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On Olwen Crescent, in Reddish Vale View
What it's like at SK5 6XG: every home that has sold on Olwen Crescent 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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Sales and extensions on Olwen Crescent; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
4 of the 46 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Olwen CrescentSemi-detached | Mar 2022 | £217,000 | 74 m² | £2,932/m² | 1 |
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| 3, Olwen CrescentSemi-detached | Feb 2022 | £215,000 | 68 m² | £3,162/m² | 2 |
| 7, Olwen CrescentTerraced | Feb 2020 | £147,750 | 64 m² | £2,309/m² | 1 |
| 9, Olwen CrescentTerraced | Jun 2021 | £165,000 | 65 m² | £2,538/m² | 2 |
| 11, Olwen CrescentTerraced | Feb 2016 | £113,000 | 70 m² | £1,614/m² | 1 |
| 13, Olwen CrescentTerraced | Jul 2026 | £215,000 | 74 m² | £2,905/m² | 3 |
| 17, Olwen CrescentTerraced | Nov 1999 | £48,950 | 66 m² | £742/m² | 1 |
| 19, Olwen CrescentTerraced | Apr 2005 | £121,950 | – | – | 3 |
| 21, Olwen CrescentTerraced | Aug 2018 | £145,000 | 66 m² | £2,197/m² | 2 |
| 25, Olwen CrescentTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2021 | £139,000 | 65 m² | £2,138/m² | 5 |
| 33, Olwen CrescentSemi-detached | Jan 2006 | £134,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 39, Olwen CrescentSemi-detached | Sept 2021 | £186,500 | 65 m² | £2,869/m² | 1 |
| 41, Olwen CrescentSemi-detached | Oct 2001 | £71,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 45, Olwen CrescentSemi-detached | Feb 1999 | £50,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 47, Olwen CrescentSemi-detached | Jul 2024 | £220,000 | 68 m² | £3,235/m² | 2 |
| 49, Olwen CrescentSemi-detached | Jul 2006 | £119,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 53, Olwen CrescentTerraced | Aug 2011 | £95,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 57, Olwen CrescentTerraced | Aug 2010 | £124,950 | 72 m² | £1,735/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Reddish South, about a 5-minute walk (600 m), with 0k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Denton.
The nearest bus stop is Reddish Library, 250 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (routes 203, 42A, 7, 787); 70 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Vale View Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 47% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Reddish Vale High School, 400 m away; Attainment 8: 37.7 · 8.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Wright Robinson College (2.4 km) and Levenshulme High School (2.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Stretford Grammar School (9.5 km) and Sale Grammar School (11 km).
The nearest supermarket is Morrisons, 450 m away, with Reddish Wines closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Family Surgery (600 m), with Well the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Sister Sister is 1.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Manchester Royal Infirmary, 5.2 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 3 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Sykes is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Reddish Conservative Club the nearest pub (200 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (11 of them).
It's a mix of homes: 10% flats and 14% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
The nearest park is Vale Common, 250 m away; for exercise, Jason Baird's Black Belt Academy (1.0 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 13 km away.
Most households own their home, 17% 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.
40 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.
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 SK5 6XG →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Olwen Crescent in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 31 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 4 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.7% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.0% | 91.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.6% | 7.4% | 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 58 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 52 min
Nearest: Gulliver's World Resort · about 39 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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