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On Chester Street, in Orsmgill & Hindpool
What it's like at LA14 4AL: every home that has sold on Chester 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 Chester Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
6 of the 27 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 14, Chester StreetSemi-detached | May 2024 | £190,000 | 132 m² | £1,439/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17, Chester StreetTerraced | May 2020 | £60,000 | 82 m² | £732/m² | 1 |
| 18, Chester StreetSemi-detached | Oct 2017 | £127,500 | 89 m² | £1,433/m² | 3 |
| 19, Chester StreetTerraced | Jun 2022 | £84,000 | 78 m² | £1,077/m² | 5 |
| 21, Chester StreetTerraced | Sept 2003 | £30,450 | – | – | 2 |
| 22, Chester StreetSemi-detached | Jul 2015 | £115,000 | 77 m² | £1,494/m² | 1 |
| 23, Chester StreetTerraced | May 2024 | £182,000 | 80 m² | £2,275/m² | 6 |
| 24, Chester StreetSemi-detached | Sept 2020 | £137,000 | 76 m² | £1,803/m² | 1 |
| 25, Chester StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2022 | £65,000 | 77 m² | £844/m² | 6 |
| 27, Chester StreetTerraced | May 2003 | £27,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 28, Chester StreetSemi-detached | Mar 1997 | £34,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 29, Chester StreetTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2025 | £57,000 | 81 m² | £704/m² | 1 |
| 31, Chester StreetTerraced | Aug 2022 | £85,000 | 58 m² | £1,466/m² | 2 |
| 32, Chester StreetSemi-detached | Feb 1999 | £25,000 | 80 m² | £313/m² | 2 |
| 33, Chester StreetTerraced | Dec 1998 | £16,750 | – | – | 2 |
| 35, Chester StreetTerraced | Sept 2005 | £57,500 | 84 m² | £685/m² | 1 |
| 36, Chester StreetTerraced | Sept 2019 | £139,950 | 89 m² | £1,572/m² | 2 |
| 39, Chester StreetTerraced | Apr 2005 | £54,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 41, Chester StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2022 | £64,299 | 81 m² | £794/m² | 3 |
| 43, Chester StreetTerraced | Feb 2026 | £89,950 | 81 m² | £1,110/m² | 6 |
| 45, Chester StreetTerraced | May 2004 | £45,000 | 81 m² | £556/m² | 3 |
| 47, Chester StreetTerraced · company-owned | Sept 2004 | £57,000 | 82 m² | £695/m² | 3 |
| 49, Chester StreetTerraced · company-owned | Apr 2022 | £75,000 | 80 m² | £938/m² | 2 |
| 51, Chester StreetTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2018 | £38,000 | 81 m² | £469/m² | 1 |
| 55, Chester StreetTerraced | May 2019 | £67,500 | 92 m² | £734/m² | 2 |
| 59, Chester StreetTerraced | Dec 1999 | £26,000 | 87 m² | £299/m² | 1 |
| 61, Chester StreetTerraced | Aug 2006 | £87,000 | 117 m² | £744/m² | 1 |
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, a short drive or bike ride (1.7 km), with 590k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Millom.
The nearest bus stop is Hotel, 200 m away, with a bus about every 16 minutes on weekdays (routes 3, S3); 23 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
41% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St Pius X Catholic Primary School, Barrow, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 48% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Victoria Academy (0.6 km).
The nearest secondary is Chetwynde School, 1.8 km away; Attainment 8: 44.2 · 5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Co-op, 1.4 km away, with Ormsgill Community Fridge closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Norwood Medical Centre (1.8 km), with Asda Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.4 km).
For a haircut, Paul French is 800 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Furness General Hospital, 1.9 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 19 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
Ormsgill Community Centre is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Ormsgill Hotel the nearest pub (300 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (15 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 184 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 18 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 24% flats and 4% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Hindpool Urban Park, 1.9 km away; for exercise, Barrow Community Gym (750 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Walney Sandy Gap, 3.5 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 4.6 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 92 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 107 km.
Most households own their home, 17% 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.
11 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.
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%.
9 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 4AL →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Chester Street in the last 12 months.
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 22 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 | 0.7% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 2.0% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.6% | 74.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.5% | 12.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.5% | 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.