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On Bowness Road, in Ashton Waterloo
What it's like at OL7 9HH: every home that has sold on Bowness 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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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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Bowness Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 29 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Bowness RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2016 | £75,250 | 74 m² | £1,017/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Bowness RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2016 | £115,000 | 81 m² | £1,420/m² | 2 |
| 7, Bowness RoadTerraced | Nov 2011 | £78,000 | 76 m² | £1,026/m² | 1 |
| 9, Bowness RoadTerraced | Aug 2016 | £91,000 | 72 m² | £1,264/m² | 2 |
| 13, Bowness RoadTerraced | Jun 2009 | £75,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Bowness RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2012 | £105,000 | 71 m² | £1,479/m² | 2 |
| 18, Bowness RoadTerraced | Nov 2023 | £142,000 | 73 m² | £1,945/m² | 3 |
| 21, Bowness RoadTerraced | Jun 2003 | £37,500 | 98 m² | £383/m² | 2 |
| 25, Bowness RoadTerraced · company-owned | Apr 2022 | £155,000 | 99 m² | £1,566/m² | 3 |
| 26, Bowness RoadSemi-detached | May 2018 | £98,000 | 74 m² | £1,324/m² | 1 |
| 27, Bowness RoadSemi-detached | Nov 1998 | £36,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 28, Bowness RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2010 | £91,000 | 70 m² | £1,300/m² | 1 |
| 29, Bowness RoadSemi-detached | May 2009 | £60,000 | 84 m² | £714/m² | 2 |
| 30, Bowness RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2007 | £124,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 32, Bowness RoadTerraced | Jan 2019 | £138,500 | 77 m² | £1,799/m² | 2 |
| 35, Bowness RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2017 | £95,000 | 74 m² | £1,284/m² | 2 |
| 37, Bowness RoadSemi-detached | Jan 1995 | £38,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 40, Bowness RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2017 | £140,000 | 111 m² | £1,261/m² | 2 |
| 41, Bowness RoadTerraced | Oct 2018 | £135,000 | 192 m² | £703/m² | 3 |
| 45, Bowness RoadTerraced | Oct 2023 | £165,000 | 76 m² | £2,171/m² | 2 |
| 46, Bowness RoadSemi-detached | Jul 1998 | £36,000 | 101 m² | £356/m² | 2 |
| 47, Bowness RoadTerraced | Dec 2009 | £111,000 | 106 m² | £1,047/m² | 2 |
| 49, Bowness RoadTerraced | May 2007 | £103,000 | 74 m² | £1,392/m² | 1 |
| 50, Bowness RoadSemi-detached | Jul 1998 | £22,500 | 74 m² | £304/m² | 1 |
| 51, Bowness RoadTerraced | Nov 2011 | £95,000 | 92 m² | £1,033/m² | 1 |
| 53, Bowness RoadTerraced | Oct 2003 | £62,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 55, Bowness RoadTerraced | Oct 2000 | £43,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 61, Bowness RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2020 | £115,000 | 72 m² | £1,597/m² | 2 |
| 67, Bowness RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2017 | £85,000 | 79 m² | £1,076/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Ashton West Metrolink stop, about a 5-minute walk (600 m). The nearest rail station is Ashton-under-Lyne, 1.2 km away, with 180k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Windsor Drive, 100 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 339); 8 departures an hour from the 9 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 15 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is Waterloo Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (600 m); 49% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Laurus Ryecroft, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 51.6 · 13.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Damian's RC Science College (2.3 km) and Wright Robinson College (4.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Stretford Grammar School (14 km).
The nearest supermarket is Premier Crowhill Supermarket, 200 m away; Family Bakery (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Waterloo Medical Centre (600 m), with Waterloo Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, The Salon at tameside One is 1.3 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Tameside General Hospital, 2.5 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 5 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Starbucks Coffee Company @Sainsburys is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and East Cheshire Harriers And Tameside Athletic Club the nearest pub (300 m).
It's a mix of homes: 15% flats and 7% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Daisy Nook Country Park, 1.1 km away; for exercise, Roy Oldham Sports Village (250 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, 13% 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.
22 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%.
23 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 OL7 9HH →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Bowness Road in the last 12 months.
On this street: 1 of 23 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.6% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.5% | 94.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.2% | 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.
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Nearest: Formby · about 59 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 54 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.