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On Kensington Avenue, in Ashton East
What it's like at OL6 8EH: every home that has sold on Kensington Avenue 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.
Sales and extensions on Kensington Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 12 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Kensington AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2001 | £54,995 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Kensington AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2026 | £200,000 | 72 m² | £2,778/m² | 2 |
| 6, Kensington AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2022 | £195,000 | 86 m² | £2,267/m² | 3 |
| 8, Kensington AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 1995 | £49,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Kensington AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2025 | £160,500 | 78 m² | £2,058/m² | 2 |
| 10, Kensington AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2014 | £95,000 | 66 m² | £1,439/m² | 1 |
| 11, Kensington AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2006 | £56,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 12, Kensington AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2025 | £200,000 | 65 m² | £3,077/m² | 3 |
| 13, Kensington AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2011 | £70,000 | 61 m² | £1,148/m² | 4 |
| 14, Kensington AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2013 | £80,000 | 68 m² | £1,176/m² | 1 |
| 15, Kensington AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2002 | £54,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Kensington AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2001 | £52,950 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Ashton-under-Lyne, a short drive or bike ride (1.2 km), with 180k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Princess Street, 150 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (routes 350, 337, 816, S350B); 54 departures an hour from the 13 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 11 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 57% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is West Hill School, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 43.5 · 9.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Damian's RC Science College (2.2 km) and Laurus Ryecroft (3.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 400 m away, with The Bakery closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Stamford House (150 m), with Alans Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Leighton House is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Tameside General Hospital, 600 m away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 48% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 79% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 9 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 8 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
Cravecorner is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and New Inn the nearest pub (150 m).
It's a mix of homes: 13% flats and 9% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Cedar Park, 500 m away; for exercise, Gritstone CrossFit (450 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 15.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 20 km away.
Most households own their home, 27% 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.
34 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.
Ashton-under-Lyne constituency: Angela Rayner MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 6,791 (19.2%), turnout 50%. Vote shares: Labour 44%, Reform UK 25%, Conservative 12%, Workers Party of Britain 8%.
40 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 OL6 8EH →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Kensington Avenue in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 7 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 | 0.7% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 91.2% | 94.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 8.4% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 0.1% | 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: Hathersage Outdoor Swimming Pool · about 53 min
Nearest: Gulliver's World Resort · about 38 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.