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On Whitby Crescent, in Woodthorpe & Arno Vale
What it's like at NG5 4LZ: every home that has sold on Whitby Crescent 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 Whitby Crescent; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 74 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 62, Whitby CrescentDetached | Feb 1996 | £71,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64, Whitby CrescentDetached | Jan 2020 | £258,000 | 95 m² | £2,716/m² | 1 |
| 70, Whitby CrescentDetached | Jun 2003 | £169,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 72, Whitby CrescentDetached | Feb 2006 | £165,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 74, Whitby CrescentDetached | Apr 2014 | £154,000 | 73 m² | £2,110/m² | 1 |
| 76, Whitby CrescentDetached | Feb 2022 | £230,000 | 76 m² | £3,026/m² | 1 |
| 78, Whitby CrescentDetached | Dec 2023 | £365,000 | 102 m² | £3,578/m² | 2 |
| 82, Whitby CrescentDetached | Apr 2022 | £340,000 | 94 m² | £3,617/m² | 1 |
| 84, Whitby CrescentDetached | May 2022 | £330,000 | 126 m² | £2,619/m² | 1 |
| 86, Whitby CrescentDetached | Jun 2016 | £155,000 | 74 m² | £2,095/m² | 1 |
| 88, Whitby CrescentDetached | Apr 2024 | £259,950 | 75 m² | £3,466/m² | 2 |
| 92, Whitby CrescentDetached | Dec 2024 | £290,000 | 142 m² | £2,042/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Carlton, a drive away (3.9 km), with 53k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Nottingham.
The nearest bus stop is Walsingham Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 30 minutes on weekdays (route 56); 32 departures an hour from the 14 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary, Arnold, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 74% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Arnold Hill Spencer Academy, 600 m 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 Eastham News Go Local, 850 m away, with Gedling Road Post Office And Off Licence closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Plains View Surgery (750 m), with Peak Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (900 m).
For a haircut, The Barber Shop is 250 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.
Nuffield Health is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and Treetops Public House the nearest pub (300 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 Overstrand Close Open Space, 750 m away; for exercise, Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing (450 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.
33 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%.
38 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 4LZ →
It's highly educated: 44% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Nottingham Trent University, 4.5 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" Whitby Crescent in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Rutland Water Whitwell Creek · about 58 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 52 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% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 92.4% | 94.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.3% | 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.