Appledore Close Northampton
9 addresses across 2 postcodes (NN2), about 50 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 28702109.
- Sales: 10 recorded sales since 1995; in 2021 the median was £235,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 5 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 4).
- 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 B; Band D in West Northamptonshire costs £2,487 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Northampton, about 3.5 km (2.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Kingsthorpe Park, is about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 10.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 102 to 107 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 9 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Pines Surgery, about 490 m (0.3 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 600 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 63% of households owned their home and 21% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 106 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | £235,000 | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £170,000 | £170,000 | £170,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £215,000 | £215,000 | £215,000 |
| 2014 | 2 | £141,498 | £133,000 | £149,995 |
| 2012 | 1 | £149,000 | £149,000 | £149,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £156,000 | £156,000 | £156,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £135,000 | £135,000 | £135,000 |
| 2001 | 2 | £78,750 | £70,000 | £87,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Feb 2021 | 8 NN2 8JG | Semi-detached | £235,000 | |
| 18 Nov 2016 | 4 NN2 8JG | Semi-detached | £170,000 | |
| 17 Dec 2015 | 1 NN2 8JG | Semi-detached | £215,000 | |
| 18 Jul 2014 | 8 NN2 8JG | Semi-detached | £149,995 | |
| 11 Apr 2014 | 7 NN2 8JG | Semi-detached | £133,000 | |
| 18 Jul 2012 | 2 NN2 8JG | Semi-detached | £149,000 | |
| 18 May 2007 | 2 NN2 8JG | Semi-detached | £156,000 | |
| 17 Mar 2006 | 6 NN2 8JG | Semi-detached | £135,000 | |
| 31 Aug 2001 | 3 NN2 8JG | Semi-detached | £70,000 | |
| 11 Jun 2001 | 2 NN2 8JG | Semi-detached | £87,500 |
Energy performance certificates
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 60 m². Most common: Bungalow, semi-detached (5). Built: 1950-1966 (3); 1930-1949 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2); rented (private) (2).
Council tax
What each band costs in West Northamptonshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,487 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,658 | £1,934 | £2,210 | £2,487 | £3,039 | £3,592 | £4,144 | £4,973 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (43% of about 1,040 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Northampton: Bective Works/Jabez House, Bective Road NN2 7TQ: up to 99 homes, permissioned (510 m (0.3 miles))
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 9 addresses are between 102 m and 107 m above sea level (105 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NN2 8JE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NN2 8JG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Northampton 2.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Long Buckby 330,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.1 km (8.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 13 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 42 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Chalcombe Road Kingsthorpe | 140 m |
| Bus or coach station | Northampton Bus Interchange | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Parking space on Croughton Close, NN2 | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 57 km (35 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Pines Surgery | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Northampton Pharmacy | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Silver Pepper Clinic | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Hospital | St Edmund's Hospital | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Police station | Northamptonshire Police | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Payzone | 230 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Kingsthorpe Park 7.7 ha | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,100 m² | 110 m |
| Playing field | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 8.9 ha | 220 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.3 ha | 340 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Boughton bowl barrow, a scheduled monument, 2 km (1.2 miles) north. 12 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Boughton bowl barrow | Scheduled monument | 2 km (1.2 miles) north |
| Boughton Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Long Spinney | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Obelisk Spinney | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Nursery Wood | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Little Warren Spinney | Wood | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north-east |
| Brampton Hill | Hill | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) north-west |
| Storton's Pits | Lake or reservoir | 4.4 km (2.8 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.1 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are 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 | 8 | 9 |
1 of the street's 9 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 West Northamptonshire: see them on the West Northamptonshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Oaks Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 630 m (0.4 miles) | No published inspection |
| Kingsthorpe College | Secondary | 11–18 | 910 m (0.6 miles) | Good (Dec 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Sunnyside Primary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 920 m (0.6 miles) | No overall grade (Jun 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| The Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 930 m (0.6 miles) | No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Kingsthorpe Village Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Whitehills Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvement |
| Whitehills Nursery School | Nursery | 3–5 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| All Saints CofE VA Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): 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: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Buckton Fields Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Malcolm Arnold Academy Church of England | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| Malcolm Arnold Preparatory School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boughton Lodge NN2 7SU | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 190 m | 5 Very good | 22 Mar 2023 |
| Mentaur NN2 7SU | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 190 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Krates NN2 7SU | Retailers - other | 230 m | 5 Very good | 14 Feb 2019 |
| Stoke House NN2 8DL | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 250 m | 5 Very good | 16 Nov 2018 |
| Chalcombe Stores NN2 8LD | Retailers - other | 250 m | 4 Good | 25 Oct 2021 |
| Richardsons Partnership for Care NN2 7AA | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 300 m | 5 Very good | 27 Nov 2019 |
| SOLIDARITY_ACTION NN2 8PD | Mobile caterer | 360 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Hearty Cuisine NN2 8DH | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 390 m | 5 Very good | 6 Mar 2026 |
| DG Taylors Ltd @N&D Indoor Bowls Ass NN2 8DH | Pub/bar/nightclub | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 5 Very good | 31 Mar 2025 |
| O3 food store NN2 7SL | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 430 m (0.3 miles) | Awaiting inspection | |
| Happy Days Day Nursery NN2 8LB | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 440 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 30 Jul 2026 |
| Top Fish & Grill NN2 7SL | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 450 m (0.3 miles) | 3 Generally satisfactory | 16 Jan 2026 |
| Gardners Bakery NN2 7SL | Manufacturers/packers | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 23 Jul 2018 |
| Bombay Palace Restaurant NN2 8FR | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 3 Generally satisfactory | 23 Dec 2025 |
| Kingsthorpe Snooker Club NN2 6QF | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 480 m (0.3 miles) | 3 Generally satisfactory | 8 Nov 2022 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 31 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 27 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 12 |
| Other theft | 10 |
| Vehicle crime | 7 |
| Burglary | 5 |
| Shoplifting | 5 |
| Public order | 3 |
| Bicycle theft | 2 |
| Possession of weapons | 2 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Lockwood Close (26); On or near Wallbeck Close (21); On or near Helmdon Crescent (16); On or near Helmdon Road (15); On or near Hinton Close (10).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 63% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 35% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 16% | 17% |
| Private rented | 20% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 21% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 61% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 84% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 21% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 24% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 90% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 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
Chalcombe Road · St Martins Close · Helmdon Crescent · Helmdon Road · Wallbeck Close · The Close · Harborough Road · Lockwood Close · Hinton Close · Cosgrove Way · Evenley Road · Liddington Way
All the streets in NN2 and across West 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.
- 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.