |
| 73, James StreetDetached | Apr 2015 | £192,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 74, James StreetSemi-detached | Nov 2015 | £128,000 | 75 m² | £1,707/m² | 2 |
| 75, James StreetSemi-detached | Nov 2016 | £142,000 | 113 m² | £1,257/m² | 2 |
| 76, James StreetSemi-detached | Jul 2022 | £174,950 | 75 m² | £2,333/m² | 1 |
| 77, James StreetTerraced | Jan 2022 | £179,950 | 113 m² | £1,592/m² | 4 |
| 78, James StreetDetached | Jun 2026 | £285,000 | 81 m² | £3,519/m² | 3 |
| 79, James StreetTerraced | Feb 2022 | £180,000 | 95 m² | £1,895/m² | 4 |
| 80, James StreetTerraced | Feb 2013 | £85,000 | 55 m² | £1,545/m² | 2 |
| 81, James StreetTerraced | Sept 2009 | £134,995 | 113 m² | £1,195/m² | 1 |
| 82, James StreetTerraced | Aug 2018 | £121,000 | 55 m² | £2,200/m² | 2 |
| 83, James StreetTerraced | Sept 2009 | £129,045 | 113 m² | £1,142/m² | 1 |
| 84, James StreetTerraced | Jan 2015 | £114,000 | 75 m² | £1,520/m² | 2 |
| 85, James StreetTerraced | Dec 2022 | £190,000 | 104 m² | £1,827/m² | 3 |
| 86, James StreetSemi-detached | Oct 2010 | £124,250 | – | – | 1 |
| 87, James StreetDetached | Dec 2018 | £197,500 | 118 m² | £1,674/m² | 3 |
| 89, James StreetSemi-detached | Dec 2010 | £123,995 | 75 m² | £1,653/m² | 1 |
| 91, James StreetSemi-detached | Jun 2011 | £116,000 | 79 m² | £1,468/m² | 1 |
| 93, James StreetSemi-detached | Oct 2024 | £185,000 | 111 m² | £1,667/m² | 3 |
| 95, James StreetSemi-detached | May 2015 | £147,500 | 111 m² | £1,329/m² | 2 |
| 97, James StreetDetached | Sept 2013 | £179,000 | 114 m² | £1,570/m² | 2 |
| 99, James StreetSemi-detached | Jun 2014 | £142,000 | 112 m² | £1,268/m² | 2 |
| 101, James StreetSemi-detached | Jul 2016 | £158,000 | 111 m² | £1,423/m² | 2 |
| 103, James StreetTerraced | Dec 2021 | £162,500 | 69 m² | £2,355/m² | 3 |
| 105, James StreetTerraced | Mar 2013 | £109,200 | 71 m² | £1,538/m² | 2 |
| 107, James StreetTerraced | Nov 2010 | £112,995 | 68 m² | £1,662/m² | 1 |
| 111, James StreetTerraced | Jul 2016 | £135,000 | 99 m² | £1,364/m² | 2 |
| 113, James StreetSemi-detached | Aug 2023 | £190,000 | 103 m² | £1,845/m² | 2 |
| 115, James StreetTerraced | Apr 2016 | £131,500 | 113 m² | £1,164/m² | 2 |
| 117, James StreetTerraced | Feb 2011 | £143,995 | 100 m² | £1,440/m² | 1 |
| 119, James StreetDetached | Sept 2010 | £184,495 | 118 m² | £1,564/m² | 1 |
| 121, James StreetDetached | Apr 2026 | £315,000 | 122 m² | £2,582/m² | 3 |
| 123, James StreetDetached | Aug 2010 | £175,000 | 118 m² | £1,483/m² | 1 |
| 125, James StreetSemi-detached | Jul 2010 | £100,000 | 57 m² | £1,754/m² | 1 |
| 127, James StreetSemi-detached | Sept 2014 | £109,950 | 57 m² | £1,929/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Alfreton, a short drive or bike ride (2.8 km), with 383k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Nottingham.
The nearest bus stop is Springfield Crescent, 150 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route 152); 12 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 50 minutes away by public transport (17 by car).
The nearest primary school is Somerlea Park Junior School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 51% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Swanwick Hall School, 1.9 km away; Attainment 8: 42.6 · 8.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is The Range And Cafe 89, 250 m away; Riddings Pharmacy (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Jessop Medical Practice (300 m), with Wellbeing Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Strands is 550 m away.
The nearest full A&E is King's Mill Hospital, 11 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: 10 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
The Curry Lounge is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and The Red Lion Inn the nearest pub (350 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (11 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 159 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 11 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 11% flats and 12% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 187 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Riddings Park, 400 m away; for exercise, Amber Valley Fitness Centre (1.3 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, East Midlands is 28 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 68 km.
Most households own their home, 16% rent privately.
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.
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%.
14 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 DE55 1LW →
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: 1 of 93 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 | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.5% | 94.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 1.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.1% | 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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Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 75 min
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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 102 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.