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On Wensley Road, in Woodthorpe & Arno Vale
What it's like at NG5 4JX: every home that has sold on Wensley 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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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 Wensley Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 82 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 45, Wensley RoadDetached | Aug 2016 | £259,700 | 116 m² | £2,239/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49, Wensley RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2020 | £245,000 | 104 m² | £2,356/m² | 2 |
| 51, Wensley RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2011 | £180,000 | 103 m² | £1,748/m² | 1 |
| 53, Wensley RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2019 | £345,000 | 143 m² | £2,413/m² | 1 |
| 55, Wensley RoadDetached | Jul 1997 | £102,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 57, Wensley RoadDetached | May 2025 | £360,000 | 123 m² | £2,927/m² | 1 |
| 59, Wensley RoadDetached | Oct 2019 | £370,000 | 134 m² | £2,761/m² | 2 |
| 65, Wensley RoadDetached | Aug 2015 | £247,500 | 121 m² | £2,045/m² | 1 |
| 67, Wensley RoadDetached | Mar 2003 | £270,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 69, Wensley RoadDetached | Nov 2018 | £335,000 | 125 m² | £2,680/m² | 1 |
| 71, Wensley RoadDetached | Feb 2021 | £332,500 | 138 m² | £2,409/m² | 1 |
| 73, Wensley RoadDetached | Apr 2014 | £202,500 | 130 m² | £1,558/m² | 1 |
| 81, Wensley RoadDetached | Aug 2019 | £290,000 | 142 m² | £2,042/m² | 2 |
| 83, Wensley RoadDetached | Oct 2019 | £360,000 | 163 m² | £2,209/m² | 2 |
| 85, Wensley RoadDetached | Apr 2013 | £315,000 | 160 m² | £1,969/m² | 2 |
| 87, Wensley RoadDetached | Dec 2012 | £283,000 | 219 m² | £1,292/m² | 3 |
| 89, Wensley RoadDetached | Mar 2007 | £220,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 91, Wensley RoadDetached | Oct 2015 | £240,000 | 128 m² | £1,875/m² | 1 |
| 93, Wensley RoadDetached | Oct 2019 | £310,000 | 132 m² | £2,348/m² | 2 |
| 95, Wensley RoadTerraced | Mar 2007 | £96,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 97, Wensley RoadFlat | Feb 2019 | £116,000 | 74 m² | £1,568/m² | 1 |
| 99, Wensley RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2022 | £145,000 | 67 m² | £2,164/m² | 3 |
| 101, Wensley RoadFlat | Nov 2024 | £158,000 | 63 m² | £2,508/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Basford tram stop, a drive away (3.5 km). The nearest rail station is Carlton, 4.2 km away, with 53k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Breck Hill Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 20 minutes on weekdays (route 25); 21 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Woodthorpe Infant School, a few minutes' walk (400 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Arnold Hill Spencer Academy, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 49.8 · 14.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Redhill Academy (2 km) and Nottingham Girls' Academy (5.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 700 m away, with Somersby Convenience Stores closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Plains View Surgery (700 m), with Peak Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, The Room is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen's Medical Centre, 6.7 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 45% 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: 14 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
Refresh Community Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and The Woodthorpe Top the nearest pub (600 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 41 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 62% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Woodthorpe Grange Park, 750 m away; for exercise, Simply Fitness & Wellbeing (800 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Colwick Country Park (West Lake), 5.6 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, East Midlands is 22 km away, and Birmingham, with far more destinations, 73 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 51% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 26% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 44% of adults have a degree.
29 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.
Gedling constituency: Michael Payne MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 11,881 (24.4%), turnout 63%. Vote shares: Labour 48%, Conservative 23%, Reform UK 17%, Green Party 6%.
34 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 NG5 4JX →
The nearest university is Nottingham Trent University, 3.8 km away (TEF Gold).
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" Wensley Road in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 58 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 | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 92.4% | 94.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.2% | 4.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.0% | 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: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 58 min
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