Rev Blackman Close Ratby, Hinckley and Bosworth
25 addresses across 1 postcode (LE6), about 110 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 17403660.
- Sales: 1 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £142,500 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Hinckley and Bosworth cost £258,960 in August 2026 (-0.1% on a year); private rents averaged £932 a month.
- Energy: 24 homes have an energy certificate (B: 24).
- 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.
- 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.
- Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Park House Farm, Leicester Lane - Wind Turbines, is 4.3 km (2.6 miles) away.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the M1, carries 101,454 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Hinckley and Bosworth costs £2,383 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Leicester, about 8.5 km (5.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 190 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 10.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 108 to 110 m above sea level.
- Noise: 25 of its 25 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Ratby Medical Centre, about 770 m (0.5 miles) away.
- People: About 300 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 69% of households owned their home and 20% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 52 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £142,500 | £142,500 | £142,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May 2025 | 12 LE6 0PS | Terraced | £142,500 | Leasehold. |
House prices and rents in Hinckley and Bosworth
A typical home in Hinckley and Bosworth cost £258,960 in August 2026, 0.1% less than a year before. That is 16% more than five years earlier and 56% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £379,839 |
| Semi-detached | £251,713 |
| Terraced | £202,294 |
| Flat or maisonette | £118,098 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £222,454 |
Private renters in Hinckley and Bosworth paid £932 a month on average in September 2026, 2.8% more than a year before. That is 37% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £637 |
| Two bedrooms | £842 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,027 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,408 |
Energy performance certificates
24 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 79 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (10); House, end-terrace (8); House, mid-terrace (6). Built: 2022 (15); 2023 (8); 2019 (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (24 addresses)
- 1 Rev Blackman Close
- 2 Rev Blackman Close
- 3 Rev Blackman Close
- 4 Rev Blackman Close
- 5 Rev Blackman Close
- 6 Rev Blackman Close
- 7 Rev Blackman Close
- 8 Rev Blackman Close
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- 10 Rev Blackman Close
- 11 Rev Blackman Close
- 12 Rev Blackman Close
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- 15 Rev Blackman Close
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- 17 Rev Blackman Close
- 18 Rev Blackman Close
- 19 Rev Blackman Close
- 20 Rev Blackman Close
- 21 Rev Blackman Close
- 22 Rev Blackman Close
- 23 Rev Blackman Close
- 25 Rev Blackman Close
- 27 Rev Blackman Close
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 5,687 kWh of it on average in 2024, 52% less than the district's 11,929 kWh, and 1,745 kWh of electricity, 46% less than the district's 3,259 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 LE6.
Council tax
What each band costs in Hinckley and Bosworth in 2026-27: Band D £2,383 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,588 | £1,853 | £2,118 | £2,383 | £2,912 | £3,442 | £3,971 | £4,765 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (58% of about 770 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
3 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 1 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desford Solar Farm Hinckley and Bosworth 14/00654/FUL | Solar farm | 5 MW | Operational Mar 2016 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Bradgate Quarry Landfill Gas Scheme Hinckley and Bosworth 1997/1097/4 | Landfill Gas | 2.5 MW | Operational Aug 1998 | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Park House Farm, Leicester Lane - Wind Turbines Hinckley and Bosworth 25/00940/FUL | Wind 2 turbines, 86 m tall | 0.9 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Jun 2026 | 4.3 km (2.6 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
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
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
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 25 addresses are between 108 m and 110 m above sea level (108 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LE6 0PS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Leicester 5.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 8.5 km (5.3 miles) |
| Narborough 294,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.6 km (6 miles) | |
| South Wigston 134,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.9 km (6.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 10 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 20 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Charnwood Ratby | 100 m |
| Bus or coach station | St Margaret's Bus Station Leicester | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 20.5 km (13 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Ratby Medical Centre Good Jan 2020 | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Masons Chemists | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Frith Hospital (Epma) | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
| Care homes | 1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Maple House Good Jul 2019 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Police station | Leicestershire Police - New Parks Police Station | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | Cbm Designs | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.4 ha | 190 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 200 m² | 70 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 9,920 m² | 470 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 540 m² | 560 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 1.4 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Philip and St James, a listed building (Grade II*), 550 m (0.3 miles) south. 4 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 Philip and St James | Listed building, Grade II* | 550 m (0.3 miles) south |
| Ratby camp | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (1 mile) south-west |
| Motte and bailey castle and manorial complex at Groby | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Martinshaw Wood | Wood | 680 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Cowpen Spinney | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Shepherd's Hill Plantation | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-west |
| Choyce's Rough | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) west |
| Castle Hill | Hill | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-east |
| Groby Pool | Lake or reservoir | 2 km (1.2 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 14.3 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 16 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 7 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 25 |
25 of the street's 25 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 Hinckley and Bosworth: see them on the Hinckley and Bosworth page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratby Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 560 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection | 58% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 4% at the higher standard (2025; 54% in 2024 and 72% in 2023) |
| Brookvale Groby Learning Campus | Secondary | 11–19 | 820 m (0.5 miles) | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 48.9 (49.5 in 2025 and 49.7 in 2024); 49.8% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade C+; 21.4% AAB or better; progress below average |
| Martinshaw Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection | 57% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 65% in 2024 and 61% in 2023) |
| Lady Jane Grey Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No overall grade (Jun 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good | 70% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10% at the higher standard (2025; 63% in 2024 and 57% in 2023) |
| Elizabeth Woodville Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection | 87% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 20% at the higher standard (2025; 73% in 2024 and 77% 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
1 nursery, pre-school or club within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 580 m (0.4 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluebells of Ratby Limited LE6 0JF | Full day care | 44 | Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P And H Convenience Ltd LE6 0LP | Retailers - other | 150 m | 4 Good | 19 Jun 2025 |
| Hong Kong Taste LE6 0LP | Other catering premises | 150 m | 5 Very good | 9 Jun 2025 |
| Great China LE6 0LL | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 3 Generally satisfactory | 16 Jul 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 22 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 9 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 8 |
| Other theft | 6 |
| Burglary | 3 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Markfield Road (36); On or near Bradgate Drive (13); On or near Charnwood (3).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. 100% happened in the dark. Most were on roads with a 70 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Sep 2023 06:00 | Slight | 1 person | M1, 70 mph | Dark |
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 M1 between 21A and 22, with 101,454 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 450 m (0.3 miles) from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | 21A to 22 | 101,454 counted 2025 | 14% | +17% since 2015 | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
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 | 41 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 20% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 18% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 69% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 38% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 24% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 24% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 16% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 74% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 53% | 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) | 20% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 27% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 3 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
- LE6 0PS: 25 addresses of 27 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Stephenson Drive · Jenny's Way · Daly Close · Markfield Road · Ivanhoe Close · Markfield Road · Bevington Close · East Walk · South Walk · The Poplars · Charnwood · The Close
All the streets in LE6 and across Hinckley and Bosworth.
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.