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On Barker Gate, in Ilkeston Town
What it's like at DE7 8DS: every home that has sold on Barker Gate 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.
Sales and extensions on Barker Gate; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 16 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Barker GateDetached | Oct 1998 | £40,000 | 126 m² | £317/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Barker GateDetached | Mar 2022 | £116,500 | 106 m² | £1,099/m² | 2 |
| 6, Barker GateTerraced | Nov 1997 | £29,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Barker GateSemi-detached | Sept 2021 | £128,000 | 78 m² | £1,641/m² | 3 |
| 9, Barker GateSemi-detached | Jan 2017 | £80,000 | 75 m² | £1,067/m² | 3 |
| 10, Barker GateSemi-detached | Jul 2023 | £131,000 | 78 m² | £1,679/m² | 4 |
| 13, Barker GateDetached | May 2026 | £145,000 | 85 m² | £1,706/m² | 3 |
| 15, Barker GateSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £125,000 | 77 m² | £1,623/m² | 3 |
| 16, Barker GateSemi-detached | Oct 2023 | £116,000 | 85 m² | £1,365/m² | 1 |
| 17, Barker GateSemi-detached | Aug 2017 | £77,000 | 81 m² | £951/m² | 1 |
| 18, Barker GateTerraced | Dec 2014 | £79,000 | 71 m² | £1,113/m² | 2 |
| 19, Barker GateTerraced | May 2014 | £78,000 | 79 m² | £987/m² | 2 |
| 20, Barker GateTerraced | Jun 2026 | £100,000 | 83 m² | £1,205/m² | 4 |
| 21, Barker GateTerraced | Aug 2023 | £90,000 | 64 m² | £1,406/m² | 2 |
| 21a, Barker GateOther | Mar 2025 | £50,623 | – | – | 2 |
| J W Engineering Ltd, Barker GateOther | Dec 2017 | £300,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Ilkeston, about a 10-minute walk (700 m), with 203k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Nottingham.
The nearest bus stop is Tesco, 150 m away, with a bus about every 50 minutes on weekdays (route 14); 43 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 41 minutes away by public transport (23 by car).
The nearest primary school is Granby Junior School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 46% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 40.5 · 3.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Fernwood School (5.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 200 m away; Ilkeston News (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Old Station Surgery (500 m), with Evans Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Roots is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen's Medical Centre, 8.6 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 38 restaurants and cafés and 24 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
McDonalds is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Ilkeston Town Football Club the nearest pub (350 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (29 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 201 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 19 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 18% flats and 15% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1919-1929.
It's growing: about 105 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Wash Meadows, 250 m away; for exercise, Platinum Gyms & Fitness (100 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Colwick Country Park (West Lake), 14 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, East Midlands is 16 km away, and Birmingham, with far more destinations, 65 km.
57 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.
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%.
34 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 8DS →
Most households own their home, 30% 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Barker Gate in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 13 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 | 0.5% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 92.3% | 93.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.0% | 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.
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 72 min
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