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On Kirkby Drive, in Gleadless
What it's like at S12 2LX: every home that has sold on Kirkby Drive 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Kirkby Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 27 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 6, Kirkby DriveTerraced | Jul 2023 | £205,000 | 81 m² | £2,531/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8, Kirkby DriveTerraced | Sept 2019 | £170,000 | 78 m² | £2,179/m² | 2 |
| 10, Kirkby DriveTerraced | Apr 2018 | £155,000 | 103 m² | £1,505/m² | 1 |
| 12, Kirkby DriveTerraced | Jul 2020 | £185,000 | 78 m² | £2,372/m² | 2 |
| 20, Kirkby DriveSemi-detached | Jan 2021 | £245,600 | 79 m² | £3,109/m² | 1 |
| 22, Kirkby DriveSemi-detached | May 2019 | £129,995 | 76 m² | £1,710/m² | 4 |
| 26, Kirkby DriveSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £162,500 | 74 m² | £2,196/m² | 2 |
| 28, Kirkby DriveSemi-detached | Jul 2001 | £58,500 | 127 m² | £461/m² | 1 |
| 32, Kirkby DriveSemi-detached | Nov 1998 | £49,000 | 79 m² | £620/m² | 1 |
| 34, Kirkby DriveSemi-detached | Jan 1995 | £32,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 38, Kirkby DriveTerraced | Jan 2020 | £161,000 | 88 m² | £1,830/m² | 1 |
| 46, Kirkby DriveSemi-detached | Sept 2015 | £145,000 | 98 m² | £1,480/m² | 1 |
| 52, Kirkby DriveSemi-detached | Feb 2006 | £115,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Gleadless Townend tram stop, a few minutes' walk (200 m). The nearest rail station is Sheffield, 4.1 km away, with 10.3m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Ridgeway Road/Kirkby Avenue, 200 m away, with a bus about every 14 minutes on weekdays (routes 51, 18); 47 departures an hour from the 15 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Gleadless 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 Sheffield Springs Academy, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 38.9 · 10.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Mercia School (4.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 350 m away, with Onestop closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Stonecroft Medical Centre (300 m), with Armstrong'S Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Head Work & Beauty Work is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Hallamshire Hospital, 5.1 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%).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 8 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Rubeez is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and New Inn the nearest pub (250 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 134 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 17% flats and 15% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Gleadless Common, 650 m away; for exercise, Springs Leisure Centre (1.2 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 56 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% of households own their home outright.
The nearest university is Sheffield Hallam University, 4.3 km away (TEF Gold).
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.
43 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.
Sheffield Heeley constituency: Louise Haigh MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 15,304 (39.8%), turnout 52%. Vote shares: Labour 55%, Green Party 15%, Conservative 14%, Liberal Democrat 10%.
2 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 S12 2LX →
On this street: 0 of 21 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 | 0.8% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 97.2% | 88.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.4% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.7% | 9.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.3% | 1.1% | 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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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 27 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Cleethorpes · about 76 min
Nearest: Hathersage Outdoor Swimming Pool · about 38 min
Nearest: Yorkshire Wildlife Park · 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.
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