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New Mills West & Furness Vale
What it's like at SK22 4NR: every home that has sold on the street 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.
Sales and extensions on the street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
No sales recorded at this postcode since 1995.
The nearest station is New Mills Central, about a 10-minute walk (700 m), with 162k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Piccadilly.
The nearest bus stop is School, 50 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 389, 61, 60); 23 departures an hour from the 20 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 45 minutes away by public transport (26 by car).
The nearest primary school is St George's CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (100 m); 63% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is New Mills School, under 50 m away; Attainment 8: 44.5 · 6.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsburys, 350 m away; Maddy's (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Sett Valley Medical Centre (150 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Medulla is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Stepping Hill Hospital, 9.3 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 63% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 62% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 18 restaurants and cafés, 15 pubs and bars.
New Mills Football Club is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Masons Arms the nearest pub (350 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (18 of them).
It's a low-crime area: about 40 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 72 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 9% flats and 27% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 55% were built before 1919.
The nearest park is Torrs Riverside Park, 550 m away; for exercise, New Mills Leisure Centre (200 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.8 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Manchester is 19 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 45% of households own their home outright.
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.
51 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 New Mills School | II | 0 m |
| Church of St George | 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.
High Peak constituency: Jon Pearce MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 7,908 (16.1%), turnout 66%. Vote shares: Labour 46%, Conservative 30%, Reform UK 14%, Green Party 7%.
8 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 SK22 4NR →
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.3% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.9% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 89.2% | 91.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 2.1% | 2.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 7.4% | 5.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.2% | 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: Wallasey · about 67 min
Nearest: Hathersage Outdoor Swimming Pool · about 32 min
Nearest: East Lancashire Railway · about 42 min
Nearest: Peak Wildlife Park · about 48 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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