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On Heaton Avenue, in Earlsheaton & Chickenley
What it's like at WF12 8AQ: every home that has sold on Heaton Avenue 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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 Heaton Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 34 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Heaton AvenueDetached | Jan 2023 | £218,500 | 93 m² | £2,349/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Heaton AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2022 | £260,000 | 127 m² | £2,047/m² | 2 |
| 5, Heaton AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2021 | £157,000 | 94 m² | £1,670/m² | 1 |
| 6, Heaton AvenueDetached | Nov 2003 | £122,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 7, Heaton AvenueDetached | Feb 2016 | £190,000 | 131 m² | £1,450/m² | 2 |
| 9, Heaton AvenueDetached | Aug 2024 | £250,000 | 150 m² | £1,667/m² | 3 |
| 10, Heaton AvenueDetached | Aug 2021 | £215,000 | 90 m² | £2,389/m² | 2 |
| 13, Heaton AvenueDetached | Nov 2003 | £160,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 14, Heaton AvenueDetached | Oct 2007 | £225,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Heaton AvenueDetached | Sept 2014 | £177,000 | 137 m² | £1,292/m² | 2 |
| 17, Heaton AvenueSemi-detached | May 1998 | £51,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, Heaton AvenueDetached | Feb 2025 | £460,000 | 194 m² | £2,371/m² | 1 |
| 19, Heaton AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2025 | £234,000 | 89 m² | £2,629/m² | 2 |
| 20, Heaton AvenueSemi-detached | May 2022 | £240,000 | 102 m² | £2,353/m² | 1 |
| 21, Heaton AvenueDetached | Mar 2008 | £210,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 22, Heaton AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2013 | £131,000 | 100 m² | £1,310/m² | 1 |
| 24, Heaton AvenueDetached | Apr 2025 | £217,000 | 117 m² | £1,855/m² | 2 |
| 26, Heaton AvenueTerraced | Nov 2022 | £230,000 | 117 m² | £1,966/m² | 1 |
| 28, Heaton AvenueDetached | Sept 1997 | £85,000 | 80 m² | £1,063/m² | 1 |
| 29, Heaton AvenueDetached | Jul 2023 | £240,000 | 81 m² | £2,963/m² | 5 |
| 30, Heaton AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2020 | £145,000 | 81 m² | £1,790/m² | 1 |
| 31, Heaton AvenueDetached | Jul 2003 | £130,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 32, Heaton AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2012 | £148,000 | 115 m² | £1,287/m² | 2 |
| 33, Heaton AvenueDetached | Nov 2012 | £150,000 | 88 m² | £1,705/m² | 2 |
| 34, Heaton AvenueDetached | Apr 2015 | £124,995 | 88 m² | £1,420/m² | 4 |
| 35, Heaton AvenueDetached | Apr 2004 | £152,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 36, Heaton AvenueDetached | Oct 2024 | £330,000 | 154 m² | £2,143/m² | 3 |
| 37, Heaton AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2007 | £110,000 | 108 m² | £1,019/m² | 1 |
| 43, Heaton AvenueDetached | Mar 1998 | £50,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 45, Heaton AvenueDetached | Apr 1995 | £61,250 | – | – | 1 |
| 47, Heaton AvenueDetached | Apr 2022 | £280,000 | 161 m² | £1,739/m² | 2 |
| 49, Heaton AvenueDetached | Nov 2011 | £194,500 | 126 m² | £1,544/m² | 3 |
| 51, Heaton AvenueDetached | Jun 2020 | £150,000 | 87 m² | £1,724/m² | 1 |
| 53, Heaton AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2015 | £165,000 | 120 m² | £1,375/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Dewsbury, about a 15-minute walk (1.2 km), with 947k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Old Bank Rd Sugar Ln, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route ML2); 47 departures an hour from the 12 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Earlsheaton Infant School, a few minutes' walk (400 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Manor Croft Academy, 450 m away; Attainment 8: 47.8 · 15.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Horbury Academy (5.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Heckmondwike Grammar School (4.4 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Esso, 200 m away; Sharma Stores (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Windsor Medical Centre (600 m), with Earlsheaton Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, S & J Nails is 800 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Pinderfields Hospital, 8.0 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 59% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 66% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Efc 2.0 is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Park Earlsheaton the nearest pub (250 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 122 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 9% flats and 15% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Hazel Crescent Park, 1.4 km away; for exercise, PureGym (600 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 13.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 20 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 58 km.
Most households own their home, 14% 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.
29 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.
Dewsbury and Batley constituency: Iqbal Mohamed MP (Independent), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Ind gain from Lab, majority 6,934 (18.2%), turnout 53%. Vote shares: Independent 41%, Labour 23%, Reform UK 16%, Conservative 11%.
24 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 WF12 8AQ →
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Kirklees 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 34 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Cleethorpes · about 79 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 54 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 25 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 | 2.0% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 97.0% | 93.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.3% | 4.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.3% | 0.2% | 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.