Ambleside Place St Helens, St. Helens
6 addresses across 2 postcodes (WA11), about 110 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 37500046.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in St. Helens cost £186,445 in August 2026 (+5.1% on a year); private rents averaged £811 a month.
- Energy: 2 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Coal mining: It is in a coalfield, in a low risk area.
- Radon: An estimated 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are at or above the radon Action Level.
- Energy projects: 2 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, College Street - Solar Panels, is 2 km (1.2 miles) away.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A571, carries 8,004 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in St. Helens costs £2,403 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is St Helens Central, about 2.7 km (1.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 370 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 70 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 6 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Windermere Medical Centre, about 510 m (0.3 miles) away.
- People: About 310 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 63% of households owned their home and 20% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 77 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in St. Helens
A typical home in St. Helens cost £186,445 in August 2026, 5.1% more than a year before. That is 28% more than five years earlier and 65% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £305,687 |
| Semi-detached | £201,418 |
| Terraced | £155,878 |
| Flat or maisonette | £98,994 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £169,943 |
Private renters in St. Helens paid £811 a month on average in September 2026, 6.9% more than a year before. That is 44% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £596 |
| Two bedrooms | £742 |
| Three bedrooms | £907 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,307 |
Energy performance certificates
2 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 111 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (2). Built: 1950-1966 (1); 1930-1949 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1); rented (social) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 10,262 kWh of it on average in 2024, about the same as the district, and 2,752 kWh of electricity, 6% less than the district's 2,918 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is WA11.
Council tax
What each band costs in St. Helens in 2026-27: Band D £2,403 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,602 | £1,869 | £2,136 | £2,403 | £2,937 | £3,472 | £4,006 | £4,807 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (35% of about 690 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- The Black Horse, Moss Bank Road, Moss Bank, WA11 7DF, permissioned (480 m (0.3 miles))
- Site of former Carr Mill Infants School, Ullswater Ave, Moss Bank, WA11 7PT, not permissioned (490 m (0.3 miles))
- Land adjacent Laffak Road and Carr Mill Road, Moss Bank, WA11 9LG, not permissioned (920 m (0.6 miles))
Energy projects nearby
6 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 2 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| College Street - Solar Panels St. Helens P/2024/0229/SOL | Solar farm | 1.2 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Jun 2024 | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Billinge Hill Quarry Landfill Scheme | Landfill Gas | 1 MW | Operational Apr 1998 | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| PROMISED LAND FARM St. Helens P/2013/0373 | Wind 2 turbines | 1 MW | Operational Oct 2014 | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| Sutton Heath Road St. Helens P/2016/0804/FUL | Energy from waste (incinerator) | 15 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Mar 2017 | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Holiday Moss Landfill Gas Scheme | Landfill Gas | 2.9 MW | Operational May 1998 | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Holiday Moss Gas to Energy II | Landfill Gas | 1.4 MW | Operational Apr 2000 | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 5 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| WA11 7AW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| WA11 7AP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 5 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
2 of the street's 2 postcodes are in a coalfield, in a low risk area: coal was mined in the area, but no workings shallow enough to matter for building are recorded.
Conveyancers usually still order a coal mining search (CON29M) for a home in a coalfield.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 1 to 3%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 70 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WA11 7AP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| WA11 7AW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | St Helens Central 669,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Garswood 136,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) | |
| Thatto Heath 149,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5 km (3.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 16 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 54 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Yewdale Avenue Moss Bank | 50 m |
| Bus or coach station | Earlestown Bus Station | 6.2 km (3.8 miles) |
| Car parks | Birchley Street Car Park | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest PoGo Charge | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 17.8 km (11 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Windermere Medical Centre Good Dec 2022 | 510 m (0.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Heaton's Pharmacy | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Fairfield Hospital Good Jan 2017 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Care homes | Broadoak Manor Care Home Inadequate Apr 2026 | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Police station | St Helens Police Station | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | Islands Brow Mini Mart Cashzone | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.8 ha | 370 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,170 m² | 210 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.3 ha | 30 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Kentmere Avenue Allotments 4,880 m² | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 1.8 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Borough Cemetery, St Helens, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 2.3 km (1.4 miles) south-west. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Borough Cemetery, St Helens | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Clinkham Wood | Wood | 300 m north-west |
| Carr Mill Wood | Wood | 650 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Caleb's Wood | Wood | 700 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Carr Mill Dam | Lake or reservoir | 780 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Bleak Hill | Hill | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) west |
| Barton Clough | Valley | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.6 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 4 | 6 |
2 of the street's 6 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for St. Helens: see them on the St. Helens page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carr Mill Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 460 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection | 52% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 54% in 2024 and 67% in 2023) |
| St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 790 m (0.5 miles) | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good | 61% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 13% at the higher standard (2025; 55% in 2024 and 71% in 2023) |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 88% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 13% at the higher standard (2025; 97% in 2024 and 80% in 2023) |
| Ashurst Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 57% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 68% in 2024 and 65% in 2023) |
| Billinge Chapel End Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 67% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 58% in 2024 and 78% in 2023) |
| St. Mary's Blackbrook Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 53% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 37% in 2024 and 59% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
1 nursery, pre-school or club within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 470 m (0.3 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portico at Moss Bank WA11 7PQ | Full day care | 66 | Outstanding (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 40 childminders and 4 home childcarers (nannies) in St Helens. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Bank Express WA11 7BA | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 190 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 15 Sep 2025 |
| Sparta Pizza WA11 7BA | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 190 m | 4 Good | 15 Sep 2025 |
| Everydayz WA11 7BA | Retailers - other | 220 m | 4 Good | 12 Aug 2026 |
| Paul's Fishbar WA11 7EQ | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 340 m | 4 Good | 11 Aug 2026 |
| Tesco Express WA11 7EQ | Retailers - other | 340 m | 5 Very good | 5 Nov 2024 |
| St David's Church WA11 7EN | Other catering premises | 360 m | 5 Very good | 24 Apr 2024 |
| Mario Pizza WA11 7HF | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 360 m | 4 Good | 12 Aug 2026 |
| Park Farm ACYP WA11 7PG | Other catering premises | 380 m | 5 Very good | 30 Dec 2024 |
| Carr Mill Primary School WA11 7PQ | School/college/university | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 10 Mar 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 27 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 22 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 7 |
| Other theft | 6 |
| Public order | 5 |
| Drugs | 5 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Bicycle theft | 1 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Dalehead Place (21); On or near Wasdale Avenue (17); On or near Sports/Recreation Area (13); On or near Ambleside Place (13); On or near Ghyll Grove (3).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A571 between A580 and MOSS BANK ROAD, with 8,004 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 450 m (0.3 miles) from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A571 | A580 to MOSS BANK ROAD | 8,004 estimated; counted 2018 | 1% | -18% since 2015 | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 40 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 23% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 20% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 63% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 35% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 28% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 47% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 23% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 55% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 11% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 70% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 20% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 25% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 3 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Beck Grove · Ghyll Grove · Mere Grove · Yewdale Avenue · Bowness Avenue · Dalehead Place · Kentmere Avenue · Loughrigg Avenue · Bampton Avenue · Dunmail Avenue · Mardale Avenue · Crag Grove
All the streets in WA11 and across St. Helens.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.