Folly Way Northampton
33 addresses across 2 postcodes (NN2), about 140 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 10619181.
- Sales: 53 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £410,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 31 homes have an energy certificate (B: 31).
- 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 C; Band D in West Northamptonshire costs £2,487 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Northampton, about 4.7 km (2.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 70 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 106 to 113 m above sea level.
- Noise: 13 of its 33 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Pines Surgery, about 810 m (0.5 miles) away.
- People: About 640 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 70% of households owned their home and 41% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 73 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | £410,000 | £410,000 | £410,000 |
| 2023 | 4 | £415,000 | £300,000 | £417,500 |
| 2022 | 1 | £435,000 | £435,000 | £435,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £289,000 | £289,000 | £289,000 |
| 2020 | 5 | £374,950 | £300,000 | £374,950 |
| 2019 | 27 | £284,950 | £234,950 | £374,950 |
| 2018 | 2 | £367,500 | £320,000 | £415,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | 7 NN2 8FG | Detached | £410,000 | |
| 13 Oct 2023 | 2 NN2 8FG | Semi-detached | £300,000 | |
| 14 Aug 2023 | 24 NN2 8FG | Detached | £417,500 | |
| 14 Aug 2023 | 24 NN2 8FG | Detached | £417,500 | |
| 3 Feb 2023 | 33 NN2 8FG | Detached | £412,500 | |
| 12 Aug 2022 | 3 NN2 8FG | Detached | £435,000 | |
| 16 May 2022 | 16 NN2 8FG | Semi-detached | £301,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 19 Nov 2021 | 19 NN2 8FG | Terraced | £240,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 30 Jun 2021 | 4 NN2 8FG | Semi-detached | £289,000 | |
| 23 Oct 2020 | 7 NN2 8FG | Detached | £374,950 | |
| 27 Mar 2020 | 25 NN2 8FG | Detached | £374,950 | |
| 27 Mar 2020 | 25 NN2 8FG | Other | £374,950 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 13 Mar 2020 | 23 NN2 8FG | Semi-detached | £300,000 | |
| 13 Mar 2020 | 23 NN2 8FG | Detached | £300,000 | |
| 7 Feb 2020 | 24 NN2 8FG | Detached | £374,950 | New build. |
| 20 Dec 2019 | 31 NN2 8FG | Detached | £364,950 | |
| 20 Dec 2019 | 31 NN2 8FG | Other | £364,950 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 20 Dec 2019 | 15 NN2 8FG | Terraced | £242,950 | |
| 19 Dec 2019 | 9 NN2 8FG | Terraced | £242,950 | |
| 18 Dec 2019 | 21 NN2 8FG | Terraced | £234,950 | |
| 16 Dec 2019 | 19 NN2 8FG | Terraced | £234,950 | |
| 16 Dec 2019 | 17 NN2 8FG | Terraced | £234,950 | |
| 11 Dec 2019 | 11 NN2 8FG | Terraced | £239,950 | |
| 22 Nov 2019 | 27 NN2 8FG | Detached | £369,950 | |
| 22 Nov 2019 | 27 NN2 8FG | Other | £369,950 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 15 Nov 2019 | 33 NN2 8FG | Detached | £364,950 | |
| 25 Oct 2019 | 29 NN2 8FG | Detached | £364,950 | |
| 25 Oct 2019 | 29 NN2 8FG | Detached | £364,950 | |
| 27 Sep 2019 | 14 NN2 8FG | Semi-detached | £300,000 | |
| 27 Sep 2019 | 14 NN2 8FG | Semi-detached | £300,000 | |
| 20 Sep 2019 | 16 NN2 8FG | Semi-detached | £284,950 | New build. |
| 13 Sep 2019 | 20 NN2 8FG | Semi-detached | £300,000 | New build. |
| 13 Sep 2019 | 18 NN2 8FG | Semi-detached | £284,950 | New build. |
| 9 Sep 2019 | 22 NN2 8FG | Detached | £362,950 | New build. |
| 6 Sep 2019 | 30 NN2 8FG | Detached | £309,950 | New build. |
| 6 Sep 2019 | 30 NN2 8FG | Other | £309,950 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 30 Aug 2019 | 26 NN2 8FG | Detached | £364,950 | New build. |
| 16 Aug 2019 | 28 NN2 8FG | Detached | £309,950 | New build. |
| 16 Aug 2019 | 28 NN2 8FG | Other | £309,950 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 16 Aug 2019 | 10 NN2 8FG | Semi-detached | £284,950 | New build. |
| 16 Aug 2019 | 10 NN2 8FG | Other | £284,950 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 2 Aug 2019 | 32 NN2 8FG | Detached | £374,950 | New build. |
| 9 Jul 2019 | 12 NN2 8FG | Semi-detached | £284,950 | New build. |
| 28 Jun 2019 | 8 NN2 8FG | Semi-detached | £284,950 | New build. |
| 21 Jun 2019 | 6 NN2 8FG | Semi-detached | £284,950 | New build. |
| 21 Jun 2019 | 6 NN2 8FG | Other | £284,950 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 14 Jun 2019 | 4 NN2 8FG | Semi-detached | £284,950 | New build. |
| 7 Jun 2019 | 2 NN2 8FG | Semi-detached | £284,950 | New build. |
| 23 Feb 2018 | 5 NN2 8FG | Detached | £415,000 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 31 Jan 2018 | 3 NN2 8FG | Detached | £415,000 | New build. |
Energy performance certificates
31 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 94 m². Most common: House, detached (14); House, semi-detached (11); House, end-terrace (4). Built: 2019 (24); 2015 (3); 2018 (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (30 addresses)
- 1, Folly Way, Boughton
- 2, Folly Way, Boughton
- 3, Folly Way, Boughton
- 4, Folly Way, Boughton
- 5, Folly Way, Boughton
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- 30, Folly Way, Boughton
- 31, Folly Way, Boughton
- 32, Folly Way, Boughton
- 33, Folly Way, Boughton
Council tax
What each band costs in West Northamptonshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,487 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,658 | £1,934 | £2,210 | £2,487 | £3,039 | £3,592 | £4,144 | £4,973 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (51% of about 1,010 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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NN2 8FG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NN2 8ET | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 33 addresses are between 106 m and 113 m above sea level (109 m on average); the ground rises about 6 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NN2 8ET | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NN2 8FG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Northampton 2.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Long Buckby 330,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.4 km (7.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 20 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Boughton Turn | 210 m |
| Bus or coach station | Northampton Bus Interchange | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Car parks | Parking space on Croughton Close, NN2 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 58.2 km (36 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Pines Surgery | 810 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Northampton Pharmacy | 810 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | The Silver Pepper Clinic | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Hospital | St Edmund's Hospital | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) |
| Police station | Northamptonshire Police | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest ATM | 330 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.5 ha | 70 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,490 m² | 70 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest White Hills Playground 2.4 ha | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Boughton Allotment Gardens 1,470 m² | 830 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 1.5 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Boughton bowl barrow, a scheduled monument, 720 m (0.4 miles) north. 21 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Boughton bowl barrow | Scheduled monument | 720 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Boughton Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Old St John's Church | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Nursery Wood | Wood | 450 m (0.3 miles) north-east |
| Long Spinney | Wood | 450 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Obelisk Spinney | Wood | 570 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Little Brickhill Spinney | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Brickhill Spinney | Wood | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Brampton Hill | Hill | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 6 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 5 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 20 | 33 |
13 of the street's 33 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 West Northamptonshire: see them on the West Northamptonshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckton Fields Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 290 m | Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Whitehills Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 620 m (0.4 miles) | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvement |
| Whitehills Nursery School | Nursery | 3–5 | 650 m (0.4 miles) | No published inspection |
| Boughton Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| Sunnyside Primary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No overall grade (Jun 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| All Saints CofE VA Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Early years: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Kingsthorpe College | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | Good (Dec 2019, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Green Oaks Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
| Kingsthorpe Village Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plush Pancakes NN2 8EZ | Mobile caterer | 90 m | 5 Very good | 23 Oct 2024 |
| Golden Hill NN2 8EP | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 320 m | 4 Good | 20 Jan 2026 |
| Whitehills Post Office & News NN2 8EP | Retailers - other | 330 m | Exempt | |
| Whitehills Public House NN2 8EW | Pub/bar/nightclub | 330 m | 5 Very good | 13 Jan 2026 |
| Lasaan (Once Upon A Time In India) NN2 8EP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 350 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 9 Sep 2025 |
| Morrisons Daily NN2 8EP | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 350 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 9 Mar 2026 |
| The Obelisk Centre NN2 8UE | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 380 m | 5 Very good | 21 Feb 2019 |
| Tesco Express (2182) NN2 8ES | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 380 m | 5 Very good | 20 Apr 2023 |
| Yumas Buckton Ltd NN2 8ES | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 3 Jul 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 34 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 18 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 7 |
| Burglary | 3 |
| Other theft | 3 |
| Public order | 3 |
| Drugs | 2 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Robbery | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Highwayman Close (15); On or near Brampton Lane (12); On or near Little Dell (9); On or near Pegasus Close (8); On or near Glebe Road (6).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 30 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 26% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 2% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 70% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 7% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 9% | 1% |
| Social rented | 14% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 87% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 2% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 36% | 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 | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 1% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 68% | 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) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 7% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 92% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 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
Nearby streets
Brown Hill · Pegasus Close · Badeslade · Walpole Way · Harborough Road North · Little Dell · Hanging Barrows · Glebe Road · Far Barrows · Tiggyhole · Melville Place · Wellstood
All the streets in NN2 and across West Northamptonshire.
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.