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On Holmes Street, in Spotland Bridge
What it's like at OL12 6AQ: every home that has sold on Holmes 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.
4 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 Holmes Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
7 of the 37 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 6, Holmes StreetTerraced | Nov 2005 | £55,000 | 87 m² | £632/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8, Holmes StreetTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2014 | £60,000 | 69 m² | £870/m² | 1 |
| 9, Holmes StreetTerraced | Aug 2002 | £12,000 | 64 m² | £188/m² | 1 |
| 11, Holmes StreetTerraced | Mar 2013 | £69,500 | 100 m² | £695/m² | 2 |
| 12, Holmes StreetTerraced | Jul 2021 | £85,000 | 67 m² | £1,269/m² | 1 |
| 13, Holmes StreetTerraced · company-owned | Feb 1995 | £21,000 | 65 m² | £323/m² | 1 |
| 14, Holmes StreetTerraced · company-owned | Mar 2025 | £130,000 | 68 m² | £1,912/m² | 1 |
| 17, Holmes StreetTerraced | Aug 2003 | £37,500 | 63 m² | £595/m² | 1 |
| 19, Holmes StreetTerraced | Aug 2009 | £90,000 | 72 m² | £1,250/m² | 1 |
| 20, Holmes StreetTerraced | Jul 2018 | £61,000 | 77 m² | £792/m² | 3 |
| 21, Holmes StreetTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2009 | £61,500 | 62 m² | £992/m² | 1 |
| 22, Holmes StreetTerraced | Feb 2016 | £67,000 | 82 m² | £817/m² | 3 |
| 23, Holmes StreetTerraced · company-owned | Aug 2002 | £30,000 | 62 m² | £484/m² | 1 |
| 24, Holmes StreetTerraced | Mar 2016 | £67,500 | 69 m² | £978/m² | 3 |
| 27, Holmes StreetTerraced | Mar 2014 | £71,000 | 62 m² | £1,145/m² | 1 |
| 28, Holmes StreetTerraced | Jun 2015 | £66,500 | 102 m² | £652/m² | 1 |
| 29, Holmes StreetTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2015 | £52,251 | 64 m² | £816/m² | 1 |
| 30, Holmes StreetTerraced | Nov 1999 | £16,500 | 69 m² | £239/m² | 1 |
| 31, Holmes StreetTerraced | Jan 2009 | £66,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 32, Holmes StreetTerraced | May 2025 | £94,000 | 68 m² | £1,382/m² | 4 |
| 33, Holmes StreetTerraced | Aug 2000 | £25,205 | 68 m² | £371/m² | 1 |
| 34, Holmes StreetTerraced | Nov 2013 | £80,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 35, Holmes StreetTerraced | Sept 2005 | £74,000 | 63 m² | £1,175/m² | 1 |
| 36, Holmes StreetTerraced | Dec 2021 | £115,000 | 78 m² | £1,474/m² | 1 |
| 37, Holmes StreetTerraced | Jun 2018 | £57,000 | 63 m² | £905/m² | 1 |
| 39, Holmes StreetTerraced | Sept 2014 | £40,000 | 85 m² | £471/m² | 1 |
| 41, Holmes StreetTerraced | Mar 1999 | £30,000 | 51 m² | £588/m² | 1 |
| 49, Holmes StreetTerraced | Mar 1999 | £13,400 | 61 m² | £220/m² | 1 |
| 51, Holmes StreetTerraced · company-owned | Sept 2025 | £92,500 | 62 m² | £1,492/m² | 1 |
| 53, Holmes StreetTerraced | May 2020 | £60,000 | 95 m² | £632/m² | 1 |
| 55, Holmes StreetTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2005 | £60,000 | 64 m² | £938/m² | 1 |
| 84, Holmes StreetTerraced | Mar 2013 | £45,000 | 73 m² | £616/m² | 1 |
| 86, Holmes StreetTerraced | Oct 2022 | £150,000 | 80 m² | £1,875/m² | 2 |
| 88, Holmes StreetTerraced | Jul 1998 | £20,750 | – | – | 1 |
| Unit 2, Holmes StreetOther | Jun 2025 | £198,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Unit 3, Holmes StreetOther | Aug 2025 | £185,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Unit 4, Holmes StreetSemi-detached · company-owned | May 2009 | £170,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 1, Primrose VillasTerraced | Jun 2020 | £47,000 | 56 m² | £839/m² | 2 |
| 1b, Primrose VillasFlat | Jul 2019 | £35,000 | 39 m² | £897/m² | 1 |
| 2, Primrose VillasTerraced | Nov 2004 | £35,000 | – | – | 2 |
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, about a 10-minute walk (950 m). The nearest rail station is Rochdale, 1.3 km away, with 1.6m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Holmes Street, 150 m away, with a bus about every 21 minutes on weekdays (routes 468, 442); 25 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 15 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is Spotland Primary Academy, a few minutes' walk (450 m).
The closest top-rated primary is Caldershaw Primary School (1 km).
The nearest secondary is Falinge Park High School, 900 m away.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (9.2 km).
It's a family area: 24% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Asda, 350 m away; Haji Baba (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ashworth Street Surgery (350 m), with Asda Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Singhar is 800 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Fairfield General Hospital, 5.6 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: 12 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Rochdale 6th Form College is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Baum the nearest pub (650 m).
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 9% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Memorial Gardens, 650 m away; for exercise, Climb Rochdale (1.0 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 30 km away.
Most households own their home, 22% 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.
32 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Two bridges spanning the River Spodden, Mellor Street, Rochdale | II | 160 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
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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%.
33 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 OL12 6AQ →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Holmes Street in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Formby · about 56 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 62 min
Nearest: Ponderosa Zoo · about 31 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 30 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 | 0.4% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.1% | 96.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.8% | 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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