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On Bright Street, in Cotmanhay
What it's like at DE7 8NH: every home that has sold on Bright Street 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Bright Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
5 of the 41 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Bright StreetTerraced · company-owned | Oct 1997 | £15,600 | 75 m² | £208/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Bright StreetSemi-detached | Dec 2004 | £79,000 | 96 m² | £823/m² | 3 |
| 3, Bright StreetSemi-detached | Mar 2013 | £62,000 | 100 m² | £620/m² | 1 |
| 5, Bright StreetTerraced | Jun 1996 | £30,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 6, Bright StreetSemi-detached | Nov 2013 | £80,000 | 101 m² | £792/m² | 4 |
| 8, Bright StreetDetached | Dec 2014 | £149,950 | 115 m² | £1,304/m² | 3 |
| 10, Bright StreetDetached | Jan 2003 | £90,000 | 146 m² | £616/m² | 1 |
| 11, Bright StreetSemi-detached | Jul 2007 | £99,000 | 114 m² | £868/m² | 2 |
| 12, Bright StreetDetached | Jul 2017 | £140,000 | 102 m² | £1,373/m² | 1 |
| 13, Bright StreetSemi-detached | Oct 1995 | £31,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, Bright StreetDetached · company-owned | Jul 2021 | £110,000 | 37 m² | £2,973/m² | 3 |
| 24, Bright StreetOther · company-owned | Jul 2021 | £150,000 | 73 m² | £2,055/m² | 1 |
| 25, Bright StreetSemi-detached · company-owned | Jul 2021 | £110,000 | 50 m² | £2,200/m² | 1 |
| 26, Bright StreetTerraced | Jan 2026 | £150,000 | 82 m² | £1,829/m² | 5 |
| 28, Bright StreetTerraced | Mar 2025 | £130,000 | 75 m² | £1,733/m² | 6 |
| 29, Bright StreetTerraced | Jun 2017 | £81,000 | 95 m² | £853/m² | 4 |
| 30, Bright StreetTerraced | Mar 2024 | £100,000 | 80 m² | £1,250/m² | 5 |
| 31, Bright StreetTerraced | Dec 2021 | £110,000 | 84 m² | £1,310/m² | 3 |
| 32, Bright StreetTerraced | Dec 2005 | £68,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 33, Bright StreetSemi-detached | Nov 2016 | £102,500 | 88 m² | £1,165/m² | 3 |
| 34, Bright StreetDetached | Nov 2002 | £70,000 | 29 m² | £2,414/m² | 1 |
| 34a, Bright StreetTerraced | Feb 2006 | £82,000 | 38 m² | £2,158/m² | 1 |
| Flat, 34a, Bright StreetFlat · company-owned | May 2009 | £55,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 35, Bright StreetTerraced | Sept 2021 | £115,250 | 68 m² | £1,695/m² | 3 |
| 37, Bright StreetTerraced | Feb 2013 | £64,000 | 65 m² | £985/m² | 1 |
| 38, Bright StreetTerraced | Mar 2002 | £32,500 | 68 m² | £478/m² | 2 |
| 39, Bright StreetTerraced | Dec 2015 | £52,000 | 90 m² | £578/m² | 1 |
| 42, Bright StreetTerraced | Aug 2018 | £82,000 | 81 m² | £1,012/m² | 4 |
| 43, Bright StreetTerraced | May 2006 | £59,000 | 76 m² | £776/m² | 1 |
| 44, Bright StreetTerraced | Dec 2022 | £125,000 | 98 m² | £1,276/m² | 4 |
| 45, Bright StreetSemi-detached | Apr 2013 | £56,000 | 83 m² | £675/m² | 1 |
| 46, Bright StreetSemi-detached | Mar 2013 | £55,000 | 76 m² | £724/m² | 1 |
| 48, Bright StreetSemi-detached | Apr 2006 | £93,000 | 82 m² | £1,134/m² | 3 |
| 51, Bright StreetTerraced | Mar 2002 | £45,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 52, Bright StreetTerraced | Apr 2018 | £96,000 | 102 m² | £941/m² | 2 |
| 55, Bright StreetSemi-detached | Sept 2010 | £69,950 | 76 m² | £920/m² | 1 |
| 56, Bright StreetSemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £109,000 | 83 m² | £1,313/m² | 2 |
| 57, Bright StreetSemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £127,500 | 90 m² | £1,417/m² | 2 |
| 58a, Bright StreetSemi-detached | Aug 2011 | £105,550 | – | – | 2 |
| 59a, Bright StreetDetached | Apr 2024 | £235,000 | 123 m² | £1,911/m² | 1 |
| 60, Bright StreetSemi-detached | Mar 2019 | £125,000 | 84 m² | £1,488/m² | 1 |
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 (1.3 km), with 203k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Nottingham.
The nearest bus stop is Ash Street, 150 m away, with a bus about every 9 minutes on weekdays (routes IF, TWO); 45 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 49 minutes away by public transport (26 by car).
The nearest primary school is Charlotte Nursery and Infant School, a few minutes' walk (400 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy, 1.6 km away; Attainment 8: 40.5 · 3.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Heanor Gate Spencer Academy (4.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Asda Express Ilkeston - Heanor Road PFS, 550 m away, with Bargain Booze closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Cotmanhay Surgery (550 m), with Evans Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, L & L Styles is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen's Medical Centre, 9.8 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 5 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
ILKON Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Samars Kitchen the nearest pub (200 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 136 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 9% flats and 14% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Granby Park, 300 m away; for exercise, Curves (750 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, East Midlands is 18 km away, and Birmingham, with far more destinations, 67 km.
Most households own their home, 19% 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.
39 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%.
29 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 8NH →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Bright Street in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Rutland Water Sykes Lane · about 75 min
Nearest: Manor Farm Park and Woodland · about 32 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 35 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.7% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 97.7% | 93.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.1% | 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.
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