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On Thorn Street, in Bacup
What it's like at OL13 9JG: every home that has sold on Thorn 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Thorn Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
2 of the 10 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Thorn StreetTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2020 | £50,000 | 65 m² | £769/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Thorn StreetTerraced | Oct 2010 | £35,000 | 70 m² | £500/m² | 1 |
| 5, Thorn StreetTerraced | May 2002 | £28,500 | 87 m² | £328/m² | 1 |
| 6, Thorn StreetOther · company-owned | Nov 2025 | £357,000 | 166 m² | £2,151/m² | 2 |
| 7, Thorn StreetTerraced | Jun 2002 | £15,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Thorn StreetTerraced | Mar 2026 | £39,999 | 78 m² | £513/m² | 6 |
| 11, Thorn StreetTerraced | Sept 2025 | £135,000 | 83 m² | £1,627/m² | 2 |
| 13, Thorn StreetTerraced | Aug 2021 | £75,000 | 82 m² | £915/m² | 2 |
| 17, Thorn StreetTerraced | Dec 2021 | £90,000 | 64 m² | £1,406/m² | 2 |
| 19, Thorn StreetTerraced | Mar 2007 | £82,500 | – | – | 2 |
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 (6.2 km), with 80k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Irwell Medical Centre, 100 m away, with a bus about every 15 minutes on weekdays (routes 464, 844); 45 departures an hour from the 21 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 43 minutes away by public transport (24 by car).
The nearest primary school is St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy, a few minutes' walk (500 m); 15% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Valley Leadership Academy, 2.8 km away; Attainment 8: 32.6 · 3.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (3.7 km).
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Wm Morrison, 200 m away, with The Local / TJ's Liquor Store closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Irwell Medical Centre (100 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, A Close Shave is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Fairfield General Hospital, 12 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: 14 restaurants and cafés, 9 pubs and bars.
Nellies is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Cornerstone the nearest pub (50 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (20 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 122 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 48 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 26% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Stubbylee Park, 1.1 km away; for exercise, Cowm Leisure Off Road Centre (3.1 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.9 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 39 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 39 km.
36 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 16, Rochdale Road | II | 90 m |
| 19 and 21, Rochdale Road | II | 100 m |
| 23, Rochdale Road | II | 100 m |
| Cast Iron Wall to Bridge | II | 110 m |
| Waterloo Hotel | II | 120 m |
| 9 and 11 King Street | II | 170 m |
| 12,14 and 16, King Street | II | 190 m |
| 18 and 20 Market Street | II | 200 m |
| Mechanics Hall | II | 200 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.
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%.
2 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 OL13 9JG →
On this street: 0 of 8 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% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 95.9% | 94.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.8% | 0.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.3% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Blackpool Central · about 57 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 58 min
Nearest: Rascals · about 40 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
Most households own their home, 19% 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.
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 10 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.