Warburton Drive Hale, Trafford
17 addresses across 2 postcodes (WA15), about 130 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 41000997.
- Sales: 12 recorded sales since 1995; in 2021 the median was £630,000 across 3 sales.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Trafford cost £393,897 in August 2026 (+6.4% on a year); private rents averaged £1,373 a month.
- Energy: 11 homes have an energy certificate (C: 5, D: 5, E: 1).
- 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.
- Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 2 times (1 hours) in 2025.
- Energy projects: 2 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Sunbank Lane Solar Panels, is 690 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the M56, carries 142,290 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band G; Band D in Trafford costs £2,292 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 82% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Manchester Airport, about 2.2 km (1.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Thorns Green, is about 1 km (0.6 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 11.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 62 to 63 m above sea level.
- Noise: 12 of its 17 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Shay Lane Medical Centre (Kelman), about 1.5 km (0.9 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 710 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 87% of households owned their home and 56% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- 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
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | £630,000 | £545,000 | £712,500 |
| 2015 | 2 | £428,750 | £420,000 | £437,500 |
| 2014 | 2 | £431,750 | £426,000 | £437,500 |
| 2006 | 2 | £401,500 | £385,000 | £418,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £264,000 | £264,000 | £264,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £149,000 | £149,000 | £149,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £124,500 | £124,500 | £124,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Nov 2006 | 3 WA15 0SL | Detached | £418,000 | |
| 17 Oct 2003 | 4 WA15 0SL | Semi-detached | £264,000 | |
| 12 Oct 2015 | 5 WA15 0SL | Detached | £437,500 | |
| 22 Jun 2021 | 6 WA15 0SL | Detached | £712,500 | |
| 11 Jul 2014 | 7 WA15 0SL | Detached | £437,500 | |
| 28 Jun 2021 | 8 WA15 0SL | Detached | £630,000 | |
| 10 May 2021 | 9 WA15 0SL | Detached | £545,000 | |
| 15 May 2015 | 11 WA15 0SL | Detached | £420,000 | |
| 18 Jun 1999 | 11 WA15 0SL | Detached | £149,000 | |
| 29 Sep 2006 | 12 WA15 0SL | Detached | £385,000 | |
| 18 Nov 1997 | 12 WA15 0SL | Detached | £124,500 | |
| 16 Dec 2014 | 15 WA15 0SL | Detached | £426,000 |
House prices and rents in Trafford
A typical home in Trafford cost £393,897 in August 2026, 6.4% more than a year before. That is 23% more than five years earlier and 58% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £789,690 |
| Semi-detached | £445,604 |
| Terraced | £345,691 |
| Flat or maisonette | £216,397 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £317,404 |
Private renters in Trafford paid £1,373 a month on average in September 2026, 3% more than a year before. That is 44% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £946 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,205 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,488 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £2,113 |
Energy performance certificates
11 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 127 m². Most common: House, detached (11). Built: 1950-1966 (8); 1930-1949 (2); 1967-1975 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (8); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (11 addresses)
- 3, Warburton Drive, Hale Barns
- 4, Warburton Drive, Hale Barns
- 5 Warburton Drive, Hale Barns
- 6 WARBURTON DRIVE, HALE BARNS
- 7, Warburton Drive, Hale Barns
- 8 WARBURTON DRIVE, HALE BARNS
- 9 WARBURTON DRIVE, HALE BARNS
- 11, Warburton Drive, Hale Barns
- 11a, Warburton Drive, Hale Barns
- 15, Warburton Drive, Hale Barns
- 16, Warburton Drive, Hale Barns
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 19,960 kWh of it on average in 2024, 28% more than the district's 15,595 kWh, and 4,394 kWh of electricity, 8% more than the district's 4,087 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WA15 0SL | 15 | 4,742 kWh | 16 | 22,171 kWh |
| WA15 0SH | 17 | 2,773 kWh | 17 | 17,233 kWh |
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 WA15.
Council tax
What each band costs in Trafford in 2026-27: Band D £2,292 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,528 | £1,782 | £2,037 | £2,292 | £2,801 | £3,310 | £3,820 | £4,583 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band G (43% of about 510 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.
Energy projects nearby
2 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 2 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunbank Lane Solar Panels Manchester 130585/FO/2021 | Solar farm | 1.5 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Jul 2021 | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
| Sunbank Lane - Solar Panels Manchester 145280/P14J/2026 | Solar farm | 4.3 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Apr 2026 | 1 km (0.6 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WA15 0SL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| WA15 0SH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | 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
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 2 times, for under an hour in all, in 2025. They discharge into River Bollin.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel Lane United Utilities; monitored 70% of the year | River Bollin | 2 | 1 | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
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 17 addresses are between 62 m and 63 m above sea level (63 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WA15 0SH | 100% | 82% | 82% | 0% |
| WA15 0SL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Manchester Airport 5.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Ashley 8,650 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) | |
| Hale (Manchester) 131,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 13 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Warburton Close Warburton Green | 120 m |
| Bus or coach station | Manchester Airport The Station | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Car parks | CHF Airport Parking | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | Be.EV Charging Station | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Shay Lane Medical Centre (Kelman) Good May 2016 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Hale Barns Pharmacy | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Smile Stylist Hale Barns | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Wythenshawe Hospital Requires improvement Jul 2023 | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Care homes | 3 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Fairfield Care Ltd Good Mar 2019 | 950 m (0.6 miles) |
| Police station | Wythenshawe Police Station | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | Premier, Hale | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Thorns Green 1.1 ha | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,350 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.6 ha | 860 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2.2 ha | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Hale Chapel, a listed building (Grade II*), 820 m (0.5 miles) north-west. 4 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hale Chapel | Listed building, Grade II* | 820 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Flaxhigh Covert | Wood | 890 m (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Sunbank Wood | Wood | 940 m (0.6 miles) south |
| Mill Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south |
| Castle Hill | Hill | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Cotteril Clough | Valley | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| King George V Pool | Lake or reservoir | 3.8 km (2.3 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.2 | 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, rail and aircraft noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 5 | 17 | 17 |
12 of the street's 17 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 Trafford: see them on the Trafford page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmridge Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 810 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 66% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 19% at the higher standard (2025; 75% in 2024 and 66% in 2023) |
| Saint Ambrose College Roman Catholic | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Report card (Nov 2025): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Exceptional; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Exceptional; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Post-16 provision: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 72.3 (76.2 in 2025 and 73.7 in 2024); 99.3% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade B+; 39.7% AAB or better; progress above average |
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
2 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 850 m (0.5 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OK MUM ELMRIDGE WA15 0JF | Out-of-school day care | 30 | Not inspected yet | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
| Hale Synagogue Nursery WA15 8NZ | Full day care | Good (Sep 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 121 childminders and 19 home childcarers (nannies) in Trafford. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Cakery Cheshire WA15 0SJ | Other catering premises | 60 m | Awaiting inspection |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (cheshire).
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 M56 between LA Boundary and 6, with 142,290 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 270 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M56 | LA Boundary to 6 | 142,290 counted 2025 | 6% | +19% since 2015 | 270 m |
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 | 46 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 21% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 87% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 48% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 24% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 43% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 51% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 42% | 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) | 56% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 8% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 88% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 10 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
Green Gate · Warburton Close · Greengate · Bankside · Marlfield Road · Pinfold Close · Crabtree Avenue · Buttermere Drive · Gorse Bank Road · Rushey Close · Sandown Drive · M56
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.