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On Bank Street, in Swanwick & Leabrooks
What it's like at DE55 4JE: every home that has sold on Bank 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Bank Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 10 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Bank StreetDetached | Dec 2021 | £260,000 | 105 m² | £2,476/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Bank StreetTerraced | Oct 2020 | £100,000 | 105 m² | £952/m² | 4 |
| 3, Bank StreetOther | Nov 2019 | £162,000 | 129 m² | £1,256/m² | 4 |
| 5, Bank StreetSemi-detached | Jun 2023 | £115,000 | 88 m² | £1,307/m² | 1 |
| 8, Bank StreetTerraced | Jul 2023 | £125,000 | 82 m² | £1,524/m² | 3 |
| 9, Bank StreetTerraced | Apr 2013 | £65,000 | 102 m² | £637/m² | 1 |
| 10, Bank StreetSemi-detached | Oct 2024 | £124,000 | 90 m² | £1,378/m² | 3 |
| 14, Bank StreetOther | Mar 2023 | £162,500 | 91 m² | £1,786/m² | 1 |
| 17, Bank StreetSemi-detached | Nov 2020 | £225,000 | 116 m² | £1,940/m² | 2 |
| 18, Bank StreetSemi-detached | Mar 2017 | £95,000 | 82 m² | £1,159/m² | 1 |
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 (2.5 km), with 383k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Nottingham.
The nearest bus stop is Bank Street, 100 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route 152); 30 departures an hour from the 14 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 48 minutes away by public transport (18 by car).
The nearest primary school is Somerlea Park Junior School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 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, 2.0 km away; Attainment 8: 42.6 · 8.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Central England Co-operative, 100 m away; Sutton Convenience Store (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Jessop Medical Practice (500 m), with Wellbeing Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Peaches Hair and Beauty is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is King's Mill Hospital, 12 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: 6 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
The Curry Lounge is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Devonshire Arms the nearest pub (100 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 57 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 10 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 46% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 21% of homes are bungalows.
It's growing: about 212 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Riddings Park, 750 m away; for exercise, Amber Valley Fitness Centre (950 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, East Midlands is 28 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 67 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 48% of households own their home outright.
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.
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%.
16 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 4JE →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
It's an older community: 26% 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.
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 10 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Rutland Water Sykes Lane · 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.
On this street: 0 of 9 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 | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.1% | 94.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 1.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.2% | 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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