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On Birchwood Road, in Alfreton
What it's like at DE55 7QB: every home that has sold on Birchwood Road 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Birchwood Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 68 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 24a, Birchwood RoadSemi-detached | May 2014 | £110,000 | 74 m² | £1,486/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24b, Birchwood RoadSemi-detached | May 2011 | £74,000 | 71 m² | £1,042/m² | 1 |
| 24c, Birchwood RoadDetached | Jan 2012 | £120,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 32, Birchwood RoadTerraced | Sept 2015 | £62,000 | 85 m² | £729/m² | 1 |
| 36, Birchwood RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2007 | £93,000 | 82 m² | £1,134/m² | 1 |
| 40, Birchwood RoadTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2024 | £140,000 | 89 m² | £1,573/m² | 2 |
| 52, Birchwood RoadTerraced | Mar 2003 | £61,950 | 78 m² | £794/m² | 1 |
| 66, Birchwood RoadTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2026 | £120,000 | 83 m² | £1,446/m² | 1 |
| 68, Birchwood RoadTerraced | Jun 2009 | £61,000 | 96 m² | £635/m² | 1 |
| 70, Birchwood RoadTerraced | Aug 2008 | £120,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 72, Birchwood RoadTerraced | Aug 2018 | £100,000 | 83 m² | £1,205/m² | 1 |
| 74, Birchwood RoadTerraced | Jan 2016 | £89,000 | 88 m² | £1,011/m² | 2 |
| 86, Birchwood RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2005 | £90,000 | 84 m² | £1,071/m² | 2 |
| 106, Birchwood RoadSemi-detached | Jul 1995 | £39,995 | 55 m² | £727/m² | 1 |
| 108, Birchwood RoadSemi-detached | Jul 1995 | £42,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 110, Birchwood RoadSemi-detached | Nov 1996 | £56,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 112, Birchwood RoadDetached | Jun 2019 | £159,950 | 80 m² | £1,999/m² | 4 |
| 114, Birchwood RoadDetached | Mar 2000 | £74,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 116, Birchwood RoadDetached | Dec 2021 | £220,000 | 86 m² | £2,558/m² | 4 |
| 120, Birchwood RoadDetached | Nov 1997 | £51,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 122, Birchwood RoadDetached | Apr 2000 | £57,000 | – | – | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Alfreton, about a 10-minute walk (950 m), with 383k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Nottingham.
The nearest bus stop is Birchwood Road, under 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 151); 34 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Leys Junior School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 58% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is David Nieper Academy, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 41 · 6.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is The Co-operative Food Store, 650 m away, with One Stop Stores closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Somercotes Medical Centre (1.1 km), with Wellcare Partnership the closest pharmacy (1.1 km).
For a haircut, Evolve Hair Design is 800 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: 23 restaurants and cafés, 12 pubs and bars.
McDonalds Restaurants is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and Alfreton Town Football Club the nearest pub (550 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (14 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 139 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 18 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 12% flats and 23% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
It's growing: about 272 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Watchorn Park, 1.5 km away; for exercise, Fit 3:16 (300 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, East Midlands is 30 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 66 km.
Most households own their home, 17% 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.
12 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 DE55 7QB →
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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 68 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 2 of 48 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 | 1.4% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.7% | 94.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 1.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.6% | 3.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.3% | 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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