Riverside Spinney Wansford, Peterborough
8 addresses across 2 postcodes (PE8), about 190 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 30100247.
- Sales: 11 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £576,250 across 2 sales.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Peterborough cost £231,634 in August 2026 (-1.3% on a year); private rents averaged £1,014 a month.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (D: 3, E: 1).
- 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.
- Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 13 times (155 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 5 to 10% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Gas: No gas meters are recorded on its postcodes: it looks to be off the mains gas grid.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A1, carries 45,028 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in Peterborough costs £2,293 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Stamford (Lincs), about 8.6 km (5.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 60 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 13 to 18 m above sea level.
- Noise: 6 of its 8 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Wansford, about 490 m (0.3 miles) away.
- People: About 150 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 78% of households owned their home and 42% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 19 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
- Road safety: 2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 2 of them fatal or serious.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | £576,250 | £520,000 | £632,500 |
| 2021 | 2 | £575,000 | £570,000 | £580,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £520,000 | £520,000 | £520,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £765,000 | £765,000 | £765,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £445,000 | £445,000 | £445,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £425,000 | £425,000 | £425,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £475,000 | £475,000 | £475,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £203,500 | £203,500 | £203,500 |
| 1997 | 1 | £165,000 | £165,000 | £165,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jun 2021 | KINGFISHER HOUSE, 1 PE8 6LF | Semi-detached | £570,000 | |
| 29 May 2015 | KINGFISHER HOUSE, 1 PE8 6LF | Semi-detached | £445,000 | |
| 19 Sep 1997 | KINGFISHER HOUSE, 1 PE8 6LF | Detached | £165,000 | |
| 8 Oct 2025 | 2 PE8 6LF | Detached | £520,000 | |
| 16 Nov 2007 | 2 PE8 6LF | Detached | £475,000 | |
| 22 Aug 2025 | 4 PE8 6LF | Terraced | £632,500 | |
| 27 Oct 2021 | 4 PE8 6LF | Terraced | £580,000 | |
| 12 Dec 2019 | 4 PE8 6LF | Terraced | £520,000 | |
| 16 Dec 1999 | 4 PE8 6LF | Terraced | £203,500 | |
| 6 Mar 2014 | 5 PE8 6LF | Terraced | £425,000 | |
| 25 Jan 2018 | CEDAR HOUSE PE8 6LF | Detached | £765,000 |
House prices and rents in Peterborough
A typical home in Peterborough cost £231,634 in August 2026, 1.3% less than a year before. That is 13% more than five years earlier and 42% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £372,087 |
| Semi-detached | £240,022 |
| Terraced | £188,759 |
| Flat or maisonette | £111,710 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £203,657 |
Private renters in Peterborough paid £1,014 a month on average in September 2026, 4.9% more than a year before. That is 34% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £711 |
| Two bedrooms | £896 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,082 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,558 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 178 m². Most common: House, detached (2); House, semi-detached (1); Bungalow, mid-terrace (1). Built: 1983-1990 (3); 1996-2002 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4).
Each home's certificates and sales (4 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the street's postcodes, against 18 electricity meters: it looks to be off the mains gas grid, or almost, with heating from electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE8 6LF | 6 | 7,261 kWh | under 5 | |
| PE8 6JN | 12 | 4,150 kWh | none recorded |
These are all the homes on each 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 PE8.
Council tax
What each band costs in Peterborough in 2026-27: Band D £2,293 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,529 | £1,784 | £2,039 | £2,293 | £2,803 | £3,313 | £3,822 | £4,587 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band A (32% of about 1,020 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Wansford Conservation Area, WANSFORD (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- 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: 2 protected trees on or by this street.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
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, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE8 6LF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| PE8 6JN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | 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
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 13 times, for 155 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into R Nene.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wansford Ps Anglian Water | R Nene | 13 | 155 | 110 m |
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
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 5 to 10%: 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 that area 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. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). 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 8 addresses are between 13 m and 18 m above sea level (14 m on average); the ground rises about 5 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE8 6JN | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| PE8 6LF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Stamford (Lincs) 343,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.6 km (5.4 miles) |
| Peterborough 5.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 11.2 km (7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 10 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Old Police Houses Wansford | 60 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Stamford | 9 km (5.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 67.6 km (42 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Wansford Good Jun 2016 | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Wansford Pharmacy | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Wittering Dental Centre | 4.3 km (2.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Fitzwilliam Hospital Good Nov 2017 | 8 km (5 miles) |
| Care homes | Castor Lodge Care Home Requires improvement Jun 2025 | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) |
| Police station | Cambridgeshire Police | 8.2 km (5.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Snax 24 - Wansford 607, Nene Cashzone | 340 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,270 m² | 60 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Unnamed 4,090 m² | 300 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 200 m² | 100 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.8 ha | 210 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6,820 m² | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 0.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary the Virgin, a listed building (Grade I), 130 m south-west. 47 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 3 of them Grade I and 3 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary the Virgin | Listed building, Grade I | 130 m south-west |
| Wansford Bridge See also PETERBOROUGH 136 | Scheduled monument | 180 m south |
| Wansford Bridge See also CAMBRIDGESHIRE 136 | Scheduled monument | 180 m south |
| Great North Road Bridge Carrying North Bound Carriageway Over the River Nene | Listed building, Grade II* | 180 m east |
| Wansford Bridge | Listed building, Grade I | 200 m south |
| Wansford Bridge (To Cambridgeshire County Boundary) | Listed building, Grade I | 210 m south |
| Wansford Roman site | Scheduled monument | 570 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bunkers Hill | Hill | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Old Sulehay Forest | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Toll Bar Spinney | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Cow Wood | Wood | 1.7 km (1 mile) south-west |
| King's Oaks | Wood | 1.7 km (1 mile) south-west |
| Southorpe Bottom | Valley | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 14.6 | 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 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 2 | 8 |
6 of the street's 8 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 Peterborough: see them on the Peterborough page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Nurseries and childcare
No nursery, pre-school or out-of-school club on Ofsted's register is within 1.5 km (0.9 miles) of the middle of the street.
Ofsted also registers 121 childminders and 18 home childcarers (nannies) in Peterborough. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haycock Manor Hotel PE8 6JA | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 250 m | 4 Good | 18 Mar 2026 |
| Thirteen Wansford PE8 6JB | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 290 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 18 Feb 2026 |
| Rontec Wansford PE8 6LB | Retailers - other | 340 m | 5 Very good | 3 Dec 2024 |
| The Paper Mills PE8 6JB | Pub/bar/nightclub | 350 m | 5 Very good | 23 Sep 2026 |
| Cross Keys PE8 6JD | Pub/bar/nightclub | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 17 Aug 2023 |
| Wansford Post Office PE8 6JD | Retailers - other | 440 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 13 Jun 2023 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 5 |
| Vehicle crime | 4 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 3 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Bridge End (10); On or near Nene Close (5); On or near Old Leicester Road (2); On or near Wansford Mews (2).
Road safety
2 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 2 serious and 0 slight, in which 2 people were seriously hurt. 1 involved a motorcyclist. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Mar 2024 14:09 | Serious | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 20 Aug 2021 12:22 | Serious | 1 person | Minor road, 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
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A1 between LA Boundary and A6118, with 45,028 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 210 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | LA Boundary to A6118 | 45,028 estimated; counted 2024 | 16% | -5% since 2015 | 210 m |
| A47 | A6118 to A6118 | 22,615 counted 2025 | 8% | +2% since 2015 | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
| A1 | A47 to A1 | 8,683 estimated; counted 2019 | 10% | 460 m (0.3 miles) | |
| A1 | A47 to A1 | 8,768 estimated; counted 2019 | 10% | 490 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 | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 22% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 78% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 29% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 13% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 61% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 34% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 0% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 48% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 42% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 7 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
Peterborough Road · Nene Close · Yarwell Road · Bridge End · Yarwell Road · Wansford Mews · The Old Nursery · London Road · Swanhill · Great North Road · Black Swan Spinney
All the streets in PE8 and across Peterborough.
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.