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On Spring Head, in Northowram & Shelf
What it's like at HX3 7NS: every home that has sold on Spring Head 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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1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Spring Head; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 20 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Spring HeadSemi-detached | Aug 2009 | £97,000 | 49 m² | £1,980/m² | 1 |
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| 5, Spring HeadTerraced | Mar 2025 | £150,000 | 57 m² | £2,632/m² | 5 |
| 6, Spring HeadTerraced | Nov 1998 | £40,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Spring HeadTerraced | Mar 2002 | £48,000 | 57 m² | £842/m² | 1 |
| 8, Spring HeadTerraced | Oct 2025 | £175,000 | 77 m² | £2,273/m² | 3 |
| 9, Spring HeadTerraced | Nov 2017 | £105,000 | 80 m² | £1,313/m² | 4 |
| 10, Spring HeadTerraced | May 2017 | £98,500 | 71 m² | £1,387/m² | 5 |
| 11, Spring HeadTerraced | Mar 2017 | £61,500 | 77 m² | £799/m² | 1 |
| 12, Spring HeadTerraced | Feb 2002 | £48,500 | 65 m² | £746/m² | 2 |
| 14, Spring HeadTerraced | Aug 2022 | £124,500 | 65 m² | £1,915/m² | 1 |
| 15, Spring HeadTerraced | Dec 2005 | £107,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Spring HeadTerraced | Nov 2025 | £159,100 | 72 m² | £2,210/m² | 1 |
| 17, Spring HeadTerraced | Oct 2020 | £109,000 | 65 m² | £1,677/m² | 1 |
| 18, Spring HeadTerraced | Sept 1999 | £42,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 19, Spring HeadTerraced | Sept 2015 | £88,000 | 52 m² | £1,692/m² | 1 |
| 20, Spring HeadTerraced | Apr 2022 | £140,000 | 52 m² | £2,692/m² | 2 |
| 21, Spring HeadTerraced | Jan 2006 | £85,000 | 50 m² | £1,700/m² | 1 |
| 23, Spring HeadTerraced | Apr 1997 | £40,500 | 64 m² | £633/m² | 1 |
| 24, Spring HeadTerraced | Nov 2021 | £96,000 | 48 m² | £2,000/m² | 3 |
| 25, Spring HeadTerraced | Jun 2023 | £125,000 | 55 m² | £2,273/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Halifax, a drive away (4.1 km), with 1.8m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Broad Ings Way, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 526); 32 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Shelf Junior and Infant School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 48% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Northowram Primary School (0.9 km).
The nearest secondary is Buttershaw Business & Enterprise College Academy, 2.2 km away; Attainment 8: 36.6 · 5.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Trinity Academy Halifax (3.4 km) and Dixons Kings Academy (5.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The North Halifax Grammar School (4 km) and The Crossley Heath School (5.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Lidl, 1.0 km away, with Future Manufacturing closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Northowram Surgery (1.3 km), with Shelf Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Tattenwall's Barbers Shop is 2.8 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Calderdale Royal Hospital, 5.2 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: 5 restaurants and cafés, 11 pubs and bars.
Denmans Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Bottomleys Arms the nearest pub (400 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 51 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 49 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 24% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Shelf Hall Park, 250 m away; for exercise, Old Brodleians RUFC (2.3 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 17 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 53 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
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.
18 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.
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%.
10 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 7NS →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Spring Head in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Formby · about 81 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 44 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 17 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 | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 95.8% | 90.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.0% | 1.0% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.8% | 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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