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On Ashton Lane, in Sale North
What it's like at M33 6WF: every home that has sold on Ashton 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates). 9 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 Ashton Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
36 of the 216 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
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: 47% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Sale Metrolink stop, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km). The nearest rail station is Urmston, 2.8 km away, with 371k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Ashlands, 50 m away, with a bus about every 15 minutes on weekdays (routes 249, 248, 281); 27 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Mary's CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 79% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Park Road Sale Primary School (0.2 km), with 4 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Ashton-on-Mersey School, 850 m away; Attainment 8: 52.1 · 11.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Chorlton High School (4.1 km) and Didsbury High School (5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Sale Grammar School (1.4 km) and Stretford Grammar School (2.5 km).
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Marks & Spencer Simply Food, 550 m away; Sarpanch News (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Rejuvenation Clinic (400 m), with Hollowood Chemist the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Pro Barber is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Wythenshawe Hospital, 5.0 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: 14 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
St Marys Church Centre Heartbeat Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and The Linden Club the nearest pub (550 m).
It's a mix of homes: 25% flats and 8% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
It's growing: about 139 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Ashton Park, 500 m away; for exercise, Everlast Gym (450 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 9.0 km away.
Most households own their home, 21% rent privately.
53 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.
Altrincham and Sale West constituency: Mr Connor Rand MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 4,174 (8.1%), turnout 70%. Vote shares: Labour 40%, Conservative 32%, Reform UK 10%, Liberal Democrat 9%.
17 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 M33 6WF →
It's highly educated: 50% 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Ashton Lane in the last 12 months.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Formby · about 46 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 46 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 110 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 15 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% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 89.1% | 88.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.9% | 10.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.9% | 1.3% | 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.