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On Cow Lane, in Ryhill & South Hiendley
What it's like at WF4 2BE: every home that has sold on Cow Lane 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.
Sales and extensions on Cow Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 83 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 4, Cow LaneSemi-detached | May 2021 | £155,000 | 105 m² | £1,476/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6, Cow LaneSemi-detached | Jan 2017 | £87,000 | 82 m² | £1,061/m² | 1 |
| 8, Cow LaneSemi-detached | Feb 2025 | £125,000 | 75 m² | £1,667/m² | 1 |
| 12, Cow LaneSemi-detached | Sept 1996 | £45,000 | 94 m² | £479/m² | 1 |
| 14, Cow LaneSemi-detached | Feb 1997 | £51,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 16a, Cow LaneDetached | Jul 2019 | £175,000 | 129 m² | £1,357/m² | 1 |
| 16b, Cow LaneOther | Jun 2018 | £50,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Fitzwilliam, a short drive or bike ride (2.7 km), with 273k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Mulberry Place, 50 m away, with a bus about every 22 minutes on weekdays (routes 196, 198); 31 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 46 minutes away by public transport (22 by car).
The nearest primary school is Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 71% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Outwood Academy Hemsworth, 3.8 km away; Attainment 8: 41 · 8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Asda, 3.2 km away, with Food Bank @ Havercroft & Ryhill Community Centre closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Rycroft Primary Care Centre (400 m), with Hughes Chemist the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Dext Hair is 3.2 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Barnsley Hospital, 8.8 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 71% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 70% 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.
Rycroft Youth Centre is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Havercroft & Ryhill Sports & Youth the nearest pub (100 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 82 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 16 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 3% flats and 21% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
Bungalow country: 20% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Anglers Country Park, 2.2 km away; for exercise, Havercroft & Rhyhill Sports & Youth Centre (250 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 32 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 64 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.
Normanton and Hemsworth constituency: Jon Trickett MP (Labour), since February 1996. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 6,662 (18.3%), turnout 48%. Vote shares: Labour 48%, Reform UK 29%, Conservative 14%, Green Party 6%.
3 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 WF4 2BE →
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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 83 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 2 of 59 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 | 2.4% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.8% | 94.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.6% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.0% | 3.8% | 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.
Nearest: Cleethorpes · about 83 min
Nearest: Albert Avenue Pools · about 64 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.