Orchard Row Icomb, Cotswold
31 addresses across 6 postcodes (GL53,GL54,OX7), about 640 m (0.4 miles) long. USRN 9400701.
- Sales: 6 recorded sales since 1995; in 2010 the median was £445,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 4, E: 4, F: 1).
- Flood: 2 addresses on its postcodes are in areas 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 G; Band D in Cotswold costs £2,392 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 94% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Kingham, about 4.7 km (2.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.7 km (1.6 miles) 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 131 to 207 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 31 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Stow Surgery, about 3 km (1.8 miles) away.
- People: About 590 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 62% of households owned their home and 43% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | £445,000 | £445,000 | £445,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £250,000 | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £216,000 | £216,000 | £216,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £140,000 | £140,000 | £140,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £92,000 | £92,000 | £92,000 |
| 1995 | 1 | £75,000 | £75,000 | £75,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Dec 2010 | 1 GL54 1JB | Terraced | £445,000 | |
| 27 Mar 2009 | 1 GL54 1JB | Terraced | £250,000 | |
| 10 Jun 2005 | 3 GL54 1JB | Detached | £216,000 | |
| 12 Sep 2000 | 4 GL54 1JB | Semi-detached | £140,000 | |
| 3 May 1996 | 4 GL54 1JB | Semi-detached | £92,000 | |
| 13 Jan 1995 | 4 GL54 1JB | Semi-detached | £75,000 |
Energy performance certificates
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 133 m². Most common: House, detached (7); House, semi-detached (1); House, mid-terrace (1). Built: before 1900 (7); 1950-1966 (1); 1983-1990 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5); rented (private) (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (4 addresses)
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band G (22% of about 1,600 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Icomb Conservation Area (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 19.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 1 protected tree on or by this street.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- BAKEHOUSE CIRCA 25 METRES EAST OF GUY'S FARMHOUSE, grade II
- BARN CIRCA 10 METRES NORTH WEST OF HOME FARM, grade II
- BARN OPPOSITE ICOMB LODGE, grade II
- BLACKCURRANT ROW, grade II
- CHARLTON COTTAGE, grade II
- CHURCH FARMHOUSE, grade II
- CORNER COTTAGE, grade II
- GUY'S FARMHOUSE, grade II
- HOME FARM, 20 METRES NORTH EAST OF ICOMB LODGE, grade II
- HOME FARMHOUSE AND ADJOINING STABLE BLOCK, OPPOSITE THE OLD POST OFFICE, grade II
- ICOMB LODGE, grade II
- Icomb War Memorial, grade II
- K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK, grade II
- PARK VIEW, grade II
- SMALL BARN CIRCA 9 METRES WEST OF THE CHURCH OF ST MARY, grade II
- THE LAWN, grade II
- THE OLD POST OFFICE, grade II
- VILLAGE HALL, grade II
- YEW TREE COTTAGE, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 19 August 2026 to 21 August 2026: THAMES WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, give and take, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GL54 1JL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| GL54 1JE | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| GL54 1JD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| GL53 9NP | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| GL54 1JB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| OX7 6SS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 31 addresses are between 131 m and 207 m above sea level (163 m on average); the ground rises about 76 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GL53 9NP | 94% | 94% | 94% | 6% |
| GL54 1JB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| GL54 1JD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| GL54 1JE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| GL54 1JL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| OX7 6SS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Kingham 252,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Shipton 3,900 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.3 km (5.2 miles) | |
| Moreton-In-Marsh 376,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.9 km (6.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Icomb Hill | 90 m |
| EV charging points | Maugersbury Road Car Park | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 61.3 km (38 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Stow Surgery | 3 km (1.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Badham Pharmacy | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Brewery Yard Dental Surgery | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Moore Cottage Hospital | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Police station | Stow-on-the-Wold, Police Station | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | BP - Station Road SF Connect, Stow on the Wold Cashzone | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 2.0 ha | 2.7 km (1.6 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 590 m² | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 6.8 ha | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Icomb Place, a listed building (Grade I), 430 m (0.3 miles) south. 21 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Icomb Place | Listed building, Grade I | 430 m (0.3 miles) south |
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade I | 500 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Icomb camp | Scheduled monument | 510 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Weasel Coppice | Wood | 620 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Icomb Hill | Hill | 760 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Maugersbury Hill | Hill | 890 m (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Maugersbury Grove | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Chad Lakes | Lake or reservoir | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) north-east |
| Workham Bottom | Valley | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) south-east |
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) | 10.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 29 | 31 |
2 of the street's 31 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 Cotswold: see them on the Cotswold page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (gloucestershire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 28% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 62% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 40% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 7% | 17% |
| Private rented | 31% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 28% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 44% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 44% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 9% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 30% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 27% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 43% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhoods around this street are all in decile 6 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
- GL54 1JL: 20 addresses of 23 in the postcode
- GL54 1JE: 6 addresses of 28 in the postcode
- GL54 1JD: 2 addresses of 19 in the postcode
- GL53 9NP: 1 address of 85 in the postcode
- GL54 1JB: 1 address of 23 in the postcode
- OX7 6SS: 1 address of 10 in the postcode
Nearby streets
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.