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On Friendly Street, in Ovenden East
What it's like at HX3 5QE: every home that has sold on Friendly Street 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 Friendly Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 11 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Friendly StreetTerraced | Jul 2016 | £35,000 | 93 m² | £376/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Friendly StreetTerraced | Jul 2014 | £37,000 | 94 m² | £394/m² | 1 |
| 4, Friendly StreetTerraced | Feb 2021 | £90,000 | 87 m² | £1,034/m² | 2 |
| 5, Friendly StreetTerraced · company-owned | Apr 2023 | £80,000 | 86 m² | £930/m² | 4 |
| 6, Friendly StreetTerraced | May 2013 | £50,000 | 93 m² | £538/m² | 1 |
| 7, Friendly StreetTerraced | Mar 2012 | £51,000 | 80 m² | £638/m² | 2 |
| 8, Friendly StreetTerraced · company-owned | Sept 2022 | £60,000 | 85 m² | £706/m² | 3 |
| 10, Friendly StreetTerraced | Jul 2025 | £105,000 | 90 m² | £1,167/m² | 3 |
| 11, Friendly StreetTerraced | Nov 2018 | £60,000 | 66 m² | £909/m² | 2 |
| 12, Friendly StreetTerraced | Jun 2007 | £75,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, Friendly StreetTerraced | Mar 1996 | £28,500 | 73 m² | £390/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 short drive or bike ride (2.4 km), with 1.8m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Lentilfield Street, 100 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (routes 522, 523, 526, 502); 82 departures an hour from the 17 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Lee Mount Academy, about a 5-minute walk (500 m); 61% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Trinity Academy Halifax, 1.7 km away; Attainment 8: 44.5 · 5.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: The North Halifax Grammar School (1.9 km) and The Crossley Heath School (3 km).
It's a family area: 23% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is One Beyond, 1.1 km away, with Johal Brothers closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Beechwood Medical Centre (750 m), with Ovenden Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, The Hairloom is 1.3 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Calderdale Royal Hospital, 4.0 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 7 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Cafe Sports is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Friendly Inn the nearest pub (50 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (8 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 130 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 10% flats and 8% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Akroyd Park, 550 m away; for exercise, North Bridge Leisure Centre (1.6 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 20 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 50 km.
Most households own their home, 24% 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.
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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 4 and 6, Friendly Fold Road | II | 50 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.
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%.
8 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 HX3 5QE →
On this street: 0 of 9 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% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.1% | 90.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 1.0% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.3% | 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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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 11 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Formby · about 78 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 43 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.