Birch Lane
Manchester, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: transport-stop proximity 40/100; daily amenities 16/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 44/100. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy. These indicators do not establish personal suitability or future property returns.
Compare Profile Scores
Each profile applies different weights to the available indicators; it does not determine personal suitability.
Available components: liquidity proxy 90/100; market proxy 65/100. Recorded median sale price: £100,000 from 95 transactions. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: family indicators 85/100; green-space proximity 44/100; daily amenities 16/100. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy, energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Safety 30%, Family indicators 30%, Environment 20%, Amenities 10%, Energy 10%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: transport-stop proximity 40/100; amenity proximity 60/100; daily amenities 16/100; market proxy 65/100. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Transport 35%, Walkability 30%, Amenities 25%, Market 10%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: liquidity proxy 90/100; market proxy 65/100. Recorded median sale price: £100,000 from 95 transactions. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Transaction activity 50%, Market 50%; no return forecast. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: green-space proximity 44/100; daily amenities 16/100; amenity proximity 60/100. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy, energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Safety 25%, Environment 25%, Amenities 20%, Energy 15%, Walkability 15%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Available components: transport-stop proximity 40/100; daily amenities 16/100. Recorded median sale price: £100,000 from 95 transactions. Data unavailable: area-safety proxy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
How this is calculated
Affordability 40%, Transport 25%, Amenities 20%, Safety 15%. Missing components are excluded and the remaining weights are rescaled.
Flood mapping
The mapped street point is classified as Zone 1 in the Environment Agency planning dataset. This covers river and sea flooding; it does not assess every property or surface-water risk.
Dataset revision: 2026-05-20. This is the dataset revision date, not a property inspection date.
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Score 16/100. Check the available shops and services against your daily needs.
How Life Works Here
Birch Lane is located in Manchester. Recorded crime data is unavailable for this area. The dataset records 1 nearby amenities. The closest is GMBA (sports centre, 23m). Distances do not establish a walkable route or current opening hours. Recorded nearby transport modes: bus. The nearest mapped stop (Longsight Library & Learning Centre) is 202m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The median property price is £100,000, with a +61% difference between the sampled annual medians five years apart; this is not repeat-sales appreciation or a forecast. Based on 95 transactions recorded since 2014. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 2,094; owner-occupied homes 10.5%; social housing 14.7%; retired population 5.7%; average household size 2.7. There are 18 schools within 2 km, 18 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. 3 are rated Outstanding. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. The nearest school is just 130m away. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is investors at 78/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 52/100. Its recorded district percentile is 8. Missing dimensions are excluded; scores are proxies rather than measurements of personal liveability.
Score Breakdown
Scores are heuristic proxies from open datasets. Missing dimensions are excluded from the overall score. Source and scope are listed below.
police.uk recorded incident counts in the source extract; LSOA area, not street-level or population-adjusted
OpenStreetMap amenities within 2km
DfT NaPTAN + TfL stops
OpenStreetMap green-space proximity; distance-decay proxy, not noise or air quality
HM Land Registry price paid data
GIAS/Ofsted school records, mapped amenities, household and area-score indicators
Amenity and transport proximity proxy; no pedestrian network or route assessment
EPC Register — awaiting public API access
English Environment Agency planning zones; Welsh NRW categories are shown separately
Property Market
Flat/Maisonette | Leasehold | Transactions: High recorded volume
Source release: 2026-08-28; registrations received through 2026-07-31. Earlier periods can be revised by late registrations. Standard and additional transactions are included, so property mix can affect the median.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Open Government Licence v3.0). Median comparisons use two full calendar years five years apart, with at least five sales in each. Different properties may have sold; this is not a house-price index or a prediction of returns.
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Nearby Amenities
Public Services Nearby
Public facilities within walking distance from Birch Lane, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (2)
- Rushford Park 1114m · 14 min walk
- Parthian Climbing 1290m · 16 min walk
hospitals (4)
- Manchester Intergrative Medical Service 202m · 2 min walk
- The Ailsa Craig Medical Practise 468m · 6 min walk
- Octagon Renal Dialysis Unit 912m · 11 min walk
- Hawthorn Medical Centre 1727m · 22 min walk
libraries (3)
- Longsight Library and Learning Centre 249m · 3 min walk
- Arcadia library and leisure centre 1521m · 19 min walk
- Gorton Library 1975m · 25 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Edlin Close Play Area 700m · 9 min walk
- Wonderland Park 852m · 11 min walk
- Birchfields Park 928m · 12 min walk
- West Gorton Community Park 1107m · 14 min walk
- West Gorton Community Park 1180m · 15 min walk
schools (5)
- St John's CofE Primary School 131m · 2 min walk
- St Joseph's RC Primary School Manchester 351m · 4 min walk
- St Agnes C of E Primary School 470m · 6 min walk
- Dean Trust Ardwick 489m · 6 min walk
- Longsight Community Primary 676m · 8 min walk
Transport Links
Similar Streets
Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.
- Valentia Road — Manchester52
- Holmfirth Street — Manchester51
- Kent Road East — Manchester50
- Aycliffe Grove — Manchester48
- Hayley Street — Manchester52
Data Transparency
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- OS Open Roads — Crown copyright and database right
- HM Land Registry Price Paid Data — Crown copyright
- police.uk crime data — Open Government Licence v3.0
- OpenStreetMap — ODbL licence
- DfT NaPTAN — Open Government Licence v3.0
- GIAS schools data — Crown copyright
- Environment Agency flood data — OGL v3.0
- ONS Census 2021 — Open Government Licence v3.0
All scores are computed from publicly available government and open data. No proprietary data is used. Scores reflect statistical patterns, not guarantees.
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