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On Wood Top Avenue, in Springfield Park
What it's like at OL11 4BD: every home that has sold on Wood Top Avenue 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 Wood Top Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 27 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Wood Top AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £475,000 | 186 m² | £2,554/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Wood Top AvenueSemi-detached · company-owned | Jan 2012 | £220,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 3, Wood Top AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2007 | £250,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 4, Wood Top AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2007 | £273,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, Wood Top AvenueDetached | Jun 2014 | £299,950 | – | – | 3 |
| 7, Wood Top AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2010 | £172,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Wood Top AvenueDetached | Oct 2019 | £385,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Wood Top AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2013 | £212,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 13, Wood Top AvenueOther | Feb 2024 | £635,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 14, Wood Top AvenueSemi-detached | May 2026 | £495,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 15, Wood Top AvenueOther | Jul 2025 | £750,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 17, Wood Top AvenueDetached | Jul 2020 | £550,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, Wood Top AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2012 | £300,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 19, Wood Top AvenueDetached | Sept 2019 | £385,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 20, Wood Top AvenueSemi-detached | May 2019 | £347,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Wood Top AvenueDetached | Mar 2024 | £770,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 22, Wood Top AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2020 | £415,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 24, Wood Top AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 1996 | £110,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, Wood Top AvenueDetached | May 2005 | £278,150 | – | – | 1 |
| 29, Wood Top AvenueDetached | Oct 2003 | £365,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 34, Wood Top AvenueDetached | Aug 2007 | £410,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 36, Wood Top AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2014 | £250,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 38, Wood Top AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2001 | £105,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 40, Wood Top AvenueDetached | Aug 2007 | £249,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 42, Wood Top AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2018 | £290,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 46, Wood Top AvenueDetached | Nov 1996 | £109,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 48, Wood Top AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2011 | £290,000 | – | – | 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 (2.4 km), with 141k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Wood Top Avenue, 150 m away, with a bus about every 40 minutes on weekdays (routes 442, 17, 832, 887); 19 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Bamford Academy, about a 10-minute walk (800 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 Matthew Moss High School, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 39.4 · 5.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (9.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 700 m away, with Premier closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Castleton Health Centre (1.7 km), with Well the closest pharmacy (1.7 km).
For a haircut, Istanbul Barbers is 2.1 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.
Evolution Physical Excellence is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Hare & Hounds the nearest pub (400 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 (1.1 km).
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.
10 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%.
11 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 4BD →
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" Wood Top Avenue in the last 12 months.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.9% | 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.
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.
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