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On Holly Vale, in Marple Bridge & Mellor
What it's like at SK6 5DQ: every home that has sold on Holly Vale 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.
Sales and extensions on Holly Vale; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 11 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Holly ValeTerraced | Apr 1995 | £78,000 | 50 m² | £1,560/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Holly ValeTerraced | Jun 2000 | £97,000 | 73 m² | £1,329/m² | 1 |
| 4, Holly ValeTerraced | Jun 2026 | £350,000 | 118 m² | £2,966/m² | 1 |
| 5, Holly ValeTerraced | May 2015 | £260,000 | 110 m² | £2,364/m² | 2 |
| 6, Holly ValeTerraced | Jun 2005 | £167,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 7, Holly ValeTerraced | Jun 2010 | £245,000 | 111 m² | £2,207/m² | 2 |
| 8, Holly ValeTerraced | Jun 2007 | £285,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Holly Vale House, Holly ValeSemi-detached | Jul 2015 | £475,000 | 226 m² | £2,102/m² | 1 |
| Millstone House, Holly ValeDetached | Jun 2004 | £390,000 | – | – | 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: 51% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Marple, a short drive or bike ride (1.9 km), with 326k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Piccadilly.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 43 minutes away by public transport (19 by car).
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Mellor Primary School, about a 15-minute walk (1.2 km); 71% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Marple Hall School, 4.0 km away.
The nearest supermarket is Asda, 2.5 km away, with Marple Bridge Stores closer still (1.7 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Marple Bridge Surgery (1.7 km), with Well the closest pharmacy (1.7 km).
For a haircut, Harry Thomas Hairdressing is 1.7 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Stepping Hill Hospital, 6.2 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, 4 pubs and bars.
Mellor Parish Centre is the closest café or restaurant (700 m), and Hare And Hounds the nearest pub (100 m).
There are 46 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 58% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
Bungalow country: 21% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Etherow Country Park, 1.8 km away; for exercise, Farmer Johns MTB Park (1.4 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 16 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 54% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 28% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 55% 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.
1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 30 and 32, Mill Brow | II | 130 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.
Hazel Grove constituency: Lisa Smart MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 6,500 (14.1%), turnout 63%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 38%, Labour 24%, Conservative 20%, Reform UK 15%.
4 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 SK6 5DQ →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Holly Vale in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 8 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.6% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.0% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 92.0% | 91.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 3.8% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.5% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Wallasey · about 64 min
Nearest: Hathersage Outdoor Swimming Pool · about 42 min
Nearest: East Lancashire Railway · about 34 min
Nearest: Gulliver's World Resort · about 46 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.