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On Ainslie Street, in Orsmgill & Hindpool
What it's like at LA14 5BQ: every home that has sold on Ainslie 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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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.
9 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 3 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Ainslie Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
14 of the 163 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 134, Ainslie StreetTerraced | Nov 1996 | £31,500 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 138, Ainslie StreetTerraced · company-owned | Sept 2023 | £133,500 | 93 m² | £1,435/m² | 3 |
| 140, Ainslie StreetTerraced | Nov 2020 | £132,000 | 96 m² | £1,375/m² | 6 |
| 142, Ainslie StreetTerraced | Aug 2006 | £88,000 | 95 m² | £926/m² | 2 |
| 144, Ainslie StreetTerraced | May 2024 | £170,000 | 139 m² | £1,223/m² | 1 |
| 146, Ainslie StreetTerraced | Oct 2023 | £140,000 | 94 m² | £1,489/m² | 3 |
| 152, Ainslie StreetTerraced | Nov 2008 | £88,000 | 100 m² | £880/m² | 3 |
| 156, Ainslie StreetTerraced | Jul 2004 | £68,000 | 78 m² | £872/m² | 2 |
| 160, Ainslie StreetTerraced | Dec 2020 | £129,000 | 98 m² | £1,316/m² | 3 |
| 162, Ainslie StreetTerraced | Mar 2015 | £87,000 | 82 m² | £1,061/m² | 2 |
| 164, Ainslie StreetTerraced | Aug 2021 | £112,000 | 86 m² | £1,302/m² | 1 |
| 166, Ainslie StreetTerraced | Nov 2003 | £63,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 170, Ainslie StreetTerraced | Nov 2023 | £127,000 | 92 m² | £1,380/m² | 3 |
| 174, Ainslie StreetTerraced | Jul 2010 | £110,000 | 90 m² | £1,222/m² | 2 |
| 176, Ainslie StreetTerraced | Jun 2022 | £135,000 | 102 m² | £1,324/m² | 3 |
| 178, Ainslie StreetTerraced | Nov 2014 | £100,000 | 76 m² | £1,316/m² | 2 |
| 184, Ainslie StreetTerraced | May 2005 | £89,950 | – | – | 1 |
The nearest station is Barrow-in-Furness, a few minutes' walk (450 m), with 590k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Millom.
The nearest bus stop is Victoria Mews, 250 m away, with a bus about every 16 minutes on weekdays (route 1); 36 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
41% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Victoria Academy, about a 5-minute walk (500 m); 65% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Furness Academy, 850 m away; Attainment 8: 42.4 · 5.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Co-op, 350 m away; Daddy's Family Bakery (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Norwood Medical Centre (500 m), with Cohens Chemist the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, The Gentry is 850 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.
Cafe Express Shop is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and Tally Ho the nearest pub (350 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 The Old Bakery Gardens, 850 m away; for exercise, DS Fitness (900 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.
28 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%.
11 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 5BQ →
On this street: 2 of 117 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 6 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.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
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 163 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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