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On Aberdeen Gardens, in Hooley Bridge & Norden West
What it's like at OL12 6DF: every home that has sold on Aberdeen Gardens 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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 Aberdeen Gardens; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 8 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 3, Aberdeen GardensDetached | Oct 2014 | £213,000 | 107 m² | £1,991/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Aberdeen GardensDetached | Oct 2004 | £162,000 | 95 m² | £1,705/m² | 1 |
| 5, Aberdeen GardensDetached | Jul 2011 | £173,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Aberdeen GardensDetached | Dec 2013 | £177,000 | 140 m² | £1,264/m² | 1 |
| 7, Aberdeen GardensDetached | Mar 2014 | £241,000 | 145 m² | £1,662/m² | 1 |
| 9, Aberdeen GardensDetached | Aug 2012 | £237,500 | 127 m² | £1,870/m² | 2 |
| 10, Aberdeen GardensDetached | Jul 2015 | £196,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 12, Aberdeen GardensDetached | May 2018 | £227,000 | 103 m² | £2,204/m² | 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 short drive or bike ride (2.4 km). The nearest rail station is Rochdale, 3.2 km away, with 1.6m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Hillside Walk, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 447); 39 departures an hour from the 17 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Shawclough Community Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 63% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Caldershaw Primary School (1.4 km).
The nearest secondary is Falinge Park High School, 1.2 km away.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (8.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 1.2 km away, with Healey Deli closer still (550 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Healey Surgery (750 m), with Healey Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, Yasmin's Hair & Beauty is 2.2 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.
Thrum Hall Methodist Church is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and The Oxford Inn the nearest pub (250 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 Iron Waters, 1.3 km away; for exercise, Oulder Hill Leisure Complex (2.3 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.
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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Church of Christ | II | 190 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.
Rochdale constituency: Paul Waugh MP (Labour (Co-op)), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 1,440 (3.6%), turnout 55%. Vote shares: Labour 33%, Workers Party of Britain 29%, Reform UK 17%, Conservative 11%.
14 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 6DF →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Aberdeen Gardens in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 6 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 | 0.5% | 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.
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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.