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Hooley Bridge & Norden West
What it's like at OL12 6BT: every home that has sold on the 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.
Sales and extensions on the street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
No sales recorded at this postcode since 1995.
The nearest station is Rochdale Town Centre Metrolink stop, a short drive or bike ride (2.7 km). The nearest rail station is Rochdale, 3.3 km away, with 1.6m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Redfearn Wood, 250 m away, with a bus about every 27 minutes on weekdays (routes 467, 967, 968, 781); 10 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is St Vincent De Paul Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy, about a 10-minute walk (850 m).
The closest top-rated primary is Caldershaw Primary School (1.4 km).
The nearest secondary is Oulder Hill Leadership Academy, 1.4 km away; Attainment 8: 44.4 · 8.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (8.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is The Cooperative, 800 m away; Sabeel Date Water (850 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Edenfield Road Surgery (900 m), with Well the closest pharmacy (900 m).
For a haircut, The Barber's Lounge is 1.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Fairfield General Hospital, 3.7 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 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Munchies is the closest café or restaurant (800 m), and Black dog the nearest pub (350 m).
There are 29 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 4% flats and 40% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Denehurst Park, 1.1 km away; for exercise, Oulder Hill Leisure Complex (1.4 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: 43% 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.
6 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fisherfield Farmhouse | II | 0 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.
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 OL12 6BT →
Nearest: Blackpool South · about 58 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 67 min
Nearest: Ponderosa Zoo · about 36 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.5% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 89.1% | 96.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 3.2% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.2% | 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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