Old Forge Close Brinkworth, Wiltshire
10 addresses across 1 postcode (SN15), about 60 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 28602881.
- Sales: 27 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £560,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (D: 4).
- 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 F; Band D in Wiltshire costs £2,572 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Kemble, about 13.3 km (8.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 92 to 96 m above sea level.
- Noise: 3 of its 10 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is New Court Surgery, about 5.8 km (3.6 miles) away.
- People: About 300 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 94% of households owned their home and 47% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £560,000 | £560,000 | £560,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £580,000 | £580,000 | £580,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £295,000 | £295,000 | £295,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £420,000 | £420,000 | £420,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £390,000 | £390,000 | £390,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | £315,500 | £310,000 | £321,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £290,000 | £290,000 | £290,000 |
| 2006 | 5 | £310,000 | £292,000 | £337,950 |
| 2004 | 4 | £293,000 | £242,500 | £312,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £250,000 | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 2001 | 6 | £212,500 | £165,000 | £225,000 |
| 2000 | 2 | £225,000 | £215,000 | £235,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jul 2025 | 4 SN15 5HW | Detached | £560,000 | |
| 15 Jul 2022 | 5 SN15 5HW | Detached | £580,000 | |
| 11 Dec 2020 | 2 SN15 5HW | Detached | £295,000 | |
| 13 May 2019 | 2 SN15 5HW | Detached | £254,425 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 15 Jun 2018 | 5 SN15 5HW | Detached | £420,000 | |
| 2 Mar 2017 | 1 SN15 5HW | Detached | £390,000 | |
| 3 Dec 2013 | 4 SN15 5HW | Detached | £321,000 | |
| 15 Mar 2013 | 4 SN15 5HW | Detached | £310,000 | |
| 26 Aug 2011 | 1 SN15 5HW | Detached | £290,000 | |
| 2 Oct 2006 | 5 SN15 5HW | Detached | £310,000 | |
| 2 Jun 2006 | 1 SN15 5HW | Detached | £292,000 | |
| 26 May 2006 | 4 SN15 5HW | Detached | £320,000 | |
| 13 Apr 2006 | 8 SN15 5HW | Detached | £299,950 | |
| 11 Apr 2006 | 3 SN15 5HW | Detached | £337,950 | |
| 26 Oct 2004 | 2 SN15 5HW | Detached | £242,500 | |
| 20 Aug 2004 | 6 SN15 5HW | Detached | £312,000 | |
| 12 Aug 2004 | 7 SN15 5HW | Detached | £276,000 | |
| 16 Jul 2004 | 4 SN15 5HW | Detached | £310,000 | |
| 27 Sep 2002 | 1 SN15 5HW | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 20 Jul 2001 | 8 SN15 5HW | Detached | £212,000 | New build. |
| 29 Jun 2001 | 5 SN15 5HW | Detached | £217,500 | New build. |
| 23 May 2001 | 7 SN15 5HW | Detached | £213,000 | New build. |
| 12 Apr 2001 | 2 SN15 5HW | Detached | £165,000 | New build. |
| 27 Feb 2001 | 3 SN15 5HW | Detached | £225,000 | |
| 31 Jan 2001 | 1 SN15 5HW | Detached | £195,000 | New build. |
| 21 Dec 2000 | 6 SN15 5HW | Detached | £235,000 | New build. |
| 27 Oct 2000 | 4 SN15 5HW | Detached | £215,000 | New build. |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 130 m². Most common: House, detached (4). Built: 1996-2002 (4). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Wiltshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,572 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,715 | £2,000 | £2,286 | £2,572 | £3,143 | £3,715 | £4,286 | £5,144 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band F (30% of about 700 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 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 10 addresses are between 92 m and 96 m above sea level (95 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SN15 5HW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Kemble 445,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.3 km (8.3 miles) |
| Swindon (Wilts) 3.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 13.8 km (8.6 miles) | |
| Chippenham 1.7 million journeys in 2024–25 | 14.1 km (8.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Three Crowns Brinkworth | 140 m |
| Bus or coach station | High Street Malmesbury | 8.2 km (5.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | Roam Charging Station | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 54.5 km (34 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | New Court Surgery | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Lyneham Pharmacy | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | The Cottage Dental Clinic | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Ridgeway Hospital | 14.3 km (8.9 miles) |
| Police station | Wiltshire Police | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.4 ha | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Michael and All Angels, a listed building (Grade I), 180 m south-east. 13 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Michael and All Angels | Listed building, Grade I | 180 m south-east |
| Medieval settlement 400m south west of Crew's Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Ramps Hill | Hill | 850 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Grittenham Brook | Lake or reservoir | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| Sundays Hill | Hill | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north |
| Milbourne Common Wood | Wood | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) north-east |
| Dollaker's Green | Wood | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) north-west |
| Dauntsey Vale | Valley | 5 km (3.1 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 7 | 10 |
3 of the street's 10 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 Wiltshire: see them on the Wiltshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brinkworth Earl Danby's Church of England Primary | Primary | 4–11 | 290 m | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heron Brook SN15 5AG | Farmers/growers | 420 m (0.3 miles) | Exempt |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (wiltshire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 18% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 94% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 46% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 5% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 68% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 21% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 55% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 40% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 37% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 20% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 47% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 7% | 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
- SN15 5HW: 10 addresses of 12 in the postcode
Nearby streets
St Michael's Close · The Street · Shoemaker Lane · Woodbridge Park
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.