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On Harwood Road, in Heaton Mersey
What it's like at SK4 3BE: every home that has sold on Harwood 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Harwood Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
13 of the 52 homes on the street are owned by companies.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 44% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is East Didsbury Metrolink stop, about a 5-minute walk (550 m). The nearest rail station is East Didsbury, 950 m away, with 299k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Grundy Street, 150 m away, with a bus about every 8 minutes on weekdays (routes 23, 42, 42A, 371); 45 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St John's Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 81% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Barlow RC High School, 800 m away; Attainment 8: 49.8 · 14.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Burnage Academy for Boys (1.7 km) and Levenshulme High School (2.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Stretford Grammar School (7.3 km) and Sale Grammar School (7.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 650 m away, with Morrisons Daily closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Heaton Mersey Med.Pract. (250 m), with Cohens Chemist the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, The Face 'N Figure Place is 550 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Stepping Hill Hospital, 5.6 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: 10 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
The Granary is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Heaton Mersey Sports & Social Club the nearest pub (150 m).
It's a mix of homes: 17% flats and 22% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 170 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Heaton Mersey Park, 500 m away; for exercise, Priestnall Recreation Centre (700 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 8.3 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 42% of households own their home outright.
32 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Beechwood | II | 110 m |
| 10, St Johns Road | II | 120 m |
| Church of St John the Baptist | II | 140 m |
| St Johns Church of England Primary School | II | 160 m |
| War Memorial | II | 200 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.
Stockport constituency: Navendu Mishra MP (Labour), since December 2019. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 15,270 (35.0%), turnout 57%. Vote shares: Labour 50%, Reform UK 15%, Conservative 11%, Green Party 11%.
9 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 SK4 3BE →
It's highly educated: 54% of adults have a degree.
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Harwood Road in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 43 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 30 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.1% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 86.3% | 91.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 13.4% | 7.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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 50 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 45 min
Nearest: Gulliver's World Resort · 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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