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On Midge Hall Drive, in Springfield Park
What it's like at OL11 4AX: every home that has sold on Midge Hall Drive 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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Sales and extensions on Midge Hall Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 29 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 4, Midge Hall DriveSemi-detached | Apr 2010 | £215,000 | 108 m² | £1,991/m² | 1 |
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| 5, Midge Hall DriveDetached | Dec 2020 | £507,000 | 204 m² | £2,485/m² | 1 |
| 7, Midge Hall DriveDetached | Oct 2018 | £495,000 | 213 m² | £2,324/m² | 2 |
| 8, Midge Hall DriveDetached | Jul 2003 | £230,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Midge Hall DriveDetached | Feb 2016 | £330,750 | 122 m² | £2,711/m² | 3 |
| 11, Midge Hall DriveDetached | May 2012 | £250,000 | 102 m² | £2,451/m² | 3 |
| 12, Midge Hall DriveDetached | Aug 2017 | £320,000 | 173 m² | £1,850/m² | 1 |
| 14, Midge Hall DriveDetached | Sept 2017 | £310,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 15, Midge Hall DriveDetached | Jul 2017 | £287,500 | 124 m² | £2,319/m² | 3 |
| 16, Midge Hall DriveDetached | Jan 2014 | £285,750 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, Midge Hall DriveDetached | Dec 2006 | £350,000 | 188 m² | £1,862/m² | 1 |
| 18, Midge Hall DriveDetached | Aug 2011 | £300,000 | 187 m² | £1,604/m² | 1 |
| 20, Midge Hall DriveDetached | Mar 2025 | £470,000 | 153 m² | £3,072/m² | 1 |
| 21, Midge Hall DriveDetached | Mar 2021 | £325,000 | 132 m² | £2,462/m² | 1 |
| 22, Midge Hall DriveDetached | Oct 2013 | £250,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 23, Midge Hall DriveDetached | Jun 2026 | £450,000 | 158 m² | £2,848/m² | 2 |
| 24, Midge Hall DriveDetached | Jan 2021 | £386,000 | 127 m² | £3,039/m² | 1 |
| 25, Midge Hall DriveDetached | Sept 2015 | £325,000 | 139 m² | £2,338/m² | 1 |
| 28, Midge Hall DriveDetached | Jun 2012 | £330,000 | 144 m² | £2,292/m² | 3 |
| 31, Midge Hall DriveDetached | Jun 2001 | £169,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 32, Midge Hall DriveDetached | Oct 2015 | £315,000 | 170 m² | £1,853/m² | 1 |
| 33, Midge Hall DriveDetached | Dec 2019 | £382,000 | 97 m² | £3,938/m² | 1 |
| 34, Midge Hall DriveDetached | Oct 2025 | £460,000 | 122 m² | £3,770/m² | 3 |
| 35, Midge Hall DriveDetached | Dec 2022 | £520,000 | 137 m² | £3,796/m² | 1 |
| 37, Midge Hall DriveDetached | Nov 2020 | £360,000 | 128 m² | £2,813/m² | 1 |
| 39, Midge Hall DriveDetached | Feb 2022 | £600,000 | 193 m² | £3,109/m² | 1 |
| 41, Midge Hall DriveDetached | Aug 2019 | £462,500 | 170 m² | £2,721/m² | 3 |
| 43, Midge Hall DriveDetached | Dec 2000 | £177,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 45, Midge Hall DriveDetached | Aug 2012 | £370,000 | – | – | 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 (2.3 km), with 141k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Broadhalgh Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 40 minutes on weekdays (routes 442, 17, 832, 887); 8 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Bamford Academy, about a 10-minute walk (950 m); 50% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Caldershaw Primary School (1.4 km), with 3 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Oulder Hill Leadership Academy, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 44.4 · 8.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (9.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 1.0 km away, with Nick Go Local closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Edenfield Road Surgery (1.4 km), with Well the closest pharmacy (1.4 km).
For a haircut, The Barber's Lounge is 2.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Fairfield General Hospital, 4.0 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 7 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
The Italian Room is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and Springfield Park Golf Club the nearest pub (600 m).
Detached houses make up 53% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Springfield Park, 550 m away; for exercise, Rrufc (750 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 29 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 53% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 28% are 65 or over.
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.
12 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%.
19 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 4AX →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Midge Hall Drive in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Formby · about 56 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 62 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 22 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 | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 95.0% | 96.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.6% | 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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