Ambarrow Crescent Sandhurst, Bracknell Forest
27 addresses across 2 postcodes (GU47), about 110 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 3800026.
- Sales: 29 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £505,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Bracknell Forest cost £391,521 in August 2026 (-2.3% on a year); private rents averaged £1,481 a month.
- Energy: 14 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 4, D: 8, E: 1).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A321, carries 12,651 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Bracknell Forest costs £2,265 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Sandhurst (Berks), about 1 km (0.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Trilakes Fishery and Country Park, is about 690 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 70 to 72 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is New Wokingham Road Surgery, about 2 km (1.2 miles) away.
- People: About 330 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 96% of households owned their home and 43% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | £505,000 | £505,000 | £505,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £660,000 | £660,000 | £660,000 |
| 2020 | 2 | £400,000 | £385,000 | £415,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £450,000 | £450,000 | £450,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | £349,723 | £349,450 | £349,995 |
| 2014 | 5 | £349,000 | £325,000 | £360,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £275,000 | £275,000 | £275,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £240,000 | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| 2007 | 3 | £259,000 | £242,000 | £279,950 |
| 2005 | 2 | £234,975 | £220,000 | £249,950 |
| 2004 | 1 | £208,000 | £208,000 | £208,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £199,950 | £199,950 | £199,950 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jun 1999 | 1 GU47 8JA | Semi-detached | £139,950 | |
| 24 Jun 2021 | 3 GU47 8JA | Semi-detached | £485,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 4 Mar 2009 | 3 GU47 8JA | Semi-detached | £240,000 | |
| 30 Mar 2001 | 3 GU47 8JA | Semi-detached | £155,000 | |
| 1 Mar 2007 | 4 GU47 8JA | Semi-detached | £279,950 | |
| 5 Nov 1999 | 4 GU47 8JA | Semi-detached | £100,000 | |
| 8 Mar 2024 | 5 GU47 8JA | Semi-detached | £505,000 | |
| 24 Oct 2014 | 5 GU47 8JA | Semi-detached | £360,000 | |
| 14 Feb 2007 | 5 GU47 8JA | Semi-detached | £259,000 | |
| 29 Sep 2000 | 5 GU47 8JA | Semi-detached | £159,950 | |
| 28 May 2020 | 6 GU47 8JA | Semi-detached | £385,000 | |
| 3 Oct 2014 | 8 GU47 8JA | Terraced | £355,000 | |
| 28 Nov 2013 | 8 GU47 8JA | Terraced | £269,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 5 Nov 2020 | 9 GU47 8JA | Terraced | £415,000 | |
| 11 Dec 2012 | 9 GU47 8JA | Terraced | £275,000 | |
| 19 Oct 2007 | 9 GU47 8JA | Terraced | £242,000 | |
| 1 Sep 2014 | 10 GU47 8JA | Terraced | £325,000 | |
| 20 Aug 1997 | 11 GU47 8JA | Semi-detached | £111,950 | |
| 8 Nov 2021 | 12 GU47 8JA | Semi-detached | £660,000 | |
| 16 Dec 2002 | 14 GU47 8JA | Semi-detached | £199,950 | |
| 12 Dec 2014 | 15 GU47 8JA | Semi-detached | £349,000 | |
| 12 Sep 1997 | 15 GU47 8JA | Semi-detached | £112,000 | |
| 20 Mar 2015 | 16 GU47 8JA | Semi-detached | £349,450 | |
| 13 Feb 2015 | 17 GU47 8JA | Semi-detached | £349,995 | |
| 12 Sep 2014 | 18 GU47 8JA | Semi-detached | £345,000 | |
| 3 Oct 2005 | 18 GU47 8JA | Semi-detached | £220,000 | |
| 6 Jan 2017 | 19 GU47 8JA | Semi-detached | £450,000 | |
| 23 Nov 2005 | 21 GU47 8JA | Semi-detached | £249,950 | |
| 15 Jan 2004 | 21 GU47 8JA | Semi-detached | £208,000 |
House prices and rents in Bracknell Forest
A typical home in Bracknell Forest cost £391,521 in August 2026, 2.3% less than a year before. That is 10% more than five years earlier and 9% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £727,187 |
| Semi-detached | £443,363 |
| Terraced | £348,376 |
| Flat or maisonette | £213,850 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £318,897 |
Private renters in Bracknell Forest paid £1,481 a month on average in September 2026, 2.4% more than a year before. That is 36% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £1,080 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,362 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,666 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £2,402 |
Energy performance certificates
14 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 93 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (14). Built: 1950-1966 (9); 1930-1949 (5). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (13).
Each home's certificates and sales (14 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 13,123 kWh of it on average in 2024, about the same as the district, and 4,017 kWh of electricity, 9% more than the district's 3,679 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GU47 8JA | 21 | 3,935 kWh | 22 | 12,633 kWh |
| GU47 8HY | 19 | 2,481 kWh | 19 | 11,921 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 GU47.
Council tax
What each band costs in Bracknell Forest in 2026-27: Band D £2,265 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,510 | £1,762 | £2,013 | £2,265 | £2,768 | £3,271 | £3,775 | £4,530 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (35% of about 510 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 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.
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
Finished in the last three months
- 6 August 2026 to 10 August 2026: SOUTH EAST WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, give and take, 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: 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| GU47 8JA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| GU47 8HY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
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.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 27 addresses are between 70 m and 72 m above sea level (71 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GU47 8HY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| GU47 8JA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Sandhurst (Berks) 142,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Crowthorne 248,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | |
| Blackwater 384,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 10 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Ambarrow Crescent Little Sandhurst | 80 m |
| Bus or coach station | Wokingham Half Marathon Drop Off/Pick Up Point Dowlesgreen | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) |
| Car parks | Moor Green Lakes Car Park | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 27.8 km (17 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | New Wokingham Road Surgery Good Mar 2016 | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest York Way (Dental Surgery) | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Hsh Broadmoor Hospital | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) |
| Care homes | 3 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Fourways Residential Home Good Feb 2023 | 820 m (0.5 miles) |
| Police station | Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary, Yateley Police Station | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Sandhurst Cashzone | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Trilakes Fishery and Country Park 99 ha | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 290 m² | 340 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 8,030 m² | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 4,800 m² | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 99 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Michael, a listed building (Grade II*), 450 m (0.3 miles) south. 6 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Michael | Listed building, Grade II* | 450 m (0.3 miles) south |
| Broadmoor Hospital | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hurts Hill | Hill | 270 m south-east |
| Long Down | Wood | 500 m (0.3 miles) east |
| School Hill | Hill | 510 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Smallbrook Bottom | Valley | 540 m (0.3 miles) north |
| Ambarrow Hill | Hill | 600 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Horseshoe Lake | Lake or reservoir | 920 m (0.6 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 27 | 27 |
None of the street's 27 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 Bracknell Forest: see them on the Bracknell Forest page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Scotland Hill Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 450 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection | 67% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10% at the higher standard (2025; 72% in 2024 and 45% in 2023) |
| St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Sandhurst | Primary | 4–11 | 470 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection | 90% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 21% at the higher standard (2025; 79% in 2024 and 81% in 2023) |
| Uplands Primary School and Nursery | Primary | 2–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 77% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 83% in 2024 and 80% in 2023) |
| Edgbarrow School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Outstanding (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 54.2 (54.1 in 2025 and 54.0 in 2024); 62.9% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade B-; 19.6% AAB or better; progress above average |
| Cranford Park Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No overall grade (Jul 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good | 61% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 43% in 2024 and 59% in 2023) |
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.
Nurseries and childcare
6 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 470 m (0.3 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kidz R Us GU47 8NQ | Out-of-school day care | 40 | Not inspected yet | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
| St Michaels Nursery & Preschool GU47 8HN | Full day care | 31 | Jan 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
| The Den GU47 8HN | Out-of-school day care | 30 | Not inspected yet | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
| Trilakes Nursery and Pre-school GU47 8JQ | Full day care | 57 | Not inspected yet | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Camp Beaumont - Wellington College RG45 7PT | Out-of-school day care | 58 | Not inspected yet | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| In2Care @ Uplands GU47 9BP | Out-of-school day care | 16 | Not inspected yet | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 124 childminders and 17 home childcarers (nannies) in Bracknell Forest. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kidz R Us GU47 8NQ | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 9 Mar 2016 |
| Caterlink At New Scotland Hill Primary School GU47 8NQ | School/college/university | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 4 Oct 2024 |
| Get Active Sports at St Michaels Primary School GU47 8HN | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 21 Sep 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 2 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Cheviot Road (2); On or near Maybrick Close (1); On or near Wokingham Road (1); On or near Ambarrow Crescent (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 A321 between Church Rd, Sandhurst and LA Boundary, with 12,651 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 340 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A321 | Church Rd, Sandhurst to LA Boundary | 12,651 estimated; counted 2022 | 1% | +12% since 2015 | 340 m |
| Minor road | Not recorded | 2,493 counted 2025 | 0% | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
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 | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 29% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 96% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 56% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 4% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 32% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 46% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 51% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 64% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 43% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 10 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
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
Church Road · Ackrells Mead · High Street · Perryhill Drive · Cotswold Road · Maybrick Close · Chelwood Drive · Maple Close · Willow Way · Mountbatten Rise · Chiltern Road · High Street
All the streets in GU47 and across Bracknell Forest.
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.