Rivermead Drive Swindon
144 addresses across 6 postcodes (SN5), about 800 m (0.5 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 83876627.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Swindon cost £263,685 in August 2026 (+2.8% on a year); private rents averaged £1,103 a month.
- 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.
- Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Rodbourne Controlled Tip, is 90 m away.
- Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 23 times (288 hours) in 2025.
- Energy projects: 2 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Brindley Close (Extension), is 710 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Swindon costs £2,438 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 99% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Swindon (Wilts), about 2.7 km (1.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Shaw Forest Park, is about 250 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 90 to 98 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 144 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Ridge Green Medical Practice, about 930 m (0.6 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 1,170 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 55% of households owned their home and 32% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: 9 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in Swindon
A typical home in Swindon cost £263,685 in August 2026, 2.8% more than a year before. That is 15% more than five years earlier and 32% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £467,900 |
| Semi-detached | £292,213 |
| Terraced | £234,627 |
| Flat or maisonette | £153,968 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £224,898 |
Private renters in Swindon paid £1,103 a month on average in September 2026, 5% more than a year before. That is 34% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £825 |
| Two bedrooms | £994 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,227 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,668 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Gas and electricity use
None of the street's postcodes has the 5 or more domestic meters needed for figures to be published.
Council tax
What each band costs in Swindon in 2026-27: Band D £2,438 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,625 | £1,896 | £2,167 | £2,438 | £2,980 | £3,522 | £4,064 | £4,876 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band B (34% of about 1,490 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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.
Listed buildings
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Westlea Campus, Chelmsford Road, Eastleaze, permissioned (530 m (0.3 miles))
- The Quadrant, Stonehill Green, Swindon, permissioned (920 m (0.6 miles))
- 44 Victoria RoadOld TownSwindonSN1 3AY: up to 5 homes, permissioned (920 m (0.6 miles))
Energy projects nearby
5 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 2 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brindley Close (Extension) Swindon S/20/0850 | Battery storage | 6 MW | Being built May 2022 | 710 m (0.4 miles) |
| Barnfield Solar Park | Solar farm | 2.5 MW | Operational Dec 2018 | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
| Swindon Sewerage Treatment Works Swindon S/15/0530 | Anaerobic digestion | 1.2 MW | Operational Jun 2016 | 880 m (0.5 miles) |
| Unit O, Penzance Drive - Solar Panels Swindon S/23/0975 | Solar farm | 2 MW | Permission granted, not yet built May 2024 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Mannington Battery Storage Plant Swindon S/17/1879 | Battery storage | 49.9 MW | Operational Oct 2021 | 1.3 km (0.8 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
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
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 23 times, for 288 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into River Ray.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swindon Wwtw Thames Water | River Ray | 23 | 288 | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 90 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rodbourne Controlled Tip Barnfield Road, Rodbourne, Swindon | from 1960 | Inert, industrial, commercial, household, special (hazardous), liquid sludge | 90 m |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's 144 addresses are between 90 m and 98 m above sea level (96 m on average); the ground rises about 8 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SN5 7ET | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SN5 7EX | 99% | 99% | 99% | 1% |
| SN5 7HX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SN5 7UN | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SN5 7UT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SN5 7UY | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Swindon (Wilts) 3.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 20 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Westlea Campus Shaw | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
| Car parks | Asda Swindon Car Park | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | 7 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Mer | 140 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 65.4 km (41 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Ridge Green Medical Practice Good Dec 2018 | 930 m (0.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 5 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Hearts Pharmacy Shaw | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 5 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Shaw Village Dental | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Ridgeway Hospital Good Sep 2026 | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| Care homes | 1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Cotswolds Rise Residential Care Home Good May 2025 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Police station | Wiltshire Police | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | Midcounties Co-Op Roughmoor, Unit 2 Swinley Drive, Peatmoor Cashzone | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Shaw Forest Park 35 ha | 250 m |
| Play area | 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 880 m² | 370 m |
| Playing field | Mannington Recreation Ground 14 ha | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 4,590 m² | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 5 parks and gardens, 66 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Spectrum Building (formerly the Renault Distribution Centre), a listed building (Grade II*), 340 m south. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Spectrum Building (formerly the Renault Distribution Centre) | Listed building, Grade II* | 340 m south |
| Roman pottery 140m SSW of Tewkesbury Cross | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-west |
| Lydiard Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Peatmoor Lagoon | Lake or reservoir | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Peatmoor Community Woodland | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Crow Brake | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-west |
| Mouldon Hill | Hill | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Toot Hill | Hill | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) south |
| Greendown Plantation | Wood | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 143 | 144 |
1 of the street's 144 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 Swindon: see them on the Swindon page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaw Ridge Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 820 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Mar 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 70% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 15% at the higher standard (2025; 62% in 2024 and 67% in 2023) |
| Westlea Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 900 m (0.6 miles) | Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 50% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 9% at the higher standard (2025; 57% in 2024 and 52% in 2023) |
| Brook Field Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 950 m (0.6 miles) | No published inspection | 70% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 75% in 2024 and 85% in 2023) |
| Peatmoor Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection | 44% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 4% at the higher standard (2025; 59% in 2024 and 53% in 2023) |
| Even Swindon Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection | None published |
| Nova Hreod Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 49.6 (49.1 in 2025 and 46.0 in 2024); 49.7% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| Ridgeway Farm CofE Academy Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good | 58% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 57% in 2024 and 37% in 2023) |
| Tregoze Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 83% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 17% at the higher standard (2025; 81% in 2024 and 70% in 2023) |
| Oliver Tomkins Church of England Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met | 50% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 40% in 2024 and 55% in 2023) |
| Oliver Tomkins Church of England Infant and Nursery School | Primary | 3–7 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | No published inspection | None published |
| Moredon Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 83% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 27% at the higher standard (2025; 78% in 2024 and 58% in 2023) |
| Lift Hazelwood | Primary | 2–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 80% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10% at the higher standard (2025; 87% in 2024 and 53% 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
The ten nearest nurseries, pre-schools and clubs are all within 1.3 km (0.8 miles); the nearest is 640 m (0.4 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revolution Performing Arts - Shaw Ridge School SN5 5PU | Out-of-school day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 640 m (0.4 miles) | |
| The Big Adventure Club Shaw Ridge SN5 5PU | Out-of-school day care | 20 | Not inspected yet | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
| Jellytots Pre-School SN5 5SB | Sessional day care | 16 | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 760 m (0.5 miles) |
| The Big Adventure Club Brookfield SN5 5SB | Out-of-school day care | 32 | Feb 2026: Strong standard in 4 areas | 760 m (0.5 miles) |
| Revolution Performing Arts - Holy Trinity Church SN5 5PY | Out-of-school day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 1 km (0.6 miles) | |
| Brunel Short Breaks SN5 7BT | Out-of-school day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 1 km (0.6 miles) | |
| Little Herons Pre-School SN5 5DP | Sessional day care | 24 | Not inspected yet | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Busy Bees Day Nursery at Swindon Peatmoor SN5 5DJ | Full day care | 100 | Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Tigers At Swindon Day Nursery SN5 7XN | Full day care | 75 | Good (Jun 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| IN-TUITION LEARNING SN2 2PJ | Sessional day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 139 childminders and 5 home childcarers (nannies) in Swindon. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropi Bites Express SN5 7EX | Other catering premises | 140 m | 5 Very good | 11 Jun 2026 |
| Padel Nova Limited SN5 7EX | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 210 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Shell Mead Way SN5 5XS | Retailers - other | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 5 Very good | 3 Mar 2026 |
| Aldi Stores Ltd SN5 7EZ | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 27 Aug 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (wiltshire).
Road safety
9 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 9 slight. 3 involved a motorcyclist. 11% happened in the dark, and 11% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Nov 2025 15:01 | Slight | 1 person | B4534, 40 mph | Daylight |
| 7 Sep 2025 19:38 | Slight | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | B4534, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on |
| 7 May 2025 11:49 | Slight | 1 person | B4006, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 1 Mar 2024 06:47 | Slight | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | B4006, 30 mph | Wet road |
| 28 Jun 2023 12:30 | Slight | 2 people | B4534, 40 mph | Daylight |
| 5 Feb 2023 12:47 | Slight | 3 people | B4534, 40 mph | Daylight |
| 20 Dec 2022 14:15 | Slight | 1 person | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 5 Dec 2022 07:48 | Slight | 1 person | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 26 Aug 2022 16:51 | Slight | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | B4006, 30 mph | Daylight |
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
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 34 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 24% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 7% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 55% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 19% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 3% | 1% |
| Social rented | 14% | 17% |
| Private rented | 28% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 72% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 10% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 31% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 54% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 81% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 32% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 86% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 7 to 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
- SN5 7EX: 132 addresses of 143 in the postcode
- SN5 7ET: 8 addresses of 11 in the postcode
- SN5 7HX: 1 address of 2 in the postcode
- SN5 7UN: 1 address of 14 in the postcode
- SN5 7UT: 1 address of 8 in the postcode
- SN5 7UY: 1 address
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; 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.