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In Ashton Central. What's changing around Assheton Close
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| 7, Assheton CloseOL6 7AG | 16 Dec 2022 | £130,000 | Semi-detached |
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| 6, Assheton CloseOL6 7AG | 8 Jul 2022 | £137,500 | Terraced |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Ashton-under-Lyne Metrolink stop, a few minutes' walk (100 m). The nearest rail station is Ashton-under-Lyne, 300 m away, with 180k journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Katherine Street, 50 m away, with a bus about every 3 minutes on weekdays (routes 219, 216, 330, 335); 150 departures an hour from the 22 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 11 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
48% of households manage without a car.
The nearest primary school is Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 67% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Dixons Ashton Academy, 2.0 km away; Attainment 8: 38.1 · 5.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Laurus Ryecroft (2.1 km) and St Damian's RC Science College (3.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Stretford Grammar School (13.8 km).
It's a family area: 23% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is ASM Supermarket, 100 m away; Greggs (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Ashton Gp Service (450 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, The Salon at tameside One is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Tameside General Hospital, 2.1 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 48% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 79% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 9 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 88 restaurants and cafés and 31 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Lilys Vegetarian Indian Cuisine is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and The Alexander the nearest pub (100 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (58 of them).
There are 31 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 41% flats and 4% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 114 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is King George V Playing Fields, 850 m away; for exercise, Ashton Leisure Pool (100 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 16.5 µg/m³).
53 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.
Checked at OL6 7AG; a long street can cross an Article 4 boundary, so check the exact postcode.
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For holidays, Manchester is 19 km away.
Most households own their home, 28% rent privately.
It's young: 21% of residents are aged 15–29.
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Assheton Close in the last 12 months.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
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| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 83.4% | 94.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 12.2% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 3.2% | 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.
None of the 162 injury collisions in Ashton Central over the same years were on Assheton Close.
Police-reported collisions where someone was hurt (DfT STATS19), on the nearest named road within 30 m. A main road through the area naturally collects more than a side street.
Historic England National Heritage List (within 50 m of the road for the count); Open Plaques.
Local Housing Allowance, Tameside and Glossop rental area, 2026-27, a month: Shared room £321 · 1 bed £525 · 2 beds £600 · 3 beds £750 · 4 beds £1,150. The most a tenant on Universal Credit or Housing Benefit gets towards rent here, set at the cheapest 30% of local rents in 2023 and frozen since April 2024.
Gross LHA yields at this neighbourhood's 2025 prices: 1-bed rate vs flats 8.18% · 2-bed vs terraced houses 4.44% · 3-bed vs semis 5%.
HMO planning rules: unknown here. Tameside has not published HMO Article 4 areas to the national planning data platform, so we cannot tell whether HMOs need planning permission here. Ask the council's planning team. About HMOs