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On Merston Drive, in East Didsbury
What it's like at M20 5NT: every home that has sold on Merston Drive 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).
Sales and extensions on Merston Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 41 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Merston DriveDetached | Jan 2016 | £300,000 | 99 m² | £3,030/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a, Merston DriveSemi-detached | Feb 2000 | £105,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 1b, Merston DriveSemi-detached | Jan 2018 | £286,250 | 102 m² | £2,806/m² | 3 |
| 5, Merston DriveSemi-detached | Feb 2025 | £395,000 | 108 m² | £3,657/m² | 2 |
| 7, Merston DriveDetached · company-owned | Jul 2001 | £85,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Merston DriveSemi-detached | Sept 1999 | £79,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, Merston DriveSemi-detached | Feb 1998 | £57,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Merston DriveSemi-detached | Oct 2025 | £396,000 | 99 m² | £4,000/m² | 3 |
| 17, Merston DriveSemi-detached | Dec 2009 | £197,000 | 104 m² | £1,894/m² | 5 |
| 19, Merston DriveSemi-detached | Sept 2021 | £352,600 | 117 m² | £3,014/m² | 4 |
| 23, Merston DriveSemi-detached | Jan 2019 | £270,000 | 84 m² | £3,214/m² | 1 |
| 25, Merston DriveSemi-detached | Oct 2007 | £199,950 | 94 m² | £2,127/m² | 1 |
| 27, Merston DriveSemi-detached | Dec 2021 | £346,000 | 109 m² | £3,174/m² | 2 |
| 29, Merston DriveSemi-detached | Jan 2006 | £207,500 | 113 m² | £1,836/m² | 1 |
| 33, Merston DriveSemi-detached | Feb 2024 | £325,000 | 93 m² | £3,495/m² | 2 |
| 35, Merston DriveDetached | Jun 2003 | £200,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 39, Merston DriveSemi-detached | Oct 2010 | £234,000 | 117 m² | £2,000/m² | 2 |
| 41, Merston DriveSemi-detached | Mar 2024 | £353,000 | 95 m² | £3,716/m² | 3 |
| 43, Merston DriveSemi-detached | Jul 2016 | £300,000 | 105 m² | £2,857/m² | 2 |
| 45, Merston DriveSemi-detached | May 2020 | £265,000 | 99 m² | £2,677/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 44% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is East Didsbury, about a 10-minute walk (750 m), with 299k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Piccadilly.
The nearest bus stop is Fairmile Drive, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 730, 796, 716, 769); 7 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Broad Oak Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 74% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Parrs Wood High School, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 48.1 · 13% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Burnage Academy for Boys (2.3 km) and Didsbury High School (2.8 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Sale Grammar School (6.1 km) and Stretford Grammar School (6.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is Cheadle Local, 1.0 km away, with Gawsworth closer still (550 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Cheadle Medical Practice (1.2 km), with High Street Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.0 km).
For a haircut, Marilyn Salon is 550 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Wythenshawe Hospital, 5.3 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: 21 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Caffe Nero is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Cheshire Line the nearest pub (350 m).
There are 36 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 18% flats and 7% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 59% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Hall Street Green, 900 m away; for exercise, Loving Pilates (550 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 7.2 km away.
Most households own their home, 20% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 56% of adults have a degree.
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.
20 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 Withington constituency: Jeff Smith MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 13,982 (33.5%), turnout 59%. Vote shares: Labour 53%, Green Party 19%, Liberal Democrat 13%, Conservative 6%.
7 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 M20 5NT →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Merston Drive in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 32 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 83.9% | 70.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 15.6% | 28.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.
Nearest: Wallasey · about 48 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 43 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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