LU7 0SS Buckinghamshire
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Ivinghoe. Region: South East.
Streets
- Brownlow Lane, Cheddington: 46 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Buckinghamshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,527 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,684 | £1,965 | £2,246 | £2,527 | £3,088 | £3,650 | £4,211 | £5,053 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band E (35% of about 630 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 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.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 46 addresses are between 106 m and 112 m above sea level (109 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 0%, gigabit 0% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Cheddington 83,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.3 km |
| Tring 788,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.9 km | |
| Leighton Buzzard 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 7.8 km | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m, 8 within 800 m; nearest The Green Cheddington | 150 m |
| Car parks | Cheddington Station Car Park | 1.3 km |
| EV charging points | Frogmore Street Car Park | 5.7 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 20.7 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Edlesborough Surgery | 5.8 km |
| Pharmacies | Windmill Pharmacy | 2.6 km |
| NHS dentists | Bridge Dental Surgeries LTD | 5.3 km |
| Hospital | Stoke Mandeville Hospital | 10.8 km |
| Police station | Tring Police Station | 5.9 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 730 m² | 2.3 km |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest The Green 1,950 m² | 130 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 3.8 ha | 470 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.1 ha | 520 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is A small multivallate hillfort on Southend Hill, a scheduled monument, 700 m south. 15 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| A small multivallate hillfort on Southend Hill | Scheduled monument | 700 m south |
| Church of St Giles | Listed building, Grade II* | 780 m north |
| Mentmore Towers | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.6 km north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Southend Hill | Hill | 660 m south |
| Westend Hill | Hill | 700 m south-west |
| Marsworth Junction | Lake or reservoir | 2.9 km south |
| Big Wood | Wood | 3.0 km north-west |
| The Belt | Wood | 3.2 km north-west |
| Coombe Bottom | Valley | 4.4 km east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.5 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 46 | 46 |
None of the postcode's 46 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road or rail traffic.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 84% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 44% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 9% | 17% |
| Private rented | 8% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 42% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 54% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 25% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 44% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 95% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 8 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.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Brownlow Lane.