School Lane Brimfield, Herefordshire, County of
27 addresses across 3 postcodes (SY8), about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 23213337.
- Sales: 15 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £224,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (D: 2, E: 4, F: 2, G: 2).
- 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 D; Band D in Herefordshire, County of costs £2,574 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 57% to 95% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Ludlow, about 8 km (5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 78 to 98 m above sea level.
- Noise: 6 of its 27 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Ryeland Surgery, about 7.5 km (4.7 miles) away.
- People: About 400 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 82% of households owned their home and 37% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £224,000 | £224,000 | £224,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £650,000 | £650,000 | £650,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £570,000 | £570,000 | £570,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £576,750 | £576,750 | £576,750 |
| 2009 | 1 | £215,000 | £215,000 | £215,000 |
| 2007 | 2 | £306,000 | £247,000 | £365,000 |
| 2003 | 2 | £280,000 | £255,000 | £305,000 |
| 2002 | 2 | £265,250 | £175,500 | £355,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £295,000 | £295,000 | £295,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £142,500 | £142,500 | £142,500 |
| 1997 | 1 | £106,000 | £106,000 | £106,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Aug 2025 | CLUB COTTAGE SY8 4NZ | Semi-detached | £224,000 | |
| 21 Oct 2020 | BREMANT HOUSE SY8 4NZ | Other | £650,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 21 Nov 2019 | TICKMORE COTTAGE SY8 4NZ | Detached | £650,000 | |
| 29 Mar 2018 | PRESTLEY CROFT SY8 4NZ | Detached | £570,000 | |
| 22 Sep 2016 | THE OLD SCHOOL SY8 4NZ | Detached | £576,750 | |
| 30 Oct 2009 | LYDIATE COTTAGE SY8 4NZ | Detached | £215,000 | |
| 10 Jul 2007 | 1 SY8 4NZ | Detached | £365,000 | |
| 2 Feb 2007 | LYDIATE COTTAGE SY8 4NZ | Detached | £247,000 | |
| 26 Sep 2003 | LEA COTTAGE SY8 4NZ | Detached | £255,000 | |
| 4 Apr 2003 | THE OLD SCHOOL SY8 4NZ | Detached | £305,000 | |
| 28 Aug 2002 | PRESTLEY CROFT SY8 4NZ | Detached | £355,000 | |
| 31 Jul 2002 | ROSELEA COTTAGE SY8 4NZ | Detached | £175,500 | |
| 12 Dec 2001 | TICKMORE COTTAGE SY8 4NZ | Detached | £295,000 | |
| 28 Sep 2000 | 1 SY8 4NZ | Detached | £142,500 | |
| 5 Sep 1997 | LEA COTTAGE SY8 4NZ | Detached | £106,000 |
Energy performance certificates
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 149 m². Most common: House, detached (8); House, semi-detached (2). Built: before 1900 (8); 1983-1990 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (8); rented (private) (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (6 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Herefordshire, County of in 2026-27: Band D £2,574 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,716 | £2,002 | £2,288 | £2,574 | £3,146 | £3,719 | £4,291 | £5,149 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (24% of about 780 homes).
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.
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 27 addresses are between 78 m and 98 m above sea level (86 m on average); the ground rises about 19 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY8 4NP | 92% | 92% | 92% | 0% |
| SY8 4NU | 100% | 57% | 57% | 0% |
| SY8 4NZ | 100% | 95% | 95% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Ludlow 271,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8 km (5 miles) |
| Leominster 260,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.3 km (5.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 7.2 km (4.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 67.8 km (42 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Ryeland Surgery | 7.5 km (4.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Lunts Pharmacy | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Alliance Dentistry LTD | 7.4 km (4.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Ludlow Hospital | 8.3 km (5.1 miles) |
| Police station | Ludlow Police Station | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 130 m² | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 3.4 ha | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
Landmarks
6 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Wyson Common | Wood | 720 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Bathurst Coppice | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Brimfield Hill | Hill | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-east |
| The Dam | Lake or reservoir | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south |
| The Island | Island | 4 km (2.5 miles) south |
| Moor Park Dingle | Valley | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.0 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 21 | 27 |
6 of the street's 27 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 Herefordshire, County of: see them on the Herefordshire, County of page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orleton CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 5–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (west-mercia).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 29% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 82% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 55% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 17% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 29% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 34% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 62% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 41% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 19% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 37% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 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
- SY8 4NZ: 25 addresses of 53 in the postcode
- SY8 4NP: 1 address of 45 in the postcode
- SY8 4NU: 1 address of 19 in the postcode
All the streets in SY8 and across Herefordshire, County of.
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.