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On Knowsley Crescent, in Whitworth
What it's like at OL12 8HR: every home that has sold on Knowsley Crescent 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Knowsley Crescent; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 44 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 41, Knowsley CrescentSemi-detached | Nov 2019 | £125,000 | 92 m² | £1,359/m² | 2 |
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| 43, Knowsley CrescentSemi-detached | Dec 2011 | £67,000 | 84 m² | £798/m² | 3 |
| 47, Knowsley CrescentSemi-detached | Oct 2003 | £58,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 50, Knowsley CrescentSemi-detached | Sept 2018 | £90,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 55, Knowsley CrescentSemi-detached | Mar 2001 | £31,000 | 117 m² | £265/m² | 1 |
| 56, Knowsley CrescentSemi-detached | Oct 2025 | £240,000 | 92 m² | £2,609/m² | 3 |
| 57, Knowsley CrescentSemi-detached | Apr 2002 | £55,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 58, Knowsley CrescentSemi-detached | Sept 1999 | £28,000 | 95 m² | £295/m² | 1 |
| 60, Knowsley CrescentSemi-detached | Apr 1996 | £31,000 | 84 m² | £369/m² | 1 |
| 61, Knowsley CrescentSemi-detached | Apr 2023 | £155,000 | 80 m² | £1,938/m² | 3 |
| 64, Knowsley CrescentSemi-detached | Jul 2013 | £80,000 | 82 m² | £976/m² | 1 |
| 66, Knowsley CrescentTerraced | Nov 2024 | £225,000 | 102 m² | £2,206/m² | 3 |
| 67, Knowsley CrescentSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £169,000 | 80 m² | £2,113/m² | 1 |
| 70, Knowsley CrescentSemi-detached | Mar 2018 | £125,000 | 91 m² | £1,374/m² | 1 |
| 72, Knowsley CrescentSemi-detached | Oct 2017 | £125,000 | 110 m² | £1,136/m² | 1 |
| 74, Knowsley CrescentSemi-detached | Sept 2003 | £69,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 80, Knowsley CrescentSemi-detached | Dec 2019 | £105,000 | 84 m² | £1,250/m² | 2 |
| 82, Knowsley CrescentSemi-detached | May 2026 | £184,000 | 79 m² | £2,329/m² | 3 |
| 86, Knowsley CrescentSemi-detached | Dec 2000 | £39,995 | 90 m² | £444/m² | 1 |
| 90, Knowsley CrescentSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £165,000 | 91 m² | £1,813/m² | 2 |
| 94, Knowsley CrescentSemi-detached | Jul 2026 | £205,000 | 78 m² | £2,628/m² | 2 |
| 98, Knowsley CrescentSemi-detached | Feb 2018 | £96,000 | 79 m² | £1,215/m² | 3 |
| 100, Knowsley CrescentSemi-detached | Oct 2024 | £165,000 | 90 m² | £1,833/m² | 3 |
| 104, Knowsley CrescentSemi-detached | May 2020 | £70,000 | 75 m² | £933/m² | 1 |
| 106, Knowsley CrescentSemi-detached | Nov 2024 | £152,500 | 79 m² | £1,930/m² | 2 |
| 108, Knowsley CrescentSemi-detached | Jun 2022 | £214,000 | 95 m² | £2,253/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Walsden, a drive away (4.4 km), with 80k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Shanter Close, 150 m away, with a bus about every 15 minutes on weekdays (routes 464, BR4); 24 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St John With St Michael Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 65% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Whitworth Community High School, 2.9 km away; Attainment 8: 50.3 · 8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (5.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 2.4 km away, with Britannia Post Office closer still (1.4 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Whitworth Medical Centre (2.4 km), with A J Nuttall the closest pharmacy (2.4 km).
For a haircut, Avon Hair is 3.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Fairfield General Hospital, 8.7 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 10 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Genes Kitchen is the closest café or restaurant (1.4 km), and Halfway House the nearest pub (1.5 km).
Crime is around the national middle: about 88 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 24 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 11% flats and 20% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 163 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Stubbylee Park, 2.8 km away; for exercise, Cowm Leisure Off Road Centre (1.0 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 35 km away.
Most households own their home, 17% 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.
2 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.
Rossendale and Darwen constituency: Andy MacNae MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 5,628 (12.6%), turnout 60%. Vote shares: Labour 41%, Conservative 28%, Reform UK 22%, Green Party 5%.
1 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 8HR →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
On this street: 0 of 34 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.1% | 94.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.0% | 1.0% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.1% | 3.8% | 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Rossendale since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 44 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Formby · about 64 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 67 min
Nearest: Ponderosa Zoo · about 39 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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