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On Hall Lane, in Bickerstaffe & Newburgh
What it's like at L40 5UG: every home that has sold on Hall Lane 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.
Sales and extensions on Hall Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 39 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| Silcock House, Hall LaneDetached | Oct 2014 | £395,000 | 233 m² | £1,695/m² | 3 |
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From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Burscough Junction, a short drive or bike ride (1.9 km), with 51k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Ormskirk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 45 minutes away by public transport (18 by car).
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Ormskirk Lathom Park Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 50% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Burscough Priory Academy, 2.4 km away; Attainment 8: 48.8 · 11.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 10% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Spar Store, 900 m away, with Taylors Farm Shop closer still (800 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Burscough Family Practice (2.4 km), with Fishlocks Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (2.6 km).
For a haircut, Lynn Isherwood is 2.6 km away.
The nearest full A&E is University Hospital Aintree, 12 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 48% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 63% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 11 restaurants and cafés, 9 pubs and bars.
Ormskirk Golf Club is the closest café or restaurant (1.1 km), and The Ship Inn the nearest pub (1.6 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 30 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 104 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 48% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
It's growing: about 155 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Richmond Park, 2.0 km away; for exercise, Burscough Racquet & Fitness Centre (2.8 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 25 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 43 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 51% of households own their home outright.
It's young: 30% of residents are aged 15–29.
2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| the Croppers | II | 0 m |
| the Rookery, with Attached Coach House | II | 130 m |
| Lathom War Memorial | II | 150 m |
| Preston Lodge North with Attached Screen Wall and Gate | II | 150 m |
| Preston Lodge South with Attached Screen Wall and Gate | II | 160 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.
West Lancashire constituency: Ashley Dalton MP (Labour), since February 2023. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 13,625 (30.8%), turnout 60%. Vote shares: Labour 51%, Conservative 20%, Reform UK 18%, Green Party 7%.
2 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 L40 5UG →
This is a student area: 26% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 census, so expect shared houses, busy term times and quiet summers.
The nearest university is Edge Hill University, 4.1 km away (TEF Silver).
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.
On this street: 1 of 25 homes with certificates have solar panels, 2 a heat pump, and 7 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.3% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 67.8% | 90.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 21.7% | 4.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.1% | 4.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 59 min
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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 39 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.