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On Spurn Lane, in Diggle, Delph & Denshaw
What it's like at OL3 5QP: every home that has sold on Spurn Lane 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Spurn Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 14 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 4, Spurn LaneDetached | Apr 2008 | £300,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6, Spurn LaneDetached | Feb 2004 | £246,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 8, Spurn LaneDetached | Nov 2000 | £112,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Spurn LaneDetached | Jun 2026 | £515,000 | 114 m² | £4,518/m² | 2 |
| 14, Spurn LaneDetached | May 2001 | £137,500 | 126 m² | £1,091/m² | 1 |
| 17, Spurn LaneTerraced | Feb 2015 | £277,000 | 94 m² | £2,947/m² | 2 |
| 19, Spurn LaneTerraced | May 2022 | £302,500 | 70 m² | £4,321/m² | 1 |
| 21, Spurn LaneTerraced | Apr 2026 | £550,000 | 131 m² | £4,198/m² | 2 |
| 23, Spurn LaneTerraced | Jun 2017 | £322,000 | 116 m² | £2,776/m² | 3 |
| 27, Spurn LaneTerraced | Sept 2013 | £160,000 | 73 m² | £2,192/m² | 1 |
| Springhill Cottage, Spurn LaneDetached | Nov 2019 | £555,000 | 195 m² | £2,846/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Greenfield, a short drive or bike ride (2.9 km), with 351k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Piccadilly.
The nearest bus stop is Hillside Avenue, 150 m away, with a bus about every 21 minutes on weekdays (routes 356, 184); 16 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 46 minutes away by public transport (21 by car).
The nearest primary school is Diggle School, about a 10-minute walk (850 m); 80% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Saddleworth School, 150 m away.
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is The Co-operative Food - Uppermill, 1.8 km away, with Diggle Post Office closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Saddleworth Medical Practice (1.8 km), with Everest Pharmacy - Delph the closest pharmacy (1.4 km).
For a haircut, The Mill is 1.6 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Oldham Hospital, 7.3 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, 16 pubs and bars.
Diggle Lock is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and The Gate Inn the nearest pub (250 m).
There are 181 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 13% flats and 31% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Diggle Park, 400 m away; for exercise, Saddleworth Pool and Leisure Centre (2.1 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 30 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 45% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 26% are 65 or over.
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.
10 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 |
|---|---|---|
| the Holden Smithy | II | 60 m |
| 25 and 27, Spurn Lane | II | 80 m |
| Longcroft | II | 140 m |
| No. 5 and Adjoining Barn | II | 170 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.
Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency: Debbie Abrahams MP (Labour), since January 2011. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 6,357 (15.9%), turnout 55%. Vote shares: Labour 35%, Reform UK 19%, Conservative 17%, Workers Party of Britain 12%.
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 OL3 5QP →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Spurn Lane in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Formby · about 67 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 63 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 10 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 | 1.5% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 82.0% | 95.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 4.1% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 12.0% | 3.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.3% | 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.