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Watkins Drive

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126 recorded sales · median £75,238 · Bury

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Bury Council · Labour-controlled 30/51 seats · 59% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

71/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£75k

median price

£75k

median sold price

7.1 yrs

of local pay to buy

5 min

Manchester — fastest

rail stations

grammar school

schools total

Violence — most

13.2

NO₂ · WHO 10

2.8%

in a flood zone

1,309

green spaces

7.1

PM2.5 · WHO 5

273

eat & drink

shops

89%

gigabit

gyms & leisure

Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£83,500 in 2005 → £265,000 in 2021

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Bury, clearly labelled.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-07-21

Affordability2025

Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)

Crime2026-06

Deprivation2025

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Ground checks2022–25

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This street

A typical home here sells for £75,238. That's about 7.1× local earnings — around the 7.4× five-year average.

Sold price history

2021 · 5 sales

Median sold price · median of all 126 sales£75,238

Full history since 1995

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay7.1× · five-year average 7.4×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership67%

Owned outright

34%

With a mortgage

33%

Private rented

18%

Social rented

15%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,555

Your band:

Bury Council£2,116

Mayoral (incl. fire)£154

Mayoral Police & Crime£285

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,703

Band B£1,987

Band C£2,271

Band D (baseline)£2,555

Band E£3,123

Band F£3,691

Band G£4,259

Band H£5,110

Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.

Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April

Neighbourhood prices in Bury how Watkins Drive compares · from Bury

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Gigg +54.7%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Gigg	£240,000	+54.7%	72
Unsworth	£315,000	+51.2%	172
Tottington	£250,000	+48.6%	72
Elton	£226,250	+48.4%	184
Fairfield	£155,000	+46%	160
Blackford Bridge	£280,000	+44.1%	82
Fishpool	£185,000	+44%	126
Irwell Bank	£162,000	+41.7%	114
Besses o' th' Barn	£242,000	+40.6%	260
Heaton Park	£281,500	+36.7%	274
Radcliffe	£134,500	+36.4%	192
Woolfold	£184,000	+35.4%	252
Chesham	£165,000	+34.9%	96
Bradley Fold	£259,725	+33.9%	52
Kirkhams	£300,000	+31.3%	128
Black Lane	£188,975	+29.6%	352
Brandlesholme	£269,000	+28%	108
Limefield	£205,000	+27.2%	98
Bury	£154,500	+26.8%	92
Whitefield	£250,000	+25%	228
Prestwich	£297,500	+23.9%	120
Greenmount	£380,000	+23%	82
Kersal	£298,500	+19.2%	60
Sedgley Park	£345,000	+19%	116
Fernhill	£120,000	+11.1%	68
Hazelhurst	£281,000	+8.4%	60
Walshaw	£186,000	+7.2%	124
Ramsbottom	£212,500	+6.7%	158
Starling	£315,000	+5.9%	142

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

Homes in Watkins Drive — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
74 Watkins Drive Prestwich	Flat	—	—	£87,000	Oct 2025
53 Watkins Drive Prestwich	Other	—	—	£210,000	Feb 2025
32 Watkins Drive Prestwich	Detached	—	—	£340,000	Feb 2025
64, Watkins Drive Prestwich	Flat	—	—	£87,000	Feb 2024
94, Watkins Drive Prestwich	Semi-detached	—	—	£240,000	Dec 2023
40 Watkins Drive Prestwich	Detached	—	—	£340,000	Nov 2023
45 WATKINS DRIVE PRESTWICH	Terraced	—	—	£195,000	Nov 2023
67 WATKINS DRIVE PRESTWICH	Flat	—	—	£82,500	Apr 2023
55 Watkins Drive Prestwich	Terraced	—	—	£143,000	Apr 2023
27 Watkins Drive Prestwich	Terraced	—	—	£188,000	Nov 2022
19 Watkins Drive Prestwich	Detached	—	—	£350,000	Sep 2022
43, Watkins Drive Prestwich	Terraced	—	—	£195,000	Aug 2022
43, Watkins Drive Prestwich	Flat	—	—	£195,000	Aug 2022
56 Watkins Drive Prestwich	Flat	—	—	£89,000	Jan 2022
48 WATKINS DRIVE PRESTWICH	Semi-detached	—	—	£280,000	Dec 2021
18 WATKINS DRIVE	Detached	—	—	£410,000	Oct 2021
18 WATKINS DRIVE	Other	—	—	£410,000	Oct 2021
52 WATKINS DRIVE	Semi-detached	—	—	£170,000	Jul 2021
58 Watkins Drive Prestwich	Flat	—	—	£84,000	May 2021
26 WATKINS DRIVE PRESTWICH	Detached	—	—	£265,000	Apr 2021
4, Watkins Drive Prestwich	Semi-detached	—	—	£235,000	Feb 2021
70, Watkins Drive Prestwich	Flat	—	—	£78,500	Dec 2019
65 Watkins Drive Prestwich	Flat	—	—	£74,500	Aug 2019
90 Watkins Drive Prestwich	Terraced	—	—	£135,000	Mar 2019

Show all sales ↓

24 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →

Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC

How safe is it? from Bury

Street-level crime isn't published for Watkins Drive — Greater Manchester Police stopped supplying it to police.uk. We show the Home Office annual recorded-crime figure where held, and never a fabricated zero.

Street-level crime

The local police force is not currently publishing street-level crime records to police.uk, so a comparable crime rate is not available for this area. Any records shown are British Transport Police (railway) only.

Declared honestly — a force data gap, not shown as zero · police.uk / Home Office

Recorded crime from Bury

Per 1,000 residents / year94.1

Total recorded (year ending December 2025)18,239

Violence against the person

7,663

Theft offences

4,058

Public order offences

1,989

Criminal damage and arson

1,546

Drug offences

1,258

Sexual offences

754

Home Office recorded crime across the whole Bury district — the force's annual return, a real figure from a different feed · Home Office police recorded crime (CSP open data)

Who lives here? from Bury

Population193,851

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 5/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 45% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 5/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 5/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 45% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).

SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 5 in 2019 — little changed since.

The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.

Income

5.0/10

Employment

4.5/10

Education & skills

5.6/10

Health & disability

4.1/10

Crime

4.1/10

Housing & services

7.5/10

Living environment

4.1/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Bury — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Employment rate · residents aged 16+57%

Unemployment · economically active residents5.3%

Degree-level (Level 4+)32%

Good or very good health81%

Own their home67%

Median age40.5

Born outside the UK12%

See the full Bury report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

67% of the 3 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

2 of 3 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 3 nearest inspected schools

GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"

Catchments

Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.

Council catchment polygons + GIAS

Nearest schools 25 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Outside Education Community Hub and Training Centre	Nursery	—	0.4 km
Bowker Vale Primary School	Primary	—	0.5 km
Happy Tots Private Day Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	0.5 km
CommuniTree Heaton Park	Nursery	—	1.1 km
St Monica's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy	Secondary	Inspected '25 — see report	1.2 km
Crab Lane Primary School	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	1.2 km
Tashbar Creche	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.2 km
Crumpsall Lane Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	1.2 km
lets play Crumpsall	Nursery	—	1.2 km
The King David High School	Secondary	Requires improvement ('23)	1.3 km
King David Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.3 km
St Hilda's Church of England Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	1.3 km
Swans Care and Education	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.3 km
Manchester Junior Girls' School	Primary	—	1.3 km
Manchester Junior Girls Creche	Nursery	Good ('24)	1.3 km
Sedgley Park Community Primary School	Primary	—	1.3 km
OYY Lubavitch Boys School	All-through	—	1.4 km
Tashbar of Manchester	All-through	—	1.4 km
King David Primary School	Primary	—	1.4 km
Mechinoh School	Secondary	—	1.4 km
Habonim Nursery	Nursery	Good ('25)	1.4 km
Bear Necessities Childcare	Nursery	Good ('22)	1.4 km
Heaton Park Nursery	Nursery	Outstanding ('22)	1.5 km
Crumpsall Park Playgroup	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.5 km
Building Blocks Day Nursery (NW) LTD	Nursery	Good ('23)	1.6 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 1.3 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 0.9 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 0.2 km
NHS ODS

14 of 14 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Higher Crumpsall Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	0.2 km
Park House Dental Practice	Dentist	—	0.9 km
111 Bury Old Road [Dental Practice]	Dentist	—	1.1 km
Formans Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.2 km
Park Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.2 km
Dennis Gore Chemists	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Whittaker Lane Med Centre	GP	Good ('18)	1.3 km
St Gabriel'S Medical Centre	GP	Good ('23)	1.3 km
Cohens Chemist	Pharmacy	—	1.3 km
Blackley Dental Practice	Dentist	—	1.3 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.4 km
M8 Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.4 km
Park View Medical Centre	GP	Good ('20)	1.4 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.5 km
Plant Hill Clinic	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.6 km
Ms D Davy	Dentist	—	1.7 km
Crumpsall Medical Practice	GP	—	1.7 km
Wellfield Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	1.7 km
Wellfield Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Aquahealth Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.7 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.8 km
Sedgley Park Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.8 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	1.8 km
The Birches Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	1.9 km
The Neville Family Centre	GP	Good ('18)	1.9 km
Blackley Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	1.9 km
Beacon Medical Centre	GP	—	2.1 km
Greyland Medical Centre	GP	—	2.1 km
Wise Pharmacies Ltd	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Well	Pharmacy	—	2.1 km
Wise Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.2 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.3 km
Limefield Road Medical Practice	GP	—	2.4 km
Newbury Green Medical Practice	GP	Good ('18)	2.4 km
Reut Medical Practice	GP	Good ('18)	2.4 km
Newbury Place Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Fairfax Group Practice	GP	—	2.4 km
Longfield Medical Practice	GP	Good ('18)	2.4 km
Prestwich Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.4 km
Dam Head Medical Centre	GP	Good ('17)	2.4 km
Broughton Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Pharmacy 24	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Mediward Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.5 km
Somerville And Salt	Dentist	—	2.5 km
The Avenue Medical Centre	GP	—	2.6 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.6 km
Cohens Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.6 km
Neil Larah'S Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	2.6 km
Blue Sky Dental Care	Dentist	—	2.6 km
Prescriptions Direct	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
A-Z Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
New Collegiate Medical Centre	GP	—	2.7 km
Valentine Medical Centre	GP	—	2.7 km
Tims & Parker Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
David End Ltd	Dentist	—	2.7 km
Higher Broughton Salford Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.7 km
Tesco Instore Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	2.9 km
Church View Medical Centre	GP	Good ('24)	2.9 km
Harpurhey Health Centre	Dentist	—	2.9 km
Cohens Chemist	Pharmacy	—	2.9 km
Cheetham Hill Medical Centre	GP	—	3.1 km
Conran Medical Centre	GP	Good ('18)	3.2 km
C M Chau'S Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.2 km
Fernclough Surgery	GP	—	3.2 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.3 km
Willowbank Surgery	GP	Good ('22)	3.3 km
The Griffin Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.3 km
Mocha Parade Medical Practice	GP	—	3.4 km
The Dental Surgery (Unit 6A)	Dentist	—	3.6 km
Peterloo Medical Centre	GP	Good ('24)	3.6 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	3.6 km
R E Noar And Associates	Dentist	—	3.7 km
Kiss Dental Manchester	Dentist	—	3.7 km
Forest Bank (Dental Practice)	Dentist	—	3.8 km

Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)

Getting around from Bury

5 nearest stations; the fastest to Manchester is 5 min from Manchester Victoria Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To Manchester	Fastest
Clifton (Manchester) Rail Station	2.7 mi	Manchester Victoria	15 min
Manchester Victoria Rail Station	2.8 mi	Manchester Oxford Road	5 min
Salford Crescent Rail Station	3.0 mi	Manchester Victoria	5 min
Salford Central Rail Station	3.1 mi	—	no direct train
Moston Rail Station	3.2 mi	Manchester Victoria	8 min

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest Manchester time in bold — from Manchester Victoria Rail Station (5 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

54%

Work from home

30%

Walk or cycle

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging10 points

Per 10,000 residents0.5

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Bury

Air quality

NO₂

13.2

— WHO guide

PM2.5

7.1

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1000.2%

Flood zone2.8% of postcodes

RadonAffected Area (up to 10–30%)

Coal miningin/near a coalfield (100%)

Historic landfill142 sites within ~1 km

EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search

Transport noise (Defra)

Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".

Defra strategic noise mapping

Heritage & green space

Listed buildings255

Conservation areas12

Green belt53.8%

Green spaces1,309

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Bury

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	273	87% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	77	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	28	—
Green spaces & parks	1,309	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

89%

Superfast

98.1%

Ultrafast

90.1%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Bury

Figures for the wider Bury — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate5.3%

In work (employment rate)57.1%

Companies registered here17,548

New incorporations (12m)2,488

Property companies (SPVs)3,304

See the full Bury report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district