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On Argyle Street, in Gorse Hill
What it's like at SN2 8AS: every home that has sold on Argyle Street 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Argyle Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
4 of the 114 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
| 1, Argyle StreetTerraced | May 1995 | £43,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Argyle StreetTerraced | Nov 2003 | £175,000 | 160 m² | £1,094/m² | 2 |
| 7, Argyle StreetTerraced | Apr 2000 | £72,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Argyle StreetTerraced | Jul 1999 | £63,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 11, Argyle StreetTerraced | Dec 2006 | £124,995 | – | – | 4 |
| 13, Argyle StreetTerraced | Nov 2022 | £182,000 | 60 m² | £3,033/m² | 1 |
| 15, Argyle StreetTerraced | Dec 2022 | £225,000 | 73 m² | £3,082/m² | 3 |
| 17, Argyle StreetTerraced | Jul 2007 | £137,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 29, Argyle StreetTerraced | Sept 2008 | £134,000 | 73 m² | £1,836/m² | 3 |
| 31, Argyle StreetTerraced | Jul 2014 | £124,995 | 76 m² | £1,645/m² | 2 |
| 33, Argyle StreetTerraced | Oct 2016 | £165,000 | 77 m² | £2,143/m² | 3 |
| 35, Argyle StreetTerraced | Jul 2017 | £155,500 | 85 m² | £1,829/m² | 2 |
| 39, Argyle StreetTerraced | Nov 2022 | £191,500 | 94 m² | £2,037/m² | 1 |
| 41, Argyle StreetTerraced | Oct 2023 | £180,000 | 68 m² | £2,647/m² | 3 |
| 43, Argyle StreetTerraced | Mar 2022 | £211,000 | 93 m² | £2,269/m² | 3 |
| 47, Argyle StreetTerraced | Apr 2014 | £117,500 | 87 m² | £1,351/m² | 5 |
| 49, Argyle StreetTerraced | Sept 2024 | £235,000 | 80 m² | £2,938/m² | 3 |
| 51, Argyle StreetTerraced | May 2026 | £170,000 | 75 m² | £2,267/m² | 3 |
| 53, Argyle StreetTerraced | Jul 2022 | £203,000 | 70 m² | £2,900/m² | 2 |
| 57, Argyle StreetTerraced | Sept 2019 | £215,000 | 105 m² | £2,048/m² | 1 |
| 61, Argyle StreetTerraced | Jun 1998 | £45,500 | 73 m² | £623/m² | 1 |
| 63, Argyle StreetTerraced | Jan 1999 | £56,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 65, Argyle StreetTerraced | May 2018 | £162,000 | 81 m² | £2,000/m² | 2 |
| 67, Argyle StreetTerraced | Jun 1999 | £57,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 69, Argyle StreetTerraced | Aug 1998 | £52,995 | 87 m² | £609/m² | 3 |
| 71, Argyle StreetTerraced | Mar 2008 | £124,000 | 75 m² | £1,653/m² | 3 |
| 73, Argyle StreetTerraced | Dec 2024 | £180,000 | 79 m² | £2,278/m² | 3 |
| 75, Argyle StreetTerraced | Jun 2009 | £112,000 | 67 m² | £1,672/m² | 3 |
| 77, Argyle StreetTerraced | Apr 2004 | £150,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 79, Argyle StreetSemi-detached | Jan 2019 | £167,000 | 94 m² | £1,777/m² | 5 |
| 83, Argyle StreetTerraced | Sept 2009 | £110,000 | 67 m² | £1,642/m² | 3 |
| 85, Argyle StreetTerraced | Aug 2005 | £90,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 87, Argyle StreetTerraced | Feb 2020 | £145,000 | 76 m² | £1,908/m² | 1 |
| 89, Argyle StreetTerraced | Aug 1999 | £58,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 93, Argyle StreetTerraced | Dec 2025 | £120,000 | 82 m² | £1,463/m² | 2 |
| 95, Argyle StreetTerraced | Mar 2018 | £172,000 | 80 m² | £2,150/m² | 3 |
| 97, Argyle StreetTerraced | Dec 2005 | £119,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 161, Argyle StreetTerraced | Apr 2018 | £167,500 | 66 m² | £2,538/m² | 4 |
| 163, Argyle StreetTerraced | Jul 2009 | £95,000 | 72 m² | £1,319/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Swindon, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km), with 3.2m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
The nearest bus stop is Argyle Street, 150 m away, with a bus about every 8 minutes on weekdays (routes 17, 8, C9); 45 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 9 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is Gorse Hill Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m); 74% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Swindon Academy, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 50.2 · 17.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Sulemani 2 Quality Foods, 300 m away; Y & L Retail (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Hawthorn Medical Centre (350 m), with Hawthorne Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Glöden Tanning Studio is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Great Western Hospital, 5.2 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 54% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 58% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 15 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 17 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Red Sea East African Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Swiss Chalet the nearest pub (300 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (16 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 94 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 19% flats and 4% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1919-1929.
The nearest park is St Marks Recreation Ground, 750 m away; for exercise, Thamesdown Hydrotherapy Pool (700 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Bristol is 69 km away.
Most households own their home, 26% 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.
35 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.
Swindon North constituency: Will Stone MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 4,103 (9.3%), turnout 60%. Vote shares: Labour 41%, Conservative 31%, Reform UK 17%, Green Party 5%.
23 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 SN2 8AS →
On this street: 0 of 93 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 1 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 3.2% | 1.6% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.1% | 89.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.6% | 8.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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: Birdland Park and Gardens · about 37 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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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 114 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.