Broken Cross Calne, Wiltshire
51 addresses across 3 postcodes (SN11), about 180 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 28600919.
- Sales: 3 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £300,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 38 homes have an energy certificate (B: 8, C: 21, D: 7, E: 2).
- 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 B; Band D in Wiltshire costs £2,572 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 38% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Chippenham, about 8.3 km (5.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: There is a small park or garden about 130 m away, and Castlefields Park (5.7 hectares) is about 480 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 73 to 74 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 51 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Northlands Surgery, about 340 m away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 620 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 41% of households owned their home and 21% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 182 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £300,000 | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | £300,000 | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Feb 2025 | 4 SN11 8BN | Semi-detached | £300,000 | |
| 25 Oct 2024 | 2 SN11 8BN | Semi-detached | £300,000 | |
| 30 Nov 2018 | THE WAREHOUSE SN11 8BN | Other | £171,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
Energy performance certificates
38 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 57 m². Most common: Flat (32); House, semi-detached (2); House, enclosed mid-terrace (1). Built: 1950-1966 (15); 1967-1975 (12); 1983-1990 (4). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (27); owner-occupied (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (13 addresses)
- 1 James House, Broken Cross
- 2 James House, Broken Cross
- 5 James House, Broken Cross
- 5, Broken Cross
- 8 James House, Broken Cross
- 10 James House, Broken Cross
- 11 James House, Broken Cross
- 14 James House, Broken Cross
- 15 James House, Broken Cross
- 16 James House, Broken Cross
- 21 James House, Broken Cross
- 23, Broken Cross
- 25, Broken Cross
Council tax
What each band costs in Wiltshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,572 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,715 | £2,000 | £2,286 | £2,572 | £3,143 | £3,715 | £4,286 | £5,144 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (40% of about 730 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- 17 AND 19, THE PIPPIN, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Marden Court Quarr Barton Calne Wiltshire SN11 0EE: up to 16 homes, permissioned (420 m (0.3 miles))
- Land and Garages at 50-56 Abberd Way, Calne, permissioned (440 m (0.3 miles))
- The White Hart London Road Calne SN11 0AB: up to 7 homes, permissioned (530 m (0.3 miles))
- 127 London Road, Chippenham, permissioned (940 m (0.6 miles))
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
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 51 addresses are between 73 m and 74 m above sea level (73 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SN11 8BN | 100% | 83% | 83% | 0% |
| SN11 8JF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SN11 8NH | 100% | 38% | 38% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Chippenham 1.7 million journeys in 2024–25 | 8.3 km (5.1 miles) |
| Melksham 61,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12 km (7.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 17 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 45 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Pippin Calne | 150 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Chippenham | 8 km (5 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 50.1 km (31 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Northlands Surgery | 340 m |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 210 m |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 200 m |
| Hospital | Sulis Hospital Bath Elective Surgical Hub | 8.8 km (5.5 miles) |
| Police station | Wiltshire Police | 8.2 km (5.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest MFG - Pippin SF Connect Cashzone | 200 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.2 ha | 130 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Castlefields Park 5.7 ha | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 9 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 200 m² | 280 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4.7 ha | 290 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4,380 m² | 530 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 5 parks and gardens, 14 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is St Cecilia's, a listed building (Grade II*), 310 m west. 160 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 12 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| St Cecilia's | Listed building, Grade II* | 310 m west |
| 6, Curzon Street | Listed building, Grade II* | 320 m west |
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade I | 330 m south |
| Lansdowne Arms Hotel and Former Coach House, Stable and Brewhouse | Listed building, Grade II* | 340 m south-west |
| Medieval rural settlement at Quemerford | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Medieval settlement 520m north east of Lower Beversbrook Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1 mile) north |
| Moated site and fishpond north-west of Pinhills Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Quemerford Lodge Plantation | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| The Brake | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Pinhills Lane Plantation | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
| Bowood Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) south-west |
| The Gully | Valley | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) south-west |
| Holly Bush Hill | Hill | 3.3 km (2 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 50 | 51 |
1 of the street's 51 addresses is 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 Wiltshire: see them on the Wiltshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priestley Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 590 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Marden Vale CofE Academy Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 610 m (0.4 miles) | Requires improvement (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 860 m (0.5 miles) | No overall grade (Jan 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Requires improvement |
| Fynamore Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Kingsbury Green Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Post-16 provision: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammys Kebabs | Mobile caterer | 140 m | 5 Very good | 22 Oct 2025 |
| The Original Factory Shop SN11 8JQ | Retailers - other | 150 m | Exempt | |
| Dominos Pizza SN11 8JQ | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 170 m | 5 Very good | 10 Feb 2025 |
| Calne Liberal Club SN11 8AB | Pub/bar/nightclub | 190 m | 5 Very good | 13 Apr 2021 |
| Esso Pippin SN11 8AA | Retailers - other | 190 m | Exempt | |
| Dolphin Fish Bar SN11 0HA | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 190 m | 5 Very good | 24 Aug 2026 |
| Iceland SN11 0HA | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 210 m | 5 Very good | 9 Mar 2023 |
| Spice of Bengal SN11 0BZ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 230 m | 5 Very good | 20 Nov 2024 |
| The Pink Cafe SN11 0BZ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 230 m | 5 Very good | 19 Feb 2026 |
| Lucky Boat SN11 0BZ | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 230 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 9 Mar 2026 |
| The Farmhouse Cafe SN11 0HA | Retailers - other | 240 m | 4 Good | 28 May 2025 |
| Calne Food Bank SN11 8DP | Retailers - other | 260 m | Exempt | |
| Eco Creations | Retailers - other | 260 m | 5 Very good | 20 Nov 2020 |
| Cafe Damascus SN11 0BS | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 260 m | 5 Very good | 7 Jul 2025 |
| Marden Community Hub SN11 0BS | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 260 m | 1 Major improvement necessary | 11 Nov 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 63 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 39 |
| Shoplifting | 25 |
| Public order | 15 |
| Other theft | 11 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 10 |
| Drugs | 9 |
| Other crime | 4 |
| Burglary | 3 |
| Theft from the person | 2 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Supermarket (44); On or near The Pippin (30); On or near Grierson Close (27); On or near Wood Street (24); On or near Cop Croft (18).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 20% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 41% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 19% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 41% | 17% |
| Private rented | 17% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 55% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 25% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 27% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 47% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 17% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 46% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 15% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 21% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 24% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 95% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 3 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
- SN11 8NH: 38 addresses of 41 in the postcode
- SN11 8BN: 12 addresses
- SN11 8JF: 1 address of 25 in the postcode
Nearby streets
The Pippin · Colemans Close · Grierson Close · Abberd Way · Cop Croft · Oxford Court · Macaulay Square · The Pippin · Fitzmaurice Square · The Knapp · Honeymead · Phelps Parade
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.