Norman-D-Gate Northampton
12 addresses across 1 postcode (NN1), about 150 m long, classed as a local access road. USRN 28701946.
- 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 A; Band D in West Northamptonshire costs £2,487 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 78% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Northampton, about 1.7 km (1.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Midsummer Meadow, is about 150 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 13.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 60 to 68 m above sea level.
- Noise: 7 of its 18 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Maple Access Partnership LLP, about 710 m (0.4 miles) away, with 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 470 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 20% of households owned their home and 39% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 49 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in West Northamptonshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,487 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,658 | £1,934 | £2,210 | £2,487 | £3,039 | £3,592 | £4,144 | £4,973 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (59% of about 1,110 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Northampton: Princess House, Cliftonville Road NN1 5AE: up to 42 homes, permissioned (390 m)
- Northampton: Lings Upper School, Birds Hill Walk NN3 8JH: up to 60 homes, not permissioned (550 m (0.3 miles))
- Northampton: Cadogan House, 32 - 32A Billing Road NN1 5DQ: up to 9 homes, permissioned (550 m (0.3 miles))
- Northampton: 4 - 10 Hazelwood Road NN1 1LN: up to 14 homes, not permissioned (640 m (0.4 miles))
- Northampton: St Giles House 76 St Giles Street NN1 1BG: up to 9 homes, permissioned (690 m (0.4 miles))
- Northampton: 29 Victoria Road NN1 5ED: up to 12 homes, permissioned (690 m (0.4 miles))
- Northampton: Southbridge/Nunn Mills NN4 8FS/NN4 8GT: up to 94 homes, permissioned (770 m (0.5 miles))
- Northampton: Ransome Road/Nunn Mills Road NN4 8AA: up to 217 homes, permissioned (770 m (0.5 miles))
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 18 addresses are between 60 m and 68 m above sea level (63 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NN1 5NT | 78% | 78% | 78% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Northampton 2.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Bus stops | 9 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 19 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Browns Way Northampton | 110 m |
| Bus or coach station | Northampton Bus Interchange | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Car parks | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Parking space on The Avenue, NN1 | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest MFG Charging Station | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 53.2 km (33 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Maple Access Partnership LLP | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 6 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Superdrug Pharmacy | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 12 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Northampton General Hospital | 300 m |
| Police station | Northamptonshire Police | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | Cheltenham & Gloucester | 870 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Midsummer Meadow 28 ha | 150 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Delapre Park 33 ha | 700 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,350 m² | 220 m |
| Playing field | The Racecourse 48 ha | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 790 m² | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 68 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is 78, Derngate, a listed building (Grade II*), 570 m (0.4 miles) north-west. 87 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade I and 6 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| 78, Derngate | Listed building, Grade II* | 570 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Church of St Giles | Listed building, Grade I | 730 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| St Andrew's Hospital (Front Block and Wings Only) | Listed building, Grade II* | 790 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Edgar Mobbs War Memorial | Listed building, Grade II* | 850 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Battle of Northampton 1460 | Registered battlefield | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Saxon palace complex and Saxon and medieval urban deposits in the centre of Northampton | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Northampton Castle, remains of | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Delapre Wood | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south |
| The Spinney | Wood | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) north-east |
| Hunsbury Hill | Hill | 3 km (1.9 miles) south-west |
| Storton's Pits | Lake or reservoir | 3.2 km (2 miles) west |
| Hazel Wood | Wood | 3.3 km (2 miles) south-west |
| Grange Wood | Wood | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 13.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.2 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 11 | 18 |
7 of the street's 18 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 West Northamptonshire: see them on the West Northamptonshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon Terrace Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 630 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Dec 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Barry Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Northampton School for Boys | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| Stimpson Avenue Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Castle Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Spring Lane Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Northampton International Academy | All-through | 4–18 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | 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 |
| Abington Vale Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
| Queen Eleanor Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Push Society NN1 5GB | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 270 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Northampton General Hospital NN1 5BD | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 310 m | 5 Very good | 16 Sep 2026 |
| The Smoke Craft NN1 5NX | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 310 m | 5 Very good | 21 May 2026 |
| Little Learners Childcare NN1 5BE | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 18 Jun 2025 |
| Nene Valley Day Nursery NN1 5BD | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 500 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 5 Oct 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 18 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 14 |
| Other theft | 4 |
| Public order | 3 |
| Drugs | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Shoplifting | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Riverside Way (32); On or near Beckets View (9); On or near Parking Area (4); On or near University Drive (2); On or near Brown'S Way (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 39 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 33% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 20% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 8% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 73% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 47% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 38% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 19% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 34% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 9% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 34% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 90% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 3% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 39% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 72% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 4% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 3 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
Postcodes on this street
- NN1 5NT: 12 addresses of 23 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Riverside Way · Beckets View · Nunn Mills Road · Cliftonville Road · University Drive · Cliftonville · The Nurseries
All the streets in NN1 and across West 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.