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On School Lane, in Colton, Austhorpe & Whitkirk
What it's like at LS15 9AL: every home that has sold on School 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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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.
Sales and extensions on School Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 8 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, School LaneDetached | Dec 2006 | £482,500 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, School LaneDetached | May 2014 | £635,000 | 297 m² | £2,138/m² | 3 |
| 20, School LaneDetached | Oct 1999 | £132,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 22, School LaneDetached | Apr 1995 | £82,000 | 93 m² | £882/m² | 1 |
| 24, School LaneDetached | Jun 2022 | £450,000 | 100 m² | £4,500/m² | 5 |
| 26, School LaneDetached | Aug 2012 | £249,500 | 125 m² | £1,996/m² | 2 |
| 28, School LaneDetached | Feb 2022 | £352,500 | 99 m² | £3,561/m² | 2 |
| Colton Cottage, School LaneDetached | Mar 2011 | £287,500 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Cross Gates, a short drive or bike ride (1.7 km), with 474k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is School La Colton Road East, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 21); 30 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 10 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is Colton Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 55% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Temple Moor High School, 1.6 km away; Attainment 8: 45.9 · 7.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Trinity Academy Leeds (4.8 km).
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 300 m away; Argos Ltd (Colton) (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Dr T P Fox & Partners (400 m), with Whitkirk Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, Skin + Health is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is St James's University Hospital, 5.4 km away, rated requires improvement 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 23 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Costa Coffee is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Bar Tat Sports Bar the nearest pub (850 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 136 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
There are 37 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 5% flats and 39% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
It's growing: about 250 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Mead Park, 300 m away; for exercise, PureGym (1.2 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 16 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 74 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 48% of households own their home outright.
22 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 |
|---|---|---|
| New Row | II | 70 m |
| Colton Cottage | II | 90 m |
| Vine Cottage Yew Tree Cottage | II | 150 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 East constituency: Richard Burgon MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 11,265 (28.6%), turnout 52%. Vote shares: Labour 47%, Reform UK 19%, Conservative 18%, Green Party 9%.
22 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 LS15 9AL →
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" School Lane in the last 12 months.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 0 of 5 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 | 1.8% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.8% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.6% | 88.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.5% | 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.
Nearest: Marske Sands · about 71 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 47 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.