Buckminster Road Sproxton, Melton
14 addresses across 5 postcodes (LE14), about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 24900090.
- Sales: 6 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £387,500 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 1 homes have an energy certificate (E: 1).
- Flood: 5 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 C; Band D in Melton costs £2,430 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Melton Mowbray, about 12 km (7.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 123 to 133 m above sea level.
- Noise: 5 of its 14 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Colsterworth Surgery, about 7 km (4.3 miles) away.
- People: About 280 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 52% of households owned their home and 34% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | £387,500 | £387,500 | £387,500 |
| 2022 | 1 | £365,000 | £365,000 | £365,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £160,000 | £160,000 | £160,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £337,000 | £337,000 | £337,000 |
| 1999 | 2 | £112,500 | £105,000 | £120,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Aug 2024 | STOW COTTAGE, 4 LE14 4PX | Semi-detached | £387,500 | |
| 31 Jan 2022 | STOW COTTAGE, 4 LE14 4PX | Semi-detached | £365,000 | |
| 10 Sep 2008 | STOW COTTAGE LE14 4PX | Semi-detached | £160,000 | |
| 7 Apr 2004 | 2 LE14 4PX | Detached | £337,000 | |
| 8 Oct 1999 | 2 LE14 4PX | Detached | £105,000 | |
| 30 Apr 1999 | CORNER COTTAGE LE14 2RP | Detached | £120,000 |
Energy performance certificates
1 home with a current certificate; median floor area 74 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (1). Built: before 1900 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).
Council tax
What each band costs in Melton in 2026-27: Band D £2,430 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,620 | £1,890 | £2,160 | £2,430 | £2,970 | £3,510 | £4,049 | £4,859 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (22% of about 770 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Sproxton. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 3.
- 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
- BANK FARMHOUSE, grade II
- NOOK COTTAGE, grade II
- VINE COTTAGE, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 20 January 2027 to 22 January 2027: BT, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the footway (major (paa) works, permit applied for)
Finished in the last three months
- 10 October 2026: BT, Utility repair and maintenance works, temp obstruction 15 minute delay, on the verge (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 3 at medium risk and 8 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 16 homes the Environment Agency counts, 1 are in areas at high risk, 1 medium, 0 low and 0 very low.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LE14 4PX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| LE14 2RP | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| LE14 4QB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 2 | unlikely |
| LE14 4QS | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 4 | unlikely |
| LE14 4QU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 14 addresses are between 123 m and 133 m above sea level (127 m on average); the ground rises about 10 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LE14 2RP | 0% | 0% | 0% | 94% |
| LE14 4PX | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| LE14 4QB | 0% | 0% | 0% | 94% |
| LE14 4QS | 0% | 0% | 0% | 94% |
| LE14 4QU | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Melton Mowbray 257,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12 km (7.5 miles) |
| Grantham 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 12.5 km (7.8 miles) | |
| Oakham 226,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 14.8 km (9.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| EV charging points | Roam Charging Station | 7.3 km (4.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 40.9 km (25 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Colsterworth Surgery | 7 km (4.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Centre Cottesmore | 9.8 km (6.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Melton Mowbray Hospital | 11.3 km (7 miles) |
| Police station | Colsterworth Police Office | 6.9 km (4.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.2 ha | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Anglo-Scandinavian cross, St Bartholomew's churchyard, a scheduled monument, 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north-west. 8 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Anglo-Scandinavian cross, St Bartholomew's churchyard | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Park Oaks | Wood | 870 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Gorse Close Plantation | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south |
| East Plantation | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Bottom Plantation | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Cams Hill | Hill | 2 km (1.2 miles) east |
| Swallow Hole | Lake or reservoir | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.2 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 9 | 14 |
5 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 Melton: see them on the Melton page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (leicestershire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 52% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 35% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 6% | 17% |
| Private rented | 42% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 32% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 61% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 33% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 19% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: BT: Utility repair and maintenance works, 10 October 2026 to 11 October 2026 (temp obstruction 15 minute delay) found 3 November 2026
- Roadworks Street works permit: BT: Utility repair and maintenance works, 20 January 2027 to 22 January 2027 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
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.