Half Acre Lane Dronfield, North East Derbyshire
18 addresses across 2 postcodes (S18), about 520 m (0.3 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 27700628.
- Sales: 1 recorded sales since 1995; in 1995 the median was £134,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in North East Derbyshire cost £253,012 in August 2026 (+5.3% on a year); private rents averaged £793 a month.
- Energy: 1 homes have an energy certificate (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.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Coal mining: It is in a coalfield, in a low risk area.
- Landfill: 3 historic landfill sites within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Disused Railway Cutting off Callywhite Lane, is 80 m away.
- Storm overflows: 5 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 62 times (321 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 10 to 30% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in North East Derbyshire costs £2,467 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Dronfield, about 1.5 km (0.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Dronfield Nature Park, is about 490 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 101 to 120 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 18 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Oakhill Medical Practice, about 1.2 km (0.8 miles) away.
- People: About 730 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 71% of households owned their home and 32% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: 2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 1 of them fatal or serious; 1 involved a pedestrian.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1 | £134,000 | £134,000 | £134,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Mar 1995 | SUMMERLEY HOUSE S18 4AE | Detached | £134,000 |
House prices and rents in North East Derbyshire
A typical home in North East Derbyshire cost £253,012 in August 2026, 5.3% more than a year before. That is 25% more than five years earlier and 53% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £343,161 |
| Semi-detached | £229,718 |
| Terraced | £181,900 |
| Flat or maisonette | £125,327 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £216,906 |
Private renters in North East Derbyshire paid £793 a month on average in September 2026, 3.6% more than a year before. That is 30% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £569 |
| Two bedrooms | £724 |
| Three bedrooms | £880 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,210 |
Energy performance certificates
1 home with a current certificate; median floor area 347 m². Most common: House, detached (1). Built: before 1900 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (1 address)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 32,349 kWh of it on average in 2024, 143% more than the district's 13,292 kWh, and 8,248 kWh of electricity, 157% more than the district's 3,211 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
These are all the homes on each 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 S18.
Council tax
What each band costs in North East Derbyshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,467 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,644 | £1,918 | £2,193 | £2,467 | £3,015 | £3,563 | £4,111 | £4,933 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band A (34% of about 1,230 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: yes, North East Derbyshire.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Fleur de Lys Hotel, Main Road, Unstone, Dronfield, S18 4AB, permissioned (600 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
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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any 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
5 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 62 times, for 321 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into River Drone.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dronfield Wwtw Yorkshire Water | River Drone | 42 | 287 | 200 m |
| Dronfield Tip Cso Yorkshire Water | River Drone | 9 | 23 | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
| Crow Lane Memorial Cso Yorkshire Water | River Drone | 4 | 1 | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
| Siscar Cottage Cso Yorkshire Water | River Drone | 0 | 0 | 810 m (0.5 miles) |
| Dronfield Mill Lane Cso Yorkshire Water | River Drone | 7 | 10 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
2 of the street's 2 postcodes are in a coalfield, in a low risk area: coal was mined in the area, but no workings shallow enough to matter for building are recorded.
Conveyancers usually still order a coal mining search (CON29M) for a home in a coalfield.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 10 to 30%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
3 historic landfill sites are within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 80 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disused Railway Cutting off Callywhite Lane Callywhite Lane, Dronfield | 1986 to 1987 | Inert, industrial | 80 m |
| Field No.5674 Adjacent to Lay-by Of A61, Dronfield | Not recorded | Inert, industrial | 190 m |
| Chesterfield Road Refuse Tip Dronfield, Sheffield, Derbyshire | from 1969 | Commercial | 320 m |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's 18 addresses are between 101 m and 120 m above sea level (105 m on average); the ground rises about 19 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S18 4AE | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| S18 4AF | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Dronfield 230,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Dore and Totley 240,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.7 km (3.5 miles) | |
| Chesterfield 1.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 17 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unstone Hill | 320 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Eckington | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 52.4 km (33 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Oakhill Medical Practice Good Sep 2017 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dronfield Pharmacy | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Snape Hill Dental Studio | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Scarsdale Hospital | 6.5 km (4 miles) |
| Care homes | 2 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Callywhite Care Home Good Aug 2026 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Police station | Dronfield Police Station | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Dronfield Hartington, Dronfield Cashzone | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Dronfield Nature Park 1.3 ha | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Frith Wood 12 ha | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,020 m² | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 9,570 m² | 740 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 960 m² | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 15 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Coke ovens, 120m north east of Summerley House, a scheduled monument, 300 m north. 4 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Coke ovens, 120m north east of Summerley House | Scheduled monument | 300 m north |
| Unstone Manor House | Listed building, Grade II* | 470 m (0.3 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bridgefield Wood | Wood | 380 m north-east |
| Hanger Wood | Wood | 730 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Delves Wood Bottom | Valley | 3 km (1.8 miles) north-east |
| Mill Ponds | Lake or reservoir | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) north-east |
| Eckington Marsh | Wetland | 4.9 km (3 miles) east |
| Bowercinder Hill | Hill | 5 km (3.1 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 0 | 7 |
| Under 55 | 17 | 11 |
1 of the street's 18 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 7 from railways, 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 East Derbyshire: see them on the North East Derbyshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unstone Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 830 m (0.5 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Urgent improvement; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Urgent improvement; Safeguarding standards: Met | 67% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 50% in 2024 and 54% in 2023) |
| Unstone St Mary's Nursery & Infant School | Primary | 3–7 | 860 m (0.5 miles) | Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | None published |
| Dronfield Stonelow Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good | 76% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 5% at the higher standard (2025; 65% in 2024 and 62% in 2023) |
| Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 49.4 (50.0 in 2025 and 50.9 in 2024); 52% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade B-; 22.6% AAB or better; progress above average |
| Holmesdale Infant School | Primary | 5–7 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No overall grade (Sep 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good | None published |
| Northfield Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection | 75% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 11% at the higher standard (2025; 58% in 2024 and 71% in 2023) |
| Dronfield Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | 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 | 59% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10% at the higher standard (2025; 64% in 2024 and 62% in 2023) |
| Dronfield Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | 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 | None published |
| Lenthall Infant and Nursery School | Primary | 2–7 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection | None published |
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
7 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 570 m (0.4 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dronfield Nursery Limited S18 1XJ | Full day care | 34 | Good (Jul 2021, overall grade under the previous framework) | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
| Little Feet S18 2XR | Full day care | 125 | Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
| Holmesdale Kids Club S18 2LR | Out-of-school day care | 50 | Not inspected yet | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| The Avenue Nursery Dronfield S18 2LR | Full day care | 48 | Good (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Hill Top Tots Day Nursery Limited S18 1UW | Full day care | 60 | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| School Lane Kids Club S18 1RY | Out-of-school day care | 104 | Apr 2026: Expected standard in 4 areas | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Gosforth Preschool S18 1RY | Sessional day care | 35 | Not inspected yet | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 276 childminders and 28 home childcarers (nannies) in Derbyshire. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unstone Hill Farm Shop S18 4AF | Retailers - other | 320 m | 5 Very good | 8 Sep 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (south-yorkshire).
Road safety
2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 1 slight, in which 1 person was seriously hurt. 1 involved a pedestrian; 1 involved a cyclist. Most were on roads with a 40 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Mar 2025 12:45 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | B6057, 40 mph | Daylight |
| 2 Sep 2021 14:00 | Serious | 1 person: 1 cyclist | B6057, 40 mph | Daylight |
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 | 43 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 17% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 71% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 32% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 22% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 65% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 22% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 27% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 62% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 9% | 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 | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 32% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 5 to 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
Navigation Way · Chesterfield Road · Unstone Hill
All the streets in S18 and across North East Derbyshire.
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.