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On Dickenson Road, in Rusholme East
What it's like at M14 5ST: every home that has sold on Dickenson 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.
10 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 6 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 Dickenson Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
17 of the 90 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
The nearest station is Levenshulme, a short drive or bike ride (2.1 km), with 472k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Piccadilly.
The nearest bus stop is Wilmslow Road, 50 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route 53); 201 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
47% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is St James' CofE Primary School, Birch-in-Rusholme, about a 5-minute walk (500 m); 74% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Cringle Brook Primary School (1.7 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Manchester Academy, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 45.4 · 13.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Levenshulme High School (2.1 km) and Co-op Academy Belle Vue (2.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Stretford Grammar School (5.6 km) and Sale Grammar School (7.6 km).
Few families with young children: only 12% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is BABYLON market, 700 m away, with Walnut Bakery closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Wilmslow Road Surgery (150 m), with Rusholme Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Cutz Gents Hair Salon is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Manchester Royal Infirmary, 1.4 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 46 restaurants and cafés and 1 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Cutee Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and Victoria Park Bar the nearest pub (650 m).
There are 22 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 45% flats and 4% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Platt Fields Park, 600 m away; for exercise, The Gym (550 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 12 km away.
Many neighbours rent: 48% of households rent privately and 23% socially.
40 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 4, Moon Grove | II | 100 m |
| 6, Moon Grove | II | 120 m |
| 5 and 7, Moon Grove | II | 140 m |
| Victoria Park Hotel | II | 170 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.
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%.
30 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 M14 5ST →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
It's young: 53% of residents are aged 15–29.
This is a student area: 49% 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 Manchester, 1.9 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.
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" Dickenson Road in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Formby · about 52 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 51 min
Nearest: Gulliver's World Resort · about 32 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 69 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 23 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 71.9% | 70.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 21.9% | 28.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 5.9% | 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.
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