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On Nelson Street, in Heywood Town
What it's like at OL10 1BN: every home that has sold on Nelson Street 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Nelson Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
7 of the 24 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 3, Nelson StreetTerraced | Jul 2019 | £80,000 | 65 m² | £1,231/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Nelson StreetTerraced | Dec 2007 | £80,750 | 63 m² | £1,282/m² | 2 |
| 7, Nelson StreetTerraced | Jun 2025 | £130,000 | 62 m² | £2,097/m² | 1 |
| 9, Nelson StreetTerraced | Feb 2007 | £87,500 | 63 m² | £1,389/m² | 2 |
| 11, Nelson StreetTerraced | Aug 2000 | £28,500 | 63 m² | £452/m² | 2 |
| 12, Nelson StreetTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2017 | £78,000 | 60 m² | £1,300/m² | 1 |
| 13, Nelson StreetTerraced | Nov 2025 | £175,000 | 82 m² | £2,134/m² | 4 |
| 15, Nelson StreetTerraced | Feb 2026 | £134,000 | 62 m² | £2,161/m² | 2 |
| 16, Nelson StreetTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2000 | £37,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, Nelson StreetTerraced | Feb 2010 | £78,000 | 63 m² | £1,238/m² | 2 |
| 18, Nelson StreetSemi-detached · company-owned | Jun 1999 | £21,500 | 61 m² | £352/m² | 2 |
| 19, Nelson StreetTerraced | Jul 2026 | £100,000 | 73 m² | £1,370/m² | 1 |
| 20, Nelson StreetTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2003 | £59,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Nelson StreetTerraced | Aug 2014 | £105,000 | 72 m² | £1,458/m² | 2 |
| 22, Nelson StreetTerraced | Jul 2024 | £140,000 | 60 m² | £2,333/m² | 3 |
| 23, Nelson StreetTerraced | Apr 2005 | £72,000 | 64 m² | £1,125/m² | 4 |
| 26, Nelson StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2020 | £104,000 | 58 m² | £1,793/m² | 3 |
| 27, Nelson StreetTerraced | May 2023 | £139,950 | 64 m² | £2,187/m² | 4 |
| 28, Nelson StreetTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2021 | £119,995 | 61 m² | £1,967/m² | 1 |
| 29, Nelson StreetTerraced | Oct 2012 | £65,000 | 65 m² | £1,000/m² | 1 |
| 30, Nelson StreetTerraced | Jun 2015 | £81,500 | 59 m² | £1,381/m² | 2 |
| 31, Nelson StreetOther | Feb 2022 | £800 | 63 m² | £13/m² | 4 |
| 32, Nelson StreetTerraced · company-owned | Nov 1995 | £26,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 33, Nelson StreetTerraced | Aug 2024 | £125,000 | 62 m² | £2,016/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Castleton (Manchester), a short drive or bike ride (2.6 km), with 141k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Benfield Street, 250 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 781); 26 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Harwood Park Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 49% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is All Souls Church of England Primary School (1.2 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Holy Family Roman Catholic and Church of England College, 450 m away; Attainment 8: 43.4 · 5.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (11.4 km).
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 500 m away, with Stop and shop convenience store closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Hopwood Medical Centre (400 m), with Internet Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Istanbul Barbers is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Fairfield General Hospital, 2.4 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 62% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 56% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 16 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 25 restaurants and cafés and 16 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Il Vecchio is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Woolpack Hotel the nearest pub (200 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (36 of them).
It's a mix of homes: 20% flats and 7% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
It's growing: about 124 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Heywood Memeorial Gardens, 400 m away; for exercise, Heywood Sports Village (1.0 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 27 km away.
Most households own their home, 23% rent privately.
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.
45 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.
Heywood and Middleton North constituency: Mrs Elsie Blundell MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 6,082 (16.4%), turnout 51%. Vote shares: Labour 41%, Reform UK 24%, Conservative 17%, Independent 12%.
21 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 OL10 1BN →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Nelson Street in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 21 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 | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.8% | 96.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.9% | 3.1% | 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: Formby · about 54 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 60 min
Nearest: Gulliver's World Resort · about 33 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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