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On Shaw Road, in Heaton Chapel & Shaw Road
What it's like at SK4 4AG: every home that has sold on Shaw 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 Shaw Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
8 of the 54 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1a, Shaw RoadTerraced | Feb 2024 | £380,000 | 117 m² | £3,248/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Shaw RoadOther | Mar 2024 | £200,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 7, Shaw RoadTerraced | May 2024 | £320,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 15, Shaw RoadDetached · company-owned | Feb 2019 | £175,000 | 32 m² | £5,469/m² | 3 |
| 17, Shaw RoadOther · company-owned | Sept 2017 | £25,000 | 70 m² | £357/m² | 2 |
| 19a, Shaw RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2004 | £249,000 | 99 m² | £2,515/m² | 2 |
| Ground Floor, 21, Shaw RoadTerraced | Aug 2001 | £137,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Shaw RoadOther · company-owned | May 2024 | £171,666 | – | – | 1 |
| 21a, Shaw RoadFlat | Mar 2016 | £130,000 | 49 m² | £2,653/m² | 3 |
| 21b, Shaw RoadFlat | Nov 2021 | £127,500 | 36 m² | £3,542/m² | 3 |
| 21c, Shaw RoadFlat · company-owned | Oct 2024 | £185,000 | 64 m² | £2,891/m² | 2 |
| 23, Shaw RoadOther | Jun 2021 | £316,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat, 23a, Shaw RoadTerraced | Jun 2006 | £270,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, Shaw RoadTerraced · company-owned | Sept 2022 | £340,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Flat, 25a, Shaw RoadTerraced | Feb 2003 | £200,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 31, Shaw RoadTerraced · company-owned | Apr 2004 | £10,250 | – | – | 1 |
| 33, Shaw RoadTerraced | Oct 2000 | £165,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 33b, Shaw RoadTerraced | Jul 2000 | £125,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 35, Shaw RoadTerraced | Jan 2024 | £617,500 | 171 m² | £3,611/m² | 2 |
| 37, Shaw RoadTerraced | Aug 2022 | £690,000 | 184 m² | £3,750/m² | 4 |
| 39, Shaw RoadTerraced | Jun 2021 | £606,250 | 168 m² | £3,609/m² | 2 |
| 41, Shaw RoadTerraced | Mar 2002 | £228,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 47, Shaw RoadTerraced | Jan 2018 | £485,000 | 182 m² | £2,665/m² | 3 |
| 49, Shaw RoadTerraced | Mar 2025 | £650,000 | 186 m² | £3,495/m² | 2 |
| Flat, Rear Of 13, Shaw RoadTerraced | Sept 2005 | £275,000 | – | – | 1 |
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: 46% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Heaton Chapel, a few minutes' walk (500 m), with 623k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Piccadilly.
The nearest bus stop is Shaw Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 29 minutes on weekdays (routes 42A, 761, 811, 742); 12 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Tithe Barn Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (750 m); 84% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Cringle Brook Primary School (2 km).
The nearest secondary is St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 41.2 · 10.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Levenshulme High School (1.6 km) and Burnage Academy for Boys (1.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Stretford Grammar School (8.1 km) and Sale Grammar School (9.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is The Co-Operative Food, 150 m away, with Bottle closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Heaton Moor Medical Group (400 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, The Barber Shop is under 50 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Manchester Royal Infirmary, 5.1 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 59% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% 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: 25 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Art Club is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and Cassidy's the nearest pub (under 50 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (16 of them).
Much of it is protected: 31% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Heaton Moor).
It's a mix of homes: 33% flats and 11% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1919-1929.
The nearest park is St Andrew's Field, 150 m away; for exercise, Hero Fitness (50 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 10 km away.
Most households own their home, 23% rent privately.
57 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Paul | II | 110 m |
| Heaton Chapel and Heaton Moor War Memorial | II | 120 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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%.
17 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 4AG →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
It's highly educated: 51% 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" Shaw Road in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 26 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 81.9% | 91.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 17.6% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Wallasey · about 54 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 48 min
Nearest: Gulliver's World Resort · about 35 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.