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On Central Drive, in South Promenade & Seasiders Way
What it's like at FY1 6LD: every home that has sold on Central Drive 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.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 9 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 Central Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
37 of the 240 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 431, Central DriveSemi-detached | Nov 1995 | £41,000 | 49 m² | £837/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 431a, Central DriveSemi-detached | Jun 2003 | £79,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 433, Central DriveSemi-detached | Jul 2015 | £99,000 | 181 m² | £547/m² | 2 |
| 433a, Central DriveTerraced | Aug 2024 | £70,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 435, Central DriveSemi-detached | Mar 2007 | £180,000 | 108 m² | £1,667/m² | 1 |
| 437, Central DriveSemi-detached | Jun 2022 | £87,000 | 127 m² | £685/m² | 3 |
| 439, Central DriveDetached | Apr 2008 | £234,000 | 63 m² | £3,714/m² | 2 |
| 441, Central DriveSemi-detached | Sept 2025 | £95,000 | 122 m² | £779/m² | 1 |
| 443, Central DriveSemi-detached | Mar 2026 | £117,000 | 118 m² | £992/m² | 2 |
| 445, Central DriveSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £161,452 | 134 m² | £1,205/m² | 1 |
| 447, Central DriveSemi-detached | Dec 2001 | £95,950 | – | – | 2 |
The nearest station is Blackpool South, a few minutes' walk (500 m), with 114k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Preston (Lancs).
The nearest bus stop is Baron Road, 50 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (routes 7, 5, 5a, 5b); 44 departures an hour from the 9 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 (200 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, 700 m away.
The nearest supermarket is Lidl Foodstores, 200 m away; Allied Pharmacy (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bloomfield Medical Centre (250 m), with Allied Pharmacy Bloomfield the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Wardy's Barbers is 250 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.
8 Bit Restaurant Arcade Club is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Tyldesley Conservative Club the nearest pub (300 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, Bannatynes Health Club (800 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.
48 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%.
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 6LD →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Central Drive in the last 12 months.
On this street: 1 of 149 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 56 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Ingleton Outdoor Swimming Pool · about 57 min
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