Melton Road Three Gates, Harborough
33 addresses across 5 postcodes (LE7,LE8), about 3 km (1.9 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 16402354.
- Sales: 7 recorded sales since 1995; in 2018 the median was £425,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 5 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 3).
- Flood: 4 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 G; Band D in Harborough costs £2,390 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Market Harborough, about 10.6 km (6.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 96 to 169 m above sea level.
- Noise: 8 of its 33 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Billesdon Surgery, about 5 km (3.1 miles) away.
- People: About 490 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 76% of households owned their home and 45% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | £425,000 | £425,000 | £425,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £600,000 | £600,000 | £600,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £499,950 | £499,950 | £499,950 |
| 2000 | 2 | £204,000 | £113,000 | £295,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £100,000 | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug 2022 | LAKESIDE FARM LE8 0PL | Other | £1,300,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 16 Feb 2018 | SHANGTON LODGE LE8 0PL | Semi-detached | £425,000 | |
| 7 Dec 2012 | LAKESIDE FARM LE8 0PL | Detached | £600,000 | |
| 14 Dec 2011 | LAKESIDE LODGE LE8 0PL | Detached | £499,950 | |
| 21 Dec 2000 | SHANGTON LODGE LE8 0PL | Semi-detached | £295,000 | |
| 23 Oct 2000 | SHANGTON LODGE LE8 0PL | Semi-detached | £113,000 | |
| 28 Sep 1999 | SHANGTON LODGE LE8 0PL | Semi-detached | £100,000 |
Energy performance certificates
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 225 m². Most common: House, detached (4); House, semi-detached (1). Built: 1991-1995 (1); 2012 (1); 2020 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (1 address)
Council tax
What each band costs in Harborough in 2026-27: Band D £2,390 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,593 | £1,859 | £2,124 | £2,390 | £2,921 | £3,452 | £3,983 | £4,780 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band G (23% of about 1,490 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.
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 21 September 2026: BT, Utility repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the verge (immediate - emergency works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 3 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LE8 0PS | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 3 | unlikely |
| LE8 0PL | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| LE7 9EQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| LE8 0QX | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| LE8 0SZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 33 addresses are between 96 m and 169 m above sea level (122 m on average); the ground rises about 73 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LE7 9EQ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| LE8 0PL | 0% | 0% | 0% | 86% |
| LE8 0PS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| LE8 0QX | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| LE8 0SZ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Market Harborough 943,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.6 km (6.6 miles) |
| South Wigston 134,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.1 km (8.1 miles) | |
| Leicester 5.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 14 km (8.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest New Inn Lane Illston-on-the-Hill | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | evyve Charging Station | 6.4 km (4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 38.8 km (24 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Billesdon Surgery | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Somerby Pharmacy | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Odental | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| Hospital | St Lukes Hospital Wards | 9.6 km (5.9 miles) |
| Police station | Leicestershire Police | 10 km (6.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 2,840 m² | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.2 ha | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Churchyard cross in St Michael's churchyard, a scheduled monument, 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-west.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Churchyard cross in St Michael's churchyard | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Shangton Holt | Wood | 360 m north-west |
| Hardwick Wood | Wood | 490 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Conduit Spinney | Wood | 780 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Rough Spinney | Wood | 920 m (0.6 miles) east |
| Cotton's Field Plantation | Wood | 920 m (0.6 miles) east |
| Tamborough Hill | Hill | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.9 | 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 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 25 | 33 |
8 of the street's 33 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 Harborough: see them on the Harborough page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
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 (leicestershire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 28% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 76% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 47% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 19% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 46% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 47% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 31% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 45% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 8% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 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 7 to 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
- LE8 0PS: 17 addresses of 52 in the postcode
- LE8 0PL: 13 addresses of 20 in the postcode
- LE7 9EQ: 1 address of 22 in the postcode
- LE8 0QX: 1 address of 3 in the postcode
- LE8 0SZ: 1 address of 6 in the postcode
All the streets in LE7, LE8 and across Harborough.
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.