Birch Ground Close Rugby
15 addresses across 2 postcodes (CV23), about 60 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 32802387.
- Sales: 16 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £302,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Rugby cost £278,324 in August 2026 (-2.2% on a year); private rents averaged £1,051 a month.
- Energy: 14 homes have an energy certificate (B: 14).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Rugby costs £2,483 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Rugby, about 3.3 km (2.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 95 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 15 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Whitehall Medical Practice, about 3.2 km (2 miles) away.
- People: About 630 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 89% of households owned their home and 51% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 11 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £302,000 | £302,000 | £302,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | £406,000 | £406,000 | £406,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £305,995 | £305,995 | £305,995 |
| 2021 | 13 | £347,995 | £235,995 | £374,995 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Dec 2021 | 1 CV23 1DT | Detached | £372,995 | New build. |
| 6 Aug 2021 | 2 CV23 1DU | Detached | £347,995 | New build. |
| 7 Jan 2022 | 3 CV23 1DT | Semi-detached | £305,995 | New build. |
| 26 Aug 2021 | 4 CV23 1DU | Detached | £368,995 | New build. |
| 17 Dec 2021 | 5 CV23 1DT | Semi-detached | £304,995 | New build. |
| 20 Aug 2021 | 6 CV23 1DU | Detached | £369,995 | New build. |
| 3 Dec 2021 | 7 CV23 1DT | Detached | £356,995 | New build. |
| 3 Sep 2021 | 8 CV23 1DU | Detached | £352,995 | New build. |
| 23 Sep 2024 | 9 CV23 1DT | Detached | £406,000 | |
| 3 Dec 2021 | 9 CV23 1DT | Detached | £374,995 | New build. |
| 7 Nov 2025 | 10 CV23 1DU | Semi-detached | £302,000 | |
| 17 Sep 2021 | 10 CV23 1DU | Semi-detached | £272,995 | New build. |
| 17 Sep 2021 | 12 CV23 1DU | Semi-detached | £254,995 | New build. |
| 24 Sep 2021 | 14 CV23 1DU | Semi-detached | £235,995 | New build. |
| 30 Sep 2021 | 16 CV23 1DU | Semi-detached | £272,995 | New build. |
| 24 Sep 2021 | 18 CV23 1DU | Detached | £336,995 | New build. |
House prices and rents in Rugby
A typical home in Rugby cost £278,324 in August 2026, 2.2% less than a year before. That is 13% more than five years earlier and 38% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £453,539 |
| Semi-detached | £280,096 |
| Terraced | £220,192 |
| Flat or maisonette | £130,233 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £235,130 |
Private renters in Rugby paid £1,051 a month on average in September 2026, 5.2% more than a year before. That is 33% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £756 |
| Two bedrooms | £935 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,126 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,658 |
Energy performance certificates
14 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 102 m². Most common: House, detached (8); House, semi-detached (2); House, end-terrace (2). Built: 2021 (14).
Each home's certificates and sales (14 addresses)
- 1, Birch Ground Close, Houlton
- 2 BIRCH GROUND CLOSE, HOULTON, RUGBY
- 3, Birch Ground Close, Houlton
- 4 BIRCH GROUND CLOSE, HOULTON, RUGBY
- 5 Birch Ground Close, Houlton
- 6 BIRCH GROUND CLOSE, HOULTON, RUGBY
- 7, Birch Ground Close, Houlton
- 8 BIRCH GROUND CLOSE, HOULTON, RUGBY
- 9, Birch Ground Close, Houlton
- 10 BIRCH GROUND CLOSE, HOULTON, RUGBY
- 12 BIRCH GROUND CLOSE, HOULTON, RUGBY
- 14 BIRCH GROUND CLOSE, HOULTON, RUGBY
- 16 BIRCH GROUND CLOSE, HOULTON, RUGBY
- 18 BIRCH GROUND CLOSE, HOULTON, RUGBY
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 8,357 kWh of it on average in 2024, 27% less than the district's 11,519 kWh, and 2,423 kWh of electricity, 44% less than the district's 4,339 kWh. There are gas meters for about 93% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CV23 1DU | 9 | 1,695 kWh | 13 | 7,843 kWh |
| CV23 1DT | 5 | 2,016 kWh | under 5 |
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 CV23.
Council tax
What each band costs in Rugby in 2026-27: Band D £2,483 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,655 | £1,931 | £2,207 | £2,483 | £3,035 | £3,587 | £4,138 | £4,966 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (31% of about 1,850 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.
Energy projects nearby
3 energy projects near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yelvertoft Wind Farm West Northamptonshire DA/2009/0350 | Wind 8 turbines | 16 MW | Operational Jul 2013 | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Lilbourne Wind Farm West Northamptonshire DA/2009/0731 | Wind 5 turbines | 10 MW | Operational Dec 2014 | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| M1 J18 Wind Turbines West Northamptonshire DA/2011/0742 | Wind 2 turbines | 4 MW | Operational Dec 2014 | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
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
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.
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
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 95 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CV23 1DT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| CV23 1DU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Rugby 2.4 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
| Long Buckby 330,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.5 km (7.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Great Brook Ground Rugby | 190 m |
| EV charging points | PoGo Charge | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 38.1 km (24 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Whitehall Medical Practice Good Aug 2026 | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Paddox Pharmacy | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Kreate Dental Rugby | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Hospital | St Cross Hospital Good Aug 2025 | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Care homes | 3 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Willow Tree Nursing Home Requires improvement Dec 2023 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Police station | Warwickshire Police | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Cash machines | Heart of England Co-operative Hillmorton, Hillmorton Cashzone | 1.5 km (1 mile) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 940 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,870 m² | 900 m (0.6 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 4.4 ha | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.4 ha | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of Saint John the Baptist, a listed building (Grade II*), 740 m (0.5 miles) south-west. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of Saint John the Baptist | Listed building, Grade II* | 740 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Hillmorton Village Cross | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Round mound at Hillmorton | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1 mile) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Rainsbrook Wood | Wood | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south-west |
| Lilbourne Gorse | Wood | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) north-east |
| Crick Covert | Wood | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) east |
| Barby Straight | Lake or reservoir | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) south |
| Sow Brook (North) | Lake or reservoir | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) west |
| Icehouse Spinney | Wood | 5 km (3.1 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.4 | 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 | 13 | 15 |
2 of the street's 15 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 Rugby: see them on the Rugby page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houlton School | All-through | 4–18 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 46.0; 49.2% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| Hillmorton Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection | None published |
| Abbots Farm Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | 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 | 62% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 12% at the higher standard (2025; 46% in 2024 and 57% in 2023) |
| Abbots Farm Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Report card (May 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 | None published |
| English Martyrs Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 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 | 67% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 9% at the higher standard (2025; 0% in 2024 and 45% in 2023) |
| St Gabriel's CofE Academy Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 82% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 15% at the higher standard (2025; 91% in 2024 and 78% 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
1 nursery, pre-school or club within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 1.2 km (0.7 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bright Horizons Rugby Day Nursery and Preschool CV21 4BW | Full day care | 64 | Outstanding (Sep 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 230 childminders and 39 home childcarers (nannies) in Warwickshire. 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
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Near Birch Road (9); On or near Great Brook Ground (2).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
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
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 28% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 12% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 89% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 14% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 4% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 2% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 76% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 15% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 46% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 52% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | under 1% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 44% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 15% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 51% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 5% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 90% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 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
Nearby streets
Clifton View Close · East View Close · Near Birch Road · Oakridge Close · Burnhope Close · Leap View Close · Brookmans Close · Chatton Close · Acklam Wold · Great Brook Ground · Far Birch Avenue · Great Brook Meadow Close
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.