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On Rawson Street North, in Central Halifax & Boothtown
What it's like at HX3 6PU: every home that has sold on Rawson Street North 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.
Nothing recorded on this street or nearby yet.
Sales and extensions on Rawson Street North; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
| 1, Rawson Street NorthTerraced | Oct 2014 | £48,000 | 66 m² | £727/m² | 2 |
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The nearest station is Halifax, a short drive or bike ride (1.8 km), with 1.8m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Trinity Academy, 50 m away, with a bus about every 11 minutes on weekdays (routes 576, 22); 56 departures an hour from the 15 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 15 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
46% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Trinity Academy Akroydon, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 55% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Parkinson Lane Community Primary School (1.6 km).
The nearest secondary is Trinity Academy Halifax, 2.0 km away; Attainment 8: 44.5 · 5.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: The Crossley Heath School (2.1 km) and The North Halifax Grammar School (3.5 km).
Few families with young children: only 15% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Lidl, 750 m away, with Boothtown News & Booze closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Caritas Group Practice (600 m), with Boothtown Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, The Hairloom is 850 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Calderdale Royal Hospital, 2.5 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: 101 restaurants and cafés and 35 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Bankfield Museum is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and The Flying Dutchman the nearest pub (200 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (34 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 485 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 50% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Halifax Town Centre Conservation Area, Akroydon).
There are 147 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 47% flats and 5% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 257 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
32 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 6-24, Salisbury Place | II | 50 m |
| 51, Boothtown Road, 2 and 4, Salisbury Place | II | 50 m |
| 26-40, Salisbury Place | II | 90 m |
| 37-55, Salisbury Place | II | 130 m |
| 42-60, Salisbury Place | II | 140 m |
| 1-9, Beverley Place | II | 150 m |
| 1-19, Salisbury Terrace | II | 150 m |
| Victoria Memorial | II | 160 m |
| 62-64, Salisbury Place | II | 170 m |
| 29-43, Ripon Terrace | II | 180 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%.
7 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 6PU →
The nearest park is Akroyd Park, 150 m away; for exercise, North Bridge Leisure Centre (1.1 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 20 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 50 km.
Many neighbours rent: 35% of households rent privately and 24% socially.
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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Rawson Street North in the last 12 months.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.4% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 74.5% | 90.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 1.0% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 24.6% | 7.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.4% | 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.
Nearest: Formby · about 76 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 45 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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