Dark Lane Cotswold
51 addresses across 3 postcodes (GL7), about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 9401530.
- Energy: 14 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 4, E: 6, F: 3).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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 G; Band D in Cotswold costs £2,392 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Kemble, about 12.1 km (7.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 161 to 197 m above sea level.
- Noise: 6 of its 51 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Rendcomb Surgery, about 2.3 km (1.5 miles) away.
- People: About 290 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 45% of households owned their home and 40% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
14 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 136 m². Most common: House, detached (9); House, mid-terrace (3); House, end-terrace (2). Built: before 1900 (12); 2012 onwards (2). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (11); owner-occupied (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (1 address)
Council tax
What each band costs in Cotswold in 2026-27: Band D £2,392 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,594 | £1,860 | £2,126 | £2,392 | £2,923 | £3,455 | £3,986 | £4,783 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band G (23% of about 900 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Calmsden Conservation Area (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- 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
- CROSS SHAFT AND CROSS SHAFT BASE CIRCA 40 METRES SOUTH OF NUMBER 59, grade II*
- 59, grade II
- 60, grade II
- 63-68, grade II
- BARN CIRCA 50 METRES SOUTH OF THE OLD HOUSE, grade II
- THE OLD HOUSE, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 12 August 2026 to 17 August 2026: THAMES WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GL7 5GF | not in 2 or 3 | ||
| GL7 5ET | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 3 | unlikely |
| GL7 7DE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 51 addresses are between 161 m and 197 m above sea level (173 m on average); the ground rises about 36 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GL7 5ET | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| GL7 5GF | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| GL7 7DE | 88% | 13% | 13% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Kemble 445,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.1 km (7.5 miles) |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Nordown Crossroads | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 68.9 km (43 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Rendcomb Surgery | 2.3 km (1.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | G. Horton Limited | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Gloucester Street Dental | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Cirencester Hospital | 7.3 km (4.5 miles) |
| Police station | Cirencester Police Station | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.0 ha | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,950 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Wayside cross at Calmsden, a scheduled monument, 850 m (0.5 miles) east. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wayside cross at Calmsden | Scheduled monument | 850 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Cross Shaft and Cross Shaft Base Circa 40 Metres South of Number 59 | Listed building, Grade II* | 850 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Section of White Way 900yds (820m) long in Long Plantation | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Chalkhill Wood | Wood | 670 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Calmsden Gorse | Wood | 900 m (0.6 miles) south |
| Long Plantation | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| Stand Plantation | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south |
| Kennel Bottom | Valley | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Well Hill | Hill | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 5 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 45 | 51 |
6 of the street's 51 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 Cotswold: see them on the Cotswold page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Cerney Church of England Primary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Apr 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
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 (gloucestershire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 21% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 45% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 30% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 24% | 17% |
| Private rented | 30% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 70% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 18% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 36% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 41% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 40% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 6 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
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.