Mill Lane Blockley, Cotswold
5 addresses across 2 postcodes (GL56), about 140 m long. USRN 9400309.
- Sales: 4 recorded sales since 1995; in 2022 the median was £900,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 2 homes have an energy certificate (D: 2).
- 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 C; Band D in Cotswold costs £2,392 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 96% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Moreton-In-Marsh, about 4.8 km (3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Village Green, is about 280 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 141 to 149 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 5 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Chipping Campden Surgery, about 4.7 km (2.9 miles) away.
- People: About 500 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 75% of households owned their home and 56% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 1 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often burglary.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | £900,000 | £900,000 | £900,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £210,000 | £210,000 | £210,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £820,000 | £820,000 | £820,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 2022 | BRIDGE COTTAGE GL56 9HT | Detached | £900,000 | |
| 29 Oct 2018 | OLD MILL GL56 9HT | Other | £2,000,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 9 Mar 2001 | BRIDGE COTTAGE GL56 9HT | Detached | £210,000 | |
| 20 Dec 1999 | OLD MILL GL56 9HT | Detached | £820,000 |
Energy performance certificates
2 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 185 m². Most common: House, detached (2). Built: 1967-1975 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Council tax
What each band costs in Cotswold in 2026-27: Band D £2,392 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,594 | £1,860 | £2,126 | £2,392 | £2,923 | £3,455 | £3,986 | £4,783 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (24% of about 1,110 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Blockley Conservation Area (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 8.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): Article 4 (2) Direction Blockley.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- 2 AND 3, ARLINGTON TERRACE, grade II
- ARLINGTON HOUSE 1, ARLINGTON TERRACE, grade II
- HALFWAY HOUSE, grade II
- PREMISES TO NORTH OF THE GINGER HOUSE, grade II
- THE GINGER HOUSE, grade II
- THE OLD MILL, grade II
- THE STUDIO AND PILGRIM COTTAGE, grade II
- WIDDOW'S CLOSE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Land at Bell Lane, permissioned (220 m)
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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GL56 9HT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| GL56 9EX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 5 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 5 addresses are between 141 m and 149 m above sea level (144 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GL56 9EX | 100% | 96% | 96% | 0% |
| GL56 9HT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Moreton-In-Marsh 376,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Honeybourne 113,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.2 km (7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest War Memorial Blockley | 360 m |
| EV charging points | Maugersbury Road Car Park | 9.7 km (6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 49.3 km (31 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Chipping Campden Surgery | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Chipping Campden Pharmacy | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Grafton Mews (Dental Surgery) | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) |
| Hospital | North Cotswolds Hospital | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Police station | Stow-on-the-Wold, Police Station | 9.2 km (5.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | Cheltenham & Gloucester | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Village Green 8,640 m² | 280 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,110 m² | 370 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.2 ha | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2.9 ha | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.9 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Manor House, a listed building (Grade II*), 240 m north-east. 103 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 3 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Manor House | Listed building, Grade II* | 240 m north-east |
| Parish Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul Parish Church of Saints Peter and Paul | Listed building, Grade II* | 250 m north-east |
| Elizabeth Pengree Memorial | Listed building, Grade II* | 250 m north-east |
| Batsford Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Warren | Wood | 780 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Cricket Clump | Wood | 790 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Dovedale Plantation | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south |
| Upper Water | Lake or reservoir | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Cadley Hill | Hill | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) east |
| Blessed Bottom | Valley | 4 km (2.5 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 4 | 5 |
1 of the street's 5 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 Cotswold: see them on the Cotswold page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blockley Church of England Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 460 m (0.3 miles) | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotswold Villages Old People's Housing Association GL56 9EZ | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 150 m | 5 Very good | 8 Mar 2021 |
| Blockley Village Cafe GL56 9BB | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 220 m | 5 Very good | 14 Jan 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Burglary | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near School Lane (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 59 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 35% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 75% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 45% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 9% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 49% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 39% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 56% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 39% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 26% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 43% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 56% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 7 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
Nearby streets
School Lane · Chapel Lane · High Street · Haberdashers Close · Donkey Lane · Chapel Lane · Pasture Lane · Mill Close · Brook Lane · Bell Lane · Day's Lane · Brook Lane
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.