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On Manchester Road, in Swinton Newtown
What it's like at M27 9BB: every home that has sold on Manchester 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates). 7 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 Manchester Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
24 of the 397 homes on the street are owned by companies.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Moorside, about a 5-minute walk (600 m), with 43k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Tamarin Close, 50 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (routes 37, 29, X39); 37 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Wardley CofE Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (800 m); 89% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is St Ambrose Barlow Roman Catholic High School, 200 m away; Attainment 8: 44.2 · 6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Patrick's RC High School (4.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Urmston Grammar Academy (7.7 km) and Stretford Grammar School (8.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 350 m away, with One Stop closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Sides Medical Practice (1.5 km), with Tims & Parker Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.5 km).
For a haircut, Blush Beauty is 2.4 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Salford Royal Hospital, 3.8 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 56% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 16 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 9 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Stax Trade Centre is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Morning Star the nearest pub (50 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (11 of them).
It's a mix of homes: 22% flats and 3% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Beech Farm, 1.1 km away; for exercise, St Ambrose Barlow High School (250 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 14.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 19 km away.
Most households own their home, 20% rent privately.
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.
16 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.
Worsley and Eccles constituency: Michael Wheeler MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 11,091 (26.1%), turnout 54%. Vote shares: Labour 48%, Reform UK 22%, Conservative 16%, Green Party 8%.
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 M27 9BB →
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Nearest: Formby · about 49 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 55 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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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 397 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 2 of 291 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 33 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 90.2% | 69.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.4% | 28.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 2.2% | 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.