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On Hilton Avenue, in South Promenade & Seasiders Way
What it's like at FY1 6HF: every home that has sold on Hilton Avenue 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 Hilton Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 11 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Hilton AvenueTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2018 | £65,000 | 60 m² | £1,083/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Hilton AvenueTerraced | Aug 2025 | £125,000 | 116 m² | £1,078/m² | 2 |
| 6, Hilton AvenueTerraced | Feb 2006 | £110,000 | 88 m² | £1,250/m² | 3 |
| 8, Hilton AvenueTerraced | Oct 2016 | £90,000 | 122 m² | £738/m² | 2 |
| 10, Hilton AvenueTerraced | Mar 2016 | £42,500 | 95 m² | £447/m² | 1 |
| 12, Hilton AvenueTerraced | Mar 2016 | £74,000 | 95 m² | £779/m² | 2 |
| 14, Hilton AvenueTerraced | Jun 2025 | £90,000 | 88 m² | £1,023/m² | 1 |
| 16, Hilton AvenueTerraced | Dec 2012 | £74,000 | 104 m² | £712/m² | 4 |
| 18, Hilton AvenueTerraced | Dec 2003 | £55,000 | 82 m² | £671/m² | 1 |
| 20, Hilton AvenueTerraced | Dec 2020 | £77,500 | 102 m² | £760/m² | 2 |
| Flat B, 22, Hilton AvenueTerraced | Nov 2005 | £90,000 | 58 m² | £1,552/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Blackpool South, a few minutes' walk (100 m), with 114k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Preston (Lancs).
The nearest bus stop is Royal Oak, 50 m away, with a bus about every 16 minutes on weekdays (routes 5, 18, 2); 80 departures an hour from the 18 stops within a 5-minute walk.
57% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Blackpool Gateway Academy, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 44% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is South Shore Academy, 500 m away.
The nearest supermarket is Farmfoods, 200 m away, with Omoto closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Waterloo Medical Centre (550 m), with F.Crossley (Chemists) the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Razor's Barabershop is 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Blackpool Victoria Hospital, 3.1 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: 56 restaurants and cafés and 18 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Kels Breakfast Bar is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Royal Oak Hotel the nearest pub (50 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (45 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 507 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Homes are mostly flats (53%).
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 84% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is George Bancroft Park, 250 m away; for exercise, Palatine Leisure Centre (700 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Bispham, 5.2 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.6 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 54 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 72 km.
Many neighbours rent: 59% of households rent privately and 9% 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.
47 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.
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%.
11 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 6HF →
On this street: 0 of 11 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.4% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 75.7% | 90.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 20.0% | 8.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 3.6% | 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.
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Nearest: Ingleton Outdoor Swimming Pool · about 57 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 11 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.