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On Beech Avenue, in Gatley North
What it's like at SK8 4LS: every home that has sold on Beech 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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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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Beech Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 50 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2013 | £196,000 | 105 m² | £1,867/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2023 | £450,000 | 98 m² | £4,592/m² | 2 |
| 3, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2006 | £200,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 4, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £480,000 | 118 m² | £4,068/m² | 1 |
| 5, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2004 | £204,760 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | May 2000 | £132,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 8, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2009 | £232,500 | 155 m² | £1,500/m² | 1 |
| 9, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2001 | £143,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Beech AvenueDetached | Mar 2014 | £430,000 | 167 m² | £2,575/m² | 2 |
| 11, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2024 | £375,000 | 104 m² | £3,606/m² | 1 |
| 15, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 1999 | £80,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2017 | £320,000 | 104 m² | £3,077/m² | 1 |
| 18, Beech AvenueDetached | Sept 2009 | £336,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 20, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2002 | £179,950 | 121 m² | £1,487/m² | 1 |
| 21, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2020 | £358,170 | 79 m² | £4,534/m² | 1 |
| 22, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2023 | £530,000 | 177 m² | £2,994/m² | 2 |
| 23, Beech AvenueTerraced | Jan 2015 | £167,000 | 98 m² | £1,704/m² | 1 |
| 25, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | May 2011 | £219,950 | 102 m² | £2,156/m² | 4 |
| 27, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2007 | £270,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 28, Beech AvenueDetached | Jun 2002 | £237,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 31, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2023 | £500,000 | 122 m² | £4,098/m² | 2 |
| 35, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £425,000 | 183 m² | £2,322/m² | 2 |
| 37, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £413,000 | 124 m² | £3,331/m² | 4 |
| 39, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2003 | £219,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 41, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | May 2015 | £289,950 | 143 m² | £2,028/m² | 2 |
| 43, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2007 | £249,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 45, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £430,000 | 125 m² | £3,440/m² | 2 |
| 47, Beech AvenueTerraced | Aug 2020 | £372,500 | 132 m² | £2,822/m² | 2 |
| 51, Beech AvenueTerraced | Sept 2021 | £385,000 | 116 m² | £3,319/m² | 2 |
| 53, Beech AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2018 | £445,000 | 151 m² | £2,947/m² | 1 |
| 55a, Beech AvenueDetached | Sept 2018 | £330,000 | 147 m² | £2,245/m² | 2 |
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: 44% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Gatley, a few minutes' walk (300 m), with 374k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Piccadilly.
The nearest bus stop is Gatley Rail Station, 250 m away, with a bus about every 11 minutes on weekdays (routes 11, 371, 370, 758B); 33 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Gatley Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 93% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is The Kingsway School, 550 m away; Attainment 8: 46.5 · 9.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Laurus Cheadle Hulme (2.5 km) and Didsbury High School (4.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Sale Grammar School (6 km) and Saint Ambrose College (6.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 1.1 km away, with Pound Express Plus Gatley closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Gatley Green Surgery (400 m), with Singers Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Gatley Scissors is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Wythenshawe Hospital, 3.9 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: 20 restaurants and cafés, 1 pubs and bars.
Gatley United Reformed Church Hall is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and Prince Of Wales the nearest pub (350 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (15 of them).
It's a mix of homes: 12% flats and 29% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 53% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Gatley Memorial Park, 350 m away; for exercise, Evolve Gymnastics Academy (1.3 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, Manchester is 5.1 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 49% 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.
49 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%.
11 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 4LS →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Beech Avenue in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 35 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 | 88.6% | 91.7% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 10.8% | 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 49 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 44 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.