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On Royds Avenue, in Holmfirth, New Mill & Hepworth
What it's like at HD9 1LJ: every home that has sold on Royds 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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Sales and extensions on Royds Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 45 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 33, Royds AvenueTerraced | Dec 2006 | £117,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35, Royds AvenueTerraced | Feb 2020 | £123,000 | 71 m² | £1,732/m² | 1 |
| 41, Royds AvenueTerraced | Jul 2007 | £85,000 | 90 m² | £944/m² | 1 |
| 47, Royds AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2015 | £110,000 | 73 m² | £1,507/m² | 3 |
| 53, Royds AvenueSemi-detached | May 2006 | £103,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 58, Royds AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2012 | £90,000 | 69 m² | £1,304/m² | 1 |
| 59, Royds AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2007 | £142,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 64, Royds AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2024 | £152,000 | 65 m² | £2,338/m² | 1 |
| 66, Royds AvenueTerraced | Jun 2007 | £110,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 68, Royds AvenueTerraced | Apr 2024 | £135,000 | 70 m² | £1,929/m² | 2 |
| 70, Royds AvenueTerraced | Feb 2022 | £140,000 | 64 m² | £2,188/m² | 2 |
| 90, Royds AvenueTerraced | Feb 2022 | £125,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 100, Royds AvenueTerraced | Nov 2021 | £165,000 | 81 m² | £2,037/m² | 1 |
| 102, Royds AvenueTerraced | Jul 2025 | £218,000 | 84 m² | £2,595/m² | 4 |
| 104, Royds AvenueTerraced | Jun 2003 | £65,000 | 82 m² | £793/m² | 2 |
| 110, Royds AvenueTerraced | Jun 2023 | £217,000 | 84 m² | £2,583/m² | 2 |
| 112, Royds AvenueTerraced | Feb 2006 | £119,950 | 86 m² | £1,395/m² | 2 |
| 116, Royds AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2025 | £172,500 | 85 m² | £2,029/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Brockholes, a short drive or bike ride (2.3 km), with 38k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Huddersfield.
The nearest bus stop is Royds Ave School, under 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route H1); 29 departures an hour from the 24 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 46 minutes away by public transport (23 by car).
The nearest primary school is New Mill Junior School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 49% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Holmfirth High School, 900 m away; Attainment 8: 58.6 · 23.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Central England Cooperative Society, 500 m away, with Abbie Mini Market closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Elmwood Family Doctors (1.3 km), with The Valley Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, The Men's Room is 1.3 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, 10 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 35 restaurants and cafés and 23 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Spice Fusion is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and The Wooldale Arms the nearest pub (450 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 58 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 194 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 5% flats and 36% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 116 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Wooldale Recreation Ground, 450 m away; for exercise, Fitness Suite (1.2 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 34 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 41 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 42% of adults have a degree.
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.
25 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.
Colne Valley constituency: Paul Davies MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 4,963 (10.7%), turnout 64%. Vote shares: Labour 41%, Conservative 30%, Reform UK 16%, Green Party 8%.
12 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 HD9 1LJ →
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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 45 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 35 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 | 1.0% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.3% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 90.6% | 93.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 3.9% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.3% | 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: Wallasey · about 87 min
Nearest: Hathersage Outdoor Swimming Pool · about 52 min
Nearest: Ponderosa Zoo · about 34 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.