Heron Road Staveley, Chesterfield
14 addresses across 1 postcode (S43), about 150 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 7126124.
- Sales: 14 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £205,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Chesterfield cost £202,519 in August 2026 (+3% on a year); private rents averaged £760 a month.
- Energy: 12 homes have an energy certificate (B: 12).
- 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: 1 recorded flood covered its postcode centre, most recently in June 2007.
- Coal mining: Its postcode is in a coal mining high risk area; ask for a coal mining search.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the Minor road, carries 793 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Chesterfield costs £2,339 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Chesterfield, about 6 km (3.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: There is a small park or garden about 240 m away, and Poolsbrook Country Park (73 hectares) is about 260 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 52 to 53 m above sea level.
- Noise: 5 of its 14 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Brimington Surgery, about 4 km (2.5 miles) away.
- People: About 320 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 37% of households owned their home and 18% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 34 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | £205,000 | £205,000 | £205,000 |
| 2025 | 1 | £254,995 | £254,995 | £254,995 |
| 2021 | 12 | £186,995 | £141,995 | £220,995 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jun 2021 | 1 S43 3FX | Semi-detached | £181,995 | New build. |
| 6 Jun 2025 | 2 S43 3FX | Detached | £254,995 | New build. |
| 27 Aug 2021 | 3 S43 3FX | Semi-detached | £193,995 | New build. |
| 29 Jul 2021 | 4 S43 3FX | Semi-detached | £151,995 | New build. |
| 29 Jul 2021 | 5 S43 3FX | Detached | £196,995 | New build. |
| 16 Dec 2021 | 6 S43 3FX | Semi-detached | £143,995 | New build. |
| 27 Aug 2021 | 7 S43 3FX | Semi-detached | £141,995 | New build. |
| 27 Aug 2021 | 9 S43 3FX | Semi-detached | £163,995 | New build. |
| 24 Sep 2021 | 11 S43 3FX | Detached | £220,995 | New build. |
| 24 Sep 2021 | 15 S43 3FX | Detached | £179,995 | New build. |
| 10 Dec 2021 | 17 S43 3FX | Detached | £191,995 | New build. |
| 13 Dec 2021 | 19 S43 3FX | Detached | £199,995 | New build. |
| 22 May 2026 | 21 S43 3FX | Detached | £205,000 | |
| 16 Dec 2021 | 21 S43 3FX | Detached | £191,995 | New build. |
House prices and rents in Chesterfield
A typical home in Chesterfield cost £202,519 in August 2026, 3% more than a year before. That is 14% more than five years earlier and 41% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £322,413 |
| Semi-detached | £194,103 |
| Terraced | £154,611 |
| Flat or maisonette | £111,510 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £177,131 |
Private renters in Chesterfield paid £760 a month on average in September 2026, 3.4% more than a year before. That is 29% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £542 |
| Two bedrooms | £698 |
| Three bedrooms | £835 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,173 |
Energy performance certificates
12 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 72 m². Most common: House, detached (7); House, semi-detached (5). Built: 2021 (12).
Each home's certificates and sales (12 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 7,484 kWh of it on average in 2024, 30% less than the district's 10,640 kWh, and 2,575 kWh of electricity, 13% less than the district's 2,953 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 S43.
Council tax
What each band costs in Chesterfield in 2026-27: Band D £2,339 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,560 | £1,820 | £2,080 | £2,339 | £2,859 | £3,379 | £3,899 | £4,679 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (77% of about 1,030 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)
- Land South of Poolsbrook School, Cottage Close, Poolsbrook: up to 9 homes, permissioned (340 m)
Energy projects nearby
3 energy projects near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inkersall Road, Staveley - Solar Photovoltaic Farm And Battery Storage Chesterfield CHE/20/00432/FUL | Solar farm | 31 MW | Operational | 60 m |
| Arkwright Solar Farm Chesterfield CHE/14/00644/FUL | Solar farm | 8 MW | Operational Dec 2015 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
| Staveley Power Chesterfield CW2/0103/121 (site ref: 2.600.7) | Landfill Gas | 2.1 MW | Operational Apr 2005 | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
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, 0 at medium risk and 3 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 12 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 3 low and 0 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: the postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
Recorded floods
1 recorded flood covered the centre of this street's postcodes, most recently in June 2007 (Staveley, River Rother; main river).
| When | Flood | Source and cause |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Jun 2007 | Staveley, River Rother | Main river; channel capacity exceeded (no raised defences) |
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
This postcode is in a coal mining high risk area, where coal mining features at or near the surface, such as shallow workings or old mine shafts, are recorded or likely and could affect the ground.
Ask your conveyancer for a coal mining search (CON29M) on the home: it says what is recorded beneath and near it, and whether there have been claims for subsidence damage.
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 14 addresses are between 52 m and 53 m above sea level (52 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S43 3FX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Chesterfield 1.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6 km (3.8 miles) |
| Creswell 41,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8 km (5 miles) | |
| Langwith-Whaley Thorns 9,820 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.9 km (5.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 9 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Grove Poolsbrook | 100 m |
| Bus or coach station | College Campus Clowne | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Osprey Charging Station | 1.5 km (1 mile) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 47.5 km (30 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Brimington Surgery Good Dec 2025 | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Chesterfield Delivery Pharmacy | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest High Street Dental Clinic | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Chesterfield Royal Hospital Good Sep 2026 | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) |
| Care homes | 5 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest East Fields Outstanding Aug 2019 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Police station | Staveley Police Station | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Cash machines | Payzone | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.1 ha | 240 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Poolsbrook Country Park 73 ha | 260 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,490 m² | 260 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.3 ha | 210 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.5 ha | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 74 hectares in all.
Landmarks
2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Netherthorpe Flash | Lake or reservoir | 940 m (0.6 miles) north |
| Norbriggs Flash | Lake or reservoir | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north |
| Foxlowe Plantation | Wood | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north-west |
| Troughbrook Wood | Wood | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) west |
| Bower Plantation | Wood | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) south-west |
| Slayley Hill | Hill | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 9 | 14 |
5 of the street's 14 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 Chesterfield: see them on the Chesterfield page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poolsbrook Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 310 m | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 33% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 57% in 2024 and 44% in 2023) |
| Netherthorpe School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No overall grade (Jan 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Inadequate; Behaviour and attitudes: Inadequate; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Inadequate | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 42.8 (42.1 in 2025 and 39.8 in 2024); 40.5% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade C-; 4.9% AAB or better; progress average |
| Woodthorpe CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection | 72% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 17% at the higher standard (2025; 45% in 2024 and 67% in 2023) |
| Duckmanton Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | None published |
| Norbriggs Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection | 58% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 4% at the higher standard (2025; 24% in 2024 and 60% in 2023) |
| Speedwell Infant School | Primary | 3–7 | 1.5 km (0.9 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 | None published |
| Staveley Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 56% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2% at the higher standard (2025; 62% in 2024 and 67% in 2023) |
| St Joseph's Catholic and CofE (VA) Primary School Roman Catholic/Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection | 65% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 68% in 2024 and 85% in 2023) |
| Springwell Community College | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No overall grade (Nov 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 38.0 (37.9 in 2025 and 36.7 in 2024); 36% grade 5+ in English and maths |
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
No nursery, pre-school or out-of-school club on Ofsted's register is within 1.5 km (0.9 miles) of the middle of the street.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poolsbrook Village Store S43 3JY | Retailers - other | 100 m | 5 Very good | 21 Jul 2024 |
| Poolsbrook Primary Academy S43 3LF | School/college/university | 310 m | 5 Very good | 23 Sep 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 17 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 4 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 3 |
| Public order | 3 |
| Other crime | 3 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Bicycle theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Poolsbrook Avenue (14); On or near Staveley Road (9); On or near The Grove (7); On or near Erin Road (4).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
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
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the Minor road, with 793 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 250 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minor road | Not recorded | 793 counted 2025 | 1% | 250 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 30 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 33% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 10% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 37% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 26% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 47% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 51% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 13% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 13% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 24% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 60% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 76% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 18% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 43% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 1 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
- S43 3FX: 14 addresses of 15 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Drake Avenue · Moorhen Drive · The Grove · Dove Close · Coot Way · Jay Close · Blackbird Drive · Swan Street · Lapwing Close · Wagtail Drive · Woodpigeon Court · Poolsbrook Avenue
All the streets in S43 and across Chesterfield.
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.