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On Verdant Way, in Balderstone & Kirkholt
What it's like at OL16 4QY: every home that has sold on Verdant Way 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Verdant Way; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 15 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Verdant WayDetached | Oct 2020 | £350,000 | 108 m² | £3,241/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Verdant WayDetached | Mar 2008 | £325,000 | 202 m² | £1,609/m² | 2 |
| 3, Verdant WayDetached | Sept 2007 | £322,500 | 173 m² | £1,864/m² | 3 |
| 4, Verdant WayDetached | Jul 2001 | £215,000 | 215 m² | £1,000/m² | 2 |
| 5, Verdant WayDetached | Jul 2022 | £310,000 | 112 m² | £2,768/m² | 2 |
| 6, Verdant WayDetached | May 2017 | £345,000 | 213 m² | £1,620/m² | 4 |
| 7, Verdant WayDetached | Sept 2004 | £345,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 8, Verdant WayDetached | Oct 2015 | £267,000 | 129 m² | £2,070/m² | 2 |
| 9, Verdant WayDetached | Jan 1999 | £149,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, Verdant WayDetached | Mar 2017 | £380,000 | 217 m² | £1,751/m² | 3 |
| 15, Verdant WayDetached | Apr 2002 | £200,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 17, Verdant WayDetached | Jul 1999 | £142,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 19, Verdant WayDetached | Jul 1999 | £161,950 | 214 m² | £757/m² | 1 |
| 21, Verdant WayDetached | Sept 1998 | £169,950 | 348 m² | £488/m² | 1 |
| 23, Verdant WayDetached | Sept 1998 | £169,950 | 695 m² | £245/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Kingsway Business Park Metrolink stop, a short drive or bike ride (1.8 km). The nearest rail station is Rochdale, 2.0 km away, with 1.6m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Badger Close, 200 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (routes 436, 891); 4 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Balderstone, about a 10-minute walk (950 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy, 750 m away; Attainment 8: 39.7 · 8.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School (12.8 km).
It's a family area: 23% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Go Local Extra, 750 m away; Craiglands News (700 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Wellfield Health Centre (1.5 km), with Oldham Road Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (950 m).
For a haircut, Bridge St Barbers is 2.1 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Oldham Hospital, 4.9 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 8 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Compass Group UK & Ireland Ltd, Staff Restaurant, Asda CDC is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Spring Inn the nearest pub (250 m).
There are 10 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 16% flats and 17% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
It's growing: about 305 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Balderstone Park, 950 m away; for exercise, PureGym (2.2 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 28 km away.
Most households own their home, 12% 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.
3 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%.
7 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 4QY →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Verdant Way in the last 12 months.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 0 of 11 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 | 0.2% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 97.1% | 96.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.5% | 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 57 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 64 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.