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On Alexandra Road, in Ashton-in-Makerfield East
What it's like at WN4 8QS: every home that has sold on Alexandra Road 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Alexandra Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 43 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 28, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2005 | £144,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached | May 2023 | £275,000 | 91 m² | £3,022/m² | 1 |
| 38, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2000 | £57,000 | 117 m² | £487/m² | 1 |
| 40, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2024 | £191,000 | 98 m² | £1,949/m² | 1 |
| 44, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2006 | £135,000 | 70 m² | £1,929/m² | 1 |
| 50, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2023 | £250,000 | 102 m² | £2,451/m² | 1 |
| 51, Alexandra RoadDetached | Mar 2004 | £150,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 54, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2003 | £120,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 58, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2026 | £255,000 | 84 m² | £3,036/m² | 2 |
| 59, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached | Dec 1995 | £75,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 60, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2017 | £160,000 | 87 m² | £1,839/m² | 2 |
| 61, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2023 | £340,000 | 175 m² | £1,943/m² | 3 |
| 62, Alexandra RoadDetached | Jun 2015 | £185,000 | 103 m² | £1,796/m² | 1 |
| 63, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2020 | £235,000 | 127 m² | £1,850/m² | 3 |
| 64, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2024 | £275,000 | 108 m² | £2,546/m² | 1 |
| 67, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached · company-owned | Dec 2010 | £135,000 | 85 m² | £1,588/m² | 1 |
| 71, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2022 | £290,000 | 132 m² | £2,197/m² | 1 |
| 73, Alexandra RoadOther | Sept 2017 | £2,100 | – | – | 3 |
| 75, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached | Sept 1996 | £66,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 79, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2020 | £215,000 | 108 m² | £1,991/m² | 3 |
| 81, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2007 | £169,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 83, Alexandra RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2006 | £184,950 | – | – | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Bryn, about a 15-minute walk (1.2 km), with 105k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Liverpool Lime Street.
The nearest bus stop is Alexandra Road, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route WVR3); 45 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Thomas CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 59% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Nicol Mere School (1.6 km).
The nearest secondary is Cansfield High School, 700 m away; Attainment 8: 44.4 · 4.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, Ashton-in-Makerfield (1.4 km) and Golborne High School (2.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Farmfoods, 600 m away, with Bombon closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bolton Road Surgery (250 m), with J Morris Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Pure Therapy is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, 7.5 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 8 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Mama Mia is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Robin Hood the nearest pub (450 m).
It's a mix of homes: 3% flats and 25% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Ashton Town Green Community Park, 300 m away; for exercise, Ashton Leisure Centre (800 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 23 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 28 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% 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.
47 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%.
9 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 WN4 8QS →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Alexandra Road in the last 12 months.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.
Nearest: Formby · about 33 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 51 min
Nearest: East Lancashire Railway · about 32 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 27 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 | 0.5% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.4% | 95.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.5% | 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.