Toad Lane Rochdale
42 addresses across 2 postcodes (OL12), about 40 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 32007226.
- Energy: 30 homes have an energy certificate (B: 12, C: 18).
- 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 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Rochdale, about 1 km (0.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: There is a small park or garden about 210 m away, and Cronkeyshaw Common (16 hectares) is about 750 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 13.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 131 to 144 m above sea level.
- Noise: 11 of its 42 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Dawes Family Practice, about 420 m (0.3 miles) away, with 11 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 230 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 4% of households owned their home and 21% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 1 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jul 2021 | PREMIER WORKS OL12 0NU | Other | £650,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
Energy performance certificates
30 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 65 m². Most common: Flat (18); House, mid-terrace (8); House, semi-detached (2). Built: 2022 (18); 2017 (12).
Each home's certificates and sales (12 addresses)
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.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,734 | £2,023 | £2,312 | £2,601 | £3,179 | £3,757 | £4,335 | £5,202 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (92% of about 1,570 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 3.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- 31, TOAD LANE, grade II
- PILLAR BOX SURMOUNTED BY GAS LAMP ADJACENT TO NUMBER 31, grade II
- THE VICARAGE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Spread Eagle ,10 Cheetham Street,Rochdale: up to 6 homes, permissioned (210 m)
- Fmr Redcross Mill, Redcross Street, Rochdale: up to 29 homes, not permissioned (240 m)
- Land Adjoining Howard Street And Abbeydale Road And Land Adjoining Howard Street And Redcross Street, Lower Falinge: up to 19 homes, permissioned (280 m)
- Former The Nile, 1 Drake Street, Rochdale: up to 19 homes, not permissioned (280 m)
- 3 Whitehall Street And 20 Eastgate Street, Rochdale: up to 5 homes, not permissioned (310 m)
- Townhead Offices,Yorkshire Street,Rochdale: up to 14 homes, permissioned (350 m)
- Riverside Phase 2, John St, Rochdale: up to 100 homes, not permissioned (380 m)
- Iversons Bldg, Drake St, Rochdale: up to 12 homes, not permissioned (390 m)
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 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OL12 6GP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| OL12 0NU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 42 addresses are between 131 m and 144 m above sea level (143 m on average); the ground rises about 13 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OL12 0NU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| OL12 6GP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Rochdale 1.6 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Castleton (Manchester) 141,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.2 km (2 miles) | |
| Smithy Bridge 191,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Rochdale Town Centre (Manchester Metrolink) | 290 m |
| Newbold (Manchester Metrolink) | 1.7 km (1 mile) | |
| Bus stops | 14 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 54 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Reed Hill Town Head | 80 m |
| Bus or coach station | Rochdale Interchange | 300 m |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Union Street Carpark | 240 m |
| EV charging points | 7 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 350 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 31 km (19 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 11 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Dawes Family Practice | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 14 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Rochdale Pharmacy | 180 m |
| NHS dentists | 7 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Drake Dental Practice | 740 m (0.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Rochdale Infirmary Opd | 530 m (0.3 miles) |
| Police station | Rochdale Police Station | 340 m |
| Cash machines | 4 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Cashpoint® 58 Yorkshire Street Lloyds Bank | 140 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.1 ha | 210 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Cronkeyshaw Common 16 ha | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 260 m² | 220 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 290 m² | 160 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 600 m² | 740 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 8 parks and gardens, 36 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary-in-the-Baum, St Mary's Gate, Rochdale, a listed building (Grade I), 50 m. 50 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 4 of them Grade I and 3 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary-in-the-Baum, St Mary's Gate, Rochdale | Listed building, Grade I | 50 m |
| Rochdale Cenotaph | Listed building, Grade I | 270 m south |
| Town Hall | Listed building, Grade I | 330 m south |
| Hope Chapel and Parsons House Parson's House | Listed building, Grade II* | 350 m north |
| Broadfield Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 540 m (0.3 miles) south |
| Falinge Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 690 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Castle Hill | Hill | 880 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Foot Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Mean Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Hollows Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Hamer Pasture Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north |
| Lythe Slack | Valley | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 13.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.1 | 40 | 15 |
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
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 8 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 31 | 42 |
11 of the street's 42 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 Rochdale: see them on the Rochdale page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Street Nursery School | Nursery | 2–4 | 370 m | Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Rochdale Sixth Form College | 16 plus | 16–19 | 400 m (0.2 miles) | No published inspection |
| Broadfield Community Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 470 m (0.3 miles) | Good (Dec 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Spotland Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 750 m (0.5 miles) | Inadequate (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Greenbank Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 910 m (0.6 miles) | Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 930 m (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| Falinge Park High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Heybrook Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No overall grade (May 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Deeplish Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Feb 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Meanwood Community Nursery and Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochdale Pioneers Museum OL12 0NU | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 10 m | Exempt | |
| British Red Cross OL16 1DZ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 30 m | 4 Good | 3 Mar 2025 |
| Browns Handcrafted Cakes OL16 1DZ | Retailers - other | 100 m | Exempt | |
| Jaybee Leisure OL16 1BT | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 110 m | 5 Very good | 6 Oct 2025 |
| Russells Cafe OL16 1BT | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 110 m | 5 Very good | 2 Sep 2025 |
| Candy Kabin OL16 1BA | Retailers - other | 120 m | 5 Very good | 1 Aug 2026 |
| Rochdale Food Bank OL16 1BA | Retailers - other | 120 m | 5 Very good | 13 May 2026 |
| Iceland OL16 1EB | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 120 m | 5 Very good | 31 Oct 2024 |
| Home Bargains OL16 1EB | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 120 m | 5 Very good | 11 Dec 2025 |
| Fresh Prep Street Food OL16 1EA | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 120 m | 5 Very good | 25 Feb 2025 |
| Greggs OL16 1EA | Retailers - other | 120 m | 5 Very good | 13 Dec 2025 |
| Card Factory OL16 1EA | Retailers - other | 120 m | 5 Very good | 4 Nov 2025 |
| One Beyond OL16 1EA | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 120 m | 5 Very good | 15 May 2024 |
| JD Sports Gym OL16 1EB | Retailers - other | 120 m | 5 Very good | 7 Jun 2026 |
| The Baum OL12 0NU | Pub/bar/nightclub | 120 m | 5 Very good | 3 Sep 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Samuel Ashworth Street (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 31 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 27% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 5% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 4% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 1% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 86% | 17% |
| Private rented | 8% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 41% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 21% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 5% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 12% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 6% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 38% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 10% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 27% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 25% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 83% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 2% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 21% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 26% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 58% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 13% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 1 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
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Howard Place · High Street · Hunter's Lane · Toad Lane · Yorkshire Street · Howard Place · Pack Horse Yard · Yorkshire Street · Reed Hill · School Street · Waterhouse Street · Newgate
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.