Powell Close Newport, Isle of Wight
24 addresses across 1 postcode (PO30), about 180 m long, classed as a local access road. USRN 82001322.
- Sales: 20 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £282,500 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 12 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 9, E: 2).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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 C; Band D in Isle of Wight costs £2,626 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Smallbrook Junction, about 8.4 km (5.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Pan Country Park, is about 270 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 62 to 78 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 24 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Newport Health Centre, about 3 km (1.9 miles) away.
- People: About 240 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 89% of households owned their home and 21% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 12 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £282,500 | £282,500 | £282,500 |
| 2022 | 1 | £315,000 | £315,000 | £315,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £315,000 | £315,000 | £315,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £230,000 | £230,000 | £230,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £200,000 | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| 2015 | 3 | £210,000 | £150,000 | £270,000 |
| 2014 | 2 | £225,500 | £221,000 | £230,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £160,500 | £160,500 | £160,500 |
| 2008 | 2 | £221,500 | £200,000 | £243,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £200,000 | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £189,950 | £189,950 | £189,950 |
| 2003 | 1 | £163,000 | £163,000 | £163,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 May 2025 | 14 PO30 2NX | Semi-detached | £282,500 | |
| 30 Sep 2022 | 7 PO30 2NX | Detached | £315,000 | |
| 24 Mar 2021 | 5 PO30 2NX | Detached | £315,000 | |
| 2 Jul 2019 | 16 PO30 2NX | Semi-detached | £230,000 | |
| 12 Oct 2016 | 2 PO30 2NX | Detached | £200,000 | |
| 10 Jul 2015 | 6 PO30 2NX | Detached | £270,000 | |
| 30 Jan 2015 | 12 PO30 2NX | Detached | £150,000 | |
| 8 Jan 2015 | 22 PO30 2NX | Detached | £210,000 | |
| 17 Jun 2014 | 11 PO30 2NX | Detached | £230,000 | |
| 23 May 2014 | 20 PO30 2NX | Detached | £221,000 | |
| 29 Jun 2012 | 16 PO30 2NX | Semi-detached | £160,500 | |
| 19 Sep 2008 | 22 PO30 2NX | Detached | £200,000 | |
| 19 Jun 2008 | 21 PO30 2NX | Detached | £243,000 | |
| 10 May 2007 | 22 PO30 2NX | Detached | £200,000 | |
| 18 Aug 2006 | 13 PO30 2NX | Semi-detached | £189,950 | |
| 6 Oct 2003 | 22 PO30 2NX | Detached | £163,000 | |
| 16 Jul 2002 | 1 PO30 2NX | Semi-detached | £149,500 | |
| 9 Nov 2000 | 23 PO30 2NX | Semi-detached | £95,000 | |
| 21 Jul 2000 | 1 PO30 2NX | Semi-detached | £95,000 | |
| 16 Sep 1998 | 16 PO30 2NX | Semi-detached | £70,500 |
Energy performance certificates
12 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 92 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (9); House, semi-detached (3). Built: 1967-1975 (6); 1976-1982 (5); 1983-1990 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (10).
Each home's certificates and sales (7 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Isle of Wight in 2026-27: Band D £2,626 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,751 | £2,042 | £2,334 | £2,626 | £3,209 | £3,793 | £4,376 | £5,252 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (44% of about 1,310 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)
- Polars Guest House & Blind Home Staplers Road Newport Isle Of Wight PO302DE, pending decision (800 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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 6 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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 24 addresses are between 62 m and 78 m above sea level (72 m on average); the ground rises about 16 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PO30 2NX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Smallbrook Junction 8,980 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.4 km (5.2 miles) |
| Ryde St Johns Road 53,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.6 km (5.3 miles) | |
| Ryde Esplanade 130,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.7 km (5.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 18 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Landscape Lane Staplers | 100 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Newport | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Ferry terminal | Fishbourne IOW Ferry Terminal | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| Car parks | Medina Avenue Long Stay Car Park | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Southampton Airport SOU | 28.6 km (18 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Gatwick Airport LGW | 91.2 km (57 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Newport Health Centre | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| NHS dentists | Solent Solutions | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Hospital | St Mary's Hospital | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| Police station | Newport Police Station | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | M&S ATM | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Pan Country Park 9.7 ha | 270 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 380 m² | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.1 ha | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 3,420 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 10 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Bellcroft House, a listed building (Grade II*), 660 m (0.4 miles) north-west. 1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bellcroft House | Listed building, Grade II* | 660 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Newport Roman Villa | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (1 mile) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Staplers Hill | Hill | 290 m east |
| Staplers Copse | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Longlane Plantation | Wood | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| Blacklands Copse | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Hurstake Hard | Wetland | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| The Old Mill Pond | Lake or reservoir | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.5 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 23 | 24 |
1 of the street's 24 addresses is 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 Isle of Wight: see them on the Isle of Wight page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summerfields Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 920 m (0.6 miles) | Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Barton Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No overall grade (Sep 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Medina College | Secondary | 11–19 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Requires improvement (Jan 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| The Isle of Wight College | 16 plus | 16–99 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolly Bear House PO30 2DP | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 290 m | 5 Very good | 7 Sep 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 6 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Buckbury Heights (5); On or near Landscape Lane (4); On or near Long Lane (2); On or near Buckbury Close (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 60 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 43% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 89% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 65% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 40% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 9% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 46% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 16% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 69% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 80% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 2% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 21% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 14% | 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 2 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
- Energy certificates New energy certificate: band E, bungalow, detached (lodged 28 October 2026) found 2 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- PO30 2NX: 24 addresses
Nearby streets
Buckbury Close · Buckbury Lane · Landscape Lane · Buckbury Heights · Long Lane · Staplers Road · Heathfield Close · Lepen Path · Cosham Close · Bell Mews · Saxon Close
All the streets in PO30 and across Isle of Wight.
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.