Ashdown Park Upper Lambourn, Vale of White Horse
16 addresses across 2 postcodes (RG17,SN6), about 550 m (0.3 miles) long. USRN 41619230.
- Sales: 3 recorded sales since 1995; in 2007 the median was £750,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (E: 2, F: 1, G: 1).
- Flood: 2 addresses on its postcodes are in areas 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 Vale of White Horse costs £2,577 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Swindon (Wilts), about 13.9 km (8.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Russley Park, is about 2.3 km (1.4 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 107 to 176 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 Lambourn Surgery, about 5.7 km (3.5 miles) away.
- People: About 700 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 40% of households owned their home and 50% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1 | £750,000 | £750,000 | £750,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £460,000 | £460,000 | £460,000 |
| 1995 | 1 | £201,000 | £201,000 | £201,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2007 | ASHDOWN FARM HOUSE RG17 8RE | Detached | £750,000 | Leasehold. |
| 15 Nov 1999 | ASHDOWN FARM HOUSE RG17 8RE | Detached | £460,000 | Leasehold. |
| 7 Apr 1995 | ASHDOWN FARM HOUSE RG17 8RE | Detached | £201,000 | Leasehold. |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 183 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (2); House, detached (2). Built: Pre-1900 (4).
Council tax
What each band costs in Vale of White Horse in 2026-27: Band D £2,577 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,718 | £2,005 | £2,291 | £2,577 | £3,150 | £3,723 | £4,296 | £5,155 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (24% of about 1,840 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
- 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
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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RG17 8RE | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| SN6 8TR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 16 addresses are between 107 m and 176 m above sea level (164 m on average); the ground rises about 70 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RG17 8RE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SN6 8TR | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Swindon (Wilts) 3.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 13.9 km (8.6 miles) |
| Hungerford 312,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 14.4 km (8.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Ashdown House Ashbury | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | Be.EV Charging Station | 5.1 km (3.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Southampton Airport SOU | 67 km (42 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 78.9 km (49 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Lambourn Surgery | 5.7 km (3.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Lambourn Pharmacy | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Market Place (Dental Surgery) | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| Hospital | The Great Western Hospital | 9.4 km (5.9 miles) |
| Police station | Gablecross Police Station | 10.5 km (6.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Russley Park 3,060 m² | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Ashdown House, a registered park or garden (Grade II*), 220 m north-west. 7 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 3 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Ashdown House | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 220 m north-west |
| Ashdown House, Pavilion and Attached Wall Approximately 20 Metres South East | Listed building, Grade I | 300 m north-west |
| Ashdown House | Listed building, Grade I | 330 m north-west |
| Ashdown House, Pavilion Approximately 20 Metres North East | Listed building, Grade I | 330 m north-west |
| Alfred's Castle univallate hillfort | Scheduled monument | 840 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Fognam Clump field system See also WEST BERKSHIRE 99 | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south-east |
| Fognam Clump and adjacent field system See also WILTSHIRE 915 | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Upper Wood | Wood | 500 m (0.3 miles) south |
| Middle Wood | Wood | 770 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Kingstone Down | Hill | 930 m (0.6 miles) north |
| Weathercock Hill | Hill | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Swinley Copse | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Botley Bottom | Valley | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
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) | 9.7 | 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 | 16 | 16 |
None of the street's 16 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 Vale of White Horse: see them on the Vale of White Horse page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
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 | 35 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 26% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 8% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 40% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 16% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 5% | 1% |
| Social rented | 18% | 17% |
| Private rented | 36% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 73% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 9% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 46% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 43% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 33% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 24% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 50% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 6% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 93% | 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
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
All the streets in RG17, SN6 and across Vale of White Horse.
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.