Fraucup Close Ford, Buckinghamshire
9 addresses across 2 postcodes (HP17), about 80 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 1404821.
- Sales: 12 recorded sales since 1995; in 2018 the median was £420,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 3 homes have an energy certificate (D: 3).
- 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 G; Band D in Buckinghamshire costs £2,527 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Haddenham and Thame Parkway, about 4.7 km (2.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 77 to 78 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Haddenham Medical Centre, about 3.3 km (2 miles) away.
- People: About 260 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 84% of households owned their home and 47% 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.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | £420,000 | £420,000 | £420,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £415,000 | £415,000 | £415,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £395,000 | £395,000 | £395,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £325,000 | £325,000 | £325,000 |
| 2006 | 2 | £362,500 | £290,000 | £435,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £267,500 | £267,500 | £267,500 |
| 2004 | 1 | £275,000 | £275,000 | £275,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £285,000 | £285,000 | £285,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £160,000 | £160,000 | £160,000 |
| 1995 | 2 | £129,100 | £105,250 | £152,950 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jun 2018 | 9 HP17 8XU | Semi-detached | £420,000 | |
| 9 Jun 2017 | 5 HP17 8XU | Semi-detached | £415,000 | |
| 22 Jan 2016 | 7 HP17 8XU | Semi-detached | £395,000 | |
| 17 Oct 2014 | 5 HP17 8XU | Semi-detached | £325,000 | |
| 7 Dec 2006 | 1 HP17 8XU | Detached | £435,000 | |
| 8 Sep 2006 | 11 HP17 8XU | Semi-detached | £290,000 | |
| 1 Jul 2005 | 7 HP17 8XU | Semi-detached | £267,500 | |
| 2 Jul 2004 | 5 HP17 8XU | Detached | £275,000 | |
| 29 Sep 2000 | 1 HP17 8XU | Detached | £285,000 | |
| 3 Sep 1999 | 7 HP17 8XU | Semi-detached | £160,000 | |
| 25 Sep 1995 | 13 HP17 8XU | Detached | £152,950 | New build. |
| 12 Apr 1995 | 9 HP17 8XU | Semi-detached | £105,250 |
Energy performance certificates
3 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 97 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (3). Built: 1991-1995 (1); 1983-1990 (1); 1976-1982 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (3 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Buckinghamshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,527 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,684 | £1,965 | £2,246 | £2,527 | £3,088 | £3,650 | £4,211 | £5,053 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band G (27% of about 750 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 3.
- 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
- 9, CHAPEL ROAD, grade II
- NUMBERS 10 AND 11 (FRAUCUP COTTAGE), grade II
- ROSE COTTAGE AND ATTACHED OUTBUILDING, 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 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HP17 8XU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| HP17 8XE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 9 addresses are between 77 m and 78 m above sea level (78 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP17 8XE | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| HP17 8XU | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Haddenham and Thame Parkway 889,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Little Kimble 8,930 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) | |
| Monks Risborough 21,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 1 stop within 400 m (0.2 miles), 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Chapel Road Ford | 80 m |
| Bus or coach station | Aylesbury Bus Stn | 6 km (3.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 36.5 km (23 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Haddenham Medical Centre | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Vicary Pharmacy | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Haddenham Dental Centre | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Stoke Mandeville Hospital | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| Police station | Thames Valley Police Station | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | Midcounties Co-Op Stone, Stone Cashzone | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 2,010 m² | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.1 ha | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 6,800 m² | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Site of the medieval village of Moreton, a scheduled monument, 1.4 km (0.9 miles) east. 11 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Site of the medieval village of Moreton | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) east |
| Moated site NW of Aston Mullins | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (1 mile) west |
| Moated site 310m east of Pasture Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Fox Covert | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Biggin Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-west |
| The Wilderness | Wood | 2 km (1.3 miles) north-west |
| The Nursery | Wood | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) north |
| Beech Walk | Wood | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) north-east |
| Park Hill | Hill | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 9 | 9 |
None of the street's 9 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 Buckinghamshire: see them on the Buckinghamshire page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Dinton Hermit HP17 8XH | Pub/bar/nightclub | 120 m | 5 Very good | 13 Aug 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Fraucup Close (4); On or near Water Lane (3); On or near Burgess Lane (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 84% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 47% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 64% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 29% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 50% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 43% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 44% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 26% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 47% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 6% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 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 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
Nearby streets
Water Lane · Linden Way · Burgess Lane
All the streets in HP17 and across Buckinghamshire.
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.