Smithy Croft Dronfield, North East Derbyshire

78 addresses across 3 postcodes (S18), about 420 m (0.3 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 27701319.

  • Sales: 62 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £285,000 across 1 sale.
  • Energy: 61 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 17, D: 39, E: 4).
  • 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 B; Band D in North East Derbyshire costs £2,467 a year in 2026-27.
  • Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 98% to 100% of premises.
  • Transport: The nearest railway station is Dronfield, about 1.9 km (1.2 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: The nearest park or garden, Radbourne Common, is about 550 m (0.3 miles) away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: Its addresses are 200 to 210 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 1 of its 78 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Stubley Medical Centre, about 570 m (0.4 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
  • People: About 520 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 75% of households owned their home and 32% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 26 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.

Sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20261£285,000£285,000£285,000
20241£224,022£224,022£224,022
20223£325,000£126,100£350,000
20212£335,000£295,000£375,000
20204£201,500£200,000£260,000
20192£252,500£220,000£285,000
20182£221,500£203,000£240,000
20161£175,560£175,560£175,560
20153£175,000£162,500£175,000
20145£166,000£150,000£187,282
20131£167,000£167,000£167,000
20124£164,250£138,000£220,000
Most recent sales (latest 50 of 62)
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
2 Apr 202632 S18 8YDSemi-detached£285,000
26 Jun 20244 S18 8YDSemi-detached£224,022
30 Aug 202240 S18 8YDTerraced£325,000
22 Jun 202252 S18 8YDSemi-detached£350,000
21 Apr 202283 S18 8YBFlat or maisonette£126,100Leasehold.
14 Jun 202158 S18 8YDSemi-detached£295,000
1 Apr 20212 S18 8YDSemi-detached£375,000
6 Nov 202028 S18 8YDSemi-detached£200,000
30 Oct 202026 S18 8YDSemi-detached£203,000
3 Jul 20209 S18 8YBSemi-detached£260,000
26 Jun 202030 S18 8YDSemi-detached£200,000
10 Feb 202069 S18 8YBFlat or maisonette£110,000Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
27 Sep 201938 S18 8YDSemi-detached£285,000
18 Jan 201910 S18 8YDSemi-detached£220,000
23 Aug 201837 S18 8YBSemi-detached£203,000
11 Jan 20188 S18 8YDSemi-detached£240,000
27 Oct 201633 S18 8YBSemi-detached£175,560
22 Jun 201546 S18 8YDSemi-detached£175,000
12 Jun 201516 S18 8YDSemi-detached£162,500
27 May 201537 S18 8YBSemi-detached£175,000
15 Oct 20147 S18 8YBSemi-detached£166,000
23 Sep 201444 S18 8YDSemi-detached£170,000
1 Aug 201432 S18 8YDSemi-detached£187,282
30 May 201411 S18 8YBTerraced£150,000
10 Jan 201424 S18 8YDSemi-detached£156,500
12 Jun 201332 S18 8YDSemi-detached£167,000
5 Dec 201260 S18 8YDSemi-detached£220,000
16 Aug 201213 S18 8YBTerraced£138,000
9 Mar 201238 S18 8YDSemi-detached£176,500
30 Jan 201222 S18 8YDSemi-detached£152,000
19 Nov 201069 S18 8YBFlat or maisonette£95,500Leasehold.
2 Jul 201054 S18 8YDSemi-detached£150,000
11 Dec 200969 S18 8YBFlat or maisonette£90,000Leasehold.
9 Apr 200812 S18 8YDSemi-detached£185,000
11 Oct 200744 S18 8YDSemi-detached£167,000
19 Jul 200724 S18 8YDSemi-detached£162,500
25 May 20079 S18 8YBSemi-detached£155,000
28 Feb 20072 S18 8YDSemi-detached£159,950
30 Aug 200613 S18 8YBSemi-detached£134,950
7 Jul 20066 S18 8YDSemi-detached£179,950
19 May 200679 S18 8YBSemi-detached£100,000Leasehold.
9 Dec 200512 S18 8YDSemi-detached£169,950
26 Aug 200532 S18 8YDSemi-detached£152,000
21 Mar 200513 S18 8YBSemi-detached£119,950
8 Nov 200469 S18 8YBFlat or maisonette£48,500Leasehold.
30 Jul 200460 S18 8YDSemi-detached£145,000
8 Dec 200383 S18 8YBFlat or maisonette£31,000Leasehold.
22 Aug 200352 S18 8YDSemi-detached£112,000
18 Jun 200313 S18 8YBSemi-detached£90,000
31 May 200279 S18 8YBSemi-detached£49,500Leasehold.

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here dates from May 2010 and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

61 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 74 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (27); Bungalow, semi-detached (18); Flat (11). Built: 1950-1966 (51); 1967-1975 (9); 1930-1949 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (30); owner-occupied (25).

Each home's certificates and sales (21 addresses)

Council tax

What each band costs in North East Derbyshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,467 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

ABCDEFGH
£1,644£1,918£2,193£2,467£3,015£3,563£4,111£4,933

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (35% of about 770 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

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.

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Roadworks

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 30 September 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

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 9 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.

PostcodePlanning zoneAddresses at high / medium / low riskGroundwater
S18 8YBnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
S18 8YDnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 0 unlikely
S18 8XXnot in 2 or 3 0 / 0 / 9 unlikely

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Height above sea level

The street's 78 addresses are between 200 m and 210 m above sea level (204 m on average); the ground rises about 11 m from the lowest to the highest.

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
S18 8XX100%100%100%0%
S18 8YB100%98%98%0%
S18 8YD100%100%100%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsDronfield 230,000 journeys in 2024–251.9 km (1.2 miles)
Dore and Totley 240,000 journeys in 2024–252.7 km (1.7 miles)
Sheffield 10 million journeys in 2024–258.4 km (5.2 miles)
Bus stops12 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 30 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Great Croft Dronfield Woodhouse150 m
Bus or coach stationSheffield Interchange/B6 Sheffield Centre8.5 km (5.3 miles)
EV charging points1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station1.5 km (0.9 miles)
Airport with scheduled flightsManchester Airport MAN52.3 km (33 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeries2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Stubley Medical Centre570 m (0.4 miles)
Pharmacies3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Peak Pharmacy570 m (0.4 miles)
NHS dentists1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Apex Dental Care Dronfield Partnership1.2 km (0.8 miles)
HospitalThornbury Hospital7.8 km (4.8 miles)
Police stationDronfield Police Station120 m
Cash machines2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Rvm Foods, Dronfield190 m

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or garden2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Radbourne Common 3,570 m²550 m (0.3 miles)
Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles)Sindelfingen Park 4.7 ha690 m (0.4 miles)
Play area2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 720 m²300 m
Playing field3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.6 ha130 m
AllotmentsUnnamed 1.1 ha1.6 km (1 mile)

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 5.1 hectares in all.

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is Dronfield Woodhouse Hall Farmhouse and Attached Boundary Walls, a listed building (Grade II*), 660 m (0.4 miles) south-west. 4 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Dronfield Woodhouse Hall Farmhouse and Attached Boundary WallsListed building, Grade II*660 m (0.4 miles) south-west
Holmesfield moated site and headlandScheduled monument1.7 km (1.1 miles) south-west
Beauchief HallRegistered park or garden, Grade II2.7 km (1.7 miles) north
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Kitchen WoodWood1 km (0.6 miles) south
Spring WoodWood1.3 km (0.8 miles) south
Green WoodWood1.6 km (1 mile) south
Mill PondLake or reservoir3.2 km (2 miles) north
Ryecroft GlenValley3.4 km (2.1 miles) north-west
Taylor's HillHill4.1 km (2.5 miles) west

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)7.54010
Fine particles (PM2.5)6.9205
Particles (PM10)10.64015

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

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailways
55 to 5910
Under 557778

1 of the street's 78 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 North East Derbyshire: see them on the North East Derbyshire page.

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 1 November 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspection
William Levick Primary SchoolPrimary4–11300 m No published inspection
Gorseybrigg Primary School and NurseryPrimary3–11520 m (0.3 miles) No published inspection
St Andrew's CofE Methodist (Aided) Primary School Church of England/MethodistPrimary4–11520 m (0.3 miles) No published inspection
Bradway Primary SchoolPrimary5–111.7 km (1 mile) No published inspection
Dronfield Junior SchoolPrimary7–111.8 km (1.1 miles) No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good
Dronfield Infant SchoolPrimary4–71.8 km (1.1 miles) No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good
Lowedges Primary AcademyPrimary3–112 km (1.2 miles) Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 1 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
William Levick Primary School S18 8YBSchool/college/university130 m5 Very good3 Jun 2025
Just William Levick Kids Club Ltd S18 8YBSchool/college/university130 m5 Very good26 Jan 2026
Levick Locker Food Bank S18 8YBOther catering premises130 m5 Very good3 Jun 2025
Stubley Service Station S18 8YNRetailers - other180 m5 Very good9 Apr 2026
Family Shopper S18 8YERetailers - other210 m5 Very good16 Apr 2025
Gorseybrigg Primary School And Nursery S18 8ZYSchool/college/university450 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good8 Jul 2025
St Andrew's Primary School S18 8ZQSchool/college/university470 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good16 Jan 2025
Jolly Farmer S18 8ZQPub/bar/nightclub470 m (0.3 miles)4 Good21 Jan 2026
St Andrew's Kids Club S18 8ZQHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises470 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good17 May 2022
St Andrews Pre School S18 8ZQSchool/college/university470 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good10 Jan 2023
Pizza Experts S18 8ZQTakeaway/sandwich shop470 m (0.3 miles)3 Generally satisfactory18 Dec 2025
Happy Panda S18 8ZQTakeaway/sandwich shop470 m (0.3 miles)4 Good21 Jan 2026
Tiffin Dronfield S18 8ZQTakeaway/sandwich shop470 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good24 Jul 2025
All Things Nice Ltd S18 8ZQRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen470 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good19 Feb 2026
Thirst Quencher S18 8ZQMobile caterer470 m (0.3 miles)5 Very good6 Aug 2024

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

26 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences12
Anti-social behaviour4
Public order3
Criminal damage and arson3
Other theft2
Burglary1
Theft from the person1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Smithy Croft (9); On or near Longcroft Road (3); On or near Croft Lea (3); On or near Barnes Lane (3); On or near Moray Place (3).

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the 2 Output Areas (small census areas of about 125 households each) that this street's postcodes are in: 520 residents in 208 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age4240
Children under 1521%17%
Aged 65 and over19%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)75%61%
Owned outright38%33%
Shared ownership0%1%
Social rented16%17%
Private rented10%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work60%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)3%6%
Retired (of adults)24%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)4%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)32%32%
Travel to work by car or van60%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tramunder 1%4%
By any public transport, including busunder 1%8%
On foot or by bicycle5%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)67%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away3%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)32%34%
No qualifications13%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification9%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)99%91%
Cannot speak English well or at allunder 1%2%

Deprivation

The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 9 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.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

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.

Everything that has changed on and near this street

Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

  • S18 8YB: 47 addresses
  • S18 8YD: 30 addresses of 31 in the postcode
  • S18 8XX: 1 address of 44 in the postcode

Nearby streets

Holme Close · Longcroft Road · Orchard Square · Great Croft · Solway Rise · Croft Lea · Cromarty Rise · Forth Avenue · Tay Close · Burbage Close · Moray Place · Welbeck Close

All the streets in S18 and across North East 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.