Ainsdale Close Bwcle / Buckley, Flintshire
10 addresses across 2 postcodes (CH7), about 70 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 46800728.
- Sales: 9 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £250,000 across 3 sales.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Flintshire cost £214,882 in August 2026 (+2.5% on a year); private rents averaged £817 a month.
- Energy: 5 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 3, F: 1).
- Flood: No postcode centre on the street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Coal mining: It is in a coalfield, in a low risk area.
- Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Elfed Park Mineshafts, is 150 m away.
- Radon: Up to 10 to 30% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A549, carries 9,118 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band E; Band D in Flintshire costs £2,376 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Buckley, about 2.5 km (1.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 880 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 148 to 150 m above sea level.
- Noise: 3 of its 10 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Bradley's Practice, about 600 m (0.4 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 530 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 76% of households owned their home and 21% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 13 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | £250,000 | £227,500 | £260,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £149,000 | £149,000 | £149,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | £159,500 | £154,000 | £165,000 |
| 2002 | 2 | £107,500 | £100,000 | £115,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £82,500 | £82,500 | £82,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Jun 2025 | 1 CH7 2NE | Detached | £260,000 | |
| 27 Oct 2025 | 3 CH7 2NE | Terraced | £227,500 | |
| 27 Oct 2025 | 4 CH7 2NE | Terraced | £250,000 | |
| 23 Feb 2017 | 4 CH7 2NE | Terraced | £149,000 | |
| 4 Mar 2016 | 6 CH7 2NE | Terraced | £154,000 | |
| 20 Dec 2016 | 7 CH7 2NE | Detached | £165,000 | |
| 18 Jan 1996 | 8 CH7 2NE | Semi-detached | £82,500 | |
| 16 Sep 2002 | 9 CH7 2NE | Detached | £115,000 | |
| 25 Jan 2002 | 9 CH7 2NE | Detached | £100,000 |
House prices and rents in Flintshire
A typical home in Flintshire cost £214,882 in August 2026, 2.5% more than a year before. That is 18% more than five years earlier and 43% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £309,244 |
| Semi-detached | £192,039 |
| Terraced | £156,820 |
| Flat or maisonette | £105,420 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £184,800 |
Private renters in Flintshire paid £817 a month on average in September 2026, 7.9% more than a year before. That is 35% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £599 |
| Two bedrooms | £763 |
| Three bedrooms | £899 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,335 |
Energy performance certificates
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 98 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (4); House, detached (1). Built: 1967-1975 (4); 1976-1982 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5).
Each home's certificates and sales (5 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 13,091 kWh of it on average in 2024, 22% more than the district's 10,718 kWh, and 2,539 kWh of electricity, 28% less than the district's 3,516 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH7 2NE | 9 | 2,406 kWh | 9 | 13,599 kWh |
| CH7 2NN | 30 | 2,406 kWh | 31 | 13,703 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 CH7.
Council tax
What each band costs in Flintshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,376 a year on average, including the police and community council charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,584 | £1,848 | £2,112 | £2,376 | £2,904 | £3,432 | £3,960 | £4,752 | £5,544 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band E (27% of about 1,460 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 directions, tree preservation orders and green belt: Wales has no national record of these; the council's planning department holds them.
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
Roadworks
Street works permits come from the Department for Transport's Street Manager, which covers England only.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: of the 43 address points in this street's postcodes, 2 at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 4 at low risk. Each counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: none is in an area at risk. Surface water and small watercourses alone: 2 at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 4 at low risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. The map allows for flood defences. Address points are every property record (UPRN) in the postcode, each counted if it is in an area or within 5 m of one (the maps stop at building walls); a few are not homes, such as garages, business units or caravan pitches. 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. Welsh zones include an allowance for climate change.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk |
|---|---|---|
| CH7 2NE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 |
| CH7 2NN | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 2 / 3 |
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
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes in this record, which covers the overflows reported to the Environment Agency: most of Wales's are reported to Natural Resources Wales instead.
Coal mining
2 of the street's 2 postcodes are in a coalfield, in a low risk area: coal was mined in the area, but no workings shallow enough to matter for building are recorded.
Conveyancers usually still order a coal mining search (CON29M) for a home in a coalfield.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 10 to 30%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 150 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elfed Park Mineshafts Buckley, Flintshire | 1960 to 1975 | Inert, industrial, commercial, household, special (hazardous) | 150 m |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's 10 addresses are between 148 m and 150 m above sea level (149 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH7 2NE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CH7 2NN | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Buckley 44,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| Penyffordd 29,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) | |
| Hawarden 31,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 37 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest St Andrew`s Drive Buckley | 90 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station 6 Mold | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 24.3 km (15 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Bradley's Practice | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Allied Pharmacy Buckley | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Buckley Medical Centre | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Mold Community Hospital | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| Police station | Mold Police Station | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest AM & PM Convenience Store, Moles Road Cashzone | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 7.8 ha | 880 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 290 m² | 350 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 7,210 m² | 340 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Wat's Dyke: Section from Bod Offa to Whitehouse Farm, a scheduled monument, 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-west. 3 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Wat's Dyke: Section from Bod Offa to Whitehouse Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| Taylor's Pottery | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Pinfold Lane Pottery, Site of | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Pentrehobyn | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Knowl Hill | Hill | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) east |
| Stonybeach Wood | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north |
| Cobbler's Wood | Wood | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) north |
| Padeswood Pool | Lake or reservoir | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south |
| Ewloebarn Wood | Wood | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) north |
| Tinker's Dale | Valley | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 7 | 10 |
3 of the street's 10 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 Flintshire: see them on the Flintshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southdown CP English medium | Primary | 3–11 | 150 m | Estyn reports · My Local School | Not published in Wales |
| Elfed High School English medium | Secondary | 11–16 | 520 m (0.3 miles) | Estyn reports · My Local School | Not published in Wales |
| Westwood CP English medium | Primary | 3–11 | 630 m (0.4 miles) | Estyn reports · My Local School | Not published in Wales |
| Mountain Lane Primary School English medium | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Estyn reports · My Local School | Not published in Wales |
| Argoed School English medium | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) | Estyn reports · My Local School | Not published in Wales |
| Ysgol Mynydd Isa English medium | Primary | 3–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Estyn reports · My Local School | Not published in Wales |
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. Wales publishes no school results tables.
Nurseries and childcare
Ofsted registers childcare in England only. In Wales, nurseries, playgroups and childminders are registered and inspected by Care Inspectorate Wales, whose directory of services lists them with their reports.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blakemore Spar CH7 2NJ | Retailers - other | 260 m | 4 Good | 18 Feb 2025 |
| Blue Anchor Inn CH7 2NH | Pub/bar/nightclub | 280 m | 5 Very good | 27 Feb 2019 |
| Bistre Nursing Home CH7 2NH | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 280 m | 5 Very good | 14 Jan 2026 |
| Parish of Bistre CH7 2NH | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 280 m | 5 Very good | 19 May 2025 |
| Blue Anchor Burger Shack CH7 2NH | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 300 m | 4 Good | 26 Sep 2025 |
| Wok Asia CH7 2NL | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 320 m | 5 Very good | 27 Jul 2026 |
| White Lion CH7 2NH | Pub/bar/nightclub | 350 m | 5 Very good | 5 May 2026 |
| The Rise Cafe CH7 2PX | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 6 Mar 2026 |
| NEWydd Catering & Cleaning Ltd CH7 3HQ | School/college/university | 480 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 6 Mar 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 9 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Muirfield Road (5); On or near Selsdon Close (2); On or near South Fields Close (2); On or near Kiln Close (2); On or near St Andrew'S Drive (1).
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 A549 between A541 and Brook St, Buckley, with 9,118 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 350 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A549 | A541 to Brook St, Buckley | 9,118 estimated; counted 2024 | 1% | -6% since 2015 | 350 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 | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 54 | 43 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 35% | 21% |
Homes
| Around this street | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 76% | 66% |
| Owned outright | 51% | 38% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | under 1% |
| Social rented | 9% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 17% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 47% | 54% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 40% | 25% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 6% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 18% | 26% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 74% | 61% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | under 1% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 3% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 8% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 59% | 60% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 7% | 10% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | Wales | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 21% | 32% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 20% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 10% | 6% |
| Main language English or Welsh (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 97% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | under 1% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhoods around this street are all in decile 9 of 10 on the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of Wales's 1,917 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
Selsdon Close · Linderick Avenue · St Andrew's Drive · Field Farm Lane · Muirfield Road · South Fields Close · Kiln Close · Filas y Jiwbili · Bistre Close · St Mellor's Road · Bilberry Grove · Birkdale Avenue
All the streets in CH7 and across Flintshire.
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.