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On Hornby Road, in Central Blackpool
What it's like at FY1 4QG: every home that has sold on Hornby Road 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates). 8 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Hornby Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
59 of the 337 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 11, Hornby RoadTerraced | Feb 2004 | £160,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12, Hornby RoadTerraced | Nov 2023 | £105,000 | 243 m² | £432/m² | 3 |
| 13, Hornby RoadTerraced | May 2004 | £170,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Hornby RoadTerraced | Jul 2000 | £85,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Hornby RoadTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2024 | £120,500 | – | – | 3 |
| 16, Hornby RoadOther | Oct 2021 | £115,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 17, Hornby RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2006 | £150,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, Hornby RoadTerraced · company-owned | May 2021 | £115,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 19, Hornby RoadOther | Feb 2023 | £170,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 21, Hornby RoadTerraced | Apr 2004 | £98,000 | 195 m² | £503/m² | 1 |
| 22, Hornby RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Nov 2007 | £187,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 23, Hornby RoadTerraced | Jul 2012 | £86,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 25, Hornby RoadOther | Jul 2018 | £10,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Hornby RoadTerraced | Mar 2008 | £141,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 27, Hornby RoadTerraced | Jul 2023 | £148,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 28, Hornby RoadTerraced | May 2004 | £142,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 29, Hornby RoadTerraced | Apr 2006 | £150,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 30, Hornby RoadOther | Sept 2020 | £123,000 | 589 m² | £209/m² | 2 |
| 31 - 33, Hornby RoadOther | Oct 2017 | £90,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 32, Hornby RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2001 | £84,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 33, Hornby RoadFlat · company-owned | Mar 2025 | £380,750 | 79 m² | £4,820/m² | 5 |
| 34, Hornby RoadTerraced | Jul 2020 | £88,000 | 271 m² | £325/m² | 2 |
| Alwoodly Hotel, 16, Hornby RoadOther | Jul 2022 | £170,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Tower tram stop, a few minutes' walk (350 m). The nearest rail station is Blackpool North, 950 m away, with 2.1m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Central Coach Station, 100 m away, with a bus about every 5 minutes on weekdays (routes 6, 7, 5, BSFS); 114 departures an hour from the 15 stops within a 5-minute walk.
59% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Blackpool St John's Church of England Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 77% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is South Shore Academy, 2.0 km away.
The nearest supermarket is Heron Foods, 250 m away, with Morrisons Daily closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is South King Street Medical Centre (400 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Havana is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Blackpool Victoria Hospital, 2.2 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: 122 restaurants and cafés and 27 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Stevonia is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Hotel & Apartments Social Club the nearest pub (100 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (57 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 701 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 45% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Town Centre, Raikes Hall).
There are 15 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (53%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 80% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Revoe Park, 950 m away; for exercise, Bannatynes Health Club (550 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Bispham, 3.6 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 55 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 73 km.
50 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Coral Bingo and Social Club (King Edward) | II | 130 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.
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%.
13 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 4QG →
Many neighbours rent: 60% of households rent privately and 10% 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.
Nearest 8 shown. Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
On this street: 0 of 156 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 108 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.1% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 75.0% | 90.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 21.9% | 8.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 2.8% | 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 59 min
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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 337 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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