Andrew Close Higham Ferrers, North Northamptonshire
10 addresses across 2 postcodes (NN10), about 60 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 12800866.
- Sales: 5 recorded sales since 1995; in 2005 the median was £111,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in North Northamptonshire cost £252,884 in August 2026 (+0.1% on a year); private rents averaged £995 a month.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 2).
- 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.
- Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 15 times (39 hours) in 2025.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A5028, carries 9,523 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in North Northamptonshire costs £2,424 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Wellingborough, about 6.1 km (3.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: There is a small park or garden about 260 m away, and Stanwick Lakes Country Park (238 hectares) is about 790 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 65 to 66 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 10 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Higham Ferrers Surgery, about 790 m (0.5 miles) away.
- People: About 300 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 57% of households owned their home and 14% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 81 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1 | £111,000 | £111,000 | £111,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £92,000 | £92,000 | £92,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £53,000 | £53,000 | £53,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £41,000 | £41,000 | £41,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct 2017 | 4 NN10 8JU | Semi-detached | £130,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 23 Sep 2005 | 10 NN10 8JU | Semi-detached | £111,000 | |
| 29 Sep 2003 | 1 NN10 8JU | Semi-detached | £92,000 | |
| 31 Jul 2002 | 10 NN10 8JU | Semi-detached | £53,000 | |
| 27 Mar 1997 | 1 NN10 8JU | Semi-detached | £41,000 |
House prices and rents in North Northamptonshire
A typical home in North Northamptonshire cost £252,884 in August 2026, 0.1% more than a year before. That is 11% more than five years earlier and 43% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £401,061 |
| Semi-detached | £249,321 |
| Terraced | £201,883 |
| Flat or maisonette | £117,641 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £217,161 |
Private renters in North Northamptonshire paid £995 a month on average in September 2026, 4.7% more than a year before. That is 37% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £686 |
| Two bedrooms | £885 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,072 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,533 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 73 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (4). Built: 1950-1966 (3); 1930-1949 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (2); owner-occupied (1); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (4 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in North Northamptonshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,424 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,616 | £1,885 | £2,155 | £2,424 | £2,963 | £3,501 | £4,040 | £4,848 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (43% of about 650 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
4 energy projects near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelveston Renewable Energy Park Wind Farm (Bedford) North Northamptonshire 10/00484/MAF | Wind 4 turbines | 10 MW | Operational Feb 2014 | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| Chelveston Renewable Energy Park Wind Farm (East Northamptonshire) North Northamptonshire 10/00415/FUL | Wind 5 turbines | 12.5 MW | Operational Feb 2014 | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| Sidegate Lane | Landfill Gas | 2.4 MW | Operational Jan 1996 | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) |
| Sidegate Lane Landfill Site | Landfill Gas | 1.3 MW | Operational Aug 1996 | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NN10 8JU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NN10 8JR | 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
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 15 times, for 39 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into River Nene.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King's Meadow Lane Anglian Water | River Nene | 15 | 39 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
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 10 addresses are between 65 m and 66 m above sea level (65 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NN10 8JR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NN10 8JU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Wellingborough 981,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) |
| Kettering 1.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 13.1 km (8.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 28 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 67 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Andrew Close Higham Ferrers | 30 m |
| Car parks | Euro Car Parks | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 51.2 km (32 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Higham Ferrers Surgery Good Apr 2022 | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Higham Pharmacy | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Idh Limited | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Rushden Hospital | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Care homes | 2 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest K Lodge Good Jun 2022 | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
| Police station | Wellingborough Police Station | 7 km (4.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Higham Ferrers, Higham Ferrers | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 5,030 m² | 260 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Stanwick Lakes Country Park 238 ha | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 790 m² | 280 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 4.2 ha | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 9,380 m² | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 4 parks and gardens, 249 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Higham Ferrers Motte and Bailey Castle, with Ponds, Warren and Dovecote, a scheduled monument, 710 m (0.4 miles) south. 32 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 7 of them Grade I and 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Higham Ferrers Motte and Bailey Castle, with Ponds, Warren and Dovecote | Scheduled monument | 710 m (0.4 miles) south |
| College House | Listed building, Grade II* | 810 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Chichele College, North Range and Attached Foundations | Listed building, Grade I | 820 m (0.5 miles) south |
| 'Chichele College': the remains of the medieval college of Higham Ferrers | Scheduled monument | 830 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Chichele College, South and East Ranges and Atttached Foundations | Listed building, Grade I | 830 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Saffron moat at Higham Ferrers | Scheduled monument | 860 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade I | 910 m (0.6 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Stanwick Lakes | Lake or reservoir | 2 km (1.3 miles) north |
| The Moors | Wood | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-west |
| Wateryard Spinney | Wood | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) east |
| Crow Hill | Hill | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) north-west |
| Skew Bridge Ski Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) south-west |
| Garrett Spinney | Wood | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.6 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 9 | 10 |
1 of the street's 10 addresses is 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 North Northamptonshire: see them on the North Northamptonshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Chichele Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 630 m (0.4 miles) | Report card (Dec 2025): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Higham Ferrers Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Requires improvement (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School | Primary | 3–7 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| The Ferrers School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Needs attention; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Post-16 provision: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Nurseries and childcare
4 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 580 m (0.4 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freestyle Wraparound – Henry Chichele Primary School NN10 8NQ | Out-of-school day care | 30 | Not inspected yet | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Little Steps (Higham Ferrers) Ltd NN10 8DX | Full day care | 99 | Outstanding (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Podz NN10 8BB | Out-of-school day care | 32 | Not inspected yet | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| MACCA Sports Academies at The Ferrers School NN10 8LF | Out-of-school day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 216 childminders and 19 home childcarers (nannies) in North Northamptonshire. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serve NN10 8JZ | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 250 m | 5 Very good | 11 Feb 2026 |
| Grove Street Stores NN10 8HX | Retailers - other | 440 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 17 Apr 2026 |
| K Lodge Care Home NN10 8JB | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 11 Sep 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 30 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 29 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 5 |
| Other theft | 5 |
| Drugs | 4 |
| Burglary | 3 |
| Public order | 2 |
| Possession of weapons | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Upper George Street (20); On or near Stanwick Road (15); On or near Charles Close (13); On or near George Street (11); On or near Newman Street (10).
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 A5028 between A645/A5028 (Higham Road) and road to Hecham Way, with 9,523 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 310 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A5028 | A645/A5028 (Higham Road) to road to Hecham Way | 9,523 estimated; counted 2022 | 1% | +15% since 2015 | 310 m |
| A5028 | road to Hecham Way to A45 | 8,666 estimated | 1% | +15% since 2015 | 430 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 | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 57% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 34% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 28% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 49% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 32% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 21% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 63% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 57% | 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) | 14% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 32% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 4 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
Elizabeth Way · Upper George Street · Anne Close · Charles Close · Mallard Close · A6 · Swans Way · Newman Street · Simpson Avenue · Teal Close · Philip Way · Station Road
All the streets in NN10 and across North Northamptonshire.
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.