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On Penrith Street, in Barrow Central
What it's like at LA14 2BP: every home that has sold on Penrith 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Penrith Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
4 of the 31 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Penrith StreetTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2019 | £39,000 | 77 m² | £506/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Penrith StreetTerraced | Jun 2008 | £80,000 | 46 m² | £1,739/m² | 3 |
| 4, Penrith StreetTerraced | Nov 2013 | £20,000 | 65 m² | £308/m² | 1 |
| 5, Penrith StreetTerraced | Jun 2023 | £57,000 | 46 m² | £1,239/m² | 4 |
| 6, Penrith StreetTerraced | Dec 2007 | £39,000 | 65 m² | £600/m² | 1 |
| 7, Penrith StreetTerraced | Sept 2002 | £24,500 | 73 m² | £336/m² | 2 |
| 9, Penrith StreetTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2026 | £46,000 | 69 m² | £667/m² | 5 |
| 10, Penrith StreetTerraced | Jan 2019 | £64,000 | 71 m² | £901/m² | 3 |
| 11, Penrith StreetTerraced | Nov 2025 | £51,000 | 66 m² | £773/m² | 2 |
| 12, Penrith StreetTerraced | Jul 2004 | £35,000 | 66 m² | £530/m² | 3 |
| 13, Penrith StreetTerraced · company-owned | Apr 2016 | £57,000 | 67 m² | £851/m² | 2 |
| 14, Penrith StreetTerraced | Aug 2002 | £11,600 | 64 m² | £181/m² | 1 |
| 15, Penrith StreetTerraced | Jan 2000 | £26,950 | 99 m² | £272/m² | 1 |
| 16, Penrith StreetTerraced | Sept 2023 | £60,000 | 66 m² | £909/m² | 2 |
| 17, Penrith StreetTerraced | May 1995 | £20,000 | 91 m² | £220/m² | 1 |
| 19, Penrith StreetTerraced | Jun 2021 | £45,000 | 70 m² | £643/m² | 1 |
| 20, Penrith StreetTerraced | Sept 2006 | £70,000 | 78 m² | £897/m² | 4 |
| 21, Penrith StreetTerraced | Feb 2006 | £40,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 22, Penrith StreetTerraced | Apr 2013 | £36,500 | 68 m² | £537/m² | 2 |
| 23, Penrith StreetSemi-detached | Sept 2006 | £54,500 | 71 m² | £768/m² | 1 |
| 24, Penrith StreetTerraced | Nov 1995 | £10,000 | 76 m² | £132/m² | 1 |
| 25, Penrith StreetTerraced | Nov 2018 | £45,000 | 70 m² | £643/m² | 2 |
| 26, Penrith StreetTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2024 | £67,500 | 72 m² | £938/m² | 4 |
| 27, Penrith StreetTerraced | Jan 2008 | £58,800 | 79 m² | £744/m² | 3 |
| 28, Penrith StreetTerraced | Sept 2021 | £71,500 | 73 m² | £979/m² | 2 |
| 29, Penrith StreetTerraced | Dec 1996 | £16,750 | – | – | 1 |
| 30, Penrith StreetTerraced | Apr 2010 | £60,000 | 77 m² | £779/m² | 2 |
| 32, Penrith StreetTerraced | May 2015 | £81,000 | 64 m² | £1,266/m² | 3 |
| 33, Penrith StreetTerraced | Dec 2017 | £38,500 | 70 m² | £550/m² | 3 |
| 34, Penrith StreetTerraced | May 2026 | £83,000 | 67 m² | £1,239/m² | 2 |
| 38, Penrith StreetTerraced | Aug 2007 | £57,500 | 71 m² | £810/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Barrow-in-Furness, about a 10-minute walk (900 m), with 590k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Millom.
The nearest bus stop is Greengate Junior School, 100 m away, with a bus about every 25 minutes on weekdays (routes 4, E); 25 departures an hour from the 8 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.
54% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Greengate Junior School, a few minutes' walk (100 m); 60% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Victoria Academy (1.5 km).
The nearest secondary is Furness Academy, 800 m away; Attainment 8: 42.4 · 5.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is B & M Bargains, 450 m away, with The Bakery closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Abbey Road Surgery (450 m), with Murray'S Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (50 m).
For a haircut, Furness Salon is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Furness General Hospital, 2.8 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 60% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 69% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 36 restaurants and cafés and 22 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Barrow & District Disability Association is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and The Waterloo the nearest pub (150 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (34 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 317 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 43 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 19% flats and 3% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 83% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is The Old Bakery Gardens, 550 m away; for exercise, Park Leisure Centre (650 m).
The beach is on your doorstep: Walney Sandy Gap, 2.8 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 90 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 105 km.
56 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 113-119, Rawlinson Street | II | 120 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.
Barrow and Furness constituency: Michelle Scrogham MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 5,324 (12.6%), turnout 56%. Vote shares: Labour 44%, Conservative 31%, Reform UK 17%, Liberal Democrat 4%.
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 LA14 2BP →
Many neighbours rent: 38% of households rent privately and 17% socially.
It's young: 21% of residents are aged 15–29.
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: 0 of 29 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.2% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 2.0% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.7% | 74.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 12.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.9% | 9.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.3% | 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Westmorland and Furness 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 31 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Windermere, Fellfoot · about 31 min
Nearest: Hill Top Farm · about 31 min
Nearest: Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway · about 31 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.