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On Heights Avenue, in Healey, Syke & Shawclough
What it's like at OL12 6JH: every home that has sold on Heights 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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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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Heights Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 62 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 30, Heights AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2021 | £207,500 | 88 m² | £2,358/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32, Heights AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £236,500 | 88 m² | £2,688/m² | 1 |
| 34, Heights AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 1999 | £65,750 | 76 m² | £865/m² | 1 |
| 36, Heights AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2011 | £140,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 44, Heights AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2024 | £210,000 | 76 m² | £2,763/m² | 1 |
| 46, Heights AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 1998 | £67,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 48, Heights AvenueDetached | May 2024 | £244,000 | 117 m² | £2,085/m² | 1 |
| 50, Heights AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2018 | £170,000 | 76 m² | £2,237/m² | 1 |
| 52, Heights AvenueSemi-detached | May 1999 | £52,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 53, Heights AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2016 | £115,000 | 81 m² | £1,420/m² | 2 |
| 54, Heights AvenueDetached | Sept 2020 | £175,000 | 73 m² | £2,397/m² | 1 |
| 55, Heights AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2008 | £114,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 57, Heights AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2021 | £142,000 | 105 m² | £1,352/m² | 1 |
| 58, Heights AvenueDetached · company-owned | May 2023 | £316,500 | 139 m² | £2,277/m² | 2 |
| 59, Heights AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2019 | £150,000 | 102 m² | £1,471/m² | 1 |
| 60, Heights AvenueDetached | Dec 2015 | £225,000 | 149 m² | £1,510/m² | 3 |
| 61, Heights AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2015 | £135,000 | 110 m² | £1,227/m² | 2 |
| 63, Heights AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2016 | £157,500 | 100 m² | £1,575/m² | 1 |
| 65, Heights AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2019 | £114,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 67, Heights AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2003 | £89,950 | 93 m² | £967/m² | 4 |
| 71, Heights AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2007 | £191,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 73, Heights AvenueDetached | Jul 2013 | £150,000 | 76 m² | £1,974/m² | 1 |
| 75, Heights AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2006 | £155,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 77, Heights AvenueSemi-detached | May 2006 | £154,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 81, Heights AvenueDetached | Nov 2022 | £175,000 | 108 m² | £1,620/m² | 2 |
| 83, Heights AvenueDetached | Aug 2014 | £175,000 | 84 m² | £2,083/m² | 1 |
| 87, Heights AvenueDetached | Aug 2011 | £180,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 97, Heights AvenueDetached | Apr 2016 | £172,000 | 107 m² | £1,607/m² | 1 |
| 99, Heights AvenueDetached | Jun 2013 | £165,000 | 115 m² | £1,435/m² | 2 |
| 101, Heights AvenueDetached | Sept 2002 | £115,000 | 125 m² | £920/m² | 1 |
| 105, Heights AvenueOther | Apr 2022 | £1,448 | – | – | 1 |
| 111, Heights AvenueDetached | Jan 2003 | £138,000 | 110 m² | £1,255/m² | 3 |
| 113, Heights AvenueDetached | Jun 2003 | £138,500 | 132 m² | £1,049/m² | 3 |
| 119, Heights AvenueDetached | Feb 2023 | £330,000 | 110 m² | £3,000/m² | 1 |
| 125, Heights AvenueDetached | Oct 2005 | £249,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 129, Heights AvenueDetached | Jun 2023 | £335,000 | 130 m² | £2,577/m² | 3 |
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 (1.4 km). The nearest rail station is Rochdale, 2.2 km away, with 1.6m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is The Talbot Head, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 447, BR4); 6 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Shawclough Community Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 63% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Kentmere Primary Academy (1.7 km).
The nearest secondary is Falinge Park High School, 300 m away.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (8.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 500 m away, with Nisa Shawclough Stores closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Healey Surgery (600 m), with Healey Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, KK Nails is 1.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Fairfield General Hospital, 7.0 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 7 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Vintage Worx is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and The Talbot Head the nearest pub (100 m).
There are 16 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 32% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Falinge Park, 500 m away; for exercise, Rochdale Leisure Centre (1.6 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 32 km away.
Most households own their home, 18% 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.
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.
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%.
20 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 6JH →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Heights Avenue in the last 12 months.
On this street: 1 of 38 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.7% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.9% | 96.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.8% | 3.1% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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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Nearest: Formby · about 60 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 67 min
Nearest: Ponderosa Zoo · about 35 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.