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On Langley Avenue, in Somercotes & Pye Bridge
What it's like at DE55 4LT: every home that has sold on Langley 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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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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Langley Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 28 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Langley AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2009 | £65,000 | 78 m² | £833/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Langley AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2014 | £118,000 | 92 m² | £1,283/m² | 2 |
| 3, Langley AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2010 | £70,000 | 91 m² | £769/m² | 1 |
| 5, Langley AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2007 | £128,000 | 109 m² | £1,174/m² | 1 |
| 7, Langley AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2024 | £150,000 | 83 m² | £1,807/m² | 1 |
| 9, Langley AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2022 | £182,000 | 88 m² | £2,068/m² | 3 |
| 10, Langley AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2001 | £45,840 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, Langley AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2025 | £148,000 | 80 m² | £1,850/m² | 1 |
| 15, Langley AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2026 | £172,000 | 83 m² | £2,072/m² | 2 |
| 16, Langley AvenueDetached | Feb 2022 | £180,000 | 92 m² | £1,957/m² | 2 |
| 19, Langley AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2009 | £92,000 | 87 m² | £1,057/m² | 2 |
| 20, Langley AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2023 | £155,000 | 91 m² | £1,703/m² | 4 |
| 21, Langley AvenueSemi-detached | May 1998 | £42,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 22, Langley AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2017 | £110,000 | 85 m² | £1,294/m² | 1 |
| 23, Langley AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2002 | £41,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 24, Langley AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2002 | £69,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 27, Langley AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2022 | £144,000 | 81 m² | £1,778/m² | 3 |
| 28, Langley AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 1999 | £34,000 | 85 m² | £400/m² | 1 |
| 29, Langley AvenueSemi-detached | May 1998 | £28,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 31, Langley AvenueSemi-detached | May 2017 | £119,000 | 100 m² | £1,190/m² | 2 |
| 32, Langley AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2018 | £105,000 | 94 m² | £1,117/m² | 1 |
| 33, Langley AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2023 | £168,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 34, Langley AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 1999 | £37,000 | 96 m² | £385/m² | 1 |
| 36, Langley AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2022 | £155,500 | 79 m² | £1,968/m² | 3 |
| 37, Langley AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2010 | £65,000 | 112 m² | £580/m² | 1 |
| 38, Langley AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2024 | £120,000 | 83 m² | £1,446/m² | 1 |
| 39, Langley AvenueDetached | Oct 2024 | £136,000 | 82 m² | £1,659/m² | 1 |
| The Workshop, Langley AvenueOther | Mar 2021 | £45,000 | – | – | 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 (2.2 km), with 383k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Nottingham.
The nearest bus stop is Birchwood Crescent, 100 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route 152); 24 departures an hour from the 12 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 Somercotes Infant and Nursery School, a few minutes' walk (150 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is David Nieper Academy, 1.9 km away; Attainment 8: 41 · 6.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Central England Co-operative, 200 m away; Little Moo's Play Bar (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Somercotes Medical Centre (400 m), with Wellcare Partnership the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Peaches Hair and Beauty is 150 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.
St Thomas Church is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Somercotes Parish Hall the nearest pub (150 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, 1.0 km away; for exercise, Amber Valley Fitness Centre (700 m).
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.
29 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%.
17 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 4LT →
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" Langley Avenue in the last 12 months.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 0 of 21 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 | 1.0% | 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.
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 75 min
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