Lane Head Longnor, Staffordshire Moorlands
11 addresses across 1 postcode (SK17), about 300 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 37700992.
- Sales: 1 recorded sales since 1995; in 2016 the median was £270,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Staffordshire Moorlands cost £224,481 in August 2026 (+5.1% on a year); private rents averaged £732 a month.
- Energy: 8 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 3, E: 4).
- 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.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band E; Band D in Staffordshire Moorlands costs £2,338 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Buxton, about 9.1 km (5.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 298 to 306 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 11 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Hartington Surgery, about 6 km (3.7 miles) away.
- People: About 310 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 62% of households owned their home and 32% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 3 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often burglary.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | £270,000 | £270,000 | £270,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Nov 2016 | SUNNYCROFT SK17 0PD | Detached | £270,000 |
House prices and rents in Staffordshire Moorlands
A typical home in Staffordshire Moorlands cost £224,481 in August 2026, 5.1% more than a year before. That is 19% more than five years earlier and 51% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £331,178 |
| Semi-detached | £221,597 |
| Terraced | £164,127 |
| Flat or maisonette | £112,093 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £190,895 |
Private renters in Staffordshire Moorlands paid £732 a month on average in September 2026, 7.6% more than a year before. That is 34% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £529 |
| Two bedrooms | £689 |
| Three bedrooms | £870 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,194 |
Energy performance certificates
8 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 65 m². Most common: Bungalow, semi-detached (4); Bungalow, detached (1); House, end-terrace (1). Built: 1967-1975 (6); 1976-1982 (1); 2007-2011 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4); rented (social) (4).
Each home's certificates and sales (8 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Staffordshire Moorlands in 2026-27: Band D £2,338 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,559 | £1,819 | £2,078 | £2,338 | £2,858 | £3,377 | £3,897 | £4,676 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band E (28% of about 870 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
- 1-3, CHAPEL STREET, grade II
- GATEPIERS AND GATES TO CHURCH OF SAINT BARTHOLEMEW, grade II
- WESLEYAN CHAPEL AND FRONT RAILINGS, grade II
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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre 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
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
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 11 addresses are between 298 m and 306 m above sea level (303 m on average); the ground rises about 8 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK17 0PD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Buxton 382,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.1 km (5.6 miles) |
| Dove Holes 10,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.1 km (8.1 miles) | |
| Chapel-En-Le-Frith 78,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 14.7 km (9.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Market Place Longnor | 230 m |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 8.2 km (5.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 33 km (20 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Hartington Surgery Outstanding Oct 2019 | 6 km (3.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Buxton Pharmacy | 8.5 km (5.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Victoria Park Road (Dental Surgery) | 8.5 km (5.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Buxton Hospital | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) |
| Care homes | Haddon Hall Care Home Good May 2024 | 7.8 km (4.9 miles) |
| Police station | Buxton Police Station | 8.6 km (5.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,920 m² | 100 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 3,410 m² | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Bartholomew, a listed building (Grade II*), 170 m south-east. 35 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Bartholomew | Listed building, Grade II* | 170 m south-east |
| Fox Hole Cave | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Bowl barrow 360m north-west of The Low | Scheduled monument | 2 km (1.2 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Under the Hill | Hill | 450 m (0.3 miles) north-west |
| Millmoorhead Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| High Wheeldon | Hill | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Hitter Hill | Hill | 1.6 km (1 mile) north |
| The Hills | Hill | 2 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
| Glutton Dale | Valley | 2 km (1.3 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.7 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 10 | 11 |
1 of the street's 11 addresses is 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 Staffordshire Moorlands: see them on the Staffordshire Moorlands page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 120 m | Requires improvement (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Earl Sterndale CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
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 315 childminders and 25 home childcarers (nannies) in Staffordshire. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARDS AND WARD @ ST BARTHOLOMEWS PRIMARY SCHOOL SK17 0NZ | School/college/university | 40 m | 5 Very good | 14 May 2026 |
| Sunnyside Air B n B SK17 0PE | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 200 m | Exempt | |
| Longnor General Store SK17 0NT | Retailers - other | 200 m | 4 Good | 8 Jan 2018 |
| The Moorland Cafe Ltd SK17 0NT | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 200 m | 5 Very good | 31 Oct 2024 |
| COBBLES COFFEE SHOP SK17 0NT | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 200 m | 5 Very good | 28 Apr 2026 |
| MANIFOLD FISH AND CHIP SHOP SK17 0NT | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 210 m | 5 Very good | 23 Oct 2025 |
| LONGNOR POST OFFICE & GENERAL STORE SK17 0NS | Retailers - other | 270 m | 5 Very good | 11 May 2016 |
| Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese SK17 0NS | Pub/bar/nightclub | 270 m | 4 Good | 13 Jun 2025 |
| Sweetilicious SK17 0PG | Retailers - other | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 12 Mar 2022 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Burglary | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Gauledge Lane (1); On or near Leek Road (1); On or near Lane Head (1).
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
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 | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 62% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 46% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 19% | 17% |
| Private rented | 19% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 54% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 0% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 34% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 56% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 36% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 21% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 32% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 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 4 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
- Energy certificates New energy certificate: band D, bungalow, semi-detached (lodged 24 October 2026) found 2 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- SK17 0PD: 11 addresses
Nearby streets
Church Street · Carder Green · Chapel Street · Leek Road · Queen Street · Gauledge Lane · Windyridge · Church Street · High Street · Top Oth Edge
All the streets in SK17 and across Staffordshire Moorlands.
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.