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In Kilburn & Horsley. What's changing around Merlin Lane
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| Mooi Kia, Merlin LaneDE7 6PZ | 15 Dec 2023 | £305,000 | Semi-detached |
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| High View, Merlin LaneDE7 6PZ | 30 Jun 2023 | £280,000 | Detached |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Duffield, a drive away (5.3 km), with 67k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Derby.
The nearest bus stop is Primary School, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 138); 3 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Horsley Woodhouse Primary School, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 50% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is John Flamsteed Community School, 2.4 km away; Attainment 8: 53.3 · 18.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Heanor Gate Spencer Academy (3.3 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-Op, 900 m away, with Woodhouse Stores closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Arthur Medical Centre (950 m), with Amber Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (950 m).
For a haircut, Mainstyle Unisex Hairdressing is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Derby Hospital, 12 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 52% 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: 5 restaurants and cafés, 9 pubs and bars.
Blossom's Play Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (1.6 km), and The Old Oak Inn the nearest pub (600 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 49 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 20 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 7% flats and 36% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is John Flamsteed Memorial Park, 1.7 km away; for exercise, Unity Gym Heanor (3.2 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, East Midlands is 21 km away, and Birmingham, with far more destinations, 65 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 42% 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.
6 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 DE7 6PZ; a long street can cross an Article 4 boundary, so check the exact postcode.
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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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Merlin Lane in the last 12 months.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
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| Homes with solar panels | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.4% | 94.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.9% | 1.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.5% | 3.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.0% | 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 65 injury collisions in Kilburn & Horsley over the same years were on Merlin Lane.
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.
HMO planning rules: unknown here. Amber Valley 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
Local Housing Allowance, Derby rental area, 2026-27, a month: Shared room £360 · 1 bed £450 · 2 beds £595 · 3 beds £700 · 4 beds £935. 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 4.2% · 2-bed vs terraced houses 4.15% · 3-bed vs semis 3.64%.