Ridgeway Northampton

91 addresses across 3 postcodes (NN3), about 590 m (0.4 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 28702235.

  • Sales: 106 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £457,500 across 3 sales.
  • Energy: 45 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 5, D: 20, E: 14, F: 5).
  • Flood: 3 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 D; Band D in West Northamptonshire costs £2,487 a year in 2026-27.
  • Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
  • Transport: The nearest railway station is Northampton, about 4 km (2.5 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: The nearest park or garden, Abington Park, is about 340 m away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 10.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 80 to 90 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 2 of its 91 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Abington Medical Centre, about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away, with 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
  • People: About 650 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 93% of households owned their home and 45% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 11 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.

Sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20253£457,500£436,000£460,000
20244£515,500£340,000£880,000
20232£454,975£410,000£499,950
20221£395,000£395,000£395,000
20211£435,000£435,000£435,000
20202£384,000£370,000£398,000
20192£445,000£370,000£520,000
20185£387,000£292,500£640,000
20172£267,500£205,000£330,000
20167£375,000£250,000£449,500
20153£250,000£220,000£340,000
20145£250,000£175,000£275,000
Most recent sales (latest 50 of 106)
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
22 May 202643 NN3 3APSemi-detached£575,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
3 Mar 202527 NN3 3APSemi-detached£457,500
14 Feb 2025106 NN3 3ARSemi-detached£460,000
17 Jan 202580 NN3 3ARSemi-detached£436,000
2 Sep 202422 NN3 3ANDetached£880,000
2 Sep 202412 NN3 3ANSemi-detached£561,000
29 Aug 202464 NN3 3ARSemi-detached£470,000
26 Apr 202482 NN3 3ARSemi-detached£340,000
23 Aug 202372 NN3 3ARSemi-detached£499,950
21 Apr 202350 NN3 3ANSemi-detached£410,000
2 Dec 202245 NN3 3APSemi-detached£395,000
26 Mar 202136 NN3 3ANSemi-detached£435,000
30 Nov 202067 NN3 3APSemi-detached£370,000
15 Oct 202072 NN3 3ARSemi-detached£398,000
28 Feb 202042 NN3 3ANSemi-detached£445,000Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
5 Sep 201941 NN3 3APDetached£520,000
19 Jul 2019106 NN3 3ARSemi-detached£370,000
7 Dec 201842 NN3 3ANSemi-detached£440,000
18 Jul 201898 NN3 3ARSemi-detached£292,500
12 Jul 201840 NN3 3ANDetached£640,000
12 Jul 201844 NN3 3ANDetached£387,000
22 Jun 201814 NN3 3ANSemi-detached£305,517
24 Oct 201776 NN3 3ARSemi-detached£330,000
6 Jul 201776 NN3 3ARSemi-detached£205,000
18 Oct 201622A NN3 3ANDetached£440,000
19 Sep 20167 NN3 3APDetached£375,000
9 Aug 201627 NN3 3APSemi-detached£335,000
30 Jun 201664 NN3 3ARSemi-detached£250,000
3 Mar 201617 NN3 3APDetached£449,500
26 Feb 201651 NN3 3APDetached£430,000
29 Jan 201629 NN3 3APSemi-detached£343,000
28 Aug 201535 NN3 3APDetached£220,000
17 Jul 201580 NN3 3ARSemi-detached£250,000
20 Mar 201512 NN3 3ANSemi-detached£340,000
21 Nov 2014104B NN3 3ARDetached£275,000
28 Jul 201469 NN3 3APDetached£250,000
17 Apr 201447 NN3 3APSemi-detached£175,000
14 Feb 201469 NN3 3APDetached£218,000
24 Jan 201445 NN3 3APSemi-detached£250,000
29 Nov 20136 NN3 3ANSemi-detached£325,000
27 Sep 201360 NN3 3ARDetached£365,000
3 Jul 201340 NN3 3ANDetached£410,000
3 May 201345 NN3 3APSemi-detached£168,000
25 Oct 201247 NN3 3APDetached£175,000
8 Jun 20124 NN3 3ANSemi-detached£325,000
18 May 201298 NN3 3ARSemi-detached£210,000
13 Sep 201141 NN3 3APDetached£330,000
8 Apr 20114 NN3 3ANSemi-detached£325,000
28 Jan 201111 NN3 3APSemi-detached£195,000
4 Nov 2010102A NN3 3ARDetached£240,000

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from April 2009 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

45 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 126 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (26); House, detached (13); Bungalow, detached (4). Built: 1930-1949 (22); 1950-1966 (12); 1900-1929 (7). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (32); rented (private) (1).

Council tax

What each band costs in West Northamptonshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,487 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,658£1,934£2,210£2,487£3,039£3,592£4,144£4,973

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (22% of about 630 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

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.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Roadworks

Finished in the last three months

  • 9 September 2026 to 10 September 2026: ANGLIAN WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway (immediate - urgent works)

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 30 September 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 7 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.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
NN3 3APnot in 2 or 3 0 / 1 / 0 unlikely
NN3 3ARnot in 2 or 3 1 / 1 / 3 unlikely
NN3 3ANnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 4 unlikely

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Height above sea level

The street's 91 addresses are between 80 m and 90 m above sea level (85 m on average); the ground rises about 10 m from the lowest to the highest.

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
NN3 3AN100%100%100%0%
NN3 3AP100%100%100%0%
NN3 3AR100%100%100%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsNorthampton 2.8 million journeys in 2024–254 km (2.5 miles)
Wellingborough 981,000 journeys in 2024–2513.4 km (8.3 miles)
Bus stops5 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 31 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Greenway Headlands310 m
Bus or coach stationNorthampton Bus Interchange3.4 km (2.1 miles)
Car parksCo-Op Barry Road Car Park1.7 km (1 mile)
EV charging pointsMFG Charging Station1.9 km (1.2 miles)
Airport with scheduled flightsLondon Luton Airport LTN53.2 km (33 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeries4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Abington Medical Centre1.1 km (0.7 miles)
Pharmacies5 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots1.1 km (0.7 miles)
NHS dentists3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery1.1 km (0.7 miles)
HospitalSt Edmund's Hospital1.5 km (0.9 miles)
Police stationNorthamptonshire Police1.5 km (1 mile)
Cash machinesThe Cooperative Food Birchfield Road Cashzone1 km (0.6 miles)

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or garden3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Abington Park 46 ha340 m
Play area2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 480 m²410 m (0.3 miles)
Playing field1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.5 ha770 m (0.5 miles)
Allotments3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 8.9 ha120 m

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 53 hectares in all.

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is Church of Saint Peter, a listed building (Grade II*), 360 m east. 18 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Church of Saint PeterListed building, Grade II*360 m east
New WaysListed building, Grade II*640 m (0.4 miles) west
Battle of Northampton 1460Registered battlefield3.6 km (2.3 miles) south-west
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
The SpinneyWood560 m (0.3 miles) west
Crowlane SpinneyWood2.5 km (1.6 miles) east
Lings WoodWood2.9 km (1.8 miles) north-east
Brickyard SpinneyWood3.2 km (2 miles) north
Round SpinneyWood3.2 km (2 miles) north
Pike PondLake or reservoir4.7 km (2.9 miles) north-east

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)10.34010
Fine particles (PM2.5)7.5205
Particles (PM10)12.74015

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

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailways
55 to 5920
Under 558991

2 of the street's 91 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 West Northamptonshire: see them on the West Northamptonshire page.

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 1 November 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspection
Bridgewater Primary SchoolPrimary3–11440 m (0.3 miles) No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good
Weston Favell CofE Primary School Church of EnglandPrimary3–11460 m (0.3 miles) No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding
Abington Vale Primary SchoolPrimary2–111 km (0.6 miles) No published inspection
Headlands Primary SchoolPrimary4–111 km (0.6 miles) No published inspection
Weston Favell AcademySecondary11–181.2 km (0.8 miles) Good (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework)
Cedar Road Primary SchoolPrimary4–111.2 km (0.8 miles) Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Standens Barn Primary SchoolPrimary4–111.4 km (0.9 miles) No published inspection
Eastfield AcademyPrimary2–111.4 km (0.9 miles) Good (Jan 2020, overall grade under the previous framework)
Northampton School for BoysSecondary11–181.5 km (0.9 miles) No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School Roman CatholicPrimary3–111.6 km (1 mile) Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework)
The Arbours Primary AcademyPrimary4–111.6 km (1 mile) Outstanding (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Northampton Academy ChristianSecondary11–181.6 km (1 mile) Outstanding (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 1 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Boots UK Ltd NN3 3JZRetailers - other100 mAwaiting inspection
Weston Stores NN3 3BSRetailers - other270 m4 Good18 Dec 2018
Parkway Coffee NN3 3BSRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen270 m5 Very good8 Apr 2025
Excellentgate Global Resources NN3 3AGRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen380 mAwaiting inspection
The Trumpet NN3 3JBPub/bar/nightclub390 m5 Very good25 Nov 2024
Road To Morrocco NN3 3AGPub/bar/nightclub420 m (0.3 miles)Awaiting inspection

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

11 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Anti-social behaviour4
Burglary3
Vehicle crime2
Public order1
Criminal damage and arson1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Ridgeway (3); On or near Meadway (3); On or near Weston Way (2); On or near Parkway (2); On or near Greenway (1).

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the 2 Output Areas (small census areas of about 125 households each) that this street's postcodes are in: 654 residents in 260 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age5240
Children under 1514%17%
Aged 65 and over28%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)93%61%
Owned outright54%33%
Shared ownership0%1%
Social rented1%17%
Private rented6%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work57%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)3%6%
Retired (of adults)30%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)under 1%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)43%32%
Travel to work by car or van50%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tram0%4%
By any public transport, including bus1%8%
On foot or by bicycle4%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)69%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away12%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)45%34%
No qualifications11%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification5%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)98%91%
Cannot speak English well or at allunder 1%2%

Deprivation

The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 9 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.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

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.

Everything that has changed on and near this street

Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

Nearby streets

Weston Way · Graspin Lane · Greenway · Meadway · Holmfield Way · Hillside Way · Parkway · Brendon Close · Chelfham Close · Favell Way · Westwood Way · Crediton Close

All the streets in NN3 and across West Northamptonshire.

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.