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On Oldham Road, in Balderstone & Kirkholt
What it's like at OL11 2BS: every home that has sold on Oldham 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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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). 4 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Oldham Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
10 of the 148 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 942, Oldham RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2024 | £390,000 | 145 m² | £2,690/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 944, Oldham RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2019 | £345,000 | 158 m² | £2,184/m² | 3 |
| 948, Oldham RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2023 | £440,000 | 129 m² | £3,411/m² | 2 |
| 952, Oldham RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2018 | £268,000 | 100 m² | £2,680/m² | 1 |
| 954, Oldham RoadSemi-detached | Oct 1998 | £80,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 960, Oldham RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2001 | £117,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 962, Oldham RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2017 | £250,000 | 123 m² | £2,033/m² | 2 |
| 964, Oldham RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2006 | £250,000 | 161 m² | £1,553/m² | 1 |
| 966, Oldham RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2016 | £275,000 | 138 m² | £1,993/m² | 1 |
| 968, Oldham RoadSemi-detached | May 2021 | £340,000 | 106 m² | £3,208/m² | 2 |
| 970, Oldham RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2022 | £318,000 | 112 m² | £2,839/m² | 2 |
| 972, Oldham RoadTerraced | Aug 2014 | £120,000 | 76 m² | £1,579/m² | 5 |
| 974, Oldham RoadTerraced | Feb 2024 | £167,500 | 80 m² | £2,094/m² | 2 |
| 976, Oldham RoadTerraced | Apr 1999 | £36,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 982, Oldham RoadTerraced | May 2024 | £110,500 | 72 m² | £1,535/m² | 3 |
| 984, Oldham RoadSemi-detached | Jun 1998 | £37,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 986, Oldham RoadTerraced | Jun 2025 | £166,000 | 84 m² | £1,976/m² | 2 |
| 992, Oldham RoadTerraced | Sept 2003 | £70,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 994, Oldham RoadTerraced | May 2012 | £120,000 | 73 m² | £1,644/m² | 3 |
| 996, Oldham RoadTerraced | Nov 2024 | £179,950 | 81 m² | £2,222/m² | 3 |
| Plumpton Farm, Oldham RoadOther | Mar 2020 | £380,000 | 344 m² | £1,105/m² | 1 |
| The Stables, Plumpton Farm, Oldham RoadTerraced | Mar 2020 | £92,500 | 84 m² | £1,101/m² | 1 |
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 (2.8 km), with 141k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Thornham Summit, 50 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (routes 409, 809); 43 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Thornham St. James CofE Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 39.7 · 8.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (12.8 km).
It's a family area: 23% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Go Local Extra, 900 m away, with Royton Supermarket (Premier Stores) closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Kirkholt Medical Practice (1.7 km), with Strand Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.7 km).
For a haircut, fab - For All Beauty is 2.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Oldham Hospital, 4.9 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 8 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Tandle Hill Country Park Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (800 m), and Summit Inn the nearest pub (150 m).
There are 10 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 16% flats and 17% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
It's growing: about 305 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Tandle Hill Country Park, 1.3 km away; for exercise, Royton Leisure Centre (2.2 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 28 km away.
Most households own their home, 12% 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.
8 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.
Rochdale constituency: Paul Waugh MP (Labour (Co-op)), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 1,440 (3.6%), turnout 55%. Vote shares: Labour 33%, Workers Party of Britain 29%, Reform UK 17%, Conservative 11%.
4 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 OL11 2BS →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Oldham Road in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Formby · about 57 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 64 min
Nearest: Ponderosa Zoo · about 32 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 119 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 97.1% | 96.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.5% | 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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