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On Motcombe Farm Road, in Heald Green West
What it's like at SK8 3RW: every home that has sold on Motcombe Farm 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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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 Motcombe Farm Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 23 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Motcombe Farm RoadDetached | Jan 2026 | £450,000 | 172 m² | £2,616/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Motcombe Farm RoadTerraced | Oct 2021 | £155,000 | 97 m² | £1,598/m² | 2 |
| 5, Motcombe Farm RoadDetached | May 2005 | £240,000 | 147 m² | £1,633/m² | 1 |
| 7, Motcombe Farm RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2007 | £198,000 | 86 m² | £2,302/m² | 1 |
| 8, Motcombe Farm RoadDetached | Sept 2020 | £296,000 | 102 m² | £2,902/m² | 2 |
| 9, Motcombe Farm RoadDetached | Jan 2006 | £192,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 10, Motcombe Farm RoadTerraced | May 2019 | £223,000 | 113 m² | £1,973/m² | 1 |
| 11, Motcombe Farm RoadDetached | May 1998 | £69,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Motcombe Farm RoadDetached | Oct 2018 | £249,999 | 122 m² | £2,049/m² | 3 |
| 13, Motcombe Farm RoadDetached | Sept 2007 | £213,000 | 109 m² | £1,954/m² | 1 |
| 14, Motcombe Farm RoadDetached | Aug 2008 | £175,000 | 131 m² | £1,336/m² | 1 |
| 16, Motcombe Farm RoadTerraced | May 2022 | £330,000 | 101 m² | £3,267/m² | 1 |
| 17, Motcombe Farm RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2001 | £102,500 | 101 m² | £1,015/m² | 1 |
| 18, Motcombe Farm RoadTerraced | May 2021 | £340,000 | 143 m² | £2,378/m² | 2 |
| 20, Motcombe Farm RoadTerraced | Aug 2017 | £240,000 | 141 m² | £1,702/m² | 2 |
| 23, Motcombe Farm RoadDetached | Aug 2023 | £345,000 | 110 m² | £3,136/m² | 3 |
| 24, Motcombe Farm RoadTerraced | Aug 2024 | £160,000 | 105 m² | £1,524/m² | 3 |
| 25, Motcombe Farm RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2016 | £246,000 | 98 m² | £2,510/m² | 1 |
| 26, Motcombe Farm RoadTerraced | Jun 2013 | £230,000 | 120 m² | £1,917/m² | 1 |
| 27, Motcombe Farm RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2018 | £222,500 | 86 m² | £2,587/m² | 2 |
| 31, Motcombe Farm RoadTerraced | Feb 2006 | £178,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 33, Motcombe Farm RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2019 | £380,000 | 182 m² | £2,088/m² | 2 |
| 35, Motcombe Farm RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2006 | £130,000 | – | – | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Heald Green, about a 5-minute walk (550 m), with 420k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Piccadilly.
The nearest bus stop is Brown Lane, 350 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 743, 758B, 758, 818); 1 departures an hour from the 3 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Prospect Vale Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 65% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Bradshaw Hall Primary School (1.6 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is The Kingsway School, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 46.5 · 9.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Laurus Cheadle Hulme (1.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Saint Ambrose College (6 km) and Sale Grammar School (7.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is The Co-Op, 450 m away; Bilal Superstore Heal (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Heald Green Health Centre 2 (600 m), with Pharmacy One the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, The Salon is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Wythenshawe Hospital, 4.5 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: 14 restaurants and cafés, 0 pubs and bars.
Iso is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and The Flying Horse the nearest pub (800 m).
It's a mix of homes: 6% flats and 35% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Rose Vale Park, 250 m away; for exercise, Train Heald Green (600 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 3.7 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 48% 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.
38 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.
Cheadle constituency: Tom Morrison MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 12,235 (24.1%), turnout 68%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 47%, Conservative 23%, Labour 16%, Reform UK 10%.
19 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 SK8 3RW →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Motcombe Farm Road in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 19 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 | 0.7% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 96.4% | 91.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.5% | 7.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.6% | 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 44 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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