Paxton Place Buxton, High Peak
17 addresses across 2 postcodes (SK17), about 90 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 17326255.
- Sales: 32 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £315,000 across 2 sales.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in High Peak cost £265,635 in August 2026 (+6.4% on a year); private rents averaged £938 a month.
- Energy: 14 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 13).
- Flood: 4 addresses on its postcodes are in areas 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.
- Coal mining: It is in a coalfield, in a low risk area.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A54, carries 6,143 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in High Peak costs £2,385 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Buxton, about 2.3 km (1.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Grin Low and Buxton Country Park, is about 560 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 342 to 349 m above sea level.
- Noise: 8 of its 17 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Buxton Medical Practice, about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) away.
- People: About 740 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 81% of households owned their home and 41% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 15 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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Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | £315,000 | £315,000 | £315,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | £298,000 | £298,000 | £298,000 |
| 2021 | 3 | £270,000 | £215,000 | £285,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £207,500 | £207,500 | £207,500 |
| 2018 | 2 | £291,500 | £250,000 | £333,000 |
| 2017 | 2 | £224,998 | £190,000 | £259,995 |
| 2015 | 1 | £188,000 | £188,000 | £188,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £185,000 | £185,000 | £185,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | £196,500 | £180,500 | £212,500 |
| 2010 | 1 | £213,950 | £213,950 | £213,950 |
| 2009 | 5 | £199,950 | £170,000 | £275,000 |
| 2008 | 6 | £212,450 | £183,000 | £289,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Aug 2025 | 12 SK17 6WE | Semi-detached | £315,000 | |
| 25 Jul 2025 | 6 SK17 6WE | Semi-detached | £315,000 | |
| 14 Sep 2023 | 7 SK17 6WE | Semi-detached | £298,000 | |
| 4 Nov 2021 | 10 SK17 6WE | Semi-detached | £285,000 | |
| 18 Jun 2021 | 14 SK17 6WE | Semi-detached | £270,000 | |
| 10 Feb 2021 | 20 SK17 6WE | Semi-detached | £215,000 | |
| 18 Apr 2019 | 14 SK17 6WE | Semi-detached | £207,500 | |
| 29 Nov 2018 | 8 SK17 6WE | Semi-detached | £250,000 | |
| 12 Nov 2018 | 4 SK17 6WE | Detached | £333,000 | |
| 30 Nov 2017 | 6 SK17 6WE | Semi-detached | £259,995 | |
| 13 Apr 2017 | 14 SK17 6WE | Semi-detached | £190,000 | |
| 14 Aug 2015 | 12 SK17 6WE | Semi-detached | £188,000 | |
| 20 Aug 2014 | 10 SK17 6WE | Semi-detached | £185,000 | |
| 25 Oct 2013 | 1 SK17 6WE | Detached | £212,500 | |
| 26 Apr 2013 | 8 SK17 6WE | Semi-detached | £180,500 | |
| 14 May 2010 | 18 SK17 6WE | Terraced | £213,950 | |
| 22 Dec 2009 | 14 SK17 6WE | Semi-detached | £174,950 | |
| 20 Nov 2009 | 16 SK17 6WE | Terraced | £170,000 | |
| 24 Jul 2009 | 4 SK17 6WE | Detached | £275,000 | |
| 9 Apr 2009 | 2 SK17 6WE | Detached | £265,000 | |
| 16 Jan 2009 | 5 SK17 6WE | Semi-detached | £199,950 | |
| 19 Dec 2008 | 8 SK17 6WE | Semi-detached | £183,000 | |
| 21 Nov 2008 | 9 SK17 6WE | Semi-detached | £209,950 | New build. |
| 25 Jun 2008 | 14 SK17 6WE | Semi-detached | £199,950 | |
| 20 Jun 2008 | 3 SK17 6WE | Detached | £289,000 | |
| 8 May 2008 | 7 SK17 6WE | Semi-detached | £214,950 | |
| 26 Feb 2008 | 1 SK17 6WE | Detached | £219,950 | New build. |
| 14 Dec 2007 | 11 SK17 6WE | Semi-detached | £210,000 | |
| 14 Dec 2007 | 20 SK17 6WE | Semi-detached | £195,000 | New build. |
| 26 Oct 2007 | 12 SK17 6WE | Semi-detached | £219,950 | |
| 30 Aug 2007 | 10 SK17 6WE | Semi-detached | £212,000 | New build. |
| 29 Aug 2007 | 6 SK17 6WE | Semi-detached | £216,000 | New build. |
House prices and rents in High Peak
A typical home in High Peak cost £265,635 in August 2026, 6.4% more than a year before. That is 26% more than five years earlier and 59% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £454,305 |
| Semi-detached | £291,190 |
| Terraced | £225,040 |
| Flat or maisonette | £151,108 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £228,774 |
Private renters in High Peak paid £938 a month on average in September 2026, 7.4% more than a year before. That is 34% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £625 |
| Two bedrooms | £812 |
| Three bedrooms | £993 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,433 |
Energy performance certificates
14 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 96 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (7); House, detached (3); House, end-terrace (2). Built: 2007 onwards (4); 2003-2006 (4); 2007-2011 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (9).
Each home's certificates and sales (14 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in High Peak in 2026-27: Band D £2,385 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,590 | £1,855 | £2,120 | £2,385 | £2,915 | £3,445 | £3,974 | £4,769 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (27% 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)
- LEEK ROAD, Buxton: up to 4 homes, permissioned (500 m (0.3 miles))
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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SK17 6WE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SK17 6WG | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 2 / 4 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any 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
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
2 of the street's 2 postcodes are in a coalfield, in a low risk area: coal was mined in the area, but no workings shallow enough to matter for building are recorded.
Conveyancers usually still order a coal mining search (CON29M) for a home in a coalfield.
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 17 addresses are between 342 m and 349 m above sea level (345 m on average); the ground rises about 7 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK17 6WE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SK17 6WG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Buxton 382,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Dove Holes 10,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.7 km (4.1 miles) | |
| Chapel-En-Le-Frith 78,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.3 km (4.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 15 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Leek Road Ladmanlow | 240 m |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 25.2 km (16 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Buxton Medical Practice Good Oct 2023 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Buxton Pharmacy | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Lightwood Dental Care | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Buxton Cavendish Hospital | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Care homes | Pavilion Care Centre Requires improvement Mar 2023 | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Police station | Buxton Police Station | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | ATM | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Grin Low and Buxton Country Park 42 ha | 560 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 5,820 m² | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 7.7 ha | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 4.9 ha | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 42 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Grin Low Lime Works, a scheduled monument, 1 km (0.6 miles) east. 3 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Grin Low Lime Works | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Lismore Fields Mesolithic and Neolithic settlement | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Pavilion Gardens, Buxton | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Anthony Hill bowl barrow | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south |
| The Slopes, Buxton | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Terret Plantation | Wood | 720 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Grin Plantation | Wood | 880 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Burbage-edge Plantation | Wood | 890 m (0.6 miles) west |
| River's Vale | Valley | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Stanley Moor Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Burbage Edge | Hill | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 9 | 17 |
8 of the street's 17 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 High Peak: see them on the High Peak page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burbage Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 780 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Buxton Community School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Buxton Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
Nurseries and childcare
2 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 490 m (0.3 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlings Nursery SK17 6UB | Full day care | 36 | Not inspected yet | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Burbage Preschool SK17 6UL | Full day care | 50 | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 740 m (0.5 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 276 childminders and 28 home childcarers (nannies) in Derbyshire. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockbay Sevice Station (MURCO) SK17 6UF | Retailers - other | 160 m | 2 Improvement necessary | 30 Apr 2026 |
| Woodlings Nursery SK17 6UB | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 500 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 29 Oct 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Public order | 2 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Leek Road (6); On or near Terret Grove (2); On or near Turner Road (2); On or near Petrol Station (2); On or near Carr 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
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A54 between A537 and A53, with 6,143 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 340 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A53 | A54 to Macclesfield Old Rd | 5,765 estimated | 9% | -13% since 2015 | 170 m |
| A54 | A537 to A53 | 6,143 counted 2025 | 6% | +12% since 2015 | 340 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 43 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 17% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 81% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 39% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 69% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 20% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 27% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 64% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 59% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 11% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 8 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
Matcham Way · Wyatville Avenue · Turner Road · Leek Road · Carr Road · Brookside Grove · Kennett Grove · Anncroft Road · Terret Grove · Burbage Heights · Stable Lane · Macclesfield Old Road
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.