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On Beech Lane, in West Hallam
What it's like at DE7 6GU: every home that has sold on Beech Lane 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 Beech Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 20 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 3, Beech LaneDetached | Mar 2006 | £450,000 | 57 m² | £7,895/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Beech LaneDetached | Jan 2016 | £300,000 | 121 m² | £2,479/m² | 2 |
| 6, Beech LaneTerraced | Nov 2020 | £270,000 | 68 m² | £3,971/m² | 2 |
| 7, Beech LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2014 | £215,000 | 90 m² | £2,389/m² | 1 |
| 8, Beech LaneSemi-detached | Mar 2026 | £217,500 | 55 m² | £3,955/m² | 3 |
| 9, Beech LaneSemi-detached | Apr 2018 | £258,000 | 101 m² | £2,554/m² | 4 |
| 10, Beech LaneSemi-detached | May 2021 | £250,000 | 82 m² | £3,049/m² | 2 |
| 12, Beech LaneTerraced | Jun 2013 | £152,011 | 71 m² | £2,141/m² | 2 |
| 18, Beech LaneSemi-detached | Apr 2009 | £125,000 | 82 m² | £1,524/m² | 1 |
| 20, Beech LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2007 | £163,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 22, Beech LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2005 | £145,000 | 77 m² | £1,883/m² | 2 |
| 26, Beech LaneSemi-detached | Jan 2014 | £134,000 | 70 m² | £1,914/m² | 2 |
| 28, Beech LaneSemi-detached | Jun 2018 | £178,000 | 61 m² | £2,918/m² | 2 |
| 32, Beech LaneSemi-detached | Nov 2020 | £252,000 | 85 m² | £2,965/m² | 2 |
| 38, Beech LaneSemi-detached | Nov 2020 | £220,000 | 99 m² | £2,222/m² | 1 |
| 48, Beech LaneSemi-detached | Apr 2021 | £245,000 | 89 m² | £2,753/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 drive away (4.9 km), with 203k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Nottingham.
The nearest bus stop is Beech Lane, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 59, 59A); 11 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 42 minutes away by public transport (24 by car).
The nearest primary school is Scargill CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 35% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy, 2.6 km away; Attainment 8: 48.1 · 11.9% 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 Tesco, 450 m away; Evans Pharmacy (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is West Hallam Medical Ctr (450 m), with Evans Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Fullfx is 450 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.
Food For thought is the closest café or restaurant (850 m), and Hogarths the nearest pub (700 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 High Lane Central Recreation Ground, 1.4 km away; for exercise, Arthur Fisher Memorial Ground (2.3 km).
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.
18 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.
Mid Derbyshire constituency: Jonathan Davies MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 1,878 (4.0%), turnout 68%. Vote shares: Labour 37%, Conservative 33%, Reform UK 18%, Green Party 8%.
5 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 6GU →
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" Beech Lane in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 18 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 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% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.9% | 93.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.5% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.6% | 5.0% | 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.