Schofield Close Milnrow, Rochdale

20 addresses across 2 postcodes (OL16), about 90 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 32007817.

  • Sales: 33 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £125,000 across 3 sales.
  • Energy: 17 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 16).
  • Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
  • Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Rochdale costs £2,601 a year in 2026-27.
  • Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
  • Transport: The nearest railway station is Smithy Bridge, about 2.6 km (1.6 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: The nearest park or garden, Memorial Park, is about 700 m (0.4 miles) away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 11.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 151 to 153 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 1 of its 20 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Milnrow Village Practice, about 790 m (0.5 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
  • People: About 620 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 56% of households owned their home and 26% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.

Sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20263£125,000£125,000£125,000
20255£105,000£94,000£125,000
20231£96,500£96,500£96,500
20221£112,000£112,000£112,000
20211£88,000£88,000£88,000
20191£72,000£72,000£72,000
20182£78,750£77,500£80,000
20171£60,000£60,000£60,000
20111£68,000£68,000£68,000
20096£92,000£65,000£118,000
20088£112,135£100,950£124,995
Most recent sales (33)
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
29 May 2026APARTMENT 51, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£125,000Leasehold.
19 May 2026APARTMENT 56, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£125,000Leasehold.
30 Apr 2026APARTMENT 49, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£125,000Leasehold.
19 Dec 2025APARTMENT 54, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£105,000Leasehold.
21 Nov 2025APARTMENT 55, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£120,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
3 Nov 2025APARTMENT 44, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£125,000Leasehold.
19 Sep 2025APARTMENT 43, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£125,000Leasehold.
25 Jul 2025APARTMENT 53, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£94,000Leasehold.
20 May 2025APARTMENT 41, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£95,000Leasehold.
23 Aug 2023APARTMENT 54, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£96,500Leasehold.
25 Nov 2022APARTMENT 48, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£90,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
18 Feb 2022APARTMENT 51, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£112,000Leasehold.
4 Aug 2021APARTMENT 54, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£88,000Leasehold.
14 Jun 2019APARTMENT 42, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£72,000Leasehold.
7 Sep 2018APARTMENT 52, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£77,500Leasehold.
29 Mar 2018APARTMENT 58, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£80,000Leasehold.
18 May 2017APARTMENT 42, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£60,000Leasehold.
4 Feb 2015APARTMENT 48, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£64,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
14 Oct 2011APARTMENT 53, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£68,000Leasehold.
18 Dec 2009APARTMENT 43, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£101,000New build. Leasehold.
18 Dec 2009APARTMENT 45, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£92,000New build. Leasehold.
18 Dec 2009APARTMENT 44, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£92,000New build. Leasehold.
18 Dec 2009APARTMENT 41, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£65,000New build. Leasehold.
27 Nov 2009APARTMENT 42, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£80,000New build. Leasehold.
13 Mar 2009APARTMENT 52, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£118,000New build. Leasehold.
12 Dec 2008APARTMENT 55, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£110,875New build. Leasehold.
12 Dec 2008APARTMENT 49, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£109,995New build. Leasehold.
10 Dec 2008APARTMENT 51, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£124,995New build. Leasehold.
31 Oct 2008APARTMENT 47, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£100,950New build. Leasehold.
1 Jul 2008APARTMENT 50, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£118,745New build. Leasehold.
27 Jun 2008APARTMENT 57, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£118,435New build. Leasehold.
27 Jun 2008APARTMENT 56, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£113,395New build. Leasehold.
27 Jun 2008APARTMENT 46, 1 OL16 3DNFlat or maisonette£108,000New build. Leasehold.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026 (load in progress). Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from October 2014 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

17 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 50 m². Most common: Flat (17). Built: 2007-2011 (10); 2003-2006 (6); 1996-2002 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (12); rented (private) (5).

Council tax

What each band costs in Rochdale in 2026-27: Band D £2,601 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,734£2,023£2,312£2,601£3,179£3,757£4,335£5,202

Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band A (35% of about 1,270 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the 2 neighbourhoods (census areas of about 700 homes each) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

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)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Roadworks

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 30 September 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

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 6 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.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
OL16 3DNnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
OL16 3NWnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 6 unlikely

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Height above sea level

The street's 20 addresses are between 151 m and 153 m above sea level (153 m on average).

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
OL16 3DN100%0%0%0%
OL16 3NW100%100%100%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsSmithy Bridge 191,000 journeys in 2024–252.6 km (1.6 miles)
Rochdale 1.6 million journeys in 2024–253 km (1.8 miles)
Littleborough 378,000 journeys in 2024–253.8 km (2.4 miles)
Underground, metro or tramMilnrow (Manchester Metrolink)280 m
Kingsway Business Park (Manchester Metrolink)1 km (0.6 miles)
Newhey (Manchester Metrolink)1.4 km (0.8 miles)
Bus stops22 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 42 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Station Road Milnrow40 m
Bus or coach stationRochdale Interchange3.1 km (1.9 miles)
Car parksLake Bank Car Park2.5 km (1.6 miles)
EV charging pointsMFG Charging Station1.7 km (1 mile)
Airport with scheduled flightsManchester Airport MAN31.1 km (19 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeries2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Milnrow Village Practice790 m (0.5 miles)
Pharmacies1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Rowlands Pharmacy790 m (0.5 miles)
NHS dentists1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dale Street Dental Practice210 m
HospitalBirch Hill Hospital3.5 km (2.2 miles)
Police stationRochdale Police Station3.5 km (2.2 miles)
Cash machines1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Cooperative Food Milnrow, Milnrow Cashzone290 m

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or garden1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Memorial Park 3.6 ha700 m (0.4 miles)
Play areaUnnamed 760 m²840 m (0.5 miles)
Playing field2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.1 ha390 m
Allotments2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,520 m²510 m (0.3 miles)

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 3.6 hectares in all.

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is Ellenroad Ring Mill, a scheduled monument, 1 km (0.6 miles) south. 16 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Ellenroad Ring MillScheduled monument1 km (0.6 miles) south
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Cliffe PlantationWood910 m (0.6 miles) south-east
Annis HillHill1.5 km (0.9 miles) north-east
Low House FoldHill1.5 km (0.9 miles) north-east
Bib Knowl PlantationWood1.7 km (1 mile) north
Rag Hole CloughValley2.2 km (1.4 miles) east
Ogden ReservoirLake or reservoir2.4 km (1.5 miles) east

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)11.44010
Fine particles (PM2.5)7.0205
Particles (PM10)11.44015

All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.

Road and rail noise

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailways
55 to 5910
Under 551920

1 of the street's 20 addresses is 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 Rochdale: see them on the Rochdale page.

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 1 November 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspection
Milnrow Parish Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary4–11200 m Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Hollingworth AcademySecondary11–16430 m (0.3 miles) Good (Dec 2022, overall grade under the previous framework)
Crossgates Primary SchoolPrimary4–11620 m (0.4 miles) Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Moorhouse AcademyPrimary3–11750 m (0.5 miles) Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Newhey Community Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.2 km (0.7 miles) Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met
St Thomas' Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary3–111.3 km (0.8 miles) Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary3–111.7 km (1.1 miles) No published inspection

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 1 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Carols baps OL16 3NJRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen30 m5 Very good30 Jun 2026
Coffee Station OL16 4HQRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen50 m5 Very good5 Nov 2025
River Beal OL16 3NJTakeaway/sandwich shop60 m4 Good13 May 2025
Pizzeria Capri OL16 4HXTakeaway/sandwich shop100 m5 Very good6 Mar 2026
Bon Appetit OL16 4HXTakeaway/sandwich shop100 m5 Very good27 Jan 2026
R Butterworth & Sons Ltd OL16 4HXRetailers - other100 m5 Very good19 May 2026
Raja Bros OL16 3JPRetailers - other120 mExempt
The North Coffee Shop OL16 4HSRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen170 m5 Very good9 Jun 2026
Rowlands Pharmacy OL16 4HZRetailers - other190 mExempt
Tiddlywinks Day Nursery OL16 4JQHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises190 m5 Very good12 Oct 2026
Milnrow Parish C of E Primary School OL16 3JTSchool/college/university200 m5 Very good13 May 2025
Davids OL16 4HSTakeaway/sandwich shop210 m1 Major improvement necessary30 Jun 2026
The Co operative OL16 4HSRetailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets210 m5 Very good31 Aug 2026
Milnrow Balti Restaurant OL16 4HSRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen210 m2 Improvement necessary21 Aug 2026
Kate's Kitchen OL16 2YARestaurant/Cafe/Canteen210 m5 Very good18 Aug 2025

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (lancashire).

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the 2 Output Areas (small census areas of about 125 households each) that this street's postcodes are in: 616 residents in 290 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age4140
Children under 1519%17%
Aged 65 and over18%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)56%61%
Owned outright28%33%
Shared ownershipunder 1%1%
Social rented12%17%
Private rented31%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work56%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)7%6%
Retired (of adults)21%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)7%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)23%32%
Travel to work by car or van57%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tram7%4%
By any public transport, including bus9%8%
On foot or by bicycle10%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)70%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away2%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)26%34%
No qualifications18%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification6%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)98%91%
Cannot speak English well or at allunder 1%2%

Deprivation

The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 4 to 7 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.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

What has changed

  • Food hygiene ratings El Rancho (restaurant/cafe/canteen, OL16 4EL) is no longer listed; it was rated Awaiting inspection found 31 October 2026
  • Food hygiene ratings Tiddlywinks Day Nursery (hospitals/childcare/caring premises, OL16 4JQ) now 5 Very good, was 4 Good (rated 12 October 2026) found 31 October 2026

Everything that has changed on and near this street

Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

  • OL16 3DN: 19 addresses of 20 in the postcode
  • OL16 3NW: 1 address of 28 in the postcode

Nearby streets

Harmony Street · Pioneers Yard · Dale Street · Major Street · Merlin Road · Leach Street · Moorland Avenue · Chapel Gate · St James Street · Wellington Street · Whitworth Street · Raines Crest

All the streets in OL16 and across Rochdale.

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.
  • 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.