Athena Way Oundle, North Northamptonshire
7 addresses across 2 postcodes (PE8), about 70 m long. USRN 12851670.
- Sales: 6 recorded sales since 1995; in 2022 the median was £695,000 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: 5 homes have an energy certificate (B: 5).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas 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.
- Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Ashton Road, is 320 m away.
- Storm overflows: 5 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 28 times (21 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A427, carries 4,786 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; 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 Corby, about 15.3 km (9.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Barnwell Country Park, is about 1.2 km (0.7 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 21 to 24 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 7 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Oundle, about 670 m (0.4 miles) away.
- People: About 250 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 66% of households owned their home and 38% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 62 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often shoplifting.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, and it was serious.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | £695,000 | £695,000 | £695,000 |
| 2021 | 4 | £495,000 | £495,000 | £705,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jun 2021 | 1 PE8 4EY | Detached | £705,000 | |
| 31 Mar 2021 | 2 PE8 4EY | Detached | £495,000 | |
| 16 Apr 2021 | 3 PE8 4EY | Detached | £495,000 | |
| 31 Mar 2021 | 4 PE8 4EY | Detached | £495,000 | |
| 13 Apr 2022 | 5 PE8 4EY | Detached | £695,000 | |
| 25 Mar 2019 | 5 PE8 4EY | Detached | £530,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
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
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 131 m². Most common: House, detached (2); House, end-terrace (2); House, mid-terrace (1). Built: 2021 (5). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5).
Each home's certificates and sales (5 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 15,543 kWh of it on average in 2024, 36% more than the district's 11,468 kWh, and 3,261 kWh of electricity, 32% less than the district's 4,818 kWh. There are gas meters for about 93% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE8 4EY | 5 | 2,483 kWh | 6 | 14,036 kWh |
| PE8 4BZ | 10 | 1,934 kWh | 8 | 10,416 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 PE8.
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 B (22% of about 600 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Oundle. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- 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
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, 1 address is 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE8 4EY | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| PE8 4BZ | 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
5 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 28 times, for 21 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Oundle Wharf, River Nene.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oundle Wharf Anglian Water; monitored 7% of the year | Oundle Wharf | 7 | 10 | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
| East Road Cso Anglian Water; monitored 7% of the year | River Nene | 11 | 4 | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| St Osyths Cso Anglian Water; monitored 7% of the year | River Nene | 5 | 2 | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Oundle New Road Terminal Ps Anglian Water | River Nene | 2 | 0 | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| Oundle Barnwell Road Tps Anglian Water | River Nene | 3 | 6 | 850 m (0.5 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.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 1 to 3%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 320 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton Road Oundle | 1950 to 1974 | Inert, household | 320 m |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's 7 addresses are between 21 m and 24 m above sea level (23 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE8 4BZ | 100% | 95% | 100% | 0% |
| PE8 4EY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Corby 561,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 15.3 km (9.5 miles) |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 27 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Old Town Hall Oundle | 240 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 67.9 km (42 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Oundle Good Feb 2019 | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Oundle Pharmacy | 250 m |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Townley House Dental Practice | 560 m (0.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Fitzwilliam Hospital Good Nov 2017 | 15.4 km (9.6 miles) |
| Care homes | 1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Abbott House - Oundle Requires improvement Sep 2026 | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
| Police station | Hampton Police Station | 14.9 km (9.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Central England Co-Op - St Osyths Lane Cashzone | 110 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Barnwell Country Park 15 ha | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,180 m² | 340 m |
| Playing field | 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 9,630 m² | 240 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,460 m² | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Latham's Hospital, a listed building (Grade II*), 140 m west. 173 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 4 of them Grade I and 13 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Latham's Hospital | Listed building, Grade II* | 140 m west |
| Berrystead | Listed building, Grade I | 150 m south-west |
| Number 14 North Street and Upper House | Listed building, Grade II* | 180 m south-west |
| 12, North Street | Listed building, Grade II* | 190 m south-west |
| Saxon settlement enclosure | Scheduled monument | 260 m west |
| South Bridge | Scheduled monument | 850 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Ashton Roman small town north east of Oundle | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Heron Rogers Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) west |
| Cuckoo Spinney | Wood | 1.7 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Brickyard Wood | Wood | 2 km (1.2 miles) east |
| Sweetley Spinney | Wood | 2.3 km (1.5 miles) south |
| Park Wood | Wood | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) west |
| Biggin Fish Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 5 | 7 |
2 of the street's 7 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 North Northamptonshire: see them on the North Northamptonshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince William School | Secondary | 11–18 | 610 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Jan 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 47.0 (48.9 in 2025 and 49.2 in 2024); 48% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade B-; 15.9% AAB or better; progress above average |
| Oundle Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 68% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6% at the higher standard (2025; 63% in 2024 and 60% 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
5 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 140 m from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Wonders Nursery, Pre-School and Forest School PE8 4DF | Full day care | 72 | Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 140 m |
| Activate Camps @ Oundle School PE8 4GH | Sessional day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 370 m | |
| Telling Tales PE8 4GH | Sessional day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 370 m | |
| Kings Camps - The Oundle School Sports PE8 4AB | Out-of-school day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 540 m (0.3 miles) | |
| MACCA Sports Academies at Prince William School PE8 4BS | Out-of-school day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 560 m (0.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Production Kitchens At Oundle School PE8 4BZ | School/college/university | 110 m | 5 Very good | 20 Mar 2025 |
| Waitrose PE8 4BZ | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 110 m | 5 Very good | 15 May 2026 |
| Small Wonders Day Nursery Ltd PE8 4DF | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 140 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 3 Feb 2026 |
| Curry Passion PE8 4DF | Other catering premises | 140 m | 5 Very good | 27 Jan 2025 |
| The Greedy Piglet PE8 4AL | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 160 m | 5 Very good | 5 Feb 2026 |
| Griffin Club At Laxton Junior School PE8 4BX | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 180 m | 5 Very good | 15 Jan 2025 |
| Zebras Den PE8 4HN | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 230 m | 4 Good | 7 Jul 2026 |
| The Coffee Tavern PE8 4BE | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 250 m | 5 Very good | 11 Sep 2026 |
| Co-op PE8 4BG | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 270 m | 5 Very good | 17 Jul 2026 |
| The Rose And Crown PE8 4BA | Pub/bar/nightclub | 310 m | 5 Very good | 19 Mar 2026 |
| Cookies Bakers & Confectioners Ltd PE8 4BQ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 340 m | 5 Very good | 31 Oct 2024 |
| Boots PE8 4BQ | Retailers - other | 340 m | Exempt | |
| Tesco Express PE8 4BQ | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 340 m | 5 Very good | 18 Feb 2025 |
| The Blue Marlin PE8 4BQ | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 340 m | 5 Very good | 7 Jun 2024 |
| Trendalls Ltd PE8 4BQ | Retailers - other | 340 m | 5 Very good | 16 Jul 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Shoplifting | 30 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 14 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 9 |
| Other theft | 5 |
| Public order | 3 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Taney Court (31); On or near Jericho (10); On or near Supermarket (9); On or near Duck Lane (3); On or near Mason Close (3).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight, in which 1 person was seriously hurt. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jun 2024 19:10 | Serious | 1 person | Minor road, 30 mph | Wet road |
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 A427 between Stoke Hill/Mill Road roundabout and A605, with 4,786 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 440 m (0.3 miles) from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minor road | Not recorded | 1,691 counted 2025 | 1% | 360 m | |
| A427 | Stoke Hill/Mill Road roundabout to A605 | 4,786 estimated; counted 2019 | 1% | -2% since 2015 | 440 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 | 63 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 7% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 46% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 66% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 54% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 12% | 17% |
| Private rented | 21% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 43% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 47% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 35% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 43% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 19% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 51% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 38% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 25% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 9 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
Ashton Road · Eastwood Road · North Street · Duck Lane · Mason Close · Fotheringhay Mews · Taney Court · Jericho · Old School Avenue · Halfmoon Mews · Churchill Walk · St Osyths Lane
All the streets in PE8 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.