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On Vicars Hall Lane, in Ellenbrook & Boothstown
What it's like at M28 1JE: every home that has sold on Vicars Hall 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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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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Vicars Hall Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 83 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 99, Vicars Hall LaneDetached | Dec 1997 | £138,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101, Vicars Hall LaneDetached | May 2025 | £750,000 | 306 m² | £2,451/m² | 2 |
| 103, Vicars Hall LaneSemi-detached | Jun 1997 | £130,000 | 152 m² | £855/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Walkden, a short drive or bike ride (3.0 km), with 301k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Cringle Barrow Close, 250 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 993).
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is St Andrew's CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 84% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is St Mary's Catholic High School, 2.6 km away; Attainment 8: 44.2 · 8.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Patrick's RC High School (4 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Urmston Grammar Academy (6.9 km) and Stretford Grammar School (10.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is MFG ESSO Queens Service Station, 750 m away, with Premier Boothstown Convenience Store closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Orchard Medical Practice (500 m), with Tims & Parker Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, The Hair Garden is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Bolton Hospital, 5.6 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 51% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 62% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 13 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Boothstown Village Hall is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Boothstown Royal British Legion the nearest pub (400 m).
Detached houses make up 47% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is Vicars Hall Lane Village Green, 100 m away; for exercise, Gym 28 (750 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 19 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
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.
28 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%.
11 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 M28 1JE →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Vicars Hall Lane in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Formby · about 42 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 51 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: 1 of 67 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.4% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 98.3% | 69.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.4% | 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.
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