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On Blackburn Road, in Barwell
What it's like at LE9 8EN: every home that has sold on Blackburn 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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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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Blackburn Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 30 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Blackburn RoadTerraced | May 2008 | £110,000 | – | – | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Blackburn RoadTerraced | Dec 2007 | £120,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 5, Blackburn RoadTerraced | Jan 2020 | £145,000 | 59 m² | £2,458/m² | 2 |
| 6, Blackburn RoadTerraced | Nov 2017 | £148,000 | 80 m² | £1,850/m² | 4 |
| 8, Blackburn RoadTerraced | Dec 2019 | £180,000 | 113 m² | £1,593/m² | 1 |
| 8a, Blackburn RoadDetached | Jul 2019 | £185,000 | 102 m² | £1,814/m² | 1 |
| 8b, Blackburn RoadDetached | Jun 2023 | £280,000 | 113 m² | £2,478/m² | 2 |
| 9, Blackburn RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2022 | £187,500 | 92 m² | £2,038/m² | 4 |
| 10, Blackburn RoadDetached | Mar 2022 | £317,000 | 116 m² | £2,733/m² | 2 |
| 11, Blackburn RoadTerraced | Mar 2015 | £117,500 | 73 m² | £1,610/m² | 3 |
| 12, Blackburn RoadDetached | Jul 2012 | £159,011 | 96 m² | £1,656/m² | 1 |
| 13, Blackburn RoadSemi-detached | May 2004 | £102,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 14, Blackburn RoadDetached | Jul 2007 | £189,950 | – | – | 3 |
| 15, Blackburn RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2016 | £184,950 | 117 m² | £1,581/m² | 1 |
| 16, Blackburn RoadSemi-detached | May 1997 | £76,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, Blackburn RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2014 | £145,000 | 102 m² | £1,422/m² | 1 |
| 18, Blackburn RoadDetached | Jul 2019 | £320,000 | 162 m² | £1,975/m² | 2 |
| 19, Blackburn RoadDetached | Nov 2014 | £207,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 24, Blackburn RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2021 | £218,000 | 82 m² | £2,659/m² | 3 |
| 26, Blackburn RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2026 | £185,000 | 78 m² | £2,372/m² | 1 |
| 27, Blackburn RoadDetached | Nov 2018 | £180,000 | 67 m² | £2,687/m² | 1 |
| 28, Blackburn RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2001 | £66,500 | 81 m² | £821/m² | 1 |
| 29, Blackburn RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2022 | £153,000 | 57 m² | £2,684/m² | 1 |
| 30, Blackburn RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2022 | £222,500 | 75 m² | £2,967/m² | 3 |
| 32, Blackburn RoadDetached | May 2013 | £198,000 | 187 m² | £1,059/m² | 2 |
| 34, Blackburn RoadDetached | Oct 2014 | £210,000 | 141 m² | £1,489/m² | 1 |
| 36, Blackburn RoadDetached | Jan 2015 | £155,000 | 92 m² | £1,685/m² | 2 |
| 38, Blackburn RoadDetached | Nov 2017 | £185,000 | 85 m² | £2,176/m² | 1 |
| 40, Blackburn RoadDetached | May 2000 | £65,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 44, Blackburn RoadDetached | Jun 2004 | £158,000 | – | – | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Hinckley, a drive away (3.8 km), with 378k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Birmingham New Street.
The nearest bus stop is Church Lane, 150 m away, with a bus about every 16 minutes on weekdays (routes 148, 158); 15 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Barwell Church of England Junior School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 48% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Heath Lane Academy, 1.6 km away; Attainment 8: 40 · 2.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 1.0 km away, with One Stop Barwell Store closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Barwell & Hollycroft Medical Centres (150 m), with Well the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Fox Hair Design is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is George Eliot NHS Hospital, 11 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 84% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 4 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Barwell Indian Cuisine is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Blacksmiths the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 63 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 11% flats and 24% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Boston Way Park, 250 m away; for exercise, Fields Fitness (2.2 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, East Midlands is 29 km away, and Birmingham, with far more destinations, 30 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.
37 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 |
|---|---|---|
| the Queens Head Public House | II | 120 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.
Hinckley and Bosworth constituency: Dr Luke Evans MP (Conservative), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 5,408 (11.3%), turnout 63%. Vote shares: Conservative 36%, Liberal Democrat 24%, Reform UK 18%, Labour 18%.
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 LE9 8EN →
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 64 min
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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 30 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
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 | 1.3% | 1.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 1.0% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 92.9% | 90.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 2.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.6% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.0% | 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.