Drake's Close Esher, Elmbridge
30 addresses across 1 postcode (KT10), about 370 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 13700441.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Elmbridge cost £735,548 in August 2026 (+0.7% on a year); private rents averaged £1,885 a month.
- Energy: 22 homes have an energy certificate (B: 3, C: 8, D: 7, E: 4).
- Flood: 7 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.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band G; Band D in Elmbridge costs £2,558 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Hersham, about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Esher Green, is about 590 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 12.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 14 to 19 m above sea level.
- Noise: 4 of its 30 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Littleton Surgery, about 750 m (0.5 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 320 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 90% of households owned their home and 61% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 8 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
- Road safety: 10 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 4 of them fatal or serious.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in Elmbridge
A typical home in Elmbridge cost £735,548 in August 2026, 0.7% more than a year before. That is 8% more than five years earlier and 14% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £1,566,899 |
| Semi-detached | £714,818 |
| Terraced | £573,804 |
| Flat or maisonette | £345,639 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £492,874 |
Private renters in Elmbridge paid £1,885 a month on average in September 2026, 2.7% more than a year before. That is 19% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £1,259 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,584 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,932 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £2,876 |
Energy performance certificates
22 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 229 m². Most common: House, detached (22). Built: 1930-1949 (6); 1950-1966 (4); 1983-1990 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (17).
Each home's certificates and sales (22 addresses)
- 1 Drakes Close
- 2, Drakes Close
- 4 Drakes Close
- 5 Drakes Close
- 6 Drakes Close
- 7, Drakes Close
- 8, Drakes Close
- 9 Drakes Close
- 11 Drakes Close
- 14, Drakes Close
- 15 Drakes Close
- 16 Drakes Close
- 17 Drakes Close
- 18 Drakes Close
- 19 Drakes Close
- 20, Drakes Close
- 22, Drakes Close
- 24 Drakes Close
- 25 Drakes Close
- 26, Drakes Close
- 27 Drakes Close
- 28, Drakes Close
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 27,861 kWh of it on average in 2024, 40% more than the district's 19,964 kWh, and 8,809 kWh of electricity, 69% more than the district's 5,207 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
These are all the homes on the 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 KT10.
Council tax
What each band costs in Elmbridge in 2026-27: Band D £2,558 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,705 | £1,989 | £2,274 | £2,558 | £3,126 | £3,695 | £4,263 | £5,116 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band G (37% of about 760 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- 30 Esher Place Avenue, Esher, KT10 8PZ: up to 52 homes, not permissioned (390 m)
- Esher Place, 30 Esher Place Avenue, Esher, KT10 8PZ, not permissioned (390 m)
- 2 Lammas Lane, Esher, KT10 8NY, pending decision (540 m (0.3 miles))
- 1-5 Hillside, Portsmouth Road, Esher, KT10 9LJ, permissioned (560 m (0.3 miles))
- The Pinnacle Portsmouth Road Esher Surrey KT10 9LL, permissioned (590 m (0.4 miles))
- Highwaymans Cottage Car Park, Portsmouth Road, Esher, not permissioned (600 m (0.4 miles))
- 105 - 113 High Street, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9QE, permissioned (650 m (0.4 miles))
- 83 High Street, Walton-On-Thames, Surrey, KT12 1DU, permissioned (680 m (0.4 miles))
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
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 5 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 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: of the 26 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 low and 3 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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre 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 here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
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 30 addresses are between 14 m and 19 m above sea level (16 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KT10 8PQ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Hersham 722,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Esher 877,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | |
| Claygate 517,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 17 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Princess Alice Hospice Esher | 170 m |
| Bus or coach station | Cromwell Road Bus Station Kingston Upon Thames | 7.2 km (4.5 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Ditton Island Ferry Landing Thames Ditton | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Esher Park Avenue, Esher | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 12.7 km (7.9 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Littleton Surgery Good Apr 2019 | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Central Pharmacy | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Neem Tree | 610 m (0.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Walton Hospital Acute Beds | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Care homes | 2 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Moore Place Good May 2020 | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
| Police station | Surrey Police - Elmbridge Police Station | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | Payzone | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Esher Green 9,010 m² | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 660 m² | 290 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest West End Recreation Ground 7.6 ha | 230 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest West End Allotments 1.0 ha | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.9 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Wayneflete's Tower, a listed building (Grade I), 500 m (0.3 miles) north. 43 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Wayneflete's Tower | Listed building, Grade I | 500 m (0.3 miles) north |
| Church of St George | Listed building, Grade I | 800 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Claremont | Registered park or garden, Grade I | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south |
| The Belvedere, Claremont | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south |
| The White Lady Milestone, junction of Portsmouth Road and Esher Station Road | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Drake's Green | Wood | 50 m |
| Hawks Hill | Hill | 510 m (0.3 miles) south |
| The Warren | Wood | 770 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| The Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| Spa Bottom | Valley | 2.7 km (1.6 miles) south-west |
| Boyle Farm Island | Island | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 12.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.7 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 26 | 30 |
4 of the street's 30 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 Elmbridge: see them on the Elmbridge page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esher Church of England High School | Secondary | 11–16 | 750 m (0.5 miles) | Report card (Apr 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; Safeguarding standards: Met | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 50.0 (55.4 in 2025 and 49.9 in 2024); 47.2% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| Esher Church School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection | 78% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 25% at the higher standard (2025; 57% in 2024 and 69% in 2023) |
| Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection | 90% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 18% at the higher standard (2025; 93% in 2024 and 85% in 2023) |
| Cranmere Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No overall grade (Jul 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good | 70% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 9% at the higher standard (2025; 76% in 2024 and 73% in 2023) |
| Burhill Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | No published inspection | 58% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 51% in 2024 and 58% in 2023) |
| Bell Farm Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection | None published |
| Three Rivers Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 42.6 (42.3 in 2025 and 43.1 in 2024); 41.3% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade C; 7% AAB or better; progress average |
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
The ten nearest nurseries, pre-schools and clubs are all within 1.4 km (0.9 miles); the nearest is 540 m (0.3 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Mole Pre-School KT10 8LA | Sessional day care | 54 | Dec 2025: Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 5 | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
| Flourish Day Nursery KT10 8NT | Full day care | 60 | Good (Dec 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
| Camp England Esher KT10 8AP | Out-of-school day care | 94 | Not inspected yet | 940 m (0.6 miles) |
| Pippas House Nursery KT10 9AJ | Full day care | 100 | Not inspected yet | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Youngstars Holiday Camp @ Esher Church School KT10 9DU | Out-of-school day care | 20 | Not inspected yet | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Camp Beaumont - Claremont KT10 9LY | Out-of-school day care | 100 | Not inspected yet | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Toadstool Parties Holiday Camp at Claremont Fan Court KT10 9LY | Out-of-school day care | 30 | Not inspected yet | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Kids Club 2001 KT12 4QR | Out-of-school day care | 50 | Not inspected yet | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
| Little Sparrows @ Thriving Life KT10 9NU | Sessional day care | 38 | Outstanding (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Elmbridge Playscheme KT10 8AU | Sessional day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 866 childminders and 208 home childcarers (nannies) in Surrey. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Princess Alice Hospice KT10 8NA | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 230 m | 5 Very good | 4 Jun 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 3 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Lammas Lane (3); On or near Drake'S Close (2); On or near Pelhams Walk (2); On or near Riverside Drive (1).
Road safety
10 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 4 serious and 6 slight, in which 4 people were seriously hurt. 3 involved a cyclist; 5 involved a motorcyclist. 50% happened in the dark, and 50% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Dec 2025 15:30 | Slight | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | A244, 30 mph | Dark, street lights off, wet road |
| 17 Sep 2025 22:20 | Slight | 1 person | A244, 30 mph | Dark, no street lights |
| 26 Aug 2025 17:00 | Serious | 1 person | A244, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 26 Dec 2024 19:32 | Slight | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | A244, 40 mph | Dark, street lights on, wet road |
| 8 Dec 2023 13:40 | Serious | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | A244, 30 mph | Wet road |
| 1 Dec 2023 04:45 | Slight | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | A244, 40 mph | Dark, street lights on, frost or ice |
| 19 Oct 2023 13:55 | Slight | 1 person: 1 cyclist | A1, 30 mph | Wet road |
| 30 Jul 2022 16:00 | Slight | 1 person: 1 cyclist | A244, 40 mph | Daylight |
| 8 Jul 2022 18:10 | Serious | 1 person: 1 cyclist | A244, 40 mph | Daylight |
| 26 May 2021 23:10 | Serious | 2 people: 2 motorcyclists | A244, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on |
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 | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 90% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 44% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 0% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 52% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 32% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 64% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 22% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 7% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 8% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 65% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 0% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 61% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 8% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 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 10 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
- KT10 8PQ: 30 addresses of 32 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Riverside Drive · Pelhams Close · Lammas Lane · The Gardens · Hunting Close · Pelhams Walk
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.