Bristlecone Close Barrow upon Soar, Charnwood
20 addresses across 1 postcode (LE12), about 80 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 6504467.
- Sales: 6 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £265,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Charnwood cost £270,351 in August 2026 (+0.4% on a year); private rents averaged £967 a month.
- Energy: 18 homes have an energy certificate (B: 15, C: 3).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas 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.
- Radon: Up to 3 to 5% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Poole Farm, Quorn - Solar Farm, is 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Charnwood costs £2,406 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Barrow-Upon-Soar, about 1.2 km (0.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 150 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 66 to 68 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 Barrow Health Centre, about 840 m (0.5 miles) away.
- People: About 500 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 72% of households owned their home and 46% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 33 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.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | £265,000 | £265,000 | £265,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | £234,725 | £234,500 | £234,950 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Feb 2018 | 1 LE12 8WP | Semi-detached | £234,500 | New build. |
| 18 Oct 2016 | 2 LE12 8WP | Other | £173,152 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 26 Feb 2026 | 3 LE12 8WP | Semi-detached | £265,000 | |
| 28 Feb 2018 | 3 LE12 8WP | Semi-detached | £234,950 | New build. |
| 18 Oct 2016 | 5 LE12 8WP | Other | £97,348 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 18 Oct 2016 | 27 LE12 8WP | Other | £102,292 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
House prices and rents in Charnwood
A typical home in Charnwood cost £270,351 in August 2026, 0.4% more than a year before. That is 17% more than five years earlier and 46% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £413,319 |
| Semi-detached | £264,553 |
| Terraced | £214,988 |
| Flat or maisonette | £132,631 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £229,590 |
Private renters in Charnwood paid £967 a month on average in September 2026, 4.8% more than a year before. That is 39% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £683 |
| Two bedrooms | £853 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,037 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,486 |
Energy performance certificates
18 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 57 m². Most common: Flat (8); House, mid-terrace (5); House, end-terrace (5). Built: 2015 (16); 2014 (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (18 addresses)
- 1, Bristlecone Close, Barrow upon Soar
- 2, Bristlecone Close, Barrow upon Soar
- 3, Bristlecone Close, Barrow upon Soar
- 4, Bristlecone Close, Barrow upon Soar
- 5, Bristlecone Close, Barrow upon Soar
- 7, Bristlecone Close, Barrow upon Soar
- 9, Bristlecone Close, Barrow upon Soar
- 11, Bristlecone Close, Barrow upon Soar
- 15, Bristlecone Close, Barrow upon Soar
- 17, Bristlecone Close, Barrow upon Soar
- 19, Bristlecone Close, Barrow upon Soar
- 21, Bristlecone Close, Barrow upon Soar
- 23, Bristlecone Close, Barrow upon Soar
- 27, Bristlecone Close, Barrow upon Soar
- Flat 1, 25, Bristlecone Close, Barrow upon Soar
- Flat 2, 25, Bristlecone Close, Barrow upon Soar
- Flat 3, 25, Bristlecone Close, Barrow upon Soar
- Flat 4, 25, Bristlecone Close, Barrow upon Soar
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 5,216 kWh of it on average in 2024, 55% less than the district's 11,466 kWh, and 1,652 kWh of electricity, 52% less than the district's 3,428 kWh. There are gas meters for about 95% of the homes.
These are all the homes on the 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 LE12.
Council tax
What each band costs in Charnwood in 2026-27: Band D £2,406 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,604 | £1,871 | £2,138 | £2,406 | £2,940 | £3,475 | £4,009 | £4,811 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (28% of about 1,040 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
2 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 1 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poole Farm, Quorn - Solar Farm Charnwood 2022/Reg3Ma/0010/LCC | Solar farm | 10 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Jun 2022 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Mountsorrel Landfill Site Charnwood 1994/1486/2 | Landfill Gas | 1.6 MW | Operational May 1996 | 3.3 km (2 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, 1 at medium risk and 6 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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre 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 here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square with radon potential up to 3 to 5%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of the square is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
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 20 addresses are between 66 m and 68 m above sea level (67 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LE12 8WP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Barrow-Upon-Soar 102,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Loughborough 1.4 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) | |
| Sileby 153,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 14 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Strancliffe Lane Barrow-upon-Soar | 210 m |
| Car parks | Station Road Car Park | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 14.3 km (8.9 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Barrow Health Centre Good Oct 2026 | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Quorn Dental Limited | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Loughborough Hospital | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| Care homes | Pinglenook Residential Home Requires improvement May 2025 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Police station | Loughborough Police Station | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Barrow Upon Soar, Barrow-On-Soar Cashzone | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6.6 ha | 150 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 170 m² | 80 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.8 ha | 380 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Glebe Allotment Gardens 1.5 ha | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 6.6 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of the Holy Trinity, a listed building (Grade II*), 750 m (0.5 miles) south-east. 22 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 the Holy Trinity | Listed building, Grade II* | 750 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Catsick Hill | Hill | 390 m west |
| Barrow Hill | Hill | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Long Plantation | Wood | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north-east |
| North Plantation | Wood | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) north-east |
| Soar Valley | Valley | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) south |
| Charnwood Water | Lake or reservoir | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.8 | 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 | 20 | 20 |
None of the street's 20 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 Charnwood: see them on the Charnwood page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humphrey Perkins School | Secondary | 11–16 | 400 m (0.2 miles) | No overall grade (Apr 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 45.5 (48.6 in 2025 and 40.5 in 2024); 40.9% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| Barrow Hall Orchard Church of England Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 780 m (0.5 miles) | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good | 55% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 4% at the higher standard (2025; 76% in 2024 and 72% 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
3 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 710 m (0.4 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow Pre-School Playgroup LE12 8QA | Full day care | 34 | Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
| Lime Tree Barrow Ltd LE12 8QA | Full day care | 100 | Jan 2026: Strong standard in 3 areas, Expected standard in 3 | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
| Hanford Sports Clubs and Camps Ltd LE12 8HP | Full day care | 60 | Not inspected yet | 780 m (0.5 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 346 childminders and 19 home childcarers (nannies) in Leicestershire. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humphrey Perkins High School LE12 8JS | School/college/university | 360 m | 5 Very good | 23 Feb 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 12 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 7 |
| Vehicle crime | 3 |
| Other theft | 3 |
| Burglary | 3 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Public order | 2 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Marianne Close (8); On or near Bristlecone Close (5); On or near Cotes Road (3); On or near Wayfaring Close (3); On or near Alder Road (2).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. 1 involved a cyclist. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr 2023 13:10 | Slight | 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 | 36 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 28% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 4% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 72% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 16% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 9% | 1% |
| Social rented | 11% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 82% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 6% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 47% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 46% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 58% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 11% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 46% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 5% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 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
- LE12 8WP: 20 addresses of 21 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Larch Drive · Flint Lane · Wayfaring Close · Perkins Close · Buckthorn Drive · Spruce Square · John Earl Road · Marianne Close · Alder Road · Cypress Road · Yew Tree Close · Coteswick Mews
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.