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Guide Price£370,000

Robinwood Former School, Jumps Road, Todmorden, West Yorkshire OL14

Key Features

  • Former School / Activity Centre
  • Potential Development Opportunity (STP)
  • Seven Bedrooms with En-suites
  • 11 Former Dormitory Accommodation
  • Four Large Halls

Description

Online Auction - 24th to 25th August 2026

Former School / Activity Centre – Potential Development Opportunity (STP)

An imposing stone-built former school set within the valleys of Todmorden.

The building has most recently been used as an activity centre. It is predominantly arranged over three floors with a small basement.

The accommodation includes:
- Four large hall areas suitable for activities
- Seven bedrooms each with en-suite bathroom facilities
- 11 rooms previously used as dormitory accommodation
- Living area
- Large main dining room
- Kitchen
- Two shower blocks
- Additional toilet facilities
- Basement laundry and cleaning accommodation

Externally there is a car park for approximately 10 cars along with a driveway running past the front of the building.

Services include gas, electricity, water and drainage with a gas central heating system. The services have not been tried or tested.

The property would be suited as an activity centre, education and training centre, clinic or healthcare facility or residential institution – subject to relevant planning permission being approved.

Tenure: Freehold
Title number: WYK521023
Business Rates: £22,400 (1 April 2026 to present)
Local Authority: Calderdale

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Tenure: Freehold

EPC Rating: C

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
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Date Posted
2026-08-08

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Broadband
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Rights & Restrictions

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

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Parking
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

10 Gbps

Superfast

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Castle Hill Primary School0.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    162
    Type
    Community school
  • Ferney Lee Primary School0.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    219
    Type
    Community school
  • Todmorden CofE J, I & N School1.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    237
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Academy1.2 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    94
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • Cornholme Junior, Infant and Nursery School1.3 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    105
    Type
    Community school

Secondary

  • Todmorden High School, A SHARE Academy0.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    885
    Type
    Academy converter
  • The Valley Leadership Academy5.4 milesOfsted report card · Apr 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    578
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Whitworth Community High School5.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    654
    Type
    Community school
  • Unity College5.6 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,402
    Type
    Foundation school
  • Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School5.7 milesOfsted: Inadequate
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,087
    Type
    Academy converter

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Aldi 55 Burnley Road, Todmorden1.3 miles
Morrisons Todmorden, Todmorden1.4 miles
Lidl Halifax Road Todmorden, Todmorden1.6 miles

GP surgery

Todmorden Group Practice1.5 miles

Pharmacy

Boots1.3 miles

Hospital

Birch Hill Hospital6 miles

Green space

Playing Field384 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Todmorden Rail Station1.3 miles

Nearest bus stop

Jumps Road79 metres

Typical drive times

Bacup15 min · 6.9 miles
Burnley17 min · 7.7 miles
Todmorden4 min · 1.4 miles
Hebden Bridge15 min · 5.6 miles
Salford (city)49 min · 26 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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