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On Portland Crescent, in Hawcoat & Furness Abbey
What it's like at LA14 4ET: every home that has sold on Portland Crescent 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Portland Crescent; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 58 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Portland CrescentDetached | Nov 2017 | £160,500 | 63 m² | £2,548/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £217,000 | 62 m² | £3,500/m² | 2 |
| 6, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Sept 2001 | £79,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Oct 2018 | £175,000 | 62 m² | £2,823/m² | 1 |
| 10, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | May 2026 | £225,000 | 86 m² | £2,616/m² | 2 |
| 12, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Dec 2020 | £225,000 | 69 m² | £3,261/m² | 2 |
| 14, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Nov 2009 | £182,000 | 127 m² | £1,433/m² | 2 |
| 16, Portland CrescentDetached | Apr 2000 | £80,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Oct 2010 | £168,000 | 62 m² | £2,710/m² | 1 |
| 20, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Oct 2003 | £97,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 22, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Mar 2005 | £132,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 24, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | May 2005 | £119,995 | 62 m² | £1,935/m² | 1 |
| 26, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Feb 2018 | £190,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 28, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | May 2006 | £145,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 30, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | May 2021 | £184,250 | 79 m² | £2,332/m² | 3 |
| 38, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Dec 2025 | £216,000 | 96 m² | £2,250/m² | 3 |
| 42, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Jun 2011 | £144,000 | 66 m² | £2,182/m² | 1 |
| 44, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Jul 2007 | £158,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 46, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Oct 2001 | £66,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 50, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Feb 2018 | £179,950 | 62 m² | £2,902/m² | 1 |
| 52, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Nov 2023 | £210,000 | 69 m² | £3,043/m² | 3 |
| 54, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Oct 2022 | £312,000 | 126 m² | £2,476/m² | 3 |
| 56, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Jul 2023 | £289,950 | 106 m² | £2,735/m² | 3 |
| 58, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Aug 1999 | £55,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 60, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Aug 2017 | £184,950 | 61 m² | £3,032/m² | 2 |
| 62, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Aug 2021 | £168,000 | 62 m² | £2,710/m² | 1 |
| 64, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Mar 2026 | £207,500 | 74 m² | £2,804/m² | 2 |
| 66, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Mar 2019 | £180,000 | 94 m² | £1,915/m² | 1 |
| 68, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Jan 2001 | £72,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 70, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Aug 2020 | £230,000 | 72 m² | £3,194/m² | 2 |
| 72, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Dec 2001 | £86,000 | 74 m² | £1,162/m² | 1 |
| 74, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Apr 2005 | £138,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 78, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Mar 2026 | £260,000 | 98 m² | £2,653/m² | 2 |
| 80, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Jun 1996 | £54,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 82, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Oct 2006 | £190,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 84, Portland CrescentSemi-detached | Mar 2016 | £190,000 | 96 m² | £1,979/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 (2.0 km), with 590k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Millom.
The nearest bus stop is Dane Avenue, 150 m away, with a bus about every 25 minutes on weekdays (routes 6A, 6); 44 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Dane Ghyll Community Primary School and Nursery, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 65% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Victoria Academy (1.1 km).
The nearest secondary is Chetwynde School, 850 m away; Attainment 8: 44.2 · 5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co-op, 950 m away, with Lakes Parade Stores closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Norwood Medical Centre (1.9 km), with Cohens Chemist the closest pharmacy (1.5 km).
For a haircut, Paul French is 400 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Furness General Hospital, 300 m 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: 2 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Morcambe Bay NHS Foundation is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and Bay Horse the nearest pub (300 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 50 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 26 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 4% flats and 30% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
Bungalow country: 32% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Barrow Park, 2.0 km away; for exercise, Barrow Community Gym (750 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Walney Sandy Gap, 5.0 km away, was rated good for water quality in 2025.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 3.4 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 92 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 106 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 58% of households own their home outright.
24 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%.
13 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 4ET →
It's an older community: 32% are 65 or over.
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.
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 41 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 5 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 2.0% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.3% | 74.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 12.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.3% | 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 58 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.