Bramble Lane Amersham, Buckinghamshire
14 addresses across 2 postcodes (HP7), about 90 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 7300008.
- Sales: 15 recorded sales since 1995; in 2023 the median was £310,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 7 homes have an energy certificate (C: 3, D: 3, E: 1).
- 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 D; Band D in Buckinghamshire costs £2,527 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 95% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Amersham, about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 780 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 99 to 121 m above sea level.
- Noise: 4 of its 14 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Amersham Health Centre, about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) away.
- People: About 280 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 78% of households owned their home and 42% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 6 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | £310,000 | £310,000 | £310,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £222,500 | £222,500 | £222,500 |
| 2014 | 3 | £225,000 | £170,000 | £683,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | £187,250 | £144,500 | £230,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £143,000 | £143,000 | £143,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £212,000 | £212,000 | £212,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £164,000 | £164,000 | £164,000 |
| 2007 | 3 | £262,250 | £197,250 | £267,250 |
| 2005 | 1 | £500,000 | £500,000 | £500,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £410,000 | £410,000 | £410,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Nov 2023 | FLAT 4, THE APPLEYARD HP7 9DN | Flat or maisonette | £310,000 | Leasehold. |
| 13 Jul 2022 | FLAT 1, THE APPLEYARD HP7 9DN | Flat or maisonette | £222,500 | Leasehold. |
| 22 Aug 2014 | MOUNT ASH HP7 9DN | Detached | £683,000 | |
| 10 Jun 2014 | FLAT 1, THE APPLEYARD HP7 9DN | Flat or maisonette | £170,000 | Leasehold. |
| 4 Apr 2014 | FLAT 3, THE APPLEYARD HP7 9DN | Flat or maisonette | £225,000 | Leasehold. |
| 14 Aug 2013 | FLAT 5, THE APPLEYARD HP7 9DN | Flat or maisonette | £230,000 | Leasehold. |
| 12 Apr 2013 | FLAT 2, THE APPLEYARD HP7 9DN | Flat or maisonette | £144,500 | Leasehold. |
| 29 Aug 2011 | FLAT 2, THE APPLEYARD HP7 9DN | Flat or maisonette | £143,000 | Leasehold. |
| 9 Oct 2009 | FLAT 4, THE APPLEYARD HP7 9DN | Flat or maisonette | £212,000 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 14 Jan 2008 | FLAT 1, THE APPLEYARD HP7 9DN | Flat or maisonette | £164,000 | Leasehold. |
| 26 Sep 2007 | THE APPLEYARD HP7 9DN | Flat or maisonette | £267,250 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 23 Feb 2007 | FLAT 2, THE APPLEYARD HP7 9DN | Flat or maisonette | £197,250 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 26 Jan 2007 | 5, THE APPLEYARD HP7 9DN | Flat or maisonette | £262,250 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 29 Mar 2005 | FLAT 1, THE APPLEYARD HP7 9DN | Detached | £500,000 | |
| 4 Jul 2003 | MOUNT ASH HP7 9DN | Detached | £410,000 |
Energy performance certificates
7 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 56 m². Most common: Flat (5); House, detached (1); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: 2003-2006 (3); 1950-1966 (2); 1996-2002 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5).
Each home's certificates and sales (4 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Buckinghamshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,527 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,684 | £1,965 | £2,246 | £2,527 | £3,088 | £3,650 | £4,211 | £5,053 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (30% of about 670 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): Whole District excluding the Town of Chesham - Poultry production., Whole District excluding the Town of Chesham - Poultry production..
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: yes, Buckinghamshire.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Land at Old Amersham Farm: up to 9 homes, not permissioned (130 m)
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, 0 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: 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.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| HP7 9DN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| HP7 9DL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 14 addresses are between 99 m and 121 m above sea level (106 m on average); the ground rises about 22 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP7 9DL | 100% | 95% | 95% | 0% |
| HP7 9DN | 78% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Amersham 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Chalfont and Latimer 780,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) | |
| Chorleywood 494,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) | |
| Underground, metro or tram | Amersham Underground Station | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Bramble Lane Amersham | 60 m |
| Car parks | Amersham Station Car Park | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 23 km (14 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Amersham Health Centre | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Buckinghamshire Priority Dental | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Amersham Hospital Cdc | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Police station | Thames Valley Police - Amersham Police Station | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,830 m² | 780 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 80 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.1 ha | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Allotments | White Lion Road Allotments 7,920 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.2 hectares in all.
Landmarks
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hovel Wood | Wood | 390 m north-east |
| Willow Wood | Wood | 460 m (0.3 miles) north |
| Stanley Wood | Wood | 580 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Gore Hill | Hill | 1.6 km (1 mile) west |
| Bricky Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) north |
| Cave Dell | Hollow | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 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 | 3 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 10 | 14 |
4 of the street's 14 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 Buckinghamshire: see them on the Buckinghamshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amersham School | Secondary | 11–18 | 800 m (0.5 miles) | Report card (Dec 2025): 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; Post-16 provision: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| St George's Church of England Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Henry Allen Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Outstanding (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Dr Challoner's High School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Outstanding (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Woodside Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
| Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Oct 2019, 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 | 2 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near London Road East (3); On or near Bramble Lane (2); On or near Willow Lane (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 19% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 78% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 41% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 11% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 67% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 19% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 36% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 45% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 42% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 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
Old Farm Lane · Willow Lane · Dane Close
All the streets in HP7 and across Buckinghamshire.
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.