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On Balfour Road, in The Park & Castle
What it's like at NG7 1NY: every home that has sold on Balfour 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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10 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Balfour Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
20 of the 42 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
| 1, Balfour RoadDetached | Oct 2018 | £447,500 | 68 m² | £6,581/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Balfour RoadTerraced | Dec 2013 | £245,000 | 111 m² | £2,207/m² | 3 |
| 7, Balfour RoadOther · company-owned | Nov 2013 | £4,850,000 | 105 m² | £46,190/m² | 2 |
| 9, Balfour RoadTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2021 | £420,000 | 108 m² | £3,889/m² | 1 |
| 11, Balfour RoadTerraced · company-owned | May 2005 | £185,000 | 114 m² | £1,623/m² | 1 |
| 13, Balfour RoadTerraced | Feb 2020 | £148,000 | 103 m² | £1,437/m² | 1 |
| 21, Balfour RoadTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2024 | £358,000 | 118 m² | £3,034/m² | 2 |
| 23, Balfour RoadTerraced | Dec 2021 | £315,000 | 111 m² | £2,838/m² | 2 |
| 27, Balfour RoadTerraced | Jun 2000 | £79,950 | 126 m² | £635/m² | 1 |
| 31, Balfour RoadTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2021 | £420,000 | 107 m² | £3,925/m² | 2 |
| 33, Balfour RoadTerraced · company-owned | Oct 1996 | £48,000 | 97 m² | £495/m² | 1 |
| 35, Balfour RoadTerraced | Jan 1997 | £15,000 | 105 m² | £143/m² | 1 |
| 37, Balfour RoadTerraced · company-owned | Sept 2003 | £159,590 | 83 m² | £1,923/m² | 1 |
| 39, Balfour RoadTerraced | Sept 2009 | £139,950 | 117 m² | £1,196/m² | 1 |
| 41, Balfour RoadTerraced | Jun 1995 | £29,950 | 83 m² | £361/m² | 1 |
| 43, Balfour RoadOther · company-owned | Nov 2013 | £4,850,000 | 115 m² | £42,174/m² | 3 |
| 45, Balfour RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2008 | £170,000 | 114 m² | £1,491/m² | 1 |
| 47, Balfour RoadTerraced | Jan 2018 | £116,000 | 92 m² | £1,261/m² | 2 |
| 49, Balfour RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2004 | £130,000 | 117 m² | £1,111/m² | 1 |
| 51, Balfour RoadTerraced | Feb 2003 | £135,000 | 123 m² | £1,098/m² | 1 |
| 55, Balfour RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2018 | £240,000 | 118 m² | £2,034/m² | 4 |
| 57, Balfour RoadTerraced | Aug 2009 | £212,000 | 111 m² | £1,910/m² | 2 |
| 61, Balfour RoadTerraced | Jan 2001 | £18,000 | 148 m² | £122/m² | 1 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 43% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is NTU tram stop, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km). The nearest rail station is Nottingham, 1.8 km away, with 8.1m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Albert Grove, 100 m away, with a bus about every 4 minutes on weekdays (routes 28, TWO, 30, 101); 308 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 9 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is Mellers Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 73% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Djanogly City Academy, 1.4 km away; Attainment 8: 38 · 6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Nottingham Girls' Academy (2.8 km) and The West Bridgford School (4.2 km).
Few families with young children: only 5% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is The FishRich Company, 300 m away, with Park Stores Lenton closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Radford Medical Practice (Kaur) (200 m), with Applegate Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Nadeem's Barber Shop is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Queen's Medical Centre, 1.9 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 27 restaurants and cafés and 16 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Mamapapa's Wok is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Anatolian Social Club the nearest pub (450 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (18 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 180 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 69% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (The Park, Castle).
There are 158 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (61%).
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Radford Recreation Ground, 300 m away; for exercise, County Ground (500 m).
56 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Douglas Primary School | II | 130 m |
| Boundary Marker to Rear of Number 8 Pelham Crescent | II | 150 m |
| Boundary Marker to Rear of Number 12 Pelham Crescent | II | 170 m |
| Walton'S Hotel | II | 180 m |
| Former North Lodge to Park Estate | II | 180 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Nottingham South constituency: Lilian Greenwood MP (Labour), since May 2010. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 10,294 (31.3%), turnout 51%. Vote shares: Labour 47%, Conservative 16%, Reform UK 15%, Green Party 9%.
45 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 NG7 1NY →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
A swim is a short trip away: Colwick Country Park (West Lake), 4.4 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 16.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, East Midlands is 18 km away, and Birmingham, with far more destinations, 68 km.
Many neighbours rent: 56% of households rent privately and 11% socially.
It's young: 64% of residents are aged 15–29.
This is a student area: 57% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 census, so expect shared houses, busy term times and quiet summers.
The nearest university is Nottingham Trent University, 1.3 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
On this street: 1 of 42 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 | 1.0% | 2.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.5% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 70.7% | 87.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 27.2% | 10.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.5% | 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 42 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Rutland Water Sykes Lane · about 60 min
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