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On Mossy Lea Road, in Parbold, Appley Bridge & Wrightington
What it's like at WN6 9SA: every home that has sold on Mossy Lea 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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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.
5 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Mossy Lea Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 104 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 308, Mossy Lea RoadFlat | Dec 2018 | £70,000 | 50 m² | £1,400/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 312, Mossy Lea RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2022 | £210,000 | 70 m² | £3,000/m² | 1 |
| 314, Mossy Lea RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2025 | £415,000 | 78 m² | £5,321/m² | 2 |
| 320, Mossy Lea RoadDetached | Sept 1999 | £115,000 | – | – | 1 |
| The Barn, Raby Fold Farm, Mossy Lea RoadDetached | Jun 2022 | £850,000 | 271 m² | £3,137/m² | 2 |
The nearest station is Appley Bridge, a drive away (3.6 km), with 126k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Piccadilly.
The nearest bus stop is Mossfields, 150 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route 110); 6 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Wrightington Mossy Lea Primary School, a few minutes' walk (200 m).
The closest top-rated primary is Parbold Douglas Church of England Academy (1.6 km), with 2 rated strongly by Ofsted within 2 km.
The nearest secondary is Standish Community High School, 2.8 km away; Attainment 8: 49.7 · 13.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 14% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Crow Orchard Service Station, 2.5 km away, with Farm Shop, Toogood Farm closer still (1.0 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Coppull Medical Practice (3.0 km), with Cohens Chemist the closest pharmacy (3.1 km).
For a haircut, Elizabeth Ann is 2.5 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, 8.4 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: 11 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Rivaj of India is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and White Lion the nearest pub (1.3 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 33 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 69 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 50% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
Bungalow country: 23% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Tansley Recreation Ground, 2.4 km away; for exercise, Coppull Leisure Park (2.9 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 30 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 41 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 52% of households own their home outright.
3 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.
West Lancashire constituency: Ashley Dalton MP (Labour), since February 2023. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 13,625 (30.8%), turnout 60%. Vote shares: Labour 51%, Conservative 20%, Reform UK 18%, Green Party 7%.
2 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 WN6 9SA →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
It's an older community: 29% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 44% of adults have a degree.
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.
On this street: 1 of 77 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 5 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.8% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 80.9% | 90.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 9.7% | 4.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.3% | 4.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.
Nearest: Formby · about 32 min
Nearest: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 57 min
Nearest: Southport Pier · 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.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in West Lancashire 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 104 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.