Elmore Close Sleaford, North Kesteven
6 addresses across 1 postcode (NG34), about 30 m long. USRN 28066105.
- Sales: 3 recorded sales since 1995; in 2014 the median was £114,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (C: 3, D: 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 B; Band D in North Kesteven costs £2,338 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 60% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Sleaford, about 550 m (0.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Castle Field, is about 270 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 19 to 21 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 6 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Sleaford Medical Group, about 630 m (0.4 miles) away.
- People: About 470 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 75% of households owned their home and 19% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 91 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | £114,000 | £114,000 | £114,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £116,000 | £116,000 | £116,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £18,375 | £18,375 | £18,375 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Feb 2014 | 5 NG34 7QS | Semi-detached | £114,000 | |
| 2 Dec 2005 | 5 NG34 7QS | Semi-detached | £116,000 | |
| 14 Jan 2002 | 4 NG34 7QS | Terraced | £18,375 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 54 m². Most common: Bungalow, semi-detached (2); Maisonette, not recorded (1); House, end-terrace (1). Built: 1983-1990 (2); 1976-1982 (2). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (1); owner-occupied (1); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in North Kesteven in 2026-27: Band D £2,338 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,559 | £1,818 | £2,078 | £2,338 | £2,857 | £3,377 | £3,896 | £4,676 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (45% of about 580 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.
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
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 6 addresses are between 19 m and 21 m above sea level (20 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG34 7QS | 100% | 100% | 60% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Sleaford 296,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
| Rauceby 5,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.2 km (2 miles) | |
| Ruskington 71,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.2 km (3.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 40 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest West Banks Sleaford | 100 m |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 64.2 km (40 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Sleaford Medical Group | 630 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 7 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Rose Cottage Dental Practice | 230 m |
| Hospital | Grantham & District Hospital | 17.5 km (11 miles) |
| Police station | Sleaford Police Station | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | Lincolnshire Co-op - Lincoln Road Cashzone | 880 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Castle Field 2.4 ha | 270 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,270 m² | 560 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,720 m² | 560 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.4 ha | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 6 parks and gardens, 3.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Sleaford Castle, a scheduled monument, 280 m south. 151 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 4 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Sleaford Castle | Scheduled monument | 280 m south |
| Town Hall (Sessions House) | Listed building, Grade II* | 370 m east |
| Manor House, Rhodes House, Wall and Gate Piers to Cobbled Yard and Garden Wall to No 33 | Listed building, Grade II* | 380 m north-east |
| Vicarage | Listed building, Grade II* | 450 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Parish Church of St Denys | Listed building, Grade I | 460 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Settlement and enclosure, Holdingham | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) west |
| Rauceby Hospital | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 3 km (1.8 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Clay Hill | Hill | 880 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Galley Hill | Hill | 900 m (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Guildhall Springs | Wetland | 940 m (0.6 miles) west |
| Godson's Holt | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south |
| New Ballast Pit | Lake or reservoir | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) east |
| Kirkdale | Valley | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.1 | 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 | 5 | 6 |
1 of the street's 6 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 North Kesteven: see them on the North Kesteven page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St George's Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 200 m | Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 370 m | Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 410 m (0.3 miles) | No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| Church Lane Primary School & Nursery | Primary | 3–11 | 440 m (0.3 miles) | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| Carre's Grammar School | Secondary | 11–18 | 480 m (0.3 miles) | Good (Dec 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| William Alvey School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 800 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Mar 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Botolph's C of E Primary School Church of England | Primary | 5–11 | 890 m (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The barracks inn NG34 7PU | Pub/bar/nightclub | 70 m | 5 Very good | 14 Jul 2026 |
| Eslaforde Private Nursery NG34 7PU | School/college/university | 70 m | 5 Very good | 16 Jun 2026 |
| Sleaford Little Theatre NG34 7PP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 80 m | Exempt | |
| Peking Chef NG34 7PP | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 90 m | 5 Very good | 25 Aug 2026 |
| Salvation Army NG34 7QB | Other catering premises | 140 m | 4 Good | 19 Feb 2008 |
| Riverside Guesthouse NG34 7QB | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 140 m | 5 Very good | 25 Apr 2013 |
| St Georges Academy NG34 7PS | School/college/university | 150 m | 5 Very good | 11 Sep 2025 |
| Lucky Star NG34 7PN | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 260 m | 1 Major improvement necessary | 16 Sep 2026 |
| Watergate Yard NG34 7PG | Pub/bar/nightclub | 270 m | 5 Very good | 22 Sep 2026 |
| Square Meals NG34 7PG | Other catering premises | 270 m | 5 Very good | 3 Sep 2024 |
| The Pottery Painting Cafe NG34 7PJ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 280 m | 5 Very good | 20 Oct 2015 |
| Electra Club NG34 7QJ | Pub/bar/nightclub | 280 m | 5 Very good | 3 Mar 2008 |
| Sleaford Community Grocers Shop & Cafe NG34 7PD | Retailers - other | 290 m | 5 Very good | 10 Aug 2022 |
| Time Coffee House NG34 7PD | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 290 m | 5 Very good | 8 May 2025 |
| Soma NG34 7PD | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 290 m | 5 Very good | 11 Jun 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 50 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 16 |
| Public order | 6 |
| Drugs | 6 |
| Other crime | 5 |
| Other theft | 4 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 3 |
| Robbery | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Reform Place (22); On or near King John Street (14); On or near Alexandra Square (12); On or near Parking Area (11); On or near Charles Street (7).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 57 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 37% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 75% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 52% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 13% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 47% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 40% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 20% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 58% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 19% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 55% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 19% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 28% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 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
- Food hygiene ratings Fenside Fruit & Vegetables Ltd (retailers - other, NG34 7ST) is no longer listed; it was rated 5 Very good found 31 October 2026
- Food hygiene ratings Odd-and-end Ltd (retailers - other, NG34 7ST) now 5 Very good, was Awaiting inspection (rated 22 October 2026) found 31 October 2026
Postcodes on this street
- NG34 7QS: 6 addresses
Nearby streets
Westgate · Reform Place · West Banks · Leicester Street · Castle Terrace Road · Westgate · King John Street · Castle Street · Thomas Street · Playhouse Yard · Albert Terrace · Castle Terrace
All the streets in NG34 and across North Kesteven.
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.