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On West End Drive, in West Hallam
What it's like at DE7 5GG: every home that has sold on West End Drive 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 West End Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 23 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, West End DriveDetached | Aug 2016 | £195,000 | 141 m² | £1,383/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, West End DriveSemi-detached | Dec 2001 | £70,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 3, West End DriveDetached | Sept 2017 | £345,000 | 167 m² | £2,066/m² | 1 |
| 4, West End DriveSemi-detached | Jul 2026 | £377,500 | 113 m² | £3,341/m² | 7 |
| 5, West End DriveDetached | Apr 2011 | £310,000 | 173 m² | £1,792/m² | 2 |
| 7, West End DriveDetached | Nov 1996 | £60,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, West End DriveDetached | Mar 2026 | £349,500 | 135 m² | £2,589/m² | 2 |
| 10, West End DriveDetached | Mar 2000 | £90,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, West End DriveDetached | Dec 2001 | £65,000 | 205 m² | £317/m² | 1 |
| 16, West End DriveDetached | Jun 2021 | £387,000 | 128 m² | £3,023/m² | 3 |
| 18, West End DriveDetached | Jul 1998 | £115,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 20, West End DriveDetached | Aug 2016 | £277,000 | 139 m² | £1,993/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Ilkeston, a short drive or bike ride (1.6 km), with 203k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Nottingham.
The nearest bus stop is New Lawn Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes IF, TWO, 27, 34); 93 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 42 minutes away by public transport (24 by car).
The nearest primary school is Chaucer Infant School, about a 10-minute walk (650 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy, 100 m away; Attainment 8: 40.5 · 3.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Heanor Gate Spencer Academy (5.1 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Farm Foods, 450 m away, with Best Shop closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Gladstone House Surgery (500 m), with Manor Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, John Bostock Hairdressing is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen's Medical Centre, 11 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 45% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 62% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 12 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Aramark @ Derby College Group Ilkeston Campus is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Rutland Cricket Club (Cricket Pavilion) the nearest pub (200 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 44 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 28 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 63% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is Victoria Park, 350 m away; for exercise, The Health Club (300 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, East Midlands is 15 km away, and Birmingham, with far more destinations, 63 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 52% of households own their home outright.
62 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ilkeston School | II* | 120 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Erewash constituency: Adam Thompson MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 5,859 (13.6%), turnout 60%. Vote shares: Labour 40%, Conservative 26%, Reform UK 21%, Green Party 6%.
33 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 DE7 5GG →
It's an older community: 29% 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" West End Drive in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 12 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% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 96.9% | 93.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.5% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.6% | 5.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.1% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 75 min
Nearest: Colwick Country Park (West Lake) · about 34 min
Nearest: Manor Farm Park and Woodland · about 31 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.