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On Gowers Street, in Wardleworth & Newbold Brow
What it's like at OL16 2LN: every home that has sold on Gowers 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Gowers Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 17 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 23, Gowers StreetTerraced | Feb 2018 | £82,000 | 125 m² | £656/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24, Gowers StreetSemi-detached | Nov 2002 | £49,500 | 52 m² | £952/m² | 2 |
| 26, Gowers StreetSemi-detached · company-owned | Feb 2024 | £107,250 | 54 m² | £1,986/m² | 3 |
| 27, Gowers StreetTerraced · company-owned | May 2025 | £100,000 | 65 m² | £1,538/m² | 1 |
| 28, Gowers StreetSemi-detached · company-owned | Jan 2020 | £90,000 | 54 m² | £1,667/m² | 2 |
| 29, Gowers StreetTerraced | Nov 2021 | £85,000 | 80 m² | £1,063/m² | 3 |
| 31, Gowers StreetTerraced | Sept 2018 | £61,000 | 70 m² | £871/m² | 1 |
| 32, Gowers StreetOther | Nov 2023 | £175,000 | 130 m² | £1,346/m² | 1 |
| 33, Gowers StreetTerraced | Mar 2014 | £45,000 | 64 m² | £703/m² | 1 |
| 35, Gowers StreetOther | Mar 2011 | £160 | 69 m² | £2/m² | 2 |
| 36, Gowers StreetTerraced | Jan 2005 | £78,000 | 51 m² | £1,529/m² | 1 |
| 37, Gowers StreetTerraced | May 2004 | £40,000 | 71 m² | £563/m² | 2 |
| 39, Gowers StreetTerraced | Oct 2013 | £46,000 | 80 m² | £575/m² | 1 |
| 40, Gowers StreetTerraced | Nov 2007 | £116,000 | 200 m² | £580/m² | 3 |
| 41, Gowers StreetTerraced | May 2005 | £75,000 | 91 m² | £824/m² | 2 |
| 43, Gowers StreetTerraced | Nov 1998 | £12,000 | 99 m² | £121/m² | 2 |
| Gowers Street Youth Base, Gowers StreetOther | Jan 2017 | £85,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Newbold Metrolink stop, about a 10-minute walk (900 m). The nearest rail station is Rochdale, 1.4 km away, with 1.6m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Ramsay Street, 100 m away, with a bus about every 20 minutes on weekdays (routes 457, 587, 434, 862); 20 departures an hour from the 11 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Heybrook Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 73% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Kentmere Primary Academy (1.1 km).
The nearest secondary is Kingsway Park High School, 1.9 km away; Attainment 8: 35.3 · 4.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (10.4 km).
It's a family area: 26% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 600 m away, with Go Local closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Croft Shifa Health Centre (250 m), with Ace Chemist Direct the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Yasmin's Hair & Beauty is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Fairfield General Hospital, 7.7 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: 12 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Brue is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Regent Snooker Club the nearest pub (700 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (32 of them).
It's a mix of homes: 13% flats and 6% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1919-1929.
The nearest park is Ball Street Gardens, 600 m away; for exercise, Rochdale Leisure Centre (500 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 31 km away.
Most households own their home, 31% rent privately.
It's young: 23% of residents are aged 15–29.
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.
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.
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%.
19 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 OL16 2LN →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Gowers Street in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 16 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 | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.5% | 96.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.7% | 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: Formby · about 59 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 65 min
Nearest: Ponderosa Zoo · about 32 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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