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On Alma Hill, in Upholland
What it's like at WN8 0NW: every home that has sold on Alma Hill 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Alma Hill; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 14 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 4, Alma HillDetached | Aug 2017 | £310,000 | 141 m² | £2,199/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6, Alma HillTerraced | Dec 2025 | £264,600 | 91 m² | £2,908/m² | 2 |
| 6a, Alma HillTerraced | Mar 2026 | £188,000 | 63 m² | £2,984/m² | 3 |
| 6b, Alma HillTerraced | Oct 2012 | £127,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Alma HillDetached | Mar 2012 | £520,000 | 360 m² | £1,444/m² | 2 |
| 8a, Alma HillDetached | Jul 2021 | £550,000 | 266 m² | £2,068/m² | 3 |
| 10, Alma HillDetached | Apr 2005 | £550,000 | 170 m² | £3,235/m² | 1 |
| 14, Alma HillSemi-detached | May 2003 | £163,000 | – | – | 3 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Orrell, a short drive or bike ride (1.5 km), with 98k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Manchester Victoria.
The nearest bus stop is Parliament Street, 100 m away, with a bus about every 20 minutes on weekdays (routes 375, 385); 21 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 14 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is St Thomas the Martyr Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 76% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Orrell Newfold Community Primary School (1.8 km).
The nearest secondary is Up Holland High School, 1.4 km away; Attainment 8: 48.8 · 8.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Aldi Stores, 550 m away, with R Rathbone Confectioners closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Matthew Ryder Clinic (250 m), with Rowlands Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Old Dog Barbershop is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, 7.3 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: 14 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Beckets Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and Up Holland Village Club the nearest pub (150 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 48 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 98 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 6% flats and 35% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 108 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Beacon Country Park, 1.7 km away; for exercise, Studio 5 (350 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, Liverpool John Lennon is 24 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 37 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 42% of households own their home outright.
24 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Former Old Dog Inn | II | 0 m |
| Alma Hill Cottage Alma Hill Farmhouse | II | 70 m |
| Stone Piers with Iron Lamp at Foot of Steps to Churchyard, St Thomas the Martyr | II | 120 m |
| Conservative Club | II | 130 m |
| 57 and 59, School Lane | II | 130 m |
| Derby House | II | 140 m |
| Coach House Rock House | II | 150 m |
| Church of St Thomas the Martyr | I | 150 m |
| Up Holland Priory Remains | II | 160 m |
| 47-53, Parliament Street | II | 160 m |
| the Owl Inn | II | 170 m |
| Priory House | II | 180 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
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%.
4 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 WN8 0NW →
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: 0 of 12 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% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.0% | 90.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.5% | 4.3% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.7% | 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: Waterworld (Stoke-On-Trent) · about 54 min
Nearest: Southport Pier · 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.
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 14 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.