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On Merebank Close, in Norden East & Bagslate Moor
What it's like at OL11 5WG: every home that has sold on Merebank Close 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Merebank Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 7 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Merebank CloseDetached | Oct 1999 | £150,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Merebank CloseDetached | Jul 2016 | £385,000 | 196 m² | £1,964/m² | 4 |
| 3, Merebank CloseDetached | Apr 2025 | £550,000 | 134 m² | £4,104/m² | 1 |
| 4, Merebank CloseDetached | Aug 1999 | £149,950 | 152 m² | £987/m² | 1 |
| 5, Merebank CloseDetached | Oct 2025 | £562,000 | 155 m² | £3,626/m² | 2 |
| 6, Merebank CloseDetached | Jun 2016 | £392,500 | 236 m² | £1,663/m² | 2 |
| 9, Merebank CloseDetached | Nov 2001 | £250,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Rochdale Town Centre Metrolink stop, a drive away (3.7 km). The nearest rail station is Castleton (Manchester), 3.9 km away, with 141k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Scarfield Drive, 250 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 461); 4 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Whittaker Moss Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 74% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Caldershaw Primary School (0.6 km).
The nearest secondary is Oulder Hill Leadership Academy, 1.8 km away; Attainment 8: 44.4 · 8.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (8.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is The Cooperative, 600 m away; Norden News (600 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Edenfield Road Surgery (1.5 km), with Manor Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, The Barber's Lounge is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Fairfield General Hospital, 4.3 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: 5 restaurants and cafés, 10 pubs and bars.
The True Taste of India is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and Hop and Vine the nearest pub (650 m).
Detached houses make up 50% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Denehurst Park, 1.6 km away; for exercise, Rrufc (1.2 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 30 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 45% of households own their home outright.
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.
18 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%.
8 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 5WG →
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" Merebank Close in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 5 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 | 1.5% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 98.8% | 96.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.4% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 0.7% | 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: Blackpool South · about 58 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 66 min
Nearest: Ponderosa Zoo · about 34 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.