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On Imperial Street, in North Shore
What it's like at FY1 2HN: every home that has sold on Imperial 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 Imperial Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 7 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Imperial StreetTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2002 | £45,000 | 93 m² | £484/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Imperial StreetTerraced | Dec 1998 | £31,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Imperial StreetTerraced | Dec 2006 | £90,000 | 59 m² | £1,525/m² | 4 |
| 17, Imperial StreetTerraced | Dec 2019 | £56,500 | 71 m² | £796/m² | 2 |
| 19, Imperial StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2025 | £62,500 | 72 m² | £868/m² | 2 |
| 21, Imperial StreetTerraced | Jul 2010 | £53,000 | 58 m² | £914/m² | 1 |
| 23, Imperial StreetTerraced | Jun 2019 | £64,000 | 76 m² | £842/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Wilton Parade tram stop, a few minutes' walk (200 m). The nearest rail station is Blackpool North, 650 m away, with 2.1m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Imperial Hotel, 100 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route 3); 64 departures an hour from the 26 stops within a 5-minute walk.
53% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Westminster Primary Academy, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 60% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Layton Primary School (1.7 km).
The nearest secondary is Unity Academy Blackpool, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 29.3 · 1.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Vicky's Afro Caribbean Superstore, 550 m away, with Morrisons Daily closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is St Pauls Medical Centre (150 m), with Well the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Hugos Barbers is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Blackpool Victoria Hospital, 2.5 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 50% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 59% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 15 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 26 restaurants and cafés and 21 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Cuckoos Nest is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Corner House the nearest pub (300 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (24 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 476 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 15 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (56%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 81% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Warbreck Recreation Ground, 650 m away; for exercise, Unique Training Centre (650 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Bispham, 2.2 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 57 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 74 km.
38 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Imperial Hotel | II | 100 m |
| Blackpool Middle and Lower Walk colonnades including associated retaining walls and pillar in Jubilee Gardens | II | 200 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Blackpool South constituency: Chris Webb MP (Labour), since May 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 6,848 (19.5%), turnout 45%. Vote shares: Labour 48%, Reform UK 29%, Conservative 16%, Green Party 3%.
10 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 FY1 2HN →
Many neighbours rent: 57% of households rent privately and 8% socially.
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.
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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 7 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 6 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 | 0.8% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 81.4% | 90.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.4% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 14.4% | 8.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 3.7% | 0.6% | 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: Ingleton Outdoor Swimming Pool · about 61 min
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