Spitfire Close Clayhill, Buckinghamshire
83 addresses across 5 postcodes (SL7), about 580 m (0.4 miles) long, classed as a local road. USRN 45500244.
- Energy: 75 homes have an energy certificate (B: 18, C: 35, D: 22).
- 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 F; Band D in Buckinghamshire costs £2,527 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is High Wycombe, about 4.3 km (2.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Claymoor Park, is about 220 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 145 to 149 m above sea level.
- Noise: 44 of its 83 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Cressex Health Centre, about 1.7 km (1 mile) away.
- People: About 290 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 38% of households owned their home and 28% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 43 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
75 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 85 m². Most common: House, end-terrace (25); House, mid-terrace (23); House, semi-detached (17). Built: 1967-1975 (25); 1950-1966 (20); 2024 (18). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (56); owner-occupied (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Buckinghamshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,527 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,684 | £1,965 | £2,246 | £2,527 | £3,088 | £3,650 | £4,211 | £5,053 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band F (37% of about 700 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): Former Wycombe Rural District - Poultry Production.
- Tree preservation orders: 1 protected tree on or by this street; in a protected area: 57/2019.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Westside Fruit / The Apple Orchard, Clay Lane, Booker: up to 11 homes, not permissioned (60 m)
- Notcutts Garden Centre, Clay Lane, High Wycombe: up to 15 homes, not permissioned (450 m (0.3 miles))
- Oak Tree ManorMarlow RoadMarlowBuckinghamshireSL7 3DQ, SL7 3DQ: up to 2 homes, permissioned (710 m (0.4 miles))
Roadworks
Planned, as of 30 September 2026
- 4 January 2027 to 22 February 2027: CADENT GAS LIMITED, Utility asset works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway, carriageway (major (paa) works)
Finished in the last three months
- 14 September 2026: Buckinghamshire Council, Highway improvement works, give and take, on the carriageway (immediate - emergency works)
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 84 addresses are between 145 m and 149 m above sea level (147 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SL7 3DN | 100% | 3% | 0% | 0% |
| SL7 3DW | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SL7 3FL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SL7 3FN | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SL7 3FP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | High Wycombe 2.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) |
| Marlow 361,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) | |
| Bourne End 255,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.9 km (4.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Clayhill Booker | 180 m |
| Bus or coach station | Coachway High Wycombe | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Car parks | High Wycombe Park and Ride | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 320 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 27.9 km (17 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Cressex Health Centre | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Asda Pharmacy | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Cressex Dental Surgery | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Wycombe Hospital | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Police station | Marlow Police Station | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | Park Garage Group -turnpike | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Claymoor Park 3,020 m² | 220 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 80 m² | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.7 ha | 810 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.5 ha | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.3 hectares in all.
Landmarks
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Shaw | Wood | 180 m south-east |
| Hazel Grove | Wood | 340 m north-west |
| Hillgreen Wood | Wood | 670 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Nuttings Wood | Wood | 870 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Burroughs Grove Hill | Hill | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-east |
| Lock Island | Island | 5 km (3.1 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.0 | 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 | 7 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 37 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 39 | 83 |
44 of the street's 83 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 Buckinghamshire: see them on the Buckinghamshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cressex Community School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Chepping View Primary Academy | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Outstanding (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Booker Hill Primary School & Nursery | Primary | 3–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westside Fruit/Farmshop SL7 3DJ | Retailers - other | 120 m | 5 Very good | 14 Nov 2025 |
| The Kids Lunch Company Ltd SL7 3DJ | Other catering premises | 120 m | 5 Very good | 2 Dec 2025 |
| Beacon Residential Homes Ltd SL7 3DJ | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 140 m | 4 Good | 11 Oct 2024 |
| The Runway Bistro SL7 3DP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 380 m | 4 Good | 22 Oct 2025 |
| Notcutts SL7 3DH | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 7 Sep 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 27 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 5 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 3 |
| Vehicle crime | 3 |
| Public order | 2 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Clay Lane (43).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 41 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 14% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 38% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 21% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 53% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 9% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 16% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 54% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 51% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 11% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 28% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 95% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 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.
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
- SL7 3DN: 39 addresses
- SL7 3DW: 24 addresses
- SL7 3FL: 8 addresses of 10 in the postcode
- SL7 3FN: 7 addresses of 21 in the postcode
- SL7 3FP: 5 addresses of 14 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Platinum Road · Spitfire Close · Claymoor Park
All the streets in SL7 and across Buckinghamshire.
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.