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On Hanover Square, in University & Little Woodhouse
What it's like at LS3 1BW: every home that has sold on Hanover Square 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 4 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Hanover Square; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
18 of the 86 homes on the street are owned by companies (2 overseas).
| 1, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareFlat | Nov 2001 | £197,000 | 120 m² | £1,642/m² | 1 |
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| 2, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareFlat | Dec 2005 | £239,000 | 116 m² | £2,060/m² | 2 |
| 3, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareFlat | Jun 2026 | £405,000 | 120 m² | £3,375/m² | 5 |
| 4, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareFlat | Jul 2005 | £268,000 | 152 m² | £1,763/m² | 2 |
| 5, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareFlat | Apr 2020 | £335,000 | 121 m² | £2,769/m² | 5 |
| 6, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareFlat | Dec 2001 | £182,000 | 159 m² | £1,145/m² | 1 |
| 7, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareFlat | Sept 2018 | £165,000 | 47 m² | £3,511/m² | 2 |
| 8, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareFlat | Nov 2001 | £152,000 | 94 m² | £1,617/m² | 1 |
| 9, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareFlat | Sept 2024 | £225,000 | 63 m² | £3,571/m² | 5 |
| 10, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareFlat | Dec 2001 | £291,000 | 105 m² | £2,771/m² | 1 |
| 11, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareFlat | Aug 2025 | £190,000 | 54 m² | £3,519/m² | 2 |
| 12, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareFlat | Nov 2001 | £182,000 | 100 m² | £1,820/m² | 1 |
| 13, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareFlat | Jun 2023 | £305,000 | 90 m² | £3,389/m² | 2 |
| 14, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareFlat | Nov 2019 | £245,000 | 105 m² | £2,333/m² | 3 |
| 15, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareTerraced | Aug 2004 | £230,000 | 66 m² | £3,485/m² | 1 |
| 16, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareFlat | Apr 2013 | £194,000 | 74 m² | £2,622/m² | 2 |
| 17, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareFlat | Feb 2004 | £160,000 | 64 m² | £2,500/m² | 1 |
| 18, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareFlat | Jul 2005 | £190,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 19, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareFlat · company-owned | May 2024 | £265,000 | 73 m² | £3,630/m² | 4 |
| 20, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareFlat | Jun 2020 | £269,500 | 121 m² | £2,227/m² | 2 |
| 21, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareFlat | Feb 2014 | £190,000 | 99 m² | £1,919/m² | 2 |
| 22, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareFlat | Dec 2018 | £240,000 | 100 m² | £2,400/m² | 2 |
| 23, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareTerraced | Aug 2017 | £265,000 | 139 m² | £1,906/m² | 4 |
| 24, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareFlat | Feb 2023 | £317,000 | 92 m² | £3,446/m² | 2 |
| 25, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareFlat | Dec 2023 | £279,500 | 95 m² | £2,942/m² | 3 |
| 26, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareFlat · company-owned | Feb 2022 | £245,000 | 87 m² | £2,816/m² | 4 |
| 27, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareFlat | Sept 2017 | £165,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 28, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareFlat | Oct 2020 | £280,000 | 96 m² | £2,917/m² | 2 |
| 29, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareFlat · company-owned | Dec 2024 | £352,000 | 97 m² | £3,629/m² | 4 |
| 30, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2025 | £335,000 | 93 m² | £3,602/m² | 3 |
| 31, Denison Hall, 52, Hanover SquareTerraced | Mar 2022 | £315,150 | 98 m² | £3,216/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Leeds, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km), with 27.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Kings Cross.
The nearest bus stop is Woodhouse Square, 200 m away, with a bus about every 16 minutes on weekdays (route 5); 49 departures an hour from the 7 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 3 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
61% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Rosebank Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 53% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Blenheim Primary School (1 km).
The nearest secondary is Leeds City Academy, 1.7 km away; Attainment 8: 38.3 · 6.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: The Ruth Gorse Academy (2.2 km) and Dixons Trinity Chapeltown (2.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Heckmondwike Grammar School (12.8 km).
Few families with young children: only 5% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 600 m away, with Kendal Lane Store closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Hyde Park Surgery (700 m), with Hyde Park Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Rudy's Barbershop is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Leeds General Infirmary, 650 m 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 39 restaurants and cafés and 7 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Leeds City College 6th Form Centre is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Faversham the nearest pub (250 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (19 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 170 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 40% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (WOODHOUSE - CLARENDON ROAD, WOODHOUSE - HANOVER SQUARE / WOODHOUSE SQUARE).
There are 70 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (76%).
It's new: 59% of homes were built since 2000.
It's growing: about 208 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
56 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Denison Hall | II* | 30 m |
| Gate Piers at Denison Hall | II | 60 m |
| Number 11 and Attached Railings | II | 110 m |
| Gate Piers and Garden Wall to Number 38 | II | 120 m |
| Hanover House | II | 120 m |
| Boundary Wall to Number 20 Clarendon House | II | 130 m |
| Claremont with Garden Wall to Clarendon Road and Kendal Lane | II | 140 m |
| Clarendon House | II | 150 m |
| Southfield House | II | 170 m |
| 39 and 40, Hanover Square | II | 170 m |
| Belle Vue House | II | 170 m |
| 37 and 38, Hanover Square | II | 180 m |
Leeds Central and Headingley constituency: Alex Sobel MP (Labour (Co-op)), since June 2017. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 8,422 (26.7%), turnout 45%. Vote shares: Labour 50%, Green Party 24%, Liberal Democrat 8%, Reform UK 8%.
55 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 LS3 1BW →
The nearest park is Hanover Square, 100 m away; for exercise, The Edge (500 m).
The air is city air: background nitrogen dioxide is 19.8 µg/m³, well above the WHO guideline of 10.
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 9.5 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 69 km.
Many neighbours rent: 67% of households rent privately and 25% socially.
It's young: 78% of residents are aged 15–29.
This is a student area: 73% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 census, so expect shared houses, busy term times and quiet summers.
The nearest university is University of Leeds, 750 m away (TEF Silver).
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.
Nearest 12 shown. 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.
Nearest 8 shown. Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Hanover Square in the last 12 months.
On this street: 1 of 77 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 24 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.9% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 80.0% | 88.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 15.6% | 10.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 4.3% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Marske Sands · about 80 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 36 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.