Nepcote Close Kettering, North Northamptonshire
22 addresses across 2 postcodes (NN15), about 110 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 18700156.
- Sales: 21 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £235,000 across 2 sales.
- Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (C: 7, D: 3).
- 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 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 Kettering, about 1.6 km (1 mile) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 310 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 63 to 66 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 22 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Linden Medical Group, about 690 m (0.4 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 510 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 90% of households owned their home and 19% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 22 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | £235,000 | £220,000 | £250,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | £360,000 | £360,000 | £360,000 |
| 2023 | 2 | £231,000 | £212,000 | £250,000 |
| 2022 | 2 | £254,000 | £235,000 | £273,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | £243,475 | £219,950 | £267,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £130,000 | £130,000 | £130,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £108,000 | £108,000 | £108,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £131,000 | £131,000 | £131,000 |
| 2002 | 2 | £95,225 | £91,500 | £98,950 |
| 2000 | 3 | £72,500 | £66,500 | £74,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £55,500 | £55,500 | £55,500 |
| 1998 | 2 | £52,975 | £51,000 | £54,950 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May 2025 | 9 NN15 6QA | Semi-detached | £250,000 | |
| 10 Jan 2025 | 18 NN15 6QA | Semi-detached | £220,000 | |
| 30 Aug 2024 | 2 NN15 6QA | Detached | £360,000 | |
| 28 Sep 2023 | 13 NN15 6QA | Semi-detached | £212,000 | |
| 3 Feb 2023 | 20 NN15 6QA | Semi-detached | £250,000 | |
| 18 Nov 2022 | 17 NN15 6QA | Semi-detached | £273,000 | |
| 4 Mar 2022 | 9 NN15 6QA | Semi-detached | £235,000 | |
| 7 Jun 2018 | 1 NN15 6QA | Detached | £267,000 | |
| 9 Mar 2018 | 6 NN15 6QA | Semi-detached | £219,950 | |
| 19 Apr 2012 | 16 NN15 6QA | Semi-detached | £130,000 | |
| 28 Aug 2009 | 13 NN15 6QA | Semi-detached | £108,000 | |
| 29 Jun 2006 | 21 NN15 6QA | Semi-detached | £131,000 | |
| 9 Aug 2002 | 17 NN15 6QA | Semi-detached | £98,950 | |
| 9 Aug 2002 | 6 NN15 6QA | Semi-detached | £91,500 | |
| 30 Nov 2000 | 9 NN15 6QA | Semi-detached | £74,000 | |
| 30 Nov 2000 | 8 NN15 6QA | Semi-detached | £72,500 | |
| 14 Jul 2000 | 17 NN15 6QA | Semi-detached | £66,500 | |
| 8 Apr 1999 | 12 NN15 6QA | Semi-detached | £55,500 | |
| 26 Jun 1998 | 20 NN15 6QA | Semi-detached | £54,950 | |
| 30 Apr 1998 | 17 NN15 6QA | Semi-detached | £51,000 | |
| 3 Mar 1997 | 15 NN15 6QA | Semi-detached | £37,000 |
Energy performance certificates
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 59 m². Most common: Bungalow, semi-detached (7); Bungalow, detached (1); House, detached (1). Built: 1967-1975 (6); 1950-1966 (3); 1976-1982 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (8).
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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (46% of about 680 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
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 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NN15 6QA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NN15 7EG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 22 addresses are between 63 m and 66 m above sea level (64 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NN15 6QA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NN15 7EG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Kettering 1.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Wellingborough 981,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.1 km (6.3 miles) | |
| Corby 561,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.8 km (6.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 32 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest (Kettering) Pipers Hill Road | 230 m |
| Car parks | KetteringParking.Co.Uk | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 62.2 km (39 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Linden Medical Group | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 7 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Ise Pharmacy | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 5 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| Hospital | St Mary's Hospital | 930 m (0.6 miles) |
| Police station | Kettering Police Station | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest M and B Local Cashzone | 260 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 58 ha | 310 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 320 m² | 250 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6.1 ha | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Windmill Avenue Allotments 6,150 m² | 250 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 59 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Orangery at Barton Seagrave Hall, a listed building (Grade I), 1 km (0.6 miles) south-east. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Orangery at Barton Seagrave Hall | Listed building, Grade I | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Wicksteed Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Barton Seagrave moats, fishponds and shrunken medieval village remains | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Cook's Spinney | Wood | 260 m south-east |
| Three Corner Spinney | Wood | 590 m (0.4 miles) south |
| The Wilderness | Wood | 810 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Warkton Spinney | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) east |
| The Shrubbery | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Star Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.1 | 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 | 21 | 22 |
1 of the street's 22 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 North Northamptonshire: see them on the North Northamptonshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compass Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 420 m (0.3 miles) | Good (Apr 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Kettering Science Academy | Secondary | 11–19 | 520 m (0.3 miles) | Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Edward's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 560 m (0.3 miles) | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Millbrook Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 700 m (0.4 miles) | No published inspection |
| Millbrook Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 720 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Mar 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Southfield School for Girls | Secondary | 11–18 | 940 m (0.6 miles) | Good (Apr 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No overall grade (Jan 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Hawthorn Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Greenfields Primary School and Nursery | Primary | 2–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Outstanding (Jan 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Grange Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| Bishop Stopford School Church of England | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No overall grade (Apr 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| Ronald Tree Nursery School | Nursery | 2–4 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M & B Local NN15 7DQ | Retailers - other | 250 m | 5 Very good | 30 Jul 2024 |
| Little Sandwich Shop NN15 7DQ | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 250 m | 5 Very good | 13 May 2025 |
| Atlantis Fish Bar NN15 7DQ | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 260 m | 5 Very good | 4 Aug 2025 |
| Kettering Rugby Football Club NN15 6NT | Pub/bar/nightclub | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 24 Apr 2024 |
| St Edwards RC Primary School NN15 6PT | School/college/university | 480 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 13 Feb 2024 |
| St Edwards RC Primary School Breakfast Club NN15 6PT | School/college/university | 480 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 14 May 2025 |
| Kettering Science Academy NN15 7AA | School/college/university | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 10 Jan 2024 |
| Church Of Christ The King NN15 7AA | Other catering premises | 490 m (0.3 miles) | Awaiting inspection | |
| Ise Lodge News NN15 5AZ | Retailers - other | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 19 Jan 2024 |
| The Hut Cafe NN15 5AZ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 4 Feb 2025 |
| Central England Co-operative NN15 5AZ | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 500 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 24 Mar 2025 |
| The Woolcomber NN15 5AZ | Pub/bar/nightclub | 500 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 12 Aug 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 8 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 7 |
| Vehicle crime | 3 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Hood Walk (6); On or near Nepcote Close (4); On or near Rydalside (3); On or near Milldale Road (3); On or near Greenbank Avenue (3).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 60 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 43% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 90% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 67% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 46% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 45% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 19% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 70% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 66% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 19% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 11% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 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
Nearby streets
Ise Road · Milldale Road · Hood Walk · Rydalside · Cheyne Walk · Brockhill Close · Milldale Gardens · Windmill Avenue · Greenbank Avenue · Pebbleford Road · Hillcrest Avenue · Windmill Walk
All the streets in NN15 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.