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On Stratton Drive, in Nutgrove & Lea Green
What it's like at WA9 5BA: every home that has sold on Stratton Drive 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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 5 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Stratton Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 98 homes on the street is owned by a company.
The nearest station is Thatto Heath, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km), with 149k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Lime Street.
The nearest bus stop is Bexhill Gardens, 250 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (routes 10A, 922, 708, 752); 29 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Nutgrove Methodist Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (650 m); 64% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy, 1.9 km away; Attainment 8: 30.2 · 1.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: The Blue Coat School (11.3 km).
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Nutgrove Stores, 300 m away, with Robins Nest closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Bowery Medical Centre (1.0 km), with Heath Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (950 m).
For a haircut, The Salon by Emma and Andrea is 550 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Whiston Hospital, 2.1 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 6 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Reeve Court Retirement Village is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Brown Edge Hotel the nearest pub (300 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 53 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 9% flats and 25% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1993-1999.
The nearest park is The Back Field, 800 m away; for exercise, Portico Vine Panthers ARLFC (1.1 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 12 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 33 km.
Most households own their home, 17% 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.
18 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%.
21 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 5BA →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 51 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.
On this street: 0 of 86 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 69 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 93.8% | 95.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.9% | 3.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 3.9% | 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.
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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 98 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.