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On Melbourne Street, in Orsmgill & Hindpool
What it's like at LA14 5TT: every home that has sold on Melbourne 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates). 4 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 Melbourne Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
12 of the 61 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Melbourne StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2026 | £85,000 | 77 m² | £1,104/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7, Melbourne StreetTerraced | Nov 2004 | £50,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 9, Melbourne StreetTerraced | Feb 2011 | £48,000 | 72 m² | £667/m² | 1 |
| 11, Melbourne StreetTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2024 | £80,000 | 70 m² | £1,143/m² | 2 |
| 13, Melbourne StreetTerraced | Aug 2020 | £98,000 | 73 m² | £1,342/m² | 3 |
| 15, Melbourne StreetTerraced | Aug 2009 | £78,000 | 76 m² | £1,026/m² | 2 |
| 17, Melbourne StreetTerraced | Feb 2022 | £84,500 | 76 m² | £1,112/m² | 3 |
| 19, Melbourne StreetTerraced | Mar 2026 | £107,500 | 81 m² | £1,327/m² | 2 |
| 21, Melbourne StreetTerraced | Sept 2018 | £40,000 | 77 m² | £519/m² | 1 |
| 23, Melbourne StreetTerraced | May 2015 | £30,000 | 69 m² | £435/m² | 1 |
| 25, Melbourne StreetTerraced | Jun 2010 | £20,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, Melbourne StreetTerraced · company-owned | Sept 2023 | £80,500 | 80 m² | £1,006/m² | 2 |
| 29, Melbourne StreetTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2005 | £50,000 | 80 m² | £625/m² | 1 |
| 31, Melbourne StreetTerraced | Feb 2022 | £82,000 | 80 m² | £1,025/m² | 4 |
| 33, Melbourne StreetTerraced | Nov 2019 | £49,000 | 71 m² | £690/m² | 1 |
| 35, Melbourne StreetTerraced | Jun 2014 | £64,500 | 77 m² | £838/m² | 4 |
| 39, Melbourne StreetTerraced | Sept 2014 | £67,000 | 73 m² | £918/m² | 2 |
| 41, Melbourne StreetTerraced | Jun 2021 | £90,000 | 76 m² | £1,184/m² | 2 |
| 43, Melbourne StreetTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2023 | £80,750 | 65 m² | £1,242/m² | 4 |
| 45, Melbourne StreetTerraced | Jul 2019 | £70,000 | 72 m² | £972/m² | 2 |
| 49, Melbourne StreetTerraced | Feb 2023 | £100,000 | 74 m² | £1,351/m² | 6 |
| 51, Melbourne StreetTerraced | Jun 2014 | £45,000 | 72 m² | £625/m² | 1 |
| 53, Melbourne StreetTerraced | Jun 2010 | £70,000 | 73 m² | £959/m² | 3 |
| 55, Melbourne StreetTerraced | Feb 2022 | £96,750 | 80 m² | £1,209/m² | 3 |
| 57, Melbourne StreetTerraced | Jan 2021 | £76,250 | 72 m² | £1,059/m² | 6 |
| 59, Melbourne StreetTerraced | Mar 2017 | £39,500 | 71 m² | £556/m² | 1 |
| 61, Melbourne StreetTerraced | Aug 2015 | £73,000 | 79 m² | £924/m² | 4 |
| 65, Melbourne StreetTerraced | Jan 2020 | £63,000 | 75 m² | £840/m² | 3 |
| 67, Melbourne StreetTerraced | May 2019 | £74,000 | 72 m² | £1,028/m² | 5 |
| 69, Melbourne StreetTerraced | Apr 2025 | £105,000 | 72 m² | £1,458/m² | 3 |
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 5-minute walk (550 m), with 590k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Millom.
The nearest bus stop is St James Vicarage, 150 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (routes 4, 7); 21 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
41% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Brisbane Park Infant School, a few minutes' walk (150 m).
The closest top-rated primary is Victoria Academy (0.6 km).
The nearest secondary is Furness Academy, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 42.4 · 5.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Farm Foods, 200 m away; KLM Stores (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Family Practice (450 m), with Cowards Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Clomaná is 450 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.
Stollers Furniture World is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Royal British Legion Club the nearest pub (400 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, 250 m away; for exercise, FAB Health Club (550 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.
40 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St James | II* | 80 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%.
7 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 5TT →
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 61 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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 55 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 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.