Robinson's Hill Melbourne, South Derbyshire
25 addresses across 3 postcodes (DE73), about 620 m (0.4 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 35400836.
- Energy: 8 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 3, E: 3).
- 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 South Derbyshire costs £2,340 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 13% to 93% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Peartree, about 9 km (5.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 74 to 101 m above sea level.
- Noise: 11 of its 25 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Melbourne & Chellaston Medical Practice, about 550 m (0.3 miles) away.
- People: About 720 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 79% of households owned their home and 43% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 3 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
8 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 186 m². Most common: House, detached (5); House, semi-detached (1); Maisonette, mid-terrace (1). Built: 1900-1929 (2); 1983-1990 (2); before 1900 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4); rented (private) (2); rented (social) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (5 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in South Derbyshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,340 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,560 | £1,820 | £2,080 | £2,340 | £2,860 | £3,379 | £3,899 | £4,679 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (26% of about 740 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
- 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
- SHAW HOUSE, grade II
- STONE RUBBLE OUTBUILDINGS TO WEST OF SHAW HOUSE, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 11 January 2027 to 9 June 2027: SEVERN TRENT WATER, Utility asset works, road closure, on the carriageway, verge (major (paa) works)
Finished in the last three months
- 19 August 2026 to 21 August 2026: SEVERN TRENT WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the verge (minor works)
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE73 8DJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 1 | unlikely |
| DE73 8DH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DE73 8DL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 25 addresses are between 74 m and 101 m above sea level (85 m on average); the ground rises about 27 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE73 8DH | 94% | 88% | 88% | 0% |
| DE73 8DJ | 93% | 93% | 93% | 0% |
| DE73 8DL | 88% | 13% | 13% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Peartree 5,260 journeys in 2024–25 | 9 km (5.6 miles) |
| Willington 40,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.4 km (5.8 miles) | |
| Spondon 47,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.5 km (6.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 15 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Melbourne Arms | 100 m |
| Bus or coach station | Springfield House Melbourne | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest High Street and Derby Road Car Park | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 7.4 km (4.6 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Melbourne & Chellaston Medical Practice | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Well | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Melbourne Dental Practice | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Ashby Hospital | 8.1 km (5.1 miles) |
| Police station | Ascot Drive Police Station | 8.7 km (5.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | Premier Victoria Street | 870 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 6.3 ha | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4,750 m² | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Hilly Fields 2.8 ha | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Tithe Barn, a listed building (Grade II*), 820 m (0.5 miles) east. 82 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 8 of them Grade I and 4 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Tithe Barn | Listed building, Grade II* | 820 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Church of St Michael and St Mary | Listed building, Grade I | 860 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Aisled Barn Attached to North of Stables at Melbourne Hall | Listed building, Grade I | 910 m (0.6 miles) east |
| Hall Cottages and Stables at Melbourne Hall | Listed building, Grade II* | 910 m (0.6 miles) east |
| Melbourne Castle fortified manor and earlier medieval manorial remains | Scheduled monument | 940 m (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Melbourne Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade I | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Calke Abbey | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Coneyburrow Wood | Wood | 150 m south |
| The Pool | Lake or reservoir | 830 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Broadstone Holt | Wood | 940 m (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Staunton Harold Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| Robin Hill | Hill | 1.7 km (1 mile) west |
| Dimminsdale | Valley | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.8 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road, rail and aircraft noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 14 | 25 | 25 |
11 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 South Derbyshire: see them on the South Derbyshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Melbourne Infant & Nursery School | Primary | 3–7 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staunton Harold Sailing Club CIC DE73 8DL | Pub/bar/nightclub | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 6 Mar 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Ashby Road (2); On or near Calke Road (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 22% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 79% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 48% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 8% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 63% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 24% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 44% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 48% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 45% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 43% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 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 10 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: SEVERN TRENT WATER: Utility asset works, 11 January 2027 to 9 June 2027 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- DE73 8DJ: 23 addresses of 30 in the postcode
- DE73 8DH: 1 address of 55 in the postcode
- DE73 8DL: 1 address of 26 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Ashby Road · Woodhouses · Calke Road · Washington Close
All the streets in DE73 and across South Derbyshire.
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.