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On Spawell Close, in Lowton
What it's like at WA3 2TF: every home that has sold on Spawell Close 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 Spawell Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 28 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Spawell CloseTerraced | Nov 2013 | £80,000 | 61 m² | £1,311/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Spawell CloseTerraced | May 2012 | £22,000 | 58 m² | £379/m² | 1 |
| 4, Spawell CloseTerraced | Jul 2025 | £175,000 | 57 m² | £3,070/m² | 4 |
| 5, Spawell CloseTerraced | Jan 2025 | £160,000 | 71 m² | £2,254/m² | 3 |
| 8, Spawell CloseTerraced | Mar 2014 | £90,000 | 58 m² | £1,552/m² | 3 |
| 9, Spawell CloseTerraced | Feb 2008 | £95,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 10, Spawell CloseTerraced | Oct 2018 | £70,000 | 44 m² | £1,591/m² | 4 |
| 11, Spawell CloseTerraced | Jun 2007 | £25,000 | 59 m² | £424/m² | 1 |
| 12, Spawell CloseTerraced | Sept 1998 | £27,000 | 44 m² | £614/m² | 1 |
| 13, Spawell CloseTerraced | Aug 2005 | £32,000 | 56 m² | £571/m² | 1 |
| 14, Spawell CloseTerraced | Sept 2001 | £45,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 16, Spawell CloseTerraced | Nov 2022 | £135,000 | 57 m² | £2,368/m² | 5 |
| 17, Spawell CloseTerraced | Jun 2000 | £7,500 | 58 m² | £129/m² | 1 |
| 19, Spawell CloseTerraced | Oct 2022 | £100,000 | 45 m² | £2,222/m² | 3 |
| 20, Spawell CloseTerraced | Aug 2007 | £117,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 22, Spawell CloseTerraced | May 2026 | £165,000 | 58 m² | £2,845/m² | 3 |
| 23, Spawell CloseTerraced | Jul 2014 | £29,500 | 69 m² | £428/m² | 1 |
| 24, Spawell CloseSemi-detached | Jun 2023 | £152,000 | 57 m² | £2,667/m² | 2 |
| 26, Spawell CloseTerraced | Jul 2023 | £145,000 | 57 m² | £2,544/m² | 4 |
| 27, Spawell CloseTerraced | Nov 2014 | £93,000 | 57 m² | £1,632/m² | 5 |
| 28, Spawell CloseTerraced | Jul 2016 | £97,500 | 57 m² | £1,711/m² | 4 |
| 30, Spawell CloseTerraced | Mar 2019 | £140,000 | 69 m² | £2,029/m² | 2 |
| 31, Spawell CloseSemi-detached | Jun 2002 | £74,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 33, Spawell CloseTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2006 | £97,950 | 60 m² | £1,633/m² | 1 |
| 35, Spawell CloseTerraced | Sept 2024 | £144,000 | 57 m² | £2,526/m² | 5 |
| 37, Spawell CloseTerraced | Nov 2018 | £100,000 | 58 m² | £1,724/m² | 3 |
| 39, Spawell CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2007 | £76,000 | 44 m² | £1,727/m² | 3 |
| 41, Spawell CloseTerraced | Mar 2006 | £75,000 | 45 m² | £1,667/m² | 1 |
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 drive away (4.0 km), with 1.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Lime Street.
The nearest bus stop is Garton Drive, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 589); 2 departures an hour from the 3 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 42 minutes away by public transport (15 by car).
This is car country: only 10% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Lowton, about a 10-minute walk (650 m); 73% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Golborne High School, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 50.1 · 14.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield (4.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Urmston Grammar Academy (14.7 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-op, 800 m away, with Pop News and Wines closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Braithwaite Rd Surgery (400 m), with Cohens Chemist the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Istanbul Barbershop is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Warrington Hospital, 9.3 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: 11 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Harlay's is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and Rams Head Hotel the nearest pub (700 m).
Detached houses make up 42% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
Bungalow country: 23% of homes are bungalows.
It's growing: about 530 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Braithwaite Park, 50 m away; for exercise, Leigh Leisure Centre (2.9 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 24 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 24 km.
15 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.
Leigh and Atherton constituency: Jo Platt MP (Labour (Co-op)), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 8,881 (21.6%), turnout 52%. Vote shares: Labour 49%, Reform UK 27%, Conservative 16%, Green Party 4%.
14 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 WA3 2TF →
Most households own their home, 9% 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Spawell Close in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Formby · about 33 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 46 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 22 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 6 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 98.4% | 95.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.2% | 3.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.1% | 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.
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