Aldbourne Road Aldbourne, Wiltshire
55 addresses across 5 postcodes (SN8), about 1.7 km (1.1 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 18500640.
- Energy: 23 homes have an energy certificate (B: 2, C: 3, D: 12, E: 6).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Wiltshire costs £2,572 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Hungerford, about 10.5 km (6.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Green, is about 1 km (0.6 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 128 to 193 m above sea level.
- Noise: 41 of its 55 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Ramsbury Surgery, about 4.7 km (2.9 miles) away.
- People: About 950 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 84% of households owned their home and 45% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
23 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 114 m². Most common: House, detached (10); House, end-terrace (4); House, mid-terrace (4). Built: before 1900 (14); 1950-1966 (2); 2018 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (14); rented (private) (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (13 addresses)
- 1 Baydon Hill Farm, Oxford Street, Aldbourne
- 2, Oxford Street, Aldbourne
- 3, Oxford Street, Aldbourne
- 4, Oxford Street, Aldbourne
- 7, Oxford Street, Aldbourne
- 11, Oxford Street, Aldbourne
- 12a, Oxford Street, Aldbourne
- 16, Oxford Street, Aldbourne
- 27, Oxford Street, Aldbourne
- 28, Oxford Street, Aldbourne
- 32, Oxford Street, Aldbourne
- 34, Oxford Street, Aldbourne
- First Floor Flat, 6 Oxford Street, Aldbourne
Council tax
What each band costs in Wiltshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,572 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,715 | £2,000 | £2,286 | £2,572 | £3,143 | £3,715 | £4,286 | £5,144 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (19% of about 1,700 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, ALDBOURNE (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 14.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- 1, 2 AND 3, SOUTH STREET, grade II
- 12 OXFORD STREET, grade II
- 2 AND 4, OXFORD STREET, grade II
- 22 OXFORD STREET, grade II
- 3 OXFORD STREET, grade II
- ALMA COTTAGE AND BARN, grade II
- Bay House, grade II
- FOUNDRY COTTAGE, grade II
- HIGH TOWN, grade II
- IVY COTTAGE, grade II
- KAY'S COTTAGE, grade II
- Nos 7, 9 and 11 Lottage Road, grade II
- THATCHED COTTAGE, grade II
- VILLAGE PUMP ON ROAD ISLAND AT START OF SOUTH STREET, grade II
Roadworks
Started, not reported finished by 31 October 2026
- 26 October 2026 to 3 November 2026: WILTSHIRE COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major works)
Finished in the last three months
- 28 September 2026 to 9 October 2026: WILTSHIRE COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major works)
- 23 September 2026: THAMES WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, no carriageway incursion, on the verge (immediate - urgent works)
- 4 August 2026: THAMES WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, multi-way signals, on the footway (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 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: of the 32 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 1 low and 0 very low.
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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| SN8 2DQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| SN8 2DJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SN8 2DH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SN8 2DG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SN8 2HX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 55 addresses are between 128 m and 193 m above sea level (147 m on average); the ground rises about 65 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SN8 2DG | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SN8 2DH | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SN8 2DJ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SN8 2DQ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SN8 2HX | 50% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Hungerford 312,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.5 km (6.5 miles) |
| Bedwyn 100,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12 km (7.4 miles) | |
| Kintbury 75,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 14.8 km (9.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Windmill Close Aldbourne | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Bungalows Ramsbury | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | Gridserve Charging Station | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Southampton Airport SOU | 62.3 km (39 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Bristol Airport BRS | 77.7 km (48 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Ramsbury Surgery | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Lambourn Pharmacy | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Market Place (Dental Surgery) | 6 km (3.8 miles) |
| Hospital | The Great Western Hospital | 9.9 km (6.2 miles) |
| Police station | Gablecross Police Station | 13 km (8.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | Membury/Swindon West INT, Junction 14/15 Cashzone | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | The Green 1,580 m² | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,950 m² | 880 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 4.4 ha | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 490 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Village cross, a scheduled monument, 1 km (0.6 miles) south-west. 20 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Village cross | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Peggy Knowl Copse | Wood | 650 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Green Hill Trees | Wood | 720 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Green Hill | Hill | 800 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Midge Copse | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Green Pond | Lake or reservoir | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) south-west |
| Dean Bottom | Valley | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 14 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 27 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 14 | 55 |
41 of the street's 55 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 Wiltshire: see them on the Wiltshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Michael's CofE Aided Primary Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Baydon St Nicholas Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (wiltshire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 29% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 84% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 52% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 55% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 32% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 48% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 45% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 24% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 26% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 45% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 7 to 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.
What has changed
- Roadworks Street works permit: WILTSHIRE COUNCIL: Highway repair and maintenance works, 26 October 2026 to 3 November 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
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.
- 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.