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On Linford Grove, in Blackbrook
What it's like at WA11 9LE: every home that has sold on Linford Grove 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Linford Grove; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
3 of the 11 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 3, Linford GroveSemi-detached | Mar 1997 | £49,950 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Linford GroveDetached · company-owned | Dec 2025 | £194,500 | 78 m² | £2,494/m² | 2 |
| 10, Linford GroveSemi-detached | Sept 2006 | £130,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 12, Linford GroveSemi-detached | Sept 2023 | £162,000 | 91 m² | £1,780/m² | 2 |
| 14, Linford GroveSemi-detached · company-owned | Aug 1995 | £47,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Linford GroveSemi-detached | Sept 2023 | £156,000 | 74 m² | £2,108/m² | 1 |
| 17, Linford GroveSemi-detached | Feb 2017 | £135,000 | 84 m² | £1,607/m² | 1 |
| 21, Linford GroveDetached · company-owned | Oct 2001 | £73,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 23, Linford GroveSemi-detached | Jun 2023 | £170,000 | 95 m² | £1,789/m² | 1 |
| 25, Linford GroveSemi-detached | Mar 2003 | £76,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, Linford GroveSemi-detached | Feb 2019 | £127,250 | 121 m² | £1,052/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is St Helens Central, a short drive or bike ride (1.2 km), with 669k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Lime Street.
The nearest bus stop is Mowbray Avenue, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 742, 706, C40); 8 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Merton Bank Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 28% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy, 900 m away; Attainment 8: 42.6 · 4.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield (4.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Morrisons Daily, 900 m away, with Slimming World - Angela McManus closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Primary Care Support (550 m), with Chain Lane Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Sk Barber is 700 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Whiston Hospital, 7.2 km away, rated requires improvement 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 65% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 7 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Park Road Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (650 m), and Haresfinch Rugby Community Club the nearest pub (700 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 78 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 2% flats and 6% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Fosters Park, 750 m away; for exercise, CrossFit (500 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 17 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 31 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 42% 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.
12 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.
St Helens North constituency: David Baines MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 12,169 (30.1%), turnout 54%. Vote shares: Labour 53%, Reform UK 23%, Conservative 11%, Green Party 9%.
13 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 WA11 9LE →
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in St. Helens since 2011.
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 11 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 48 min
Nearest: East Lancashire Railway · 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: 1 of 6 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 | 2.9% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 98.5% | 95.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.1% | 3.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.7% | 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.