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On Birley Street, in Newton-le-Willows
What it's like at WA12 9UP: every home that has sold on Birley 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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Birley Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 92 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Birley StreetTerraced | May 2017 | £145,000 | 90 m² | £1,611/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Birley StreetTerraced | Jul 1998 | £46,991 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Birley StreetTerraced | May 2019 | £139,950 | 74 m² | £1,891/m² | 4 |
| 9, Birley StreetTerraced | Jul 2014 | £98,500 | 77 m² | £1,279/m² | 2 |
| 13, Birley StreetTerraced | May 2017 | £123,500 | – | – | 3 |
| 15, Birley StreetTerraced | Sept 2000 | £43,950 | 82 m² | £536/m² | 2 |
| 17, Birley StreetSemi-detached | Nov 2008 | £193,000 | 118 m² | £1,636/m² | 2 |
| 19, Birley StreetSemi-detached | Dec 2023 | £320,000 | 111 m² | £2,883/m² | 3 |
| 21, Birley StreetSemi-detached | Feb 2021 | £230,000 | 120 m² | £1,917/m² | 2 |
| 23, Birley StreetSemi-detached | Nov 2009 | £167,500 | 140 m² | £1,196/m² | 2 |
| 25, Birley StreetSemi-detached | Jan 2023 | £295,000 | 126 m² | £2,341/m² | 3 |
| 27, Birley StreetSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £405,000 | 163 m² | £2,485/m² | 2 |
| 29, Birley StreetSemi-detached | Jul 1997 | £40,000 | 90 m² | £444/m² | 1 |
| 31, Birley StreetSemi-detached | Oct 2003 | £60,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 33, Birley StreetTerraced | Nov 2014 | £105,000 | 92 m² | £1,141/m² | 3 |
| 37, Birley StreetTerraced | Jun 2016 | £107,250 | 88 m² | £1,219/m² | 2 |
| 39, Birley StreetTerraced | Mar 2025 | £261,500 | 90 m² | £2,906/m² | 3 |
| 45, Birley StreetSemi-detached | Oct 2003 | £89,000 | 89 m² | £1,000/m² | 3 |
| 47, Birley StreetTerraced | Mar 2019 | £145,000 | 91 m² | £1,593/m² | 3 |
| 51, Birley StreetTerraced | Jun 2000 | £48,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 55, Birley StreetTerraced | Feb 2015 | £83,000 | 110 m² | £755/m² | 1 |
| 59, Birley StreetSemi-detached | Nov 2002 | £67,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 61, Birley StreetTerraced | May 2015 | £115,000 | 88 m² | £1,307/m² | 2 |
| 67, Birley StreetTerraced | Nov 2024 | £173,000 | 88 m² | £1,966/m² | 2 |
| 75, Birley StreetSemi-detached | Jul 2012 | £143,000 | 80 m² | £1,788/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Newton-le-Willows, a few minutes' walk (450 m), with 1.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Lime Street.
The nearest bus stop is Golborne Street, 150 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (routes 322, 612, 34, 249); 29 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Peter's CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (100 m); 83% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Hope Academy, 900 m away; Attainment 8: 43.8 · 10.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield (3.7 km) and Golborne High School (4.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is 360 Grocery, 1.3 km away, with Drinkworthy closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Mrs J.E. Knowles (200 m), with Jolley'S Chemist the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, The House of Glam is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Warrington Hospital, 6.3 km away, rated good 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 65% 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: 16 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Verona Kitchen & Bar is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Firkin Bar the nearest pub (150 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 79 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 11 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 23% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 170 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Mesnes Park, 250 m away; for exercise, Selwyn Jones Sports Centre (900 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 20 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 25 km.
Most households own their home, 13% 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.
37 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%.
4 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 WA12 9UP →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
On this street: 0 of 66 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 2 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.8% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.3% | 95.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.9% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Formby · about 33 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 46 min
Nearest: East Lancashire Railway · about 31 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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 92 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.