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On Cecil Street, in Platt Bridge & Spring View
What it's like at WN3 4TS: every home that has sold on Cecil Street 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 Cecil Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 17 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 5, Cecil StreetSemi-detached | Dec 2024 | £86,000 | 64 m² | £1,344/m² | 4 |
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| 7, Cecil StreetSemi-detached | Nov 2025 | £210,000 | 101 m² | £2,079/m² | 1 |
| 8, Cecil StreetSemi-detached | Jul 2022 | £131,000 | 62 m² | £2,113/m² | 4 |
| 9, Cecil StreetTerraced | Oct 2012 | £60,000 | 74 m² | £811/m² | 2 |
| 13, Cecil StreetTerraced | Dec 2023 | £90,000 | 77 m² | £1,169/m² | 5 |
| 14, Cecil StreetSemi-detached | Aug 2002 | £10,000 | 65 m² | £154/m² | 1 |
| 15, Cecil StreetTerraced | Feb 2023 | £85,000 | 69 m² | £1,232/m² | 3 |
| 16, Cecil StreetSemi-detached | Mar 2017 | £84,000 | 68 m² | £1,235/m² | 1 |
| 17, Cecil StreetTerraced | Sept 2022 | £55,000 | 71 m² | £775/m² | 1 |
| 18, Cecil StreetSemi-detached | Aug 2002 | £48,000 | 76 m² | £632/m² | 1 |
| 19, Cecil StreetTerraced | Aug 2007 | £90,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 23, Cecil StreetTerraced | Oct 2004 | £71,000 | 70 m² | £1,014/m² | 1 |
| 25, Cecil StreetTerraced | May 2025 | £106,000 | 70 m² | £1,514/m² | 1 |
| 26, Cecil StreetSemi-detached | Sept 2021 | £114,000 | 64 m² | £1,781/m² | 4 |
| 27, Cecil StreetTerraced | Jun 2026 | £120,000 | 71 m² | £1,690/m² | 2 |
| 29, Cecil StreetTerraced | Nov 2000 | £33,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 31, Cecil StreetTerraced | Mar 2018 | £115,000 | 63 m² | £1,825/m² | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Ince (Manchester), about a 15-minute walk (1.2 km), with 13k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Henry Street, 150 m away, with a bus about every 6 minutes on weekdays (routes 609, 612, 320, 360); 39 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Mary's CofE Primary School, about a 15-minute walk (1.1 km); 55% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Hawkley Hall High School, 1.6 km away; Attainment 8: 40.4 · 7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Golborne High School (4.7 km) and St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield (5 km).
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Premier Express, 900 m away, with Go Local closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ince Surgery (750 m), with Peak Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, Studio of Cosmetics is 1.4 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, 4.3 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 43% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 61% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 9 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Fix It UK is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and St Williams Social Club the nearest pub (1.3 km).
It's a mix of homes: 9% flats and 14% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 159 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Platt Bridge Community Green, 1.4 km away; for exercise, St. Patricks ARLFC (1.7 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 27 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 29 km.
Most households own their home, 24% 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.
8 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.
Makerfield constituency: Andy Burnham MP (Labour (Co-op)), since June 2026. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 5,399 (13.4%), turnout 53%. Vote shares: Labour 45%, Reform UK 32%, Conservative 11%, Liberal Democrat 7%.
26 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 WN3 4TS →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Cecil Street in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Formby · about 38 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 55 min
Nearest: East Lancashire Railway · about 33 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 14 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 | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.6% | 95.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.7% | 3.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.0% | 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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