Barlow Road Barlow, North East Derbyshire
16 addresses across 1 postcode (S18), about 410 m (0.3 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 27701618.
- Energy: 2 homes have an energy certificate (E: 1, G: 1).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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 A; Band D in North East Derbyshire costs £2,467 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Dronfield, about 4.3 km (2.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Holmebrook Valley Park, is about 910 m (0.6 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 112 to 124 m above sea level.
- Noise: 12 of its 16 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Newbold Surgery, about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) away.
- People: About 270 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 88% of households owned their home and 45% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 1 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
2 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 103 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (1); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: before 1900 (1); 1900-1929 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in North East Derbyshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,467 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,644 | £1,918 | £2,193 | £2,467 | £3,015 | £3,563 | £4,111 | £4,933 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (30% of about 940 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: yes, North East Derbyshire.
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 28 October 2026: Connect Fibre (Fibre Assets Ltd), Utility asset works, two-way signals, on the footway, verge (minor works)
- 21 October 2026: Connect Fibre (Fibre Assets Ltd), Utility asset works, two-way signals, on the footway, verge (minor works)
- 23 September 2026 to 24 September 2026: Connect Fibre (Fibre Assets Ltd), Utility asset works, two-way signals, on the footway (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are 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: of the 13 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 1 medium, 0 low and 0 very low.
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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 16 addresses are between 112 m and 124 m above sea level (118 m on average); the ground rises about 12 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S18 7TB | 75% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Dronfield 230,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) |
| Chesterfield 1.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.8 km (3 miles) | |
| Dore and Totley 240,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 14 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Brookside Cottages Barlow | 90 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Eckington | 9.7 km (6 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 49.1 km (31 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Newbold Surgery | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Holme Hall Pharmacy | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Oasis Dental Care | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Scarsdale Hospital | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Police station | Newbold Police SNT | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | Central England Co-Op - Holmehall, Holme Hall Cashzone | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Holmebrook Valley Park 62 ha | 910 m (0.6 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 360 m² | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.9 ha | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,100 m² | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Parish Church of St Lawrence, a listed building (Grade II*), 700 m (0.4 miles) north-west. 8 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Parish Church of St Lawrence | Listed building, Grade II* | 700 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Cutthorpe Old Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Lead smelt mill in Linacre Wood, 160m east of Lower Linacre Reservoir dam | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Baines Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Salter Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Cobnar Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| King's Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Lower Linacre Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 2 km (1.3 miles) south-west |
| Brockwell Hill | Hill | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 5 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 4 | 16 |
12 of the street's 16 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 East Derbyshire: see them on the North East Derbyshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barlow CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Cutthorpe Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Barlow Road (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 38% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 88% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 57% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 55% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 39% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 30% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 59% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 9% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 60% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 45% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 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 7 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: Connect Fibre (Fibre Assets Ltd): Utility asset works, 28 October 2026 to 29 October 2026 (two-way signals) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- S18 7TB: 16 addresses of 21 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All the streets in S18 and across North East Derbyshire.
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.