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On Birmingham Lane, in Meltham
What it's like at HD9 5LH: every home that has sold on Birmingham 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.
Sales and extensions on Birmingham Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 23 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 3, Birmingham LaneDetached | Feb 1998 | £80,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Birmingham LaneSemi-detached | Aug 1995 | £68,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Birmingham LaneTerraced | Oct 2014 | £145,000 | 80 m² | £1,813/m² | 2 |
| 11, Birmingham LaneSemi-detached | Oct 2013 | £210,000 | 127 m² | £1,654/m² | 1 |
| 12, Birmingham LaneSemi-detached | Apr 2004 | £115,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Birmingham LaneDetached | Feb 2024 | £390,000 | 125 m² | £3,120/m² | 2 |
| 16, Birmingham LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2004 | £160,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 17, Birmingham LaneSemi-detached | Mar 2015 | £250,000 | 131 m² | £1,908/m² | 2 |
| 20, Birmingham LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2006 | £162,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 21, Birmingham LaneSemi-detached | Nov 2024 | £320,000 | 87 m² | £3,678/m² | 2 |
| 22, Birmingham LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2000 | £62,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 24, Birmingham LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2001 | £76,950 | 111 m² | £693/m² | 2 |
| 25, Birmingham LaneSemi-detached | Sept 2017 | £265,000 | 100 m² | £2,650/m² | 2 |
| 26, Birmingham LaneSemi-detached | May 2008 | £183,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, Birmingham LaneSemi-detached | Mar 2000 | £88,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 28, Birmingham LaneSemi-detached | Dec 2021 | £290,000 | 112 m² | £2,589/m² | 3 |
| 30, Birmingham LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2014 | £150,000 | 93 m² | £1,613/m² | 2 |
| 32, Birmingham LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2022 | £290,000 | 104 m² | £2,788/m² | 2 |
| 34, Birmingham LaneOther | Oct 2017 | £2,000 | 136 m² | £15/m² | 3 |
| 36, Birmingham LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2018 | £231,500 | 122 m² | £1,898/m² | 2 |
| 38, Birmingham LaneSemi-detached | Mar 2024 | £297,000 | 108 m² | £2,750/m² | 3 |
| 42, Birmingham LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2015 | £150,000 | 85 m² | £1,765/m² | 2 |
| 51, Birmingham LaneDetached | Oct 2017 | £281,000 | 123 m² | £2,285/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Slaithwaite, a drive away (3.4 km), with 235k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Huddersfield.
The nearest bus stop is Fern Avenue, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 335); 13 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Meltham Moor Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 90% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Colne Valley High School, 3.2 km away; Attainment 8: 42.4 · 9.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Moor End Academy (4.8 km) and Holmfirth High School (5.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Crossley Heath School (13.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Morrisons, 850 m away, with Helme Lane Off Licence and Convenience Grocer closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Meltham Group Practice (800 m), with Medicines2home.Com the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, Hair Design is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, 7.3 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, 10 pubs and bars.
Kosy Kitchen is the closest café or restaurant (800 m), and Travellers Rest the nearest pub (450 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 66 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 61 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 9% flats and 32% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 154 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Robert Ashton Memorial Park, 1.5 km away; for exercise, West Nab Shooting Lodge (1.6 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.8 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 33 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 39 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% of households own their home outright.
8 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%.
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 HD9 5LH →
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.
On this street: 0 of 15 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 | 1.1% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.2% | 93.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.7% | 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.
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 23 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Formby · about 82 min
Nearest: Hathersage Outdoor Swimming Pool · about 61 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.