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On Irwin Road, in Town Centre East & Fingerpost
What it's like at WA9 3UG: every home that has sold on Irwin Road 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Irwin Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
32 of the 89 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, Irwin RoadTerraced | Jun 2016 | £69,000 | 84 m² | £821/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Irwin RoadTerraced | Jul 2000 | £27,000 | 82 m² | £329/m² | 1 |
| 10, Irwin RoadTerraced | Jan 2021 | £104,000 | 69 m² | £1,507/m² | 4 |
| 12, Irwin RoadTerraced | Oct 2025 | £115,000 | 81 m² | £1,420/m² | 2 |
| 14, Irwin RoadTerraced | May 2009 | £61,000 | 66 m² | £924/m² | 1 |
| 16, Irwin RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2002 | £46,950 | 72 m² | £652/m² | 1 |
| 17, Irwin RoadTerraced | Aug 2025 | £45,000 | 52 m² | £865/m² | 1 |
| 18, Irwin RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2023 | £140,000 | 76 m² | £1,842/m² | 3 |
| 21, Irwin RoadTerraced | Jul 2015 | £53,000 | 93 m² | £570/m² | 2 |
| 22, Irwin RoadTerraced | Sept 2020 | £110,000 | 68 m² | £1,618/m² | 2 |
| 23, Irwin RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2026 | £102,000 | 56 m² | £1,821/m² | 3 |
| 24, Irwin RoadTerraced | Apr 1999 | £30,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, Irwin RoadTerraced · company-owned | May 2007 | £70,000 | 55 m² | £1,273/m² | 2 |
| 27, Irwin RoadTerraced | Mar 2011 | £55,000 | 69 m² | £797/m² | 2 |
| 29, Irwin RoadTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2009 | £72,000 | 62 m² | £1,161/m² | 3 |
| 31, Irwin RoadTerraced | Aug 2023 | £117,000 | 56 m² | £2,089/m² | 5 |
| 33, Irwin RoadTerraced | Nov 2000 | £34,000 | 55 m² | £618/m² | 1 |
| 35, Irwin RoadTerraced | May 1996 | £15,000 | 55 m² | £273/m² | 1 |
| 39, Irwin RoadTerraced | Jul 2005 | £85,000 | 63 m² | £1,349/m² | 2 |
| 41, Irwin RoadTerraced · company-owned | Apr 2016 | £68,500 | 65 m² | £1,054/m² | 1 |
| 45, Irwin RoadTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2019 | £72,500 | 57 m² | £1,272/m² | 2 |
| 47, Irwin RoadTerraced · company-owned | Dec 2018 | £70,000 | 57 m² | £1,228/m² | 2 |
| 49, Irwin RoadTerraced | Oct 1999 | £14,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 53, Irwin RoadTerraced · company-owned | Apr 2017 | £55,000 | 63 m² | £873/m² | 3 |
| 55, Irwin RoadTerraced · company-owned | Jul 2016 | £70,000 | 60 m² | £1,167/m² | 2 |
| 57, Irwin RoadTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2022 | £92,000 | 55 m² | £1,673/m² | 3 |
| Irwin Road Centre, Irwin RoadOther | Oct 2018 | £205,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is St Helens Junction, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km), with 206k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Lime Street.
The nearest bus stop is Highfield Street, 100 m away, with a bus about every 15 minutes on weekdays (routes 32, 32A, 720, 755); 48 departures an hour from the 11 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.
43% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Robins Lane Community Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 54% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy, 1.3 km away.
Grammar schools are within reach: The Blue Coat School (14.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Worsley Brow Service Station, 600 m away, with Go Local closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Marshalls Cross Medical Centre (500 m), with Clarks Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (150 m).
For a haircut, Coiffure is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Whiston Hospital, 5.3 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 24 restaurants and cafés and 17 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Robins Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and The Red Lion Hotel the nearest pub (150 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (19 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 273 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 20% flats and 5% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1930s.
It's growing: about 580 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Sutton Park, 450 m away; for exercise, Sanctus Gym (850 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 12.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 16 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 32 km.
34 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 South and Whiston constituency: Ms Marie Rimmer MP (Labour), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 11,945 (31.4%), turnout 53%. Vote shares: Labour 50%, Reform UK 18%, Independent 11%, Conservative 8%.
36 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 WA9 3UG →
Most households own their home, 33% rent privately.
It's young: 21% of residents are aged 15–29.
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" Irwin Road in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 50 min
Nearest: East Lancashire Railway · about 35 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
On this street: 0 of 59 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 | 0.6% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 87.8% | 95.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.5% | 3.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 6.5% | 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.