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On Birch Lane, in Victoria Park & Longsight West
What it's like at M13 0WN: every home that has sold on Birch 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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Birch Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
16 of the 117 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 50, Birch LaneSemi-detached | May 2006 | £130,000 | 21 m² | £6,190/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52, Birch LaneSemi-detached | Mar 2024 | £280,000 | 109 m² | £2,569/m² | 2 |
| 54, Birch LaneTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2022 | £145,000 | 116 m² | £1,250/m² | 2 |
| 56, Birch LaneTerraced | Nov 2009 | £125,000 | 107 m² | £1,168/m² | 4 |
| 62, Birch LaneTerraced | Mar 2010 | £125,000 | 117 m² | £1,068/m² | 1 |
| 64, Birch LaneTerraced | Mar 2004 | £77,500 | 116 m² | £668/m² | 1 |
| 66, Birch LaneTerraced | Mar 2018 | £180,000 | 119 m² | £1,513/m² | 1 |
| 68, Birch LaneTerraced | Jul 2021 | £255,000 | 128 m² | £1,992/m² | 3 |
| 70, Birch LaneTerraced | Dec 2017 | £181,000 | 118 m² | £1,534/m² | 5 |
| 72, Birch LaneTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2024 | £270,000 | 121 m² | £2,231/m² | 3 |
| 74, Birch LaneTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2017 | £190,000 | 121 m² | £1,570/m² | 4 |
| 76, Birch LaneTerraced | Jan 2016 | £135,000 | 162 m² | £833/m² | 3 |
| 78, Birch LaneTerraced · company-owned | Sept 2019 | £152,500 | 113 m² | £1,350/m² | 3 |
| 80, Birch LaneOther · company-owned | Feb 2021 | £180,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 82, Birch LaneTerraced | Dec 1999 | £44,000 | 118 m² | £373/m² | 1 |
| 84, Birch LaneTerraced · company-owned | Mar 1998 | £33,000 | 121 m² | £273/m² | 1 |
| 86, Birch LaneTerraced | Mar 2002 | £48,000 | 115 m² | £417/m² | 2 |
| 88, Birch LaneTerraced | Dec 2014 | £110,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 92, Birch LaneTerraced | Oct 2014 | £90,000 | – | – | 4 |
| Flat 2, 100, Birch LaneOther · company-owned | Jul 2017 | £760,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 108, Birch LaneSemi-detached | Jul 2000 | £90,500 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Levenshulme, a short drive or bike ride (1.6 km), with 472k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Piccadilly.
The nearest bus stop is Clarence Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route 53); 56 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
51% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St John's CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 65% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Holy Name Roman Catholic Primary School Manchester (2 km).
The nearest secondary is Dean Trust Ardwick, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 46.6 · 13.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Co-op Academy Belle Vue (1.7 km) and Levenshulme High School (2.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Stretford Grammar School (6 km) and Sale Grammar School (8.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is Appna Cash & Carry (Manchester), 250 m away; Hut Bazar Convenience Store (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Dickenson Road Medical Centre (200 m), with Wise Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Posh Barber is 1.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Manchester Royal Infirmary, 1.2 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 59% 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: 16 restaurants and cafés, 0 pubs and bars.
Taste of Home is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Longsight & District Social Club the nearest pub (900 m).
There are 15 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 46% flats and 3% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 52% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Slade Lane Community Garden, 550 m away; for exercise, Gmba (200 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 16.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 12 km away.
Many neighbours rent: 54% of households rent privately and 23% socially.
It's young: 46% of residents are aged 15–29.
This is a student area: 42% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 census, so expect shared houses, busy term times and quiet summers.
48 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.
Manchester Rusholme constituency: Afzal Khan MP (Labour), since June 2017. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 8,235 (28.4%), turnout 40%. Vote shares: Labour 52%, Green Party 24%, Workers Party of Britain 13%, Conservative 6%.
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 M13 0WN →
The nearest university is University of Manchester, 2.2 km 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Birch Lane in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 57 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 28 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 81.1% | 70.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 17.8% | 28.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.5% | 1.0% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Formby · about 52 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 53 min
Nearest: Gulliver's World Resort · about 31 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.