Church Hill Castor, Peterborough
28 addresses across 2 postcodes (PE5), about 290 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 30100533.
- Sales: 18 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £674,000 across 2 sales.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Peterborough cost £231,634 in August 2026 (-1.3% on a year); private rents averaged £1,014 a month.
- Energy: 9 homes have an energy certificate (C: 3, D: 3, E: 2, F: 1).
- Flood: 2 addresses on its postcodes are 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 5 to 10% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Peterborough costs £2,293 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Peterborough, about 6.4 km (4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Nene Park, is about 2 km (1.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 10 to 22 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 28 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Ailsworth Medical Centre, about 690 m (0.4 miles) away.
- People: About 540 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 64% of households owned their home and 34% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 12 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | £674,000 | £495,000 | £853,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | £305,000 | £305,000 | £305,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £600,000 | £600,000 | £600,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £385,000 | £385,000 | £385,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £441,950 | £441,950 | £441,950 |
| 2006 | 1 | £325,000 | £325,000 | £325,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £371,000 | £371,000 | £371,000 |
| 2000 | 2 | £205,000 | £160,000 | £250,000 |
| 1999 | 2 | £189,500 | £149,000 | £230,000 |
| 1998 | 2 | £301,750 | £228,500 | £375,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £57,000 | £57,000 | £57,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £76,000 | £76,000 | £76,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Mar 1997 | 2 PE5 7AU | Detached | £57,000 | |
| 26 Aug 1999 | 5A PE5 7AU | Detached | £230,000 | |
| 28 Aug 2024 | HIGH TREES, 5A PE5 7AU | Detached | £853,000 | |
| 23 Aug 2019 | HIGH TREES, 5A PE5 7AU | Detached | £600,000 | |
| 26 Jan 2024 | 6 PE5 7AU | Detached | £495,000 | |
| 5 May 2000 | 6 PE5 7AU | Detached | £160,000 | |
| 8 Sep 2023 | 7 PE5 7AU | Detached | £305,000 | |
| 17 Oct 2018 | 9 PE5 7AU | Other | £610,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 1 Dec 1999 | 11 PE5 7AU | Detached | £149,000 | |
| 20 Mar 1996 | 14A PE5 7AU | Detached | £76,000 | |
| 24 May 2010 | 16 PE5 7AU | Detached | £385,000 | |
| 6 Oct 2000 | 16 PE5 7AU | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 6 Apr 2004 | 17 PE5 7AU | Detached | £371,000 | |
| 12 Dec 2008 | WOODSTOCK, 18 PE5 7AU | Detached | £441,950 | |
| 26 Sep 2006 | WOODSTOCK, 18 PE5 7AU | Detached | £325,000 | |
| 28 Aug 1998 | 19 PE5 7AU | Detached | £228,500 | |
| 2 Jan 1998 | 25 PE5 7AU | Detached | £375,000 | |
| 2 Jun 1995 | 25 PE5 7AU | Detached | £245,000 |
House prices and rents in Peterborough
A typical home in Peterborough cost £231,634 in August 2026, 1.3% less than a year before. That is 13% more than five years earlier and 42% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £372,087 |
| Semi-detached | £240,022 |
| Terraced | £188,759 |
| Flat or maisonette | £111,710 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £203,657 |
Private renters in Peterborough paid £1,014 a month on average in September 2026, 4.9% more than a year before. That is 34% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £711 |
| Two bedrooms | £896 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,082 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,558 |
Energy performance certificates
9 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 174 m². Most common: House, detached (6); House, semi-detached (2); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: before 1900 (3); 1967-1975 (2); 1991-1995 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4); rented (private) (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (9 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 17,831 kWh of it on average in 2024, 19% more than the district's 14,967 kWh, and 4,331 kWh of electricity, 9% less than the district's 4,737 kWh. There are gas meters for about 83% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE5 7AU | 23 15 Economy 7 | 3,902 kWh | 19 | 17,899 kWh |
| PE5 7AR | 7 | 3,350 kWh | 6 | 10,411 kWh |
These are all the homes on each 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 PE5.
Council tax
What each band costs in Peterborough in 2026-27: Band D £2,293 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,529 | £1,784 | £2,039 | £2,293 | £2,803 | £3,313 | £3,822 | £4,587 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (20% of about 790 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Castor Conservation Area (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 14.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 12 protected trees on or by this street.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- DUROBRIVAE AND PUMP AGAINST SOUTH WALL OF KITCHEN, grade II*
- 11, CHURCH HILL, grade II
- 17, CHURCH HILL, grade II
- CHURCHYARD BOUNDARY WALL TO NORTH OF CHURCH OF KYNEBURGHA FROM NORTH WEST GATE TO SOUTH EAST GATE, grade II
- MOUNTING BLOCK ON WEST SIDE OF THE CEDARS, grade II
- NO 6 (INCORPORATING THE FORMER NO 8), grade II
- OUTBUILDING IMMEDIATELY NORTH WEST OF NO 23, grade II
- OUTBUILDING NORTH WEST OF DUROBRIVAE, grade II
- PINE BEAMS, grade II
- REMAINS OF VILLAGE CROSS, grade II
- STABLES TO NORTH EAST OF NO 36 (THE ELMS), grade II
- STONE LEA, grade II
- THE ELMS, grade II
- THE OLD RECTORY, grade II
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 3 December 2026: PETERBOROUGH CITY COUNCIL, Highway improvement works, road closure, on the carriageway (major (paa) works)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE5 7AU | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| PE5 7AR | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any 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 on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 5 to 10%: 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 that area 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 28 addresses are between 10 m and 22 m above sea level (12 m on average); the ground rises about 12 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE5 7AR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| PE5 7AU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Peterborough 5.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.4 km (4 miles) |
| Stamford (Lincs) 343,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.4 km (7.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Village Hall Castor | 140 m |
| Bus or coach station | Acland Street Peterborough | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) |
| Car parks | Ferry Meadows Car Park | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | Roam Charging Station | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 72.4 km (45 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Ailsworth Medical Centre Good Nov 2021 | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Halls The Chemist | 30 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest 1Dentalhouse LTD | 170 m |
| Hospital | Fitzwilliam Hospital Good Nov 2017 | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Care homes | 1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Castor Lodge Care Home Requires improvement Jun 2025 | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
| Police station | Cambridgeshire Police | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| Cash machines | Handelsbanken | 3 km (1.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Nene Park 430 ha | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,090 m² | 240 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.4 ha | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 5,460 m² | 220 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Durobrivae and Pump Against South Wall of Kitchen, a listed building (Grade II*), 50 m. 83 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 3 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Durobrivae and Pump Against South Wall of Kitchen | Listed building, Grade II* | 50 m |
| Church of St Kyneburgha | Listed building, Grade I | 190 m east |
| Castor village Roman sites | Scheduled monument | 220 m south-east |
| Moated site, Castor Manor Farm | Scheduled monument | 390 m west |
| Castor House | Listed building, Grade II* | 600 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Gates, Gate Piers and Flanking Garden Boundary Walls to South of Castor House | Listed building, Grade II* | 610 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Roman site in Normangate Field | Scheduled monument | 920 m (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Designed landscape of the Pearl Centre | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) south-east |
| Milton Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Love's Hill | Hill | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Mill Hill | Hill | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| Temple Hill | Hill | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) east |
| Oldfield Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-east |
| Golf Course Plantation | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-east |
| Gunwade Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.4 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 27 | 28 |
1 of the street's 28 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 Peterborough: see them on the Peterborough page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castor CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 230 m | Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 70% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 17% at the higher standard (2025; 58% in 2024 and 44% 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
1 nursery, pre-school or club within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 300 m from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castor and Ailsworth Preschool PE5 7AX | Sessional day care | 30 | Good (Nov 2021, overall grade under the previous framework) | 300 m |
Ofsted also registers 121 childminders and 18 home childcarers (nannies) in Peterborough. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castor Village Hall PE5 7AX | Other catering premises | 120 m | 5 Very good | 24 Mar 2025 |
| Castor & Ailsworth Cricket Club PE5 7AP | Pub/bar/nightclub | 220 m | Exempt | |
| Castor C of E Primary School PE5 7AY | School/college/university | 260 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| The Feathers Pub & Eatery PE5 7AL | Pub/bar/nightclub | 270 m | 5 Very good | 3 Apr 2025 |
| The Royal Oak PE5 7AX | Pub/bar/nightclub | 300 m | 5 Very good | 22 Mar 2024 |
| The Chubby Castor PE5 7AX | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 300 m | 5 Very good | 16 Jul 2026 |
| Castor & Ailsworth Preschool PE5 7AX | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 300 m | 5 Very good | 10 Nov 2023 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 3 |
| Public order | 3 |
| Other crime | 2 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Berrystead (4); On or near The Green (3); On or near St Kyneburgha Close (3); On or near Allotment Lane (2).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
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 | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 64% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 38% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 15% | 17% |
| Private rented | 22% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 54% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 34% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 43% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 49% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 66% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 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 7 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: PETERBOROUGH CITY COUNCIL: Highway improvement works, 3 December 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Allotment Lane · Clay Lane · Green Farm Close · Manor Farm Lane · Old Pond Lane · Milton Lane · Farm View · Allotment Lane · St Kyneburgha Close · Berrystead · Village Farm Close · Silvester Road
All the streets in PE5 and across Peterborough.
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.