Birch Meadows Mickletown, Leeds
6 addresses across 2 postcodes (LS26), about 60 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 23033549.
- Sales: 8 recorded sales since 1995; in 2022 the median was £399,000 across 8 sales.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Leeds cost £246,385 in August 2026 (+2.4% on a year); private rents averaged £1,148 a month.
- Energy: 5 homes have an energy certificate (B: 5).
- Flood: 2 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: 1 recorded flood covered 1 of its 2 postcode centres, most recently in June 2007.
- Coal mining: 1 of its postcodes is in a coal mining high risk area; ask for a coal mining search.
- Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 20 times (18 hours) in 2025.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Leeds costs £2,284 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Woodlesford, about 3.3 km (2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.2 km (1.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 13 to 15 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 Health Care First Partnership, about 640 m (0.4 miles) away.
- People: About 340 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 62% of households owned their home and 26% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 19 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- 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 | 8 | £399,000 | £320,000 | £417,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Jun 2022 | 1 LS26 9FS | Detached | £370,000 | New build. |
| 1 Jun 2022 | 3 LS26 9FS | Detached | £403,000 | New build. |
| 27 Oct 2022 | 4 LS26 9FS | Detached | £417,500 | New build. |
| 29 Apr 2022 | 5 LS26 9FS | Detached | £410,000 | New build. |
| 24 Jun 2022 | 6 LS26 9FS | Detached | £410,000 | New build. |
| 1 Jun 2022 | 7 LS26 9FS | Detached | £395,000 | New build. |
| 12 Aug 2022 | 8 LS26 9FS | Detached | £390,000 | New build. |
| 20 Dec 2022 | 9 LS26 9FS | Detached | £320,000 | New build. |
House prices and rents in Leeds
A typical home in Leeds cost £246,385 in August 2026, 2.4% more than a year before. That is 20% more than five years earlier and 49% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £449,768 |
| Semi-detached | £269,544 |
| Terraced | £205,530 |
| Flat or maisonette | £151,317 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £215,025 |
Private renters in Leeds paid £1,148 a month on average in September 2026, 4.5% more than a year before. That is 31% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £783 |
| Two bedrooms | £977 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,142 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,694 |
Energy performance certificates
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 147 m². Most common: House, detached (5). Built: 2022 (5).
Each home's certificates and sales (5 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 11,097 kWh of it on average in 2024, about the same as the district, and 4,096 kWh of electricity, 37% more than the district's 2,989 kWh. There are gas meters for about 96% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LS26 9FS | 9 | 3,359 kWh | 9 | 11,987 kWh |
| LS26 9HQ | 15 | 3,302 kWh | 14 | 9,483 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 LS26.
Council tax
What each band costs in Leeds in 2026-27: Band D £2,284 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,522 | £1,776 | £2,030 | £2,284 | £2,791 | £3,299 | £3,806 | £4,567 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (29% of about 970 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)
- Former Bay Horse, Main St, Methley: up to 1 home, permissioned (70 m)
- Main Street Mickletown: up to 9 homes, permissioned (110 m)
- Pinfold Lane, Wmc, Methley: up to 6 homes, permissioned (570 m (0.4 miles))
Energy projects nearby
1 energy project near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skelton Grange Landfill Leeds 32/472/04/MIN | Landfill Gas | 5.2 MW | Operational May 2007 | 4.5 km (2.8 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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 2 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 25 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 1 low and 24 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: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| LS26 9FS | zone 2 | 0 / 1 / 1 | unlikely |
| LS26 9HQ | zone 2 | 0 / 1 / 1 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
1 recorded flood covered 1 of the centres of this street's postcodes, most recently in June 2007 (Ridings Area).
| When | Flood | Source and cause | Postcodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jun 2007 | Ridings Area | Not recorded | LS26 9HQ |
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
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 20 times, for 18 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into River Aire.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Station Road Mickletown Sps Yorkshire Water | River Aire | 20 | 18 | 230 m |
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
1 of the street's 2 postcodes is in a coal mining high risk area, where coal mining features at or near the surface, such as shallow workings or old mine shafts, are recorded or likely and could affect the ground. 1 more is elsewhere in the coalfield, at low risk.
Ask your conveyancer for a coal mining search (CON29M) on the home: it says what is recorded beneath and near it, and whether there have been claims for subsidence damage.
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 6 addresses are between 13 m and 15 m above sea level (14 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LS26 9FS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| LS26 9HQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Woodlesford 259,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| Castleford 487,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) | |
| Normanton 202,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 10 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 28 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Main Street Methley Mickletown | 60 m |
| Bus or coach station | Castleford Bus Station Coach Stop | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | Roam Charging Station | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 22.1 km (14 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Health Care First Partnership Good Mar 2020 | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Methley Pharmacy | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Armstrong Haire And Associates | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Spire Methley Park Hospital Good Jan 2024 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Care homes | 2 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Cedars Care Home Good Aug 2019 | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
| Police station | Castleford Police Station | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | MFG - Castleford, Whitwood Cashzone | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.7 ha | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 190 m² | 310 m |
| Playing field | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.4 ha | 270 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Summer Hill Allotments 1.0 ha | 190 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Oswald, a listed building (Grade I), 780 m (0.5 miles) south-west. 8 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Oswald | Listed building, Grade I | 780 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Coney Moor Common | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Parlour Pit Wood | Wood | 1.5 km (1 mile) east |
| Almhouses Wood | Wood | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) west |
| Hollinhurst Wood | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-east |
| Scholey Hill | Hill | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
| Fleet Cut | Lake or reservoir | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.9 | 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 | 6 | 6 |
None of the street's 6 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 Leeds: see them on the Leeds page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methley Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 440 m (0.3 miles) | Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 56% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 8% at the higher standard (2025; 72% in 2024 and 71% 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 840 m (0.5 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partou Ladybirds Day Nursery & Pre-School LS26 9BJ | Full day care | 60 | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 484 childminders and 44 home childcarers (nannies) in Leeds. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methley Ex Services Club LS26 9HZ | Pub/bar/nightclub | 90 m | 4 Good | 3 Feb 2017 |
| Methley Mini Market LS26 9HZ | Retailers - other | 90 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 13 Mar 2025 |
| Mexborough Grange LS26 9JP | Other catering premises | 220 m | 5 Very good | 4 Dec 2024 |
| Methley Village Centre LS26 9JE | Other catering premises | 270 m | Exempt | |
| Mickletown Post Office And Store LS26 9JE | Retailers - other | 270 m | 4 Good | 22 Sep 2014 |
| The Commercial LS26 9JE | Pub/bar/nightclub | 270 m | 4 Good | 19 Sep 2025 |
| Fusion Flavours LS26 9JE | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 270 m | 5 Very good | 20 Jan 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 6 |
| Burglary | 3 |
| Public order | 3 |
| Vehicle crime | 3 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
| Other theft | 2 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Woodhall Grove (10); On or near Mill Lane (4); On or near Mickletown Road (2); On or near The Blossoms (2); On or near Nelson Court (1).
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. 1 involved a cyclist. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Oct 2021 09:10 | Serious | 1 person: 1 cyclist | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
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 | 46 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 62% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 30% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 28% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 35% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 54% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 54% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 26% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 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 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
Mill Lane · The Blossoms · Victoria Place · Nelson Court · Woodhall Grove · Mickletown Road · Longbow Avenue · Savile Road · Hicks Lane · Hicks Lane · Garden House Close · Main Street
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.