Knuston Spinney Knuston, North Northamptonshire
36 addresses across 4 postcodes (NN10,NN29), about 400 m (0.2 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 42900509.
- Sales: 16 recorded sales since 1995; in 2023 the median was £810,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 11 homes have an energy certificate (A: 1, B: 1, C: 3, D: 4, F: 2).
- Flood: 2 addresses on its postcodes are 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 B; Band D in North Northamptonshire costs £2,424 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Wellingborough, about 4.1 km (2.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 520 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 65 to 78 m above sea level.
- Noise: 22 of its 36 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Rushden Medical Centre, about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
- People: About 710 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 77% of households owned their home and 25% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | £810,000 | £810,000 | £810,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £475,000 | £475,000 | £475,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £315,000 | £315,000 | £315,000 |
| 2010 | 3 | £500,000 | £290,000 | £600,000 |
| 2006 | 2 | £223,500 | £212,000 | £235,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £277,000 | £277,000 | £277,000 |
| 2004 | 2 | £265,975 | £232,000 | £299,950 |
| 2003 | 1 | £240,000 | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £210,000 | £210,000 | £210,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £128,000 | £128,000 | £128,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £96,500 | £96,500 | £96,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Feb 2026 | 3 NN29 7ES | Detached | £690,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 30 Jun 2023 | THE COPPICE, 33 NN29 7ES | Detached | £810,000 | |
| 11 Mar 2021 | 18 NN29 7ES | Detached | £475,000 | |
| 12 May 2016 | 22 NN29 7ES | Semi-detached | £315,000 | |
| 1 Dec 2010 | 16 NN29 7ES | Detached | £600,000 | |
| 26 Nov 2010 | 35 NN29 7ES | Detached | £500,000 | |
| 7 Jun 2010 | 22 NN29 7ES | Semi-detached | £290,000 | |
| 28 Nov 2006 | 22 NN29 7ES | Semi-detached | £235,000 | |
| 19 Jun 2006 | 22 NN29 7ES | Semi-detached | £212,000 | |
| 8 Aug 2005 | 18 NN29 7ES | Detached | £277,000 | |
| 9 Dec 2004 | 26 NN29 7ES | Semi-detached | £232,000 | |
| 3 Aug 2004 | 4 NN29 7ES | Semi-detached | £299,950 | |
| 11 Apr 2003 | 18 NN29 7ES | Detached | £240,000 | |
| 28 Jun 2001 | 6 NN29 7ES | Detached | £210,000 | |
| 3 Jul 1998 | 4 NN29 7ES | Semi-detached | £128,000 | |
| 13 Oct 1997 | 24 NN29 7ES | Semi-detached | £96,500 |
Energy performance certificates
11 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 172 m². Most common: House, detached (5); House, semi-detached (5); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: 1930-1949 (4); 1950-1966 (4); 2003-2006 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (8).
Each home's certificates and sales (3 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in North Northamptonshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,424 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,616 | £1,885 | £2,155 | £2,424 | £2,963 | £3,501 | £4,040 | £4,848 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band B (44% of about 1,420 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 22 January 2027 to 26 January 2027: North Northamptonshire Council, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major (paa) works, permit applied for)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NN29 7ES | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NN10 9QU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 2 / 0 | unlikely |
| NN29 7ER | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NN29 7EY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 36 addresses are between 65 m and 78 m above sea level (75 m on average); the ground rises about 14 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NN10 9QU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NN29 7ER | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NN29 7ES | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NN29 7EY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Wellingborough 981,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) |
| Kettering 1.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 13.9 km (8.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 35 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Alton Centre Knuston | 150 m |
| Car parks | Euro Car Parks | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 49.2 km (31 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Rushden Medical Centre | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Rushden Pharmacy | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Brookfield Dental Care | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Rushden Hospital | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Police station | Wellingborough Police Station | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | Premier News Food & Wine | 820 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.5 ha | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 300 m² | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4,370 m² | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4.3 ha | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 1.5 hectares in all.
Landmarks
6 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Knuston Spinney | Wood | 40 m |
| Home Spinney | Wood | 330 m south |
| Wymington Spinney | Wood | 950 m (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Skew Bridge Ski Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Darnell's Dene | Valley | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) south-east |
| Beacon Hill | Hill | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 11 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 9 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 14 | 36 |
22 of the street's 36 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 North Northamptonshire: see them on the North Northamptonshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitefriars Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Feb 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Alfred Lord Tennyson School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Rushden Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Irchester Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
| South End Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| South End Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avonfield Neurological Center NN29 7EY | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 180 m | 5 Very good | 10 Feb 2026 |
| Park Stores NN10 9QU | Retailers - other | 350 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 5 Jun 2026 |
| RoxyRara Cakes NN29 7EX | Retailers - other | 350 m | 5 Very good | 26 Mar 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 9 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Irchester Road (16).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 28% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 77% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 43% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 18% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 24% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 12% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 26% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 66% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 55% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 25% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 3 to 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: North Northamptonshire Council: Highway repair and maintenance works, 22 January 2027 to 26 January 2027 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- NN29 7ES: 24 addresses
- NN10 9QU: 5 addresses of 30 in the postcode
- NN29 7ER: 5 addresses
- NN29 7EY: 2 addresses of 7 in the postcode
Nearby streets
B569 · Boundary Avenue · St Mark's Close · Westfield Avenue · Irchester Road · Dingle Road
All the streets in NN10, NN29 and across North 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.