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On Union Street South, in Southowram & Siddal
What it's like at HX1 2LE: every home that has sold on Union Street South 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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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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Union Street South; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
6 of the 39 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Union Street SouthTerraced | Oct 1998 | £18,000 | 64 m² | £281/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Union Street SouthTerraced | Aug 2008 | £62,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 7, Union Street SouthTerraced | Aug 2008 | £62,500 | 116 m² | £539/m² | 2 |
| 9, Union Street SouthTerraced | Aug 2008 | £62,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Union Street SouthTerraced | Aug 2007 | £80,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, Union Street SouthTerraced · company-owned | May 2025 | £95,000 | 149 m² | £638/m² | 1 |
| 15, Union Street SouthTerraced | May 2025 | £80,000 | 146 m² | £548/m² | 1 |
| 16, Union Street SouthTerraced | Mar 2023 | £115,000 | 172 m² | £669/m² | 1 |
| 17, Union Street SouthTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2007 | £97,000 | 111 m² | £874/m² | 1 |
| 18, Union Street SouthTerraced | Jul 2015 | £70,000 | 84 m² | £833/m² | 1 |
| 19, Union Street SouthTerraced | Nov 2007 | £105,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 21, Union Street SouthTerraced | Dec 2016 | £34,000 | 67 m² | £507/m² | 3 |
| 22, Union Street SouthTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2005 | £90,000 | 54 m² | £1,667/m² | 1 |
| 23, Union Street SouthTerraced | Jul 2006 | £45,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 24, Union Street SouthTerraced | Dec 1996 | £34,500 | 104 m² | £332/m² | 1 |
| 26, Union Street SouthTerraced | Jul 2006 | £80,000 | 120 m² | £667/m² | 1 |
| The Old Woolcombers Mill, 12 - 14, Union Street SouthOther · company-owned | Jun 2019 | £420,000 | 36 m² | £11,667/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Halifax, a few minutes' walk (350 m), with 1.8m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Prescott Street, 50 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (routes 577, 561, 574, 343); 80 departures an hour from the 16 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 62% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is All Saints' CofE Primary School (1.6 km).
The nearest secondary is The Crossley Heath School, 1.6 km away; Attainment 8: 74.5 · 47.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Trinity Academy Halifax (5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Crossley Heath School (2.2 km) and The North Halifax Grammar School (5.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Asda Express PFS Halifax, 200 m away; Union Street News (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Lister Lane Surgery (650 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Gemma Cliffe Aesthetics is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Calderdale Royal Hospital, 1.1 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: 10 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Jenny's Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Three Pigeons Inn the nearest pub (100 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 104 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 39 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 12% flats and 14% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Albert Park, 500 m away; for exercise, PureGym (700 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 21 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 49 km.
Most households own their home, 23% rent privately.
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.
55 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.
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.
Halifax constituency: Kate Dearden MP (Labour (Co-op)), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 6,269 (15.6%), turnout 52%. Vote shares: Labour 35%, Conservative 20%, Reform UK 19%, Green Party 10%.
6 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 HX1 2LE →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Calderdale 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 39 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Formby · about 79 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 50 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 25 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 6 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 92.8% | 90.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 1.0% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.7% | 7.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.1% | 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.
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