Essex Street
Westmorland and Furness, England
Reality check: Recorded indicators: area-safety proxy 60/100; transport-stop proximity 50/100; daily amenities 30/100; flood mapping 90/100; green-space proximity 45/100. 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: area-safety proxy 60/100; family indicators 75/100; green-space proximity 45/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: energy. Compare the available inputs with your own requirements.
Available components: area-safety proxy 60/100; family indicators 75/100; green-space proximity 45/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: 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 50/100; amenity proximity 25/100; daily amenities 30/100. Data unavailable: market proxy. 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: area-safety proxy 60/100; green-space proximity 45/100; daily amenities 30/100; amenity proximity 25/100. Data unavailable: 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 50/100; daily amenities 30/100; area-safety proxy 60/100. Data unavailable: sale price. 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.
Check the official flood map for your propertyHow Life Works Here
Essex Street is located in Westmorland and Furness, near Barrow-in-Furness. The associated LSOA area has 76 recorded incidents from 2025-08 to 2026-07. Incident rows were observed in 12 of the 12 selected months. These are area counts, not street-level incidents or population-adjusted rates; they do not establish a comparison with local or national averages. No nearby amenity records are available in this extract. Recorded nearby transport modes: rail. The nearest mapped stop (Barrow-in-Furness Rail Station) is 477m away. Check current routes and service frequency with the operator. The price sample is too small to publish a median; at least eight recorded transactions are required. LSOA source indicators: recorded population 1,229; owner-occupied homes 41.9%; social housing 0.6%; retired population 12.9%; average household size 2.4. There are 14 schools within 2 km, 13 rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Both primary and secondary options are available locally. The nearest school is just 479m away. Proximity does not establish admissions eligibility, catchment or personal suitability. The highest available weighted profile is families at 58/100. This is a comparison of recorded inputs, not a recommendation or a forecast of returns. The available indicators produce a composite score of 53/100. Its recorded district percentile is 98. 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
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Public Services Nearby
Public facilities within walking distance from Essex Street, with detailed information for each.
gyms & sports centres (4)
- Park Leisure Centre 970m · 12 min walk
- FAB Health Club 1375m · 17 min walk
- Everlast Gyms 1382m · 17 min walk
- The Gym 1413m · 18 min walk
hospitals (3)
- Babybond 853m · 11 min walk
- First Step 1375m · 17 min walk
- Birchwood Clinic 1965m · 25 min walk
libraries (3)
- Barrow Library 1073m · 13 min walk
- Ormsgill (Library Link) 1568m · 20 min walk
- Roose Library 1646m · 21 min walk
parks & green spaces (5)
- Coronation Gardens 701m · 9 min walk
- Barrow Park 713m · 9 min walk
- Hindpool Urban Park 1039m · 13 min walk
- John Whinnerah Roundabout 1321m · 16 min walk
- Little Park 1366m · 17 min walk
schools (5)
- Victoria Infant and Nursery School 479m · 6 min walk
- Victoria Academy 484m · 6 min walk
- Furness Academy 556m · 7 min walk
- Ramsden Infant School 808m · 10 min walk
- Greengate Junior School 1096m · 14 min walk
Transport Links
Similar Streets
Compared within this district using at least four shared score dimensions. Missing indicators are excluded.
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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. Limited data available for this street — interpret scores with caution.