Sandy Lane Aston, Cheshire East
36 addresses across 2 postcodes (CW5), about 270 m long, classed as a minor road. USRN 9801126.
- Sales: 37 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £435,000 across 3 sales.
- Energy: 13 homes have an energy certificate (A: 2, D: 6, E: 5).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 E; Band D in Cheshire East costs £2,455 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 47% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Wrenbury, about 1.2 km (0.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.4 km (1.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 68 m above sea level.
- Noise: 16 of its 36 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Surgery, about 2 km (1.2 miles) away.
- People: About 430 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 88% of households owned their home and 46% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 2 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | £435,000 | £435,000 | £440,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | £255,000 | £255,000 | £255,000 |
| 2021 | 2 | £415,000 | £370,000 | £460,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £380,000 | £380,000 | £380,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £188,000 | £188,000 | £188,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £300,000 | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £217,000 | £217,000 | £217,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £300,000 | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 2007 | 2 | £340,000 | £315,000 | £365,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £177,000 | £177,000 | £177,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £110,000 | £110,000 | £110,000 |
| 2003 | 2 | £114,000 | £100,000 | £128,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Aug 2025 | THE ROBINS CW5 8DG | Detached | £440,000 | |
| 31 Jul 2025 | WOODPECKER VIEW CW5 8DG | Detached | £435,000 | |
| 30 Jun 2025 | RIVENDELL CW5 8DG | Detached | £435,000 | |
| 29 Nov 2024 | THE HEATHERS CW5 8DG | Detached | £255,000 | |
| 10 Nov 2023 | SOUTH VIEW CW5 8DG | Detached | £247,500 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 27 Aug 2021 | THE WOODVIEW CW5 8DG | Detached | £370,000 | |
| 26 Feb 2021 | THE PINES CW5 8DG | Detached | £460,000 | |
| 4 Dec 2020 | HEATHCOTE CW5 8DG | Detached | £380,000 | |
| 13 Apr 2017 | SOUTH VIEW CW5 8DG | Detached | £188,000 | |
| 10 Mar 2017 | HEATHCOTE CW5 8DG | Detached | £670,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 13 Jul 2016 | THE WOODVIEW CW5 8DG | Detached | £300,000 | |
| 9 May 2014 | 2, POPLAR COTTAGES CW5 8DG | Semi-detached | £217,000 | |
| 18 Sep 2013 | LOLLIPOPS CW5 8DG | Detached | £300,000 | |
| 26 Oct 2007 | BEECHFIELD CW5 8DG | Detached | £365,000 | |
| 5 Apr 2007 | DENTDALE CW5 8DG | Detached | £315,000 | |
| 27 Oct 2006 | 2, POPLAR COTTAGES CW5 8DG | Semi-detached | £177,000 | |
| 25 Jun 2004 | THE LAURELS CW5 8DG | Semi-detached | £110,000 | |
| 7 Oct 2003 | SOUTH VIEW CW5 8DG | Detached | £100,000 | |
| 16 Jun 2003 | 2, POPLAR COTTAGES CW5 8DG | Semi-detached | £128,000 | |
| 23 May 2002 | DENTDALE CW5 8DG | Detached | £196,000 | |
| 22 Feb 2002 | THE HEATHERS CW5 8DG | Detached | £91,250 | |
| 2 Jul 2001 | THE LAURELS CW5 8DG | Semi-detached | £75,000 | |
| 29 Jun 2001 | WOODVILLE CW5 8DG | Detached | £186,000 | |
| 19 Jan 2001 | DENTDALE CW5 8DG | Detached | £174,000 | New build. |
| 6 Nov 2000 | LOTHLORIEN CW5 8DG | Detached | £186,000 | New build. |
| 20 Sep 2000 | BEECHFIELD CW5 8DG | Detached | £189,000 | New build. |
| 30 Aug 2000 | THE PINES CW5 8DG | Detached | £190,000 | |
| 12 Nov 1999 | MARSH COTTAGE CW5 8DG | Detached | £225,000 | |
| 30 Jun 1999 | RIVENDELL CW5 8DG | Detached | £150,000 | New build. |
| 4 Jun 1999 | 2, POPLAR COTTAGES CW5 8DG | Semi-detached | £79,950 | |
| 31 Mar 1999 | MARSH COTTAGE CW5 8DG | Detached | £190,000 | |
| 16 Jul 1998 | MARSH COTTAGE CW5 8DG | Detached | £72,500 | |
| 8 Dec 1997 | THE HEATHERS CW5 8DG | Detached | £58,500 | |
| 22 Nov 1996 | 2, POPLAR COTTAGES CW5 8DG | Semi-detached | £58,000 | |
| 16 Aug 1996 | THE BUNGALOW CW5 8DG | Detached | £50,000 | |
| 1 Aug 1996 | HEATHCOTE CW5 8DG | Detached | £120,000 | |
| 1 Aug 1996 | THE WOODVIEW CW5 8DG | Detached | £103,500 |
Energy performance certificates
13 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 158 m². Most common: House, detached (10); House, semi-detached (2); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: 1900-1929 (3); 1996-2002 (2); 2023 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (8); rented (private) (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (7 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Cheshire East in 2026-27: Band D £2,455 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,637 | £1,909 | £2,182 | £2,455 | £3,000 | £3,546 | £4,091 | £4,910 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band E (23% of about 1,290 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
- YEWTREE HOUSE, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 26 November 2026: MANWEB, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the verge (major (paa) works)
- 26 November 2026: MANWEB, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the verge (major works)
Finished in the last three months
- 29 September 2026 to 2 October 2026: CHESHIRE EAST COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (standard works)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CW5 8DG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| CW5 8DH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 68 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CW5 8DG | 100% | 47% | 47% | 0% |
| CW5 8DH | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Wrenbury 11,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Nantwich 223,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) | |
| Whitchurch (Shropshire) 164,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.2 km (5.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 7 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Aston Crossroads | 160 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Nantwich | 7 km (4.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Liverpool John Lennon Airport LPL | 39.8 km (25 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Surgery | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Welsh Row Dental Practice | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Whitchurch Hospital | 8.3 km (5.1 miles) |
| Police station | Cheshire Constabulary | 7.1 km (4.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 6.2 ha | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 350 m² | 320 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.3 ha | 310 m |
Landmarks
5 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Sound Heath | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Court's Gorse | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Hewitt's Moss | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-west |
| Hall o' Coole Gorse | Wood | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-east |
| Little Mere | Lake or reservoir | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) south-west |
| Duckbay Island | Island | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.6 | 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 | 6 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 10 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 20 | 36 |
16 of the street's 36 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 Cheshire East: see them on the Cheshire East page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrenbury Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhurtpore Inn CW5 8DQ | Pub/bar/nightclub | 410 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 6 Mar 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Warwick Gate (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 24% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 88% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 50% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 0% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 28% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 49% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 45% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 38% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 21% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 46% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 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 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: MANWEB: Utility repair and maintenance works, 26 November 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Warwick Gate · Boundary Way · Plantation Close · Cooperage Way · Mulberry Avenue · Alderwood Close · Sheppenhall Grove · Sheppenhall Lane · Aston House Way
All the streets in CW5 and across Cheshire East.
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.