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On Dolwen Road, in Upper Colwyn Bay
What it's like at LL29 8UP: every home that has sold on Dolwen 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.
Sales and extensions on Dolwen Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 60 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 5, Dolwen RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2000 | £63,500 | 84 m² | £756/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9, Dolwen RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2005 | £126,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 11, Dolwen RoadDetached | Jun 2004 | £136,950 | 67 m² | £2,044/m² | 2 |
| 14, Dolwen RoadDetached | Feb 2003 | £128,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Dolwen RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2025 | £195,000 | 75 m² | £2,600/m² | 1 |
| 16, Dolwen RoadDetached | Nov 2025 | £330,000 | 143 m² | £2,308/m² | 5 |
| 19, Dolwen RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2012 | £100,000 | 68 m² | £1,471/m² | 1 |
| 20, Dolwen RoadDetached | Jun 2009 | £95,000 | 205 m² | £463/m² | 1 |
| 21, Dolwen RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2002 | £125,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 22, Dolwen RoadDetached | Sept 1995 | £72,750 | 140 m² | £520/m² | 1 |
| 24, Dolwen RoadDetached | Aug 2008 | £237,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 30, Dolwen RoadDetached | Aug 2022 | £285,000 | 83 m² | £3,434/m² | 2 |
| 32, Dolwen RoadOther | Jan 2026 | £260,000 | 86 m² | £3,023/m² | 2 |
| 36, Dolwen RoadDetached | Apr 2026 | £295,000 | 92 m² | £3,207/m² | 1 |
| 37, Dolwen RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2023 | £150,000 | 87 m² | £1,724/m² | 1 |
| 39, Dolwen RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2015 | £140,000 | 82 m² | £1,707/m² | 2 |
| 41, Dolwen RoadDetached | Jan 2003 | £159,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 43, Dolwen RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £190,000 | 90 m² | £2,111/m² | 2 |
| 45, Dolwen RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2002 | £110,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 47, Dolwen RoadDetached | Feb 2025 | £315,000 | 140 m² | £2,250/m² | 4 |
| Betws, 28, Dolwen RoadDetached | Mar 2019 | £180,000 | 88 m² | £2,045/m² | 1 |
| Ffordd Las, Dolwen RoadDetached | Jul 2019 | £220,000 | 88 m² | £2,500/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Colwyn Bay, a short drive or bike ride (2.9 km), with 358k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Rhyl.
The nearest bus stop is Peulwys Lane, 400 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 23).
The nearest primary school is Ysgol T. Gwynn Jones, about a 15-minute walk (1.2 km).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Ysgol Bryn Elian, 1.1 km away.
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 1.1 km away; Simply Sweet (1.2 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Cadwgan Surgery (900 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (1.0 km).
For a haircut, Mane Attraction is 2.7 km away.
It's quiet in the evenings: only 7 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Bubble Catering at Old Colwyn Golf Club is the closest café or restaurant (900 m), and Colwyn Bay Football Club the nearest pub (450 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 66 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 19% flats and 40% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is Wynn Gardens, 1.1 km away; for exercise, Powers Own Gym (1.4 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 3.7 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 58 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 97 km.
Most households own their home, 15% 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.
2 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.
Clwyd North constituency: Gill German MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 1,196 (2.9%), turnout 56%. Vote shares: Labour 36%, Conservative 33%, Reform UK 17%, Plaid Cymru 8%.
1 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 LL29 8UP →
On this street: 1 of 45 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 29 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 89.8% | 82.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.9% | 7.0% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.1% | 7.7% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 0.2% | 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.
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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 60 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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