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Heywood Town
What it's like at OL10 2AA: every home that has sold on the 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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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.
Sales and extensions on the street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
No sales recorded at this postcode since 1995.
The nearest station is Castleton (Manchester), a short drive or bike ride (3.0 km), with 141k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Walker Street, 350 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 781); 1 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Rochdale, a Voluntary Academy, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 66% 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, under 50 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, 900 m away, with Raja Bros closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Hopwood Medical Centre (700 m), with Internet Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Istanbul Barbers is 850 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.
St James Parish Church Hall is the closest café or restaurant (700 m), and Newmarket Hotel the nearest pub (600 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, 750 m away; for exercise, Heywood Sports Village (1.2 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.
11 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 2AA →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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.
| 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.
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