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On Fern Avenue, in Meltham
What it's like at HD9 5PX: every home that has sold on Fern 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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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 Fern Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 10 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Fern AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 1996 | £68,000 | 142 m² | £479/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Fern AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2013 | £144,500 | 56 m² | £2,580/m² | 2 |
| 4, Fern AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2007 | £152,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 5, Fern AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2026 | £208,000 | 58 m² | £3,586/m² | 2 |
| 6, Fern AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 1999 | £56,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 7, Fern AvenueDetached | Jun 2001 | £89,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Fern AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2020 | £167,000 | 55 m² | £3,036/m² | 2 |
| 10, Fern AvenueDetached | Jun 2019 | £170,000 | 60 m² | £2,833/m² | 1 |
| 12, Fern AvenueDetached | Oct 2023 | £275,000 | 77 m² | £3,571/m² | 2 |
| 14, Fern AvenueDetached | Jun 2005 | £162,000 | – | – | 1 |
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 (3.3 km), with 235k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Huddersfield.
The nearest bus stop is Fern Avenue, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 335); 14 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Meltham Moor Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 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, 3.0 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, 800 m away, with Helme Lane Off Licence and Convenience Grocer closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Meltham Group Practice (750 m), with Medicines2home.Com the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, Hair Design is 650 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 (850 m), and Travellers Rest the nearest pub (400 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, 1.4 km away; for exercise, West Nab Shooting Lodge (1.8 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.
7 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 5PX →
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" Fern Avenue in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 6 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% | 1.1% |
| 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.
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.