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On Watson Road, in Hawes Side
What it's like at FY4 3EE: every home that has sold on Watson 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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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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 5 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 Watson Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
11 of the 132 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 136, Watson RoadOther | Jan 2026 | £170,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 140, Watson RoadOther · company-owned | May 2026 | £39,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 148a, Watson RoadDetached | Mar 2002 | £70,000 | 78 m² | £897/m² | 1 |
| 154, Watson RoadTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2022 | £125,000 | 92 m² | £1,359/m² | 6 |
| 156 - 158, Watson RoadTerraced | Jul 2007 | £149,500 | 63 m² | £2,373/m² | 3 |
| 160 - 162, Watson RoadOther | Apr 2019 | £64,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 164 - 166, Watson RoadOther · company-owned | Nov 2022 | £75,000 | – | – | 5 |
| 168 - 170, Watson RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2007 | £135,000 | – | – | 5 |
| 182, Watson RoadTerraced | May 2014 | £80,000 | 54 m² | £1,481/m² | 2 |
| 192, Watson RoadSemi-detached | May 2004 | £94,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 198, Watson RoadDetached | Nov 2004 | £265,000 | 159 m² | £1,667/m² | 2 |
| 204, Watson RoadDetached · company-owned | Mar 2018 | £1,150,000 | 70 m² | £16,429/m² | 2 |
| 214, Watson RoadDetached | Sept 2004 | £100,000 | 70 m² | £1,429/m² | 1 |
| 220, Watson RoadTerraced | Aug 2024 | £119,000 | 93 m² | £1,280/m² | 3 |
| 222, Watson RoadTerraced | Jun 2022 | £103,000 | 109 m² | £945/m² | 5 |
| 224, Watson RoadTerraced | Feb 1996 | £28,000 | 62 m² | £452/m² | 1 |
| 226, Watson RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2004 | £95,000 | 74 m² | £1,284/m² | 2 |
| 228, Watson RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2024 | £140,000 | 81 m² | £1,728/m² | 3 |
| 1, Watson Mews, Watson RoadTerraced | Dec 2023 | £118,000 | 105 m² | £1,124/m² | 1 |
| 2, Watson Mews, Watson RoadTerraced | Jun 2024 | £126,000 | 105 m² | £1,200/m² | 1 |
| 3, Watson Mews, Watson RoadTerraced | Dec 2024 | £100,000 | 106 m² | £943/m² | 1 |
| 4, Watson Mews, Watson RoadTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2025 | £100,000 | 105 m² | £952/m² | 1 |
| 5, Watson Mews, Watson RoadTerraced | Sept 2023 | £144,000 | 105 m² | £1,371/m² | 1 |
| 6, Watson Mews, Watson RoadTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2025 | £111,000 | 105 m² | £1,057/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Blackpool South, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km), with 114k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Preston (Lancs).
The nearest bus stop is Watson Road, 300 m away, with a bus about every 15 minutes on weekdays (routes 7, 5a, 5b); 8 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 40 minutes away by public transport (14 by car).
The nearest primary school is Hawes Side Academy, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 40% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is South Shore Academy, 600 m away.
The nearest supermarket is Iceland, 900 m away, with Watson News and Booze closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Arnold Medical Centre (450 m), with Well Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Leah May’s Beauty is 750 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 4 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Palatine Leisure Centre is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and Lane Ends Hotel the nearest pub (650 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 132 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 6% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 59% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Watson Road Park, 500 m away; for exercise, Palatine Leisure Centre (400 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Bispham, 5.9 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 53 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 70 km.
Most households own their home, 30% 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.
29 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%.
15 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 FY4 3EE →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Blackpool 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 132 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Ingleton Outdoor Swimming Pool · about 57 min
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On this street: 0 of 105 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 7 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 0.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.5% | 90.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.4% | 8.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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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