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On Oak Tree Road, in Kendal East & Whinfell
What it's like at LA9 6AN: every home that has sold on Oak Tree Road 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).
Sales and extensions on Oak Tree Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 28 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Oak Tree RoadDetached · company-owned | Jul 2019 | £485,000 | 216 m² | £2,245/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Oak Tree RoadDetached | Apr 1999 | £93,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Oak Tree RoadDetached | Jul 2012 | £260,000 | 93 m² | £2,796/m² | 2 |
| 6, Oak Tree RoadDetached | Jan 1995 | £81,260 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Oak Tree RoadDetached | Sept 2021 | £270,000 | 76 m² | £3,553/m² | 1 |
| 8, Oak Tree RoadDetached | Nov 2023 | £340,000 | 117 m² | £2,906/m² | 3 |
| 9, Oak Tree RoadDetached | Jan 2012 | £215,000 | 76 m² | £2,829/m² | 1 |
| 10, Oak Tree RoadDetached | Aug 2008 | £250,000 | 93 m² | £2,688/m² | 1 |
| 11, Oak Tree RoadDetached | Mar 2021 | £312,500 | 79 m² | £3,956/m² | 2 |
| 12, Oak Tree RoadDetached | Oct 2006 | £265,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, Oak Tree RoadDetached | Jul 1997 | £110,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Oak Tree RoadDetached | Jul 1997 | £88,000 | 75 m² | £1,173/m² | 1 |
| 16, Oak Tree RoadDetached | Aug 2026 | £410,000 | 123 m² | £3,333/m² | 2 |
| 17, Oak Tree RoadDetached | Jul 2019 | £255,000 | 69 m² | £3,696/m² | 1 |
| 19, Oak Tree RoadDetached | Nov 2005 | £280,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Oak Tree RoadDetached | Jul 2021 | £302,500 | 82 m² | £3,689/m² | 1 |
| 22, Oak Tree RoadDetached | Feb 2025 | £315,000 | 79 m² | £3,987/m² | 2 |
| 23, Oak Tree RoadDetached | Apr 2022 | £320,000 | 84 m² | £3,810/m² | 1 |
| 24, Oak Tree RoadDetached | Sept 2025 | £382,500 | 107 m² | £3,575/m² | 4 |
| 28, Oak Tree RoadDetached | Apr 2006 | £265,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 30, Oak Tree RoadDetached | Jul 2012 | £285,000 | 92 m² | £3,098/m² | 1 |
| 31, Oak Tree RoadDetached | Feb 2022 | £555,000 | 169 m² | £3,284/m² | 2 |
| 33, Oak Tree RoadDetached | Jul 2013 | £270,000 | 107 m² | £2,523/m² | 1 |
| 35, Oak Tree RoadDetached | Oct 2012 | £310,000 | 120 m² | £2,583/m² | 2 |
| 37, Oak Tree RoadDetached | Jun 2024 | £410,000 | 123 m² | £3,333/m² | 1 |
| 39, Oak Tree RoadDetached | Mar 2024 | £190,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 47, Oak Tree RoadDetached | May 2002 | £164,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 49, Oak Tree RoadDetached | Jul 2009 | £257,500 | 98 m² | £2,628/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Kendal, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 180k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Windermere.
The nearest bus stop is Castle Green Lane, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 42A); 4 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Castle Park School, a few minutes' walk (100 m); 66% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Queen Katherine School, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 48.8 · 14.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 12% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Lidl Great Britain, 1.2 km away, with Castle Stores closer still (700 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Station House Surgery (1.1 km), with Boots the closest pharmacy (1.5 km).
For a haircut, Style is 1.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Lancaster Infirmary, 35 km away, rated requires improvement 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 8 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Castle Green Hotel is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and Alexander's the nearest pub (550 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 34 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 124 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 39% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 22% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Castle Hill, 750 m away; for exercise, Calm & Control (1.2 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 2.9 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Teesside is 84 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 113 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 53% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 29% 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.
7 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Littleholme | II | 190 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.
Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency: Tim Farron MP (Liberal Democrat), since May 2005. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 21,472 (43.3%), turnout 69%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 63%, Conservative 19%, Reform UK 10%, Labour 5%.
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 LA9 6AN →
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 28 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Morecambe South · about 46 min
Nearest: Windermere, Millerground Landing · about 37 min
Nearest: Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway · about 39 min
Nearest: Lakeland Wildlife Oasis · about 32 min
Nearest: Cartmel Racecourse · about 40 min
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 20 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 | 1.9% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.5% | 2.0% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 70.2% | 74.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 20.0% | 12.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.7% | 9.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.2% | 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.