Oakfield Close Great Glen, Harborough
14 addresses across 1 postcode (LE8), about 50 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 16400920.
- Sales: 14 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £370,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Harborough cost £341,706 in August 2026 (+5% on a year); private rents averaged £982 a month.
- Energy: 9 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 5, E: 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.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Storm overflows: 2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 77 times (1,263 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Harborough costs £2,390 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is South Wigston, about 7.2 km (4.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 500 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 108 to 111 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Croft Medical Centre, about 3.3 km (2.1 miles) away.
- People: About 300 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 75% of households owned their home and 33% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 18 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | £370,000 | £370,000 | £370,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £390,000 | £390,000 | £390,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £120,000 | £120,000 | £120,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £260,000 | £260,000 | £260,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | £202,500 | £200,000 | £205,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £190,000 | £190,000 | £190,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £205,000 | £205,000 | £205,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £147,000 | £147,000 | £147,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £124,950 | £124,950 | £124,950 |
| 1999 | 1 | £37,500 | £37,500 | £37,500 |
| 1996 | 2 | £65,250 | £62,500 | £68,000 |
| 1995 | 1 | £46,750 | £46,750 | £46,750 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sep 1995 | 3 LE8 9GL | Semi-detached | £46,750 | |
| 8 Apr 2004 | 4 LE8 9GL | Semi-detached | £147,000 | |
| 11 Apr 2003 | 4 LE8 9GL | Semi-detached | £124,950 | |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 5 LE8 9GL | Semi-detached | £370,000 | |
| 18 Dec 2009 | 5 LE8 9GL | Semi-detached | £205,000 | |
| 4 Nov 2022 | 6 LE8 9GL | Detached | £390,000 | |
| 8 Nov 1996 | 6 LE8 9GL | Detached | £68,000 | |
| 30 Nov 2017 | 7 LE8 9GL | Detached | £260,000 | |
| 21 Aug 2015 | 7 LE8 9GL | Detached | £190,000 | |
| 4 Oct 1996 | 7 LE8 9GL | Detached | £62,500 | |
| 15 Jul 2016 | 8 LE8 9GL | Detached | £205,000 | |
| 18 Nov 2020 | 12 LE8 9GL | Semi-detached | £120,000 | |
| 21 Jun 2016 | 12 LE8 9GL | Semi-detached | £200,000 | |
| 17 Dec 1999 | 13 LE8 9GL | Detached | £37,500 |
House prices and rents in Harborough
A typical home in Harborough cost £341,706 in August 2026, 5% more than a year before. That is 15% more than five years earlier and 40% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £469,722 |
| Semi-detached | £298,618 |
| Terraced | £249,333 |
| Flat or maisonette | £158,083 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £274,706 |
Private renters in Harborough paid £982 a month on average in September 2026, 4.6% more than a year before. That is 34% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £719 |
| Two bedrooms | £919 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,127 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,609 |
Energy performance certificates
9 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 80 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (5); Bungalow, detached (4). Built: 1950-1966 (4); 1967-1975 (3); 1976-1982 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (8); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (9 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 12,978 kWh of it on average in 2024, 9% more than the district's 11,935 kWh, and 2,802 kWh of electricity, 17% less than the district's 3,392 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
These are all the homes on the postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is LE8.
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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (27% of about 630 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.
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
2 storm overflows within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 77 times, for 1,263 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Burton Brook, River Sence (Soar Trib).
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Glen Sewage Treatment Works Severn Trent Water | Burton Brook | 69 | 1,185 | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
| Great Glen - the Nook Tps Severn Trent Water | River Sence (Soar Trib) | 8 | 78 | 780 m (0.5 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
No postcode centre here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square with radon potential up to 1 to 3%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of the square is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
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 14 addresses are between 108 m and 111 m above sea level (109 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LE8 9GL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | South Wigston 134,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.2 km (4.4 miles) |
| Leicester 5.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 8.9 km (5.5 miles) | |
| Narborough 294,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.8 km (7.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 9 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Bindley Lane Great Glen | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Charles Street Leicester | 9.6 km (6 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest evyve Charging Station | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 34.8 km (22 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Croft Medical Centre Good Feb 2017 | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest County Pharmacy | 280 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 280 m |
| Hospital | Stoneygate Eye Hospital Good Feb 2024 | 6.4 km (4 miles) |
| Care homes | Devonshire Court Outstanding Sep 2018 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Police station | Wigston Police Station | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machine within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Central England Co-Op - Great Glen, Great Glen Cashzone | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 5,390 m² | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Unnamed 1.1 ha | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,600 m² | 360 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4.1 ha | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 1.6 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Cuthbert, a listed building (Grade II*), 760 m (0.5 miles) south-west. 19 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 Cuthbert | Listed building, Grade II* | 760 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Medieval manorial fishponds at The Banks | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Glen Oaks | Wood | 730 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Square Spinney | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north-west |
| The Wilderness | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| The Islands | Island | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) south-west |
| Tythorn Hill | Hill | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) south-west |
| Lucas Marsh | Wetland | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 14 | 14 |
None of the street's 14 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Glen St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 260 m | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 60% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 59% in 2024 and 62% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
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 346 childminders and 19 home childcarers (nannies) in Leicestershire. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Pharmacy LE8 9GN | Retailers - other | 200 m | Exempt | |
| Great Glen Village Stores LE8 9GN | Retailers - other | 210 m | 5 Very good | 23 Jul 2025 |
| Metcalf Multisports LE8 9EQ | School/college/university | 310 m | 5 Very good | 22 Jul 2025 |
| St Cuthberts School LE8 9EQ | School/college/university | 310 m | 5 Very good | 2 Jun 2026 |
| LouLou's Great Glen LE8 9FE | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 350 m | 5 Very good | 8 May 2026 |
| Lou Lou's LE8 9FE | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 350 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Great Glen Sports And Social Club LE8 9FJ | Other catering premises | 370 m | Exempt | |
| Central England Co-operative LE8 9GH | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 480 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 6 Jan 2025 |
| Royal Oak LE8 9FJ | Pub/bar/nightclub | 480 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 20 Sep 2018 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 6 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 4 |
| Shoplifting | 2 |
| Public order | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near St Cuthbert'S Avenue (4); On or near Petrol Station (4); On or near St Thomas'S Road (3); On or near Grange Close (2); On or near Stretton Road (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 | 45 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 20% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 75% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 43% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 16% | 17% |
| Private rented | 6% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 64% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 24% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 26% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 67% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 55% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 33% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 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
- Food hygiene ratings Lou Lou's (restaurant/cafe/canteen, LE8 9FE) newly listed: Awaiting inspection found 5 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- LE8 9GL: 14 addresses
Nearby streets
Ashby Rise · Grange Close · Fieldway Crescent · Wych Elm Close · St Cuthbert's Avenue · Stonehill Court · Hazel Close · St Thomas's Road · Stackley Road · Mount View · Oaks Road · Hall Gardens
All the streets in 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; 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.