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On Birch Crescent, in Milnrow West
What it's like at OL16 4LJ: every home that has sold on Birch 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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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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Birch Crescent; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 34 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 3, Birch CrescentSemi-detached | Aug 2000 | £40,500 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6, Birch CrescentSemi-detached | May 2025 | £270,000 | 146 m² | £1,849/m² | 2 |
| 7, Birch CrescentSemi-detached | Dec 2017 | £110,000 | 66 m² | £1,667/m² | 2 |
| 9, Birch CrescentSemi-detached | Nov 2011 | £77,500 | 67 m² | £1,157/m² | 1 |
| 10, Birch CrescentSemi-detached | Dec 2024 | £150,000 | 94 m² | £1,596/m² | 4 |
| 13, Birch CrescentTerraced | Jul 2000 | £39,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 16, Birch CrescentSemi-detached | Nov 2024 | £162,000 | 69 m² | £2,348/m² | 1 |
| 19, Birch CrescentTerraced | Jul 2001 | £20,770 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Birch CrescentTerraced | Nov 2024 | £165,000 | 82 m² | £2,012/m² | 1 |
| 22, Birch CrescentTerraced | Jun 2026 | £180,000 | 68 m² | £2,647/m² | 5 |
| 26, Birch CrescentTerraced | Feb 2014 | £83,000 | 76 m² | £1,092/m² | 3 |
| 28, Birch CrescentTerraced | Apr 2013 | £80,000 | 84 m² | £952/m² | 1 |
| 30, Birch CrescentTerraced | Apr 2005 | £86,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 34, Birch CrescentSemi-detached | Apr 2019 | £110,000 | 69 m² | £1,594/m² | 1 |
| 36, Birch CrescentTerraced | Nov 2011 | £74,950 | 89 m² | £842/m² | 1 |
| 44, Birch CrescentTerraced | Aug 2007 | £107,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Newhey Metrolink stop, about a 10-minute walk (700 m). The nearest rail station is Rochdale, 3.4 km away, with 1.6m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Sycamore Avenue, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 450); 9 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Newhey Community Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 56% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Hollingworth Academy, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 51.1 · 14.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (12.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is The Co operative, 1.3 km away, with Newhey Butchers closer still (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Milnrow Village Practice (500 m), with Rowlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Fades&Blades is 1.1 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Oldham Hospital, 6.2 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: 8 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
She remains brave CIC is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and Premier Inn Rochdale - The John Milne the nearest pub (500 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (10 of them).
There are 13 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 13% flats and 15% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Memorial Park, 550 m away; for exercise, Littleborough RUFC (3.0 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 30 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.
14 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%.
3 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 4LJ →
On this street: 1 of 24 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 | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.0% | 96.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.5% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.1% | 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Rochdale 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 34 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Formby · about 55 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 58 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.