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On Wakefield Croft, in Shipley
What it's like at DE7 9LG: every home that has sold on Wakefield Croft 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Wakefield Croft; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 30 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Wakefield CroftSemi-detached | Oct 2015 | £163,000 | 100 m² | £1,630/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Wakefield CroftDetached | Jun 1998 | £95,750 | – | – | 1 |
| 3, Wakefield CroftSemi-detached | Aug 2011 | £130,000 | 78 m² | £1,667/m² | 3 |
| 4, Wakefield CroftDetached | Jun 2017 | £245,000 | 106 m² | £2,311/m² | 4 |
| 5, Wakefield CroftDetached | Jun 2023 | £345,000 | 105 m² | £3,286/m² | 3 |
| 6, Wakefield CroftDetached | May 2022 | £275,000 | 107 m² | £2,570/m² | 5 |
| 7, Wakefield CroftDetached | Jan 2019 | £266,000 | 134 m² | £1,985/m² | 4 |
| 8, Wakefield CroftDetached | Mar 2004 | £149,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 9, Wakefield CroftDetached | Jul 1998 | £72,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Wakefield CroftSemi-detached | Nov 2022 | £234,000 | 75 m² | £3,120/m² | 5 |
| 11, Wakefield CroftDetached | Sept 1998 | £89,775 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Wakefield CroftDetached | Dec 2025 | £240,000 | 75 m² | £3,200/m² | 4 |
| 14, Wakefield CroftDetached | Aug 2023 | £310,000 | 116 m² | £2,672/m² | 2 |
| 15, Wakefield CroftDetached | Aug 1998 | £66,452 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Wakefield CroftDetached | Sept 2000 | £79,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 17, Wakefield CroftDetached | Feb 1997 | £82,888 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, Wakefield CroftDetached | Oct 1997 | £56,762 | 91 m² | £624/m² | 1 |
| 19, Wakefield CroftDetached | Sept 2002 | £148,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 20, Wakefield CroftSemi-detached | Oct 2001 | £84,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 21, Wakefield CroftDetached | Mar 2016 | £220,000 | 107 m² | £2,056/m² | 2 |
| 22, Wakefield CroftSemi-detached | Aug 1997 | £59,750 | – | – | 1 |
| 23, Wakefield CroftDetached | Feb 1997 | £69,587 | – | – | 1 |
| 24, Wakefield CroftSemi-detached | Aug 2022 | £238,000 | 71 m² | £3,352/m² | 2 |
| 25, Wakefield CroftDetached | Aug 2019 | £265,000 | 99 m² | £2,677/m² | 5 |
| 26, Wakefield CroftSemi-detached | Dec 2006 | £149,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 27, Wakefield CroftSemi-detached | Mar 2015 | £145,000 | 73 m² | £1,986/m² | 4 |
| 28, Wakefield CroftSemi-detached | May 1997 | £56,952 | 78 m² | £730/m² | 1 |
| 29, Wakefield CroftSemi-detached | Nov 2013 | £125,000 | 102 m² | £1,225/m² | 5 |
| 31, Wakefield CroftSemi-detached | Jan 1997 | £58,250 | – | – | 1 |
| 33, Wakefield CroftSemi-detached | Jan 2005 | £139,000 | – | – | 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 (2.4 km), with 203k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Nottingham.
The nearest bus stop is Foxton Close, 250 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 59, 59A); 2 departures an hour from the 3 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 50 minutes away by public transport (26 by car).
The nearest primary school is Charlotte Nursery and Infant School, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy, 1.8 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, 800 m away; J Woodward (900 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Old Station Surgery (1.4 km), with Evans Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.4 km).
For a haircut, Fingertrix is 700 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen's Medical Centre, 9.9 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.
Smiley's Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (650 m), and Rutland Cottage Inn the nearest pub (850 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 51 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 4% flats and 35% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
The nearest park is Granby Park, 1.3 km away; for exercise, Victoria Park Leisure Centre (1.5 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, East Midlands is 17 km away, and Birmingham, with far more destinations, 66 km.
Most households own their home, 15% 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.
6 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%.
14 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 9LG →
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Erewash since 2011.
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 30 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 16 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 | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.1% | 93.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.6% | 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.
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.
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