Icknield Way Bishopstone, Swindon
21 addresses across 4 postcodes (SN4,SN6), about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 40200365.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 1, E: 1, F: 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 D; Band D in Swindon costs £2,438 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 50% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Swindon (Wilts), about 8.9 km (5.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 115 to 134 m above sea level.
- Noise: 4 of its 21 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Eldene Surgery, about 5.5 km (3.4 miles) away.
- People: About 680 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 81% of households owned their home and 47% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 213 m². Most common: House, detached (2); House, mid-terrace (1); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: before 1900 (2); 1900-1929 (1); 2003-2006 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Swindon in 2026-27: Band D £2,438 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,625 | £1,896 | £2,167 | £2,438 | £2,980 | £3,522 | £4,064 | £4,876 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (24% of about 890 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Bishopstone, Hinton Parva. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 22.
- 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
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY, grade I
- BISHOPSTONE CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL, grade II
- BOUNDARY WALLS TO PREBENDAL FARM, grade II
- BROOKSIDE COTTAGE, grade II
- DINGLE COTTAGE, grade II
- DISUSED MILL, grade II
- FINCH HILL COTTAGE, grade II
- FORMER STABLE ADJOINING TO SOUTH EAST OF SARCENS AND PART OF BOUNDARY WALL, grade II
- FORMER STABLE TO EAST OF BROOKSIDE COTTAGE, grade II
- ITHACA COTTAGE, grade II
- K6 telephone kiosk, grade II
- MACE'S COTTAGE AND LYNDERCOTE, grade II
- MANOR FARMHOUSE, grade II
- MOUNT PLEASANT POINT, grade II
- ROSE COTTAGE, grade II
- SARCENS, grade II
- SAYERS BANK, grade II
- SPRING COTTAGE, grade II
- SUNNY COTTAGE, grade II
- THE OLD BAKERY, grade II
- The Shop, grade II
- WINTON COTTAGE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Prebendal Farm, Icknield Way, Bishopstone: up to 5 homes, permissioned (590 m (0.4 miles))
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
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 21 addresses are between 115 m and 134 m above sea level (129 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SN4 0DW | 86% | 86% | 86% | 0% |
| SN6 8PT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SN6 8PU | 50% | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| SN6 8PW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Swindon (Wilts) 3.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 8.9 km (5.6 miles) |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Whatleys Orchard Bishopstone | 340 m |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Southampton Airport SOU | 69.9 km (43 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Bristol Airport BRS | 75.8 km (47 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Eldene Surgery | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Shrivenham Pharmacy | 5.4 km (3.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Swindon Dental And Implant Clinic | 5.1 km (3.1 miles) |
| Hospital | The Great Western Hospital | 4.9 km (3 miles) |
| Police station | Gablecross Police Station | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | Compass Group - TE Connectivity, Faraday Road Cashzone | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 320 m² | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 8,510 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 3,440 m² | 870 m (0.5 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Swithun, a listed building (Grade I), 580 m (0.4 miles) west. 37 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Swithun | Listed building, Grade I | 580 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Parish Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade I | 670 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Lynchets 850m west of Ridgeway Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hinton Copse | Wood | 640 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Botswicky Copse | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north |
| Charlbury Hill | Hill | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south |
| Kingstone Coombes | Valley | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) north-east |
| Wanborough Marsh | Wetland | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) west |
| Tanner's Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.8 km (2.3 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.5 | 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 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 17 | 21 |
4 of the street's 21 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 Swindon: see them on the Swindon page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishopstone Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 830 m (0.5 miles) | Requires improvement (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (wiltshire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 20% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 81% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 40% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 6% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 63% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 24% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 52% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 40% | 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) | 58% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 16% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 47% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 9 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
- SN6 8PT: 13 addresses of 15 in the postcode
- SN6 8PW: 4 addresses of 34 in the postcode
- SN6 8PU: 3 addresses
- SN4 0DW: 1 address of 41 in the postcode
Nearby streets
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.