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On Kelvin Grove, in Winstanley
What it's like at WN3 6SP: every home that has sold on Kelvin Grove 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 Kelvin Grove; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 12 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Kelvin GroveDetached | Nov 2017 | £161,000 | – | – | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Kelvin GroveSemi-detached | Jul 2003 | £75,000 | 81 m² | £926/m² | 1 |
| 4, Kelvin GroveSemi-detached | Dec 2007 | £130,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 5, Kelvin GroveSemi-detached | Nov 1996 | £54,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Kelvin GroveSemi-detached | Sept 2000 | £51,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Kelvin GroveSemi-detached | Dec 2014 | £135,000 | 102 m² | £1,324/m² | 1 |
| 10, Kelvin GroveSemi-detached | Oct 2009 | £116,000 | 84 m² | £1,381/m² | 4 |
| 11, Kelvin GroveSemi-detached | Aug 2025 | £205,000 | 85 m² | £2,412/m² | 2 |
| 14, Kelvin GroveSemi-detached | May 2018 | £102,000 | 74 m² | £1,378/m² | 3 |
| 15, Kelvin GroveSemi-detached | Mar 2019 | £142,500 | 84 m² | £1,696/m² | 4 |
| 16, Kelvin GroveSemi-detached · company-owned | Oct 2022 | £125,000 | 91 m² | £1,374/m² | 4 |
| 17, Kelvin GroveSemi-detached | Feb 2026 | £282,000 | 129 m² | £2,186/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Pemberton, a short drive or bike ride (1.4 km), with 49k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Hope School & College, 100 m away, with a bus about every 25 minutes on weekdays (routes 601, 667, 953, 949); 38 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Marus Bridge Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 79% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Winstanley Community Primary School (0.6 km).
The nearest secondary is Hawkley Hall High School, 1.4 km away; Attainment 8: 40.4 · 7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield (4.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Iceland, 300 m away; B&M Stores (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Saxena L (800 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (850 m).
For a haircut, Bladez Mens Barber is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, 4.7 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: 13 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
The Grange Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (under 50 m), and New Inn the nearest pub (650 m).
It's a mix of homes: 0% flats and 35% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 283 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Kipling Park, 850 m away; for exercise, Total Fitness (600 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.9 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 24 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 32 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 46% of households own their home outright.
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.
28 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%.
27 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 6SP →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Kelvin Grove in the last 12 months.
On this street: 1 of 8 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 | 1.1% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 98.2% | 95.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.0% | 3.9% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Formby · about 31 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 50 min
Nearest: East Lancashire Railway · about 34 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.