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On Beachcomber Drive, in Cleveleys West
What it's like at FY5 1FD: every home that has sold on Beachcomber 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Beachcomber Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 19 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Beachcomber DriveSemi-detached | Oct 2009 | £169,000 | 113 m² | £1,496/m² | 2 |
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| 2, Beachcomber DriveDetached | Mar 2021 | £190,000 | 62 m² | £3,065/m² | 4 |
| 3, Beachcomber DriveSemi-detached | Jun 2004 | £162,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 4, Beachcomber DriveDetached | Jun 2017 | £2,625 | – | – | 2 |
| 5, Beachcomber DriveSemi-detached | Aug 2013 | £154,000 | 126 m² | £1,222/m² | 3 |
| 6, Beachcomber DriveDetached | Mar 1997 | £70,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Beachcomber DriveSemi-detached | Mar 1999 | £79,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 8, Beachcomber DriveDetached | Dec 2011 | £155,500 | 88 m² | £1,767/m² | 2 |
| 9, Beachcomber DriveSemi-detached | Aug 1996 | £82,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Beachcomber DriveDetached | Dec 1996 | £69,995 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Beachcomber DriveDetached | Sept 2019 | £154,000 | 98 m² | £1,571/m² | 2 |
| 15, Beachcomber DriveDetached | Jun 2022 | £220,000 | 76 m² | £2,895/m² | 2 |
| 17, Beachcomber DriveDetached | Oct 2024 | £197,000 | 87 m² | £2,264/m² | 2 |
| 19, Beachcomber DriveSemi-detached | Nov 2001 | £71,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 21, Beachcomber DriveSemi-detached | Feb 2023 | £182,000 | 75 m² | £2,427/m² | 3 |
| 23, Beachcomber DriveDetached | Mar 2021 | £182,000 | 91 m² | £2,000/m² | 4 |
| 25, Beachcomber DriveDetached | May 2022 | £160,000 | 80 m² | £2,000/m² | 3 |
| 27, Beachcomber DriveSemi-detached | Nov 2014 | £162,500 | 74 m² | £2,196/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Thornton Gate tram stop, a few minutes' walk (400 m). The nearest rail station is Poulton-le-Fylde, 5.1 km away, with 630k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Vue Cinema, 150 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route 5); 30 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 50 minutes away by public transport (21 by car).
The nearest primary school is Thornton Cleveleys Manor Beach Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 57% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, Fleetwood, 2.6 km away; Attainment 8: 43.5 · 3.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 12% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Iceland, 450 m away, with Jenson's Convenience Store closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Cleveleys Group Practice (750 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, The Beauty Boutique is 550 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Blackpool Victoria Hospital, 7.0 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: 35 restaurants and cafés and 12 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
New Yorker Sundaes is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Travellers Rest the nearest pub (150 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (24 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 123 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 21% flats and 11% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 44% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
Bungalow country: 25% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Jubilee Gardens, 200 m away; for exercise, JD Gyms (150 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Cleveleys, 600 m away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.1 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 62 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 77 km.
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 North and Fleetwood constituency: Lorraine Beavers MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 4,647 (11.1%), turnout 57%. Vote shares: Labour 40%, Conservative 29%, Reform UK 24%, Liberal Democrat 3%.
1 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 FY5 1FD →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 43% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 32% are 65 or over.
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Beachcomber Drive in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 10 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 | 0.7% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 92.2% | 91.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 2.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.1% | 6.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.4% | 0.0% | 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 60 min
Nearest: Lytham Hall · about 32 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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