Brecon Close Corby, North Northamptonshire
31 addresses across 2 postcodes (NN18), about 300 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 9350356.
- Sales: 33 recorded sales since 1995; in 2023 the median was £285,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 29 homes have an energy certificate (B: 29).
- Flood: 2 addresses on its postcodes are in areas 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 North Northamptonshire costs £2,424 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Corby, about 2.2 km (1.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 180 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 85 to 93 m above sea level.
- Noise: 15 of its 31 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Lakeside Healthcare, about 2.8 km (1.8 miles) away.
- People: About 370 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 71% of households owned their home and 44% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 23 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 | £285,000 | £285,000 | £285,000 |
| 2022 | 3 | £295,000 | £285,000 | £295,000 |
| 2021 | 3 | £280,000 | £185,000 | £295,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £231,500 | £231,500 | £231,500 |
| 2018 | 11 | £218,000 | £215,000 | £252,000 |
| 2017 | 6 | £192,500 | £133,500 | £235,000 |
| 2016 | 4 | £135,000 | £135,000 | £172,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2023 | 31 NN18 8GT | Semi-detached | £285,000 | |
| 30 Sep 2022 | 16 NN18 8GT | Semi-detached | £285,000 | New build. |
| 31 Aug 2022 | 18 NN18 8GT | Semi-detached | £287,500 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 30 Mar 2022 | 8 NN18 8GT | Semi-detached | £295,000 | New build. |
| 25 Feb 2022 | 12 NN18 8GT | Semi-detached | £295,000 | New build. |
| 14 Dec 2021 | 14 NN18 8GT | Semi-detached | £280,000 | New build. |
| 24 Nov 2021 | 10 NN18 8GT | Semi-detached | £295,000 | New build. |
| 30 Sep 2021 | 37 NN18 8GT | Semi-detached | £160,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 22 Jul 2021 | 35 NN18 8GT | Semi-detached | £160,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 14 May 2021 | 9 NN18 8GT | Flat or maisonette | £185,000 | |
| 21 Dec 2020 | 27 NN18 8GT | Semi-detached | £231,500 | |
| 7 Dec 2018 | 15A NN18 8GT | Terraced | £252,000 | New build. |
| 12 Oct 2018 | 27 NN18 8GT | Semi-detached | £218,000 | New build. |
| 10 Oct 2018 | 17 NN18 8GT | Semi-detached | £215,000 | New build. |
| 5 Oct 2018 | 29 NN18 8GT | Detached | £245,000 | New build. |
| 28 Sep 2018 | 25 NN18 8GT | Semi-detached | £218,000 | New build. |
| 31 Aug 2018 | 21 NN18 8GT | Semi-detached | £215,000 | New build. |
| 31 Aug 2018 | 23 NN18 8GT | Semi-detached | £215,000 | New build. |
| 30 Aug 2018 | 19 NN18 8GT | Semi-detached | £215,000 | New build. |
| 24 Aug 2018 | 31 NN18 8GT | Semi-detached | £240,000 | |
| 20 Jul 2018 | 15 NN18 8GT | Detached | £245,000 | New build. |
| 13 Jul 2018 | 13 NN18 8GT | Semi-detached | £240,000 | |
| 5 Jul 2018 | 21 NN18 8GT | Other | £2,596,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 18 Dec 2017 | 11 NN18 8GT | Semi-detached | £235,000 | New build. |
| 29 Sep 2017 | 33 NN18 8GT | Semi-detached | £235,000 | New build. |
| 10 Mar 2017 | 39 NN18 8GT | Terraced | £230,000 | New build. |
| 3 Mar 2017 | 37 NN18 8GT | Semi-detached | £133,500 | New build. |
| 3 Mar 2017 | 35 NN18 8GT | Semi-detached | £133,500 | New build. |
| 20 Jan 2017 | 9 NN18 8GT | Flat or maisonette | £155,000 | New build. |
| 4 Nov 2016 | 3 NN18 8GT | Terraced | £135,000 | New build. |
| 3 Nov 2016 | 5 NN18 8GT | Terraced | £135,000 | New build. |
| 31 Oct 2016 | 1 NN18 8GT | Terraced | £135,000 | New build. |
| 21 Oct 2016 | 7 NN18 8GT | Terraced | £172,000 | New build. |
Energy performance certificates
29 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 111 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (16); House (8); House, detached (3). Built: 2016 (10); 2017 (8); 2019 (6). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (10).
Council tax
What each band costs in North Northamptonshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,424 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,616 | £1,885 | £2,155 | £2,424 | £2,963 | £3,501 | £4,040 | £4,848 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (31% of about 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.
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, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NN18 8GT | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 0 / 3 | unlikely |
| NN18 8SH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 31 addresses are between 85 m and 93 m above sea level (90 m on average); the ground rises about 8 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NN18 8GT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NN18 8SH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Corby 561,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Kettering 1.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 9.8 km (6.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Little Stanion Primary School | 280 m |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Roam Charging Station | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 59.7 km (37 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Lakeside Healthcare | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Natural Smiles Corby | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Corby Community Hospital | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Police station | Kettering Police Station | 9.1 km (5.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | Cashpoint® 26 New Post Office Square Lloyds Bank | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.4 ha | 180 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 340 m² | 310 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.5 ha | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 4,420 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 3.9 hectares in all.
Landmarks
4 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Stanion Lane Plantation | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north |
| South Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Ironpits Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Bandy Slade | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Cowthick Plantation | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) east |
| Willow Brook (North) | Lake or reservoir | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.6 | 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 | 15 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 16 | 31 |
15 of the street's 31 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 North Northamptonshire: see them on the North Northamptonshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Stanion Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 360 m | No published inspection |
| Stanion Church of England (Aided) Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 880 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tesco Stores Limited | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 260 m | 5 Very good | 20 Jul 2023 |
| Kingswood Catering At Little Stanion Primary School NN18 8TD | School/college/university | 360 m | 5 Very good | 9 Dec 2025 |
| Delightful Cakes By Joanna NN18 8GG | Other catering premises | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 10 Oct 2017 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 13 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 4 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Snowdon Close (22); On or near Cambrian Lane (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 26% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 5% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 71% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 20% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 9% | 17% |
| Private rented | 19% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 75% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 8% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 23% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 70% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 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 | 16% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 44% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 79% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 9 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
Grampian Walk · Snowdon Close · Cheviots Place · Malvern Walk · Preseli Walk · Fox Crescent · Pine Martin Road · Mendip Way · Cambrian Lane · Pennine Close · Chippenham Close · Epping Road
All the streets in NN18 and across North Northamptonshire.
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.