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On Back Lane, in Farnley West & Gamble Hill
What it's like at LS12 5HN: every home that has sold on Back Lane 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Back Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 20 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1a, Back LaneDetached | Jan 2015 | £270,000 | 150 m² | £1,800/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1b, Back LaneDetached | Jul 2025 | £580,000 | 177 m² | £3,277/m² | 4 |
| 1d, Back LaneDetached | Nov 1998 | £93,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Back LaneTerraced | Aug 2007 | £80,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Back LaneSemi-detached | Oct 2015 | £200,000 | 111 m² | £1,802/m² | 1 |
| 11, Back LaneDetached | Aug 2018 | £375,000 | 114 m² | £3,289/m² | 2 |
| 15, Back LaneTerraced | Jul 2018 | £120,000 | 73 m² | £1,644/m² | 1 |
| 15a, Back LaneDetached | Jun 2004 | £400,000 | 239 m² | £1,674/m² | 2 |
| 17, Back LaneTerraced | Sept 2022 | £170,000 | 69 m² | £2,464/m² | 1 |
| 19, Back LaneTerraced | Sept 2023 | £155,000 | 69 m² | £2,246/m² | 1 |
| 21, Back LaneTerraced | Dec 2023 | £135,000 | 68 m² | £1,985/m² | 2 |
| 29, Back LaneDetached | May 2016 | £150,000 | 136 m² | £1,103/m² | 1 |
| 31, Back LaneDetached | Jul 2010 | £592,500 | 209 m² | £2,835/m² | 1 |
| Holly Farm, 1c, Back LaneSemi-detached | Oct 2016 | £482,500 | 291 m² | £1,658/m² | 2 |
| South View, 1, Back LaneDetached | Jun 2021 | £760,000 | 181 m² | £4,199/m² | 4 |
| The Cottage, 1d, Back LaneDetached | Sept 2021 | £310,000 | 135 m² | £2,296/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Cottingley, a drive away (3.2 km), with 53k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is The Woodcock, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 205); 24 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Gildersome Primary School, a short drive or bike ride (1.5 km); 63% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Farnley Academy, 1.7 km away; Attainment 8: 49.1 · 14.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Abbey Grange Church of England Academy (5.3 km) and Cockburn School (5.4 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Heckmondwike Grammar School (9.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-Op (Gildersome), 1.7 km away, with Late Shop (Co-op Food) closer still (750 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is New Farnley Medical Centre (1.0 km), with Well the closest pharmacy (1.6 km).
For a haircut, Tigaki Hair Studio is 1.5 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Leeds General Infirmary, 5.1 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 62% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 68% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 7 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Vintage Trading Solutions is the closest café or restaurant (900 m), and The Woodcock the nearest pub (150 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (9 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 189 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 25 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 15% flats and 13% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 128 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Farnley Hall Park, 1.7 km away; for exercise, Parkwoof Off Road Centre (2.6 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 9.0 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 65 km.
Most households own their home, 10% rent privately.
1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 5 and 6, Moor Top | II | 100 m |
| 1-4, Moor Top | II | 100 m |
| Ings Hall Farmhouse Upper Moor Side | 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.
Leeds South West and Morley constituency: Mark Sewards MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 8,423 (20.9%), turnout 56%. Vote shares: Labour 44%, Conservative 23%, Reform UK 20%, Green Party 6%.
10 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 LS12 5HN →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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.
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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 20 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Formby · about 84 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 39 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 17 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.0% | 88.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.7% | 10.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.6% | 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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