Blackdown Lane Haslemere, Waverley
3 addresses across 2 postcodes (GU27), about 690 m (0.4 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 42605216.
- Sales: 3 recorded sales since 1995; in 2021 the median was £625,000 across 1 sale.
- 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 G; Band D in Waverley costs £2,605 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Haslemere, about 1.4 km (0.9 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 5.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 154 to 199 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 3 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Haslemere Health Centre, about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away.
- People: About 270 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 92% of households owned their home and 60% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 2 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often vehicle crime.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | £625,000 | £625,000 | £625,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £550,000 | £550,000 | £550,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Dec 2022 | LOWER COURTS GU27 3AZ | Other | £1,600,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 26 Jan 2021 | ALTAMONT, 51 GU27 3AZ | Semi-detached | £625,000 | |
| 8 Oct 2018 | COURTS COTTAGE, 55 GU27 3AZ | Semi-detached | £550,000 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Waverley in 2026-27: Band D £2,605 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,737 | £2,026 | £2,315 | £2,605 | £3,184 | £3,763 | £4,341 | £5,210 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band G (46% of about 740 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, Waverley.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Haslemere Preparatory School, The Heights, Hill Road, Haslemere: up to 21 homes, permissioned (580 m (0.4 miles))
- Georgian House Hotel, High Street, Haslemere: up to 18 homes, permissioned (890 m (0.6 miles))
- Haslemere Key Site, West Street, Haslmere: up to 40 homes, not permissioned (1 km (0.6 miles))
- Haslemere Key Site, West Street, Haslmere: up to 40 homes, not permissioned (1 km (0.6 miles))
- Former Haslemere Police Station, 46 West Street, Haslemere, permissioned (1 km (0.6 miles))
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 27 October 2026 to 29 October 2026: SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major works)
- 2 August 2026 to 5 August 2026: THAMES WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, give and take, on the verge (immediate - urgent works)
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 3 addresses are between 154 m and 199 m above sea level (170 m on average); the ground rises about 45 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GU27 3AZ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| GU27 3BA | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Haslemere 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Witley 211,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) | |
| Liphook 609,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.1 km (4.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Almshouse Common Haslemere | 300 m |
| Car parks | Tanners Lane Pay & Display Car Park | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | 4 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Haslemere High Street Car Park GeniePoint | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 36.7 km (23 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Haslemere Health Centre | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Haslemere Dental Care | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Haslemere Hospital | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Police station | Petworth Police Station | 12.8 km (7.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | Your Local Convenience Cashzone | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1,010 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 580 m² | 630 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.3 ha | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Collards Lane Allotments 9,000 m² | 610 m (0.4 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Town House, a listed building (Grade II*), 900 m (0.6 miles) north-west. 70 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Town House | Listed building, Grade II* | 900 m (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Witley Copse | Wood | 410 m (0.3 miles) north |
| Haste Hill | Hill | 450 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Swan Barn Farm | Wood | 690 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Boarden Door Bottom | Valley | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| Wades Marsh | Lake or reservoir | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south |
| Linchmere Marsh | Wetland | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 1 | 3 |
2 of the street's 3 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 Waverley: see them on the Waverley page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Bartholomew's CofE Aided Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Petworth Road (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 58 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 40% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 92% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 64% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 8% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 38% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 43% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 63% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 28% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 6% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 25% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 25% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 60% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 8% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 10 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
The Common · House Hill Top · Lythe Hill Park · Pine Springs Valley · Tennysons Ridge · Haste Hill · Swan Barn Road
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.