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On Cairns Close, in Bestwood
What it's like at NG5 5JE: every home that has sold on Cairns Close 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).
Sales and extensions on Cairns Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 23 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 8, Cairns CloseFlat | Oct 2022 | £64,000 | 40 m² | £1,600/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46, Cairns CloseTerraced | Jun 2006 | £78,000 | 90 m² | £867/m² | 2 |
| 48, Cairns CloseTerraced · company-owned | Jun 2019 | £80,000 | 88 m² | £909/m² | 4 |
| 50, Cairns CloseTerraced | Feb 2021 | £82,000 | 89 m² | £921/m² | 3 |
| 52, Cairns CloseTerraced | Sept 2022 | £92,500 | 89 m² | £1,039/m² | 3 |
| 56, Cairns CloseTerraced | Apr 2005 | £73,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 58, Cairns CloseTerraced | Mar 2002 | £34,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 60, Cairns CloseTerraced | Feb 1999 | £22,208 | – | – | 1 |
| 62, Cairns CloseTerraced | Oct 2023 | £100,000 | 94 m² | £1,064/m² | 2 |
| 64, Cairns CloseTerraced | Mar 2021 | £100,000 | 85 m² | £1,176/m² | 1 |
| 66, Cairns CloseTerraced | Nov 2006 | £74,000 | 88 m² | £841/m² | 1 |
| 68, Cairns CloseTerraced | Mar 2021 | £85,000 | 68 m² | £1,250/m² | 2 |
| 70, Cairns CloseTerraced | Apr 2002 | £38,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 76, Cairns CloseTerraced | Sept 2019 | £98,000 | 87 m² | £1,126/m² | 2 |
| 78, Cairns CloseTerraced | Mar 2007 | £75,500 | 88 m² | £858/m² | 1 |
| 82, Cairns CloseTerraced | Nov 2021 | £130,000 | 89 m² | £1,461/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is David Lane tram stop, about a 15-minute walk (1.2 km). The nearest rail station is Bulwell, 2.2 km away, with 72k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Heathfield Road, 50 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 17, 16, 15, 3C); 91 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Henry Whipple Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (750 m); 56% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Nottingham Free School, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 51.5 · 13.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Redhill Academy (2.7 km) and Nottingham Girls' Academy (4.3 km).
It's a family area: 23% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Co-op Food, 150 m away; Well Pharmacy (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Hucknall Road Medical Centre (100 m), with Well the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Dudes Barbers is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen's Medical Centre, 6.0 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 3 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Nottingham High School Pavilion is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Park Tavern the nearest pub (800 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 129 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 18% flats and 4% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 253 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Heathfield Park, 500 m away; for exercise, Nottingham High School Pavilion (300 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Colwick Country Park (West Lake), 7.2 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, East Midlands is 21 km away, and Birmingham, with far more destinations, 72 km.
25 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.
Nottingham North and Kimberley constituency: Alex Norris MP (Labour (Co-op)), since June 2017. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 9,427 (26.9%), turnout 48%. Vote shares: Labour 47%, Reform UK 20%, Conservative 19%, Green Party 10%.
36 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 5JE →
Most households own their home, 21% rent privately.
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.
Nearest: Rutland Water Sykes Lane · about 63 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 18 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.7% | 2.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 92.1% | 87.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.7% | 10.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 1.4% | 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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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 23 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.