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On Rowley Lane, in Kirkburton & Farnley Tyas
What it's like at HD8 0JG: every home that has sold on Rowley Lane 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 Rowley Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 106 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Rowley LaneDetached | Sept 2020 | £431,000 | 280 m² | £1,539/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6a, Rowley LaneDetached | Nov 2017 | £380,000 | 131 m² | £2,901/m² | 3 |
| 12, Rowley LaneSemi-detached | Apr 1995 | £107,500 | 205 m² | £524/m² | 1 |
| 12a, Rowley LaneDetached | Sept 2019 | £620,000 | 241 m² | £2,573/m² | 3 |
| 16, Rowley LaneDetached | Dec 2020 | £512,500 | 239 m² | £2,144/m² | 2 |
| 45, Rowley LaneDetached | Jan 2000 | £73,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 47, Rowley LaneOther | Jan 2017 | £500 | – | – | 1 |
| 49, Rowley LaneSemi-detached | Dec 2019 | £150,000 | 85 m² | £1,765/m² | 4 |
| 51, Rowley LaneSemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £184,950 | 83 m² | £2,228/m² | 3 |
| 53, Rowley LaneSemi-detached | Nov 2000 | £48,500 | 87 m² | £557/m² | 1 |
| 57, Rowley LaneTerraced | May 1997 | £30,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 59, Rowley LaneTerraced | Jul 2016 | £157,000 | 76 m² | £2,066/m² | 3 |
| 63, Rowley LaneDetached | Oct 2000 | £225,000 | 221 m² | £1,018/m² | 1 |
| 65, Rowley LaneDetached | Jul 2018 | £350,000 | 214 m² | £1,636/m² | 3 |
| 67, Rowley LaneDetached | Dec 1999 | £70,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 69, Rowley LaneDetached | Feb 2025 | £371,000 | 93 m² | £3,989/m² | 1 |
| Hermitage Farm, Rowley LaneOther | Jan 2019 | £1,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Polighan House, Rowley LaneDetached | May 2020 | £515,000 | 178 m² | £2,893/m² | 2 |
| Woodsome View Cottage, 8, Rowley LaneSemi-detached | Mar 2026 | £962,500 | 246 m² | £3,913/m² | 2 |
| Woodson House, Rowley LaneDetached | Apr 2002 | £215,000 | – | – | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Stocksmoor, a drive away (3.8 km), with 23k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Huddersfield.
The nearest bus stop is Clough Park, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes D2, K78, K89, K80); 10 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Rowley Lane Junior Infant and Nursery School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 81% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is King James's School, 1.9 km away; Attainment 8: 48.5 · 14.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Holmfirth High School (5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Heckmondwike Grammar School (10.9 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is WM Morrisons, 2.0 km away, with Morrisons Daily closer still (650 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Lepton And Kirkheaton Surgeries (700 m), with Rowlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Gallery Hairdressers and Treatment Rooms is 1.7 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, 8.0 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 85% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 76% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 10 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 6 restaurants and cafés, 16 pubs and bars.
Reliance Precision is the closest café or restaurant (700 m), and Rowley Hill Working Mens Club the nearest pub (200 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Much of it is protected: 31% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Kirkburton, Farnley Tyas).
There are 85 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 42% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Pony Park, 1.9 km away; for exercise, BigBox Gym Huddersfield (2.1 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.8 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 28 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 47 km.
9 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crow Trees | II | 10 m |
| 63, Rowley Lane | II | 80 m |
| 37, Rowley Lane | II | 110 m |
| 6 and 8, Rowley Hill | II | 190 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.
Huddersfield constituency: Harpreet Uppal MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 4,533 (11.3%), turnout 52%. Vote shares: Labour 38%, Green Party 26%, Conservative 16%, Reform UK 15%.
9 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 HD8 0JG →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 46% of households own their home outright.
It's young: 22% of residents are aged 15–29.
There's a sizeable student population: 16% of adults were full-time students in 2021.
The nearest university is University of Huddersfield, 4.6 km away (TEF Gold).
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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Kirklees 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 106 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 2 of 81 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 | 0.5% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 92.8% | 93.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.2% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.1% | 4.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.2% | 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: Formby · about 80 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 58 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.