Beckets Close Peterborough
54 addresses across 1 postcode (PE1), about 120 m long. USRN 30101370.
- Energy: 50 homes have an energy certificate (A: 1, B: 18, C: 31).
- 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 A; Band D in Peterborough costs £2,293 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Peterborough, about 2.7 km (1.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 240 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 10.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 11 m above sea level.
- Noise: 13 of its 54 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Thistlemoor Medical Centre, about 570 m (0.4 miles) away, with 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 190 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 10% of households owned their home and 15% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 44 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
50 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 49 m². Most common: Flat (50). Built: 1976-1982 (38); 1983-1990 (10); 1967-1975 (2). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (44).
Each home's certificates and sales (35 addresses)
- Flat 2 Block 14, Beckets Close
- Flat 3 Block 14, Beckets Close
- Flat 4 Block 14, Beckets Close
- Flat 5 Block 13, Beckets Close
- Flat 6 Block 13, Beckets Close
- Flat 8 Block 13, Beckets Close
- Flat 9, Block 12, Beckets Close
- Flat 10, Block 12, Beckets Close
- Flat 11, Block 12, Beckets Close
- Flat 13, Block 11, Beckets Close
- Flat 15, Block 11, Beckets Close
- Flat 17 Block 10, Beckets Close
- Flat 18 Block 10, Beckets Close
- Flat 23, Block 9, Beckets Close
- Flat 24, Block 9, Beckets Close
- Flat 26, Block 8, Beckets Close
- Flat 27, Block 8, Beckets Close
- Flat 28, Block 8, Beckets Close
- Flat 29 Block 7, Beckets Close
- Flat 31, Block 7, Beckets Close
- Flat 32, Block 7, Beckets Close
- Flat 33, Block 6, Beckets Close
- Flat 34, Block 6, Beckets Close
- Flat 35, Block 6, Beckets Close
- Flat 36, Block 6, Beckets Close
- Flat 37, Block 4, Beckets Close
- Flat 38, Block 4, Beckets Close
- Flat 40, Block 4, Beckets Close
- Flat 42 Block 3, Beckets Close
- Flat 43 Block 3, Beckets Close
- Flat 44 Block 3, Beckets Close
- Flat 46 Block 2, Beckets Close
- Flat 48 Block 2, Beckets Close
- Flat 50, Block 1, Beckets Close
- Flat 52, Block 1, Beckets Close
Council tax
What each band costs in Peterborough in 2026-27: Band D £2,293 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,529 | £1,784 | £2,039 | £2,293 | £2,803 | £3,313 | £3,822 | £4,587 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (60% of about 780 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)
- 659 Lincoln Road Peterborough PE1 3HA: up to 23 homes, permissioned (750 m (0.5 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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 8 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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 11 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE1 3JL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Peterborough 5.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Whittlesea 51,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.5 km (6.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 15 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 52 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Tennyson Road New England | 60 m |
| Bus or coach station | Queensgate Bus Park Peterborough | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Car parks | Apcoa | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp Pulse | 530 m (0.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 77.3 km (48 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Thistlemoor Medical Centre | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 6 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Graham Young Pharmacy | 820 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Fulbridge Road Dental Surgery | 140 m |
| Hospital | Peterborough City Hospital | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Police station | Thorpe Wood Police Station | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Spar Cashzone | 780 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,140 m² | 240 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Unnamed 3.7 ha | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,250 m² | 110 m |
| Playing field | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.0 ha | 80 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.4 ha | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 4 parks and gardens, 5.6 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Rectory, a listed building (Grade II*), 680 m (0.4 miles) north-west. 5 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Rectory | Listed building, Grade II* | 680 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Parish Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade I | 840 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Highlees Spinney | Wood | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) west |
| Grimeshaw Wood | Wood | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) west |
| Pocock's Wood | Wood | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) west |
| Norwood Spinney | Wood | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) north-east |
| Mucklands Wood | Wood | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) west |
| Holywell Ponds | Lake or reservoir | 4 km (2.5 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.4 | 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 | 13 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 41 | 54 |
13 of the street's 54 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 Peterborough: see them on the Peterborough page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulbridge Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 350 m | Outstanding (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Paston Ridings Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 780 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| Caverstede Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 910 m (0.6 miles) | Outstanding (Jan 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| All Saints' CofE (Aided) Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Discovery Primary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Dogsthorpe Academy | Primary | 7–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No overall grade (Jun 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Gunthorpe Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Dogsthorpe Infant School | Primary | 5–7 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| Norwood Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Ravensthorpe Primary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Requires improvement (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Queen Katharine Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Inadequate; Behaviour and attitudes: Inadequate; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Requires improvement |
| Thomas Deacon Academy | All-through | 7–19 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Becketts Close Sheltered Scheme PE1 3JL | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 10 m | 5 Very good | 6 Sep 2023 |
| Little Poppets Day Nursery PE1 3LD | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 90 m | 5 Very good | 14 Jul 2025 |
| Robert Avenue Convenience Store PE1 3XY | Retailers - other | 160 m | 4 Good | 1 Jul 2025 |
| Fulbridge Academy PE1 3JQ | School/college/university | 390 m | 5 Very good | 19 Sep 2025 |
| Wraparound Care @ Fulbridge Academy PE1 3JQ | Retailers - other | 390 m | 5 Very good | 29 Jul 2026 |
| Stop & Shop PE1 3LA | Retailers - other | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 10 May 2026 |
| Belham Food Store PE1 3HS | Retailers - other | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 7 Oct 2024 |
| St Pauls Road Food Store PE1 3EH | Retailers - other | 480 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 11 Dec 2023 |
| St Pauls Road Shawarma PE1 3EH | Mobile caterer | 480 m (0.3 miles) | Awaiting inspection |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 15 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 9 |
| Drugs | 7 |
| Burglary | 4 |
| Other theft | 4 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 3 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Sheridan Road (16); On or near Tennyson Road (9); On or near Rosemary Gardens (9); On or near Robert Avenue (7); On or near Christopher Close (3).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 64 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 9% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 47% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 10% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 6% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 78% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 31% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 12% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 48% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 10% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 13% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 15% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 13% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 66% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 15% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 50% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 72% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 12% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 2 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
- Energy certificates New energy certificate: band C, flat (lodged 20 October 2026) found 2 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- PE1 3JL: 54 addresses
Nearby streets
Tennyson Road · Sheridan Road · Rosemary Gardens · Shelley Close · Chaucer Road · Wilberforce Road · Johnson Walk · Robert Avenue · Christopher Close · Wordsworth Close · Fulbridge Road · Dryden Road
All the streets in PE1 and across Peterborough.
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.