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On Kings Road, in Smallshaw
What it's like at OL6 8JT: every home that has sold on Kings Road 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.
8 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 9 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Kings Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
34 of the 232 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 8, Kings RoadTerraced | Dec 2015 | £103,000 | 71 m² | £1,451/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9, Kings RoadOther | Apr 2017 | £97,500 | 66 m² | £1,477/m² | 1 |
| 10, Kings RoadTerraced | Feb 2016 | £101,500 | 63 m² | £1,611/m² | 1 |
| 11, Kings RoadTerraced | Dec 2006 | £82,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 15, Kings RoadTerraced | Mar 2019 | £85,000 | 60 m² | £1,417/m² | 3 |
| 17, Kings RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2023 | £79,000 | 59 m² | £1,339/m² | 2 |
| 19, Kings RoadTerraced | Dec 2005 | £68,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 20, Kings RoadTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2024 | £95,000 | 62 m² | £1,532/m² | 2 |
| 23, Kings RoadTerraced | Aug 2008 | £103,000 | 64 m² | £1,609/m² | 3 |
| 24, Kings RoadTerraced | Jan 2018 | £95,000 | 62 m² | £1,532/m² | 2 |
| 25, Kings RoadTerraced | Dec 2021 | £107,000 | 63 m² | £1,698/m² | 1 |
| 26, Kings RoadTerraced | Jul 2025 | £115,000 | 56 m² | £2,054/m² | 5 |
| 27, Kings RoadTerraced · company-owned | Sept 2021 | £125,000 | 79 m² | £1,582/m² | 5 |
| 28, Kings RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2011 | £110,000 | 63 m² | £1,746/m² | 4 |
| 29, Kings RoadTerraced | Jun 2020 | £90,000 | 63 m² | £1,429/m² | 1 |
| 31, Kings RoadTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2002 | £24,000 | 86 m² | £279/m² | 1 |
| 32, Kings RoadTerraced | Dec 2012 | £105,000 | 64 m² | £1,641/m² | 3 |
| 33, Kings RoadTerraced | Dec 2010 | £69,500 | 63 m² | £1,103/m² | 2 |
| 35, Kings RoadTerraced | Jun 2024 | £137,000 | 73 m² | £1,877/m² | 3 |
| 41, Kings RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2000 | £65,000 | 191 m² | £340/m² | 1 |
| 43, Kings RoadTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2022 | £113,000 | 62 m² | £1,823/m² | 2 |
| 49, Kings RoadTerraced | Aug 2006 | £89,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 53, Kings RoadTerraced | Jul 2025 | £165,000 | 89 m² | £1,854/m² | 5 |
The nearest station is Ashton-under-Lyne, about a 10-minute walk (800 m), with 180k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Curzon Road, 50 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route 396); 7 departures an hour from the 7 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 14 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is Hurst Knoll St James' Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (50 m); 47% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Dixons Ashton Academy, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 38.1 · 5.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Damian's RC Science College (1.6 km) and Laurus Ryecroft (2.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Stretford Grammar School (15 km).
It's a family area: 22% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 550 m away, with Sunnys Local closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Stamford House (500 m), with Alans Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Francos is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Tameside General Hospital, 1.4 km 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: 5 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Shree Bharatiya Mandal is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Halfway House the nearest pub (350 m).
It's a mix of homes: 13% flats and 4% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is King George V Playing Fields, 300 m away; for exercise, Gritstone CrossFit (550 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 20 km away.
Most households own their home, 20% 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.
50 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%.
33 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 8JT →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Kings Road in the last 12 months.
On this street: 2 of 195 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 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 | 0.0% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 98.7% | 94.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.1% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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 60 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 55 min
Nearest: Gulliver's World Resort · about 39 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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