Cornfields Little Stretton, Harborough
35 addresses across 4 postcodes (LE2), about 830 m (0.5 miles) long. USRN 16402598.
- Sales: 10 recorded sales since 1995; in 2013 the median was £580,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 15 homes have an energy certificate (D: 10, E: 3, F: 1, G: 1).
- 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 E; Band D in Harborough costs £2,390 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is South Wigston, about 8.6 km (5.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 114 to 133 m above sea level.
- Noise: 9 of its 35 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Severn Surgery, about 3.7 km (2.3 miles) away.
- People: About 460 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 78% of households owned their home and 43% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | £580,000 | £580,000 | £580,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £493,000 | £493,000 | £493,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £490,000 | £490,000 | £490,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £534,500 | £534,500 | £534,500 |
| 1998 | 1 | £249,950 | £249,950 | £249,950 |
| 1997 | 5 | £220,000 | £195,000 | £315,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Aug 2013 | 1 LE2 2EY | Detached | £580,000 | |
| 8 Jul 2011 | 2 LE2 2EY | Detached | £493,000 | |
| 8 Apr 2005 | 6 LE2 2EY | Detached | £490,000 | |
| 1 Jul 2002 | 4 LE2 2EY | Detached | £534,500 | |
| 22 May 1998 | 2 LE2 2EY | Detached | £249,950 | New build. |
| 28 Nov 1997 | 4 LE2 2EY | Detached | £315,000 | New build. |
| 13 Oct 1997 | 5 LE2 2EY | Detached | £195,000 | New build. |
| 3 Oct 1997 | 6 LE2 2EY | Detached | £200,000 | New build. |
| 27 Jun 1997 | 3 LE2 2EY | Detached | £259,500 | New build. |
| 21 May 1997 | 1 LE2 2EY | Detached | £220,000 | New build. |
Energy performance certificates
15 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 187 m². Most common: House, detached (11); House, mid-terrace (2); House, semi-detached (1). Built: 1996-2002 (6); before 1900 (5); 1950-1966 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (11); rented (private) (2).
Council tax
What each band costs in Harborough in 2026-27: Band D £2,390 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,593 | £1,859 | £2,124 | £2,390 | £2,921 | £3,452 | £3,983 | £4,780 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band E (23% of about 1,110 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 6.
- 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
- CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, grade II*
- BARN ABOUT 10 METRES OF MANOR HOUSE, NOW BELONGING TO TOP FARM, grade II
- MANOR FARMHOUSE ABOUT 20 METRES WEST OF TOP FARM, grade II
- MANOR HOUSE, grade II
- THE BUNGALOWS, grade II
- VILLAGE HALL, grade II
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, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LE2 2FS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| LE2 2EY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| LE2 2EZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| LE2 2FT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 35 addresses are between 114 m and 133 m above sea level (127 m on average); the ground rises about 19 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LE2 2EY | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| LE2 2EZ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| LE2 2FS | 91% | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| LE2 2FT | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | South Wigston 134,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.6 km (5.3 miles) |
| Leicester 5.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 8.6 km (5.3 miles) | |
| Syston 213,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.7 km (7.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Manor Cottage Little Stretton | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Charles Street Leicester | 9.2 km (5.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | evyve Charging Station | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 33.6 km (21 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Severn Surgery | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | County Pharmacy | 3 km (1.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 3 km (1.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Leicester General Hospital | 6 km (3.7 miles) |
| Police station | South Leicester Police | 6.5 km (4 miles) |
| Cash machines | Central England Co-Op - Houghton On The Hill, Houghton on the Hill Cashzone | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.1 ha | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,780 m² | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 4.1 ha | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St John the Baptist, a listed building (Grade II*), 370 m south-west. 6 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 St John the Baptist | Listed building, Grade II* | 370 m south-west |
| Stretton Magna deserted village, two fishponds and moated site. | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Ash Spinney | Wood | 410 m (0.3 miles) north-west |
| Crow Spinney | Wood | 560 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Norton Gorse | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Larch Spinney | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Cotterill Spinney | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Tamborough Hill | Hill | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.7 | 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 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 7 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 26 | 35 |
9 of the street's 35 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 Harborough: see them on the Harborough 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 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 78% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 51% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 19% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 29% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 42% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 54% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 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 | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 43% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 8 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
- LE2 2FS: 23 addresses of 39 in the postcode
- LE2 2EY: 6 addresses of 13 in the postcode
- LE2 2EZ: 4 addresses of 5 in the postcode
- LE2 2FT: 2 addresses of 10 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All the streets in LE2 and across Harborough.
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.