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On Birchdale Avenue, in Heald Green West
What it's like at SK8 3SS: every home that has sold on Birchdale Avenue 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.
Sales and extensions on Birchdale Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 30 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 3, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2017 | £215,000 | 53 m² | £4,057/m² | 2 |
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| 5, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2021 | £270,000 | 57 m² | £4,737/m² | 1 |
| 7, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2024 | £280,000 | 59 m² | £4,746/m² | 1 |
| 11, Birchdale AvenueDetached | Nov 2016 | £225,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 15, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2021 | £268,000 | 70 m² | £3,829/m² | 3 |
| 17, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2024 | £285,000 | 62 m² | £4,597/m² | 4 |
| 19, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2020 | £195,000 | 58 m² | £3,362/m² | 4 |
| 21, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2011 | £157,000 | 59 m² | £2,661/m² | 1 |
| 23, Birchdale AvenueTerraced | Nov 2019 | £233,000 | 60 m² | £3,883/m² | 2 |
| 25, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2021 | £235,000 | 54 m² | £4,352/m² | 1 |
| 27, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2013 | £160,000 | 76 m² | £2,105/m² | 1 |
| 29, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 1998 | £75,000 | 75 m² | £1,000/m² | 2 |
| 31, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2022 | £326,000 | 77 m² | £4,234/m² | 2 |
| 35, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2014 | £184,000 | 92 m² | £2,000/m² | 1 |
| 37, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2022 | £375,000 | 124 m² | £3,024/m² | 2 |
| 39, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | May 2026 | £300,000 | 72 m² | £4,167/m² | 1 |
| 43, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2003 | £136,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 47, Birchdale AvenueSemi-detached | May 2018 | £200,000 | 60 m² | £3,333/m² | 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 10-minute walk (950 m), with 420k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Piccadilly.
The nearest bus stop is St Ann's Road North, 250 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 743, 866).
The nearest primary school is North Cheshire Jewish Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 64% 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, 1.2 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 Tesco, 750 m away; the Butchery of Heald Green (700 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Heald Green Health Centre 2 (800 m), with Peak Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, Gum is 700 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.
OCS Food Co is the closest café or restaurant (650 m), and Heald Green Social Club & Institute the nearest pub (900 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, 200 m away; for exercise, David Lloyd Clubs (750 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.
14 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 3SS →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Birchdale Avenue in the last 12 months.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
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.
On this street: 0 of 24 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% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.5% | 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.