Stoneheads Stoneheads, High Peak
8 addresses across 1 postcode (SK23), about 240 m long. USRN 17320583.
- Sales: 34 recorded sales since 1995; in 2022 the median was £500,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 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 B; Band D in High Peak costs £2,385 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 7% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Whaley Bridge, about 780 m (0.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Memorial Park, is about 890 m (0.6 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 242 to 249 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 8 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Goyt Valley Medical Practice, about 870 m (0.5 miles) away.
- People: About 360 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 97% of households owned their home and 49% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 9 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | £500,000 | £500,000 | £500,000 |
| 2019 | 5 | £400,000 | £325,000 | £640,000 |
| 2018 | 3 | £425,000 | £345,000 | £783,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £525,000 | £525,000 | £525,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £475,000 | £475,000 | £475,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £200,000 | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £290,000 | £290,000 | £290,000 |
| 2010 | 2 | £353,500 | £352,000 | £355,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £350,000 | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| 2007 | 3 | £160,000 | £111,500 | £230,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £925,000 | £925,000 | £925,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £150,000 | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Jul 2025 | BROWSIDE BARN, 4B SK23 7BB | Other | £1,093,500 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 18 Jul 2025 | BROWSIDE BARN, 4B SK23 7BB | Other | £1,093,500 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 18 Jul 2025 | BROWSIDE BARN, 4B SK23 7BB | Other | £6,500 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 15 Sep 2022 | 21 SK23 7BB | Detached | £500,000 | |
| 12 Sep 2022 | 9 SK23 7BB | Other | £1,350,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 5 Dec 2019 | 21 SK23 7BB | Detached | £325,000 | |
| 16 Aug 2019 | 10 SK23 7BB | Terraced | £459,950 | |
| 23 Jul 2019 | 3 SK23 7BB | Semi-detached | £400,000 | |
| 26 Apr 2019 | 19 SK23 7BB | Detached | £640,000 | |
| 5 Mar 2019 | 8 SK23 7BB | Terraced | £325,000 | |
| 31 Jul 2018 | THE OLD GOLF HOUSE, 33 SK23 7BB | Detached | £783,000 | |
| 15 Jun 2018 | 17 SK23 7BB | Detached | £425,000 | |
| 10 Apr 2018 | MEADOW BROW, 2 SK23 7BB | Detached | £345,000 | |
| 24 Aug 2017 | 27 SK23 7BB | Detached | £525,000 | |
| 2 Dec 2016 | STONEHEADS STUDIO SK23 7BB | Detached | £475,000 | |
| 5 Dec 2014 | 8 SK23 7BB | Terraced | £200,000 | |
| 31 Jul 2013 | 5 - 7 SK23 7BB | Detached | £290,000 | |
| 27 Aug 2010 | 2A SK23 7BB | Detached | £355,000 | |
| 15 Jan 2010 | 21 SK23 7BB | Detached | £352,000 | |
| 23 Dec 2009 | 10 SK23 7BB | Semi-detached | £350,000 | |
| 9 Nov 2007 | 6 SK23 7BB | Semi-detached | £160,000 | |
| 21 Jun 2007 | 6 SK23 7BB | Semi-detached | £111,500 | |
| 28 Mar 2007 | 23 SK23 7BB | Semi-detached | £230,000 | Leasehold. |
| 14 Dec 2006 | 9 SK23 7BB | Detached | £925,000 | |
| 27 Apr 2004 | 23 SK23 7BB | Semi-detached | £150,000 | Leasehold. |
| 14 Nov 2003 | 17 SK23 7BB | Detached | £249,950 | |
| 26 Sep 2003 | 31 SK23 7BB | Detached | £330,000 | |
| 23 Jul 2003 | 12 SK23 7BB | Detached | £340,000 | |
| 16 May 2002 | 25 SK23 7BB | Detached | £165,000 | |
| 4 Apr 2002 | 17 SK23 7BB | Detached | £189,000 | |
| 15 Jul 1997 | 21 SK23 7BB | Detached | £130,000 | |
| 22 Nov 1996 | 10 SK23 7BB | Semi-detached | £108,000 | |
| 15 Dec 1995 | 29 SK23 7BB | Detached | £175,000 | |
| 24 Feb 1995 | 17 SK23 7BB | Detached | £105,500 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 163 m². Most common: House, detached (2); House, mid-terrace (1); House, end-terrace (1). Built: before 1900 (2); 1976-1982 (1); 1991-1995 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (3 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in High Peak in 2026-27: Band D £2,385 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,590 | £1,855 | £2,120 | £2,385 | £2,915 | £3,445 | £3,974 | £4,769 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (24% of about 660 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
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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 8 addresses are between 242 m and 249 m above sea level (244 m on average); the ground rises about 7 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK23 7BB | 97% | 7% | 7% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Whaley Bridge 134,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 780 m (0.5 miles) |
| Furness Vale 26,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | |
| New Mills Newtown 212,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Meadow Close Stoneheads | 150 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station New Mills | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 19 km (12 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Goyt Valley Medical Practice | 870 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Well | 870 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dean Kennedy Dental Practice LTD | 870 m (0.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Buxton Cavendish Hospital | 9.3 km (5.8 miles) |
| Police station | New Mills Police Station | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Memorial Park 5.3 ha | 890 m (0.6 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,920 m² | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.8 ha | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | Sunnybank Allotment Site Asset 167 7,150 m² | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Canal Warehouse at end of Peak Forest Canal, a listed building (Grade II*), 810 m (0.5 miles) east. 7 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Canal Warehouse at end of Peak Forest Canal | Listed building, Grade II* | 810 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Wayside and boundary cross known as The Dipping Stone | Scheduled monument | 830 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Bugsworth canal basin, tramway, quarry and limekilns | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Stoneheads Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 260 m west |
| Hurst Clough | Valley | 610 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Hawkhurst Head | Hill | 620 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Ringstone Clough | Valley | 770 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Slatersbank Wood | Wood | 810 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Toddbrook Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 920 m (0.6 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 6 | 8 |
2 of the street's 8 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 High Peak: see them on the High Peak page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whaley Bridge Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Good (Jul 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Taxal and Fernilee CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Furness Vale Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 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 |
| Buxworth Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
| Public order | 2 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Whaley Lane (4); On or near Meadow Close (2); On or near Hill Top Rise (1); On or near Hill View (1); On or near Meadowfield (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 97% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 62% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 2% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 32% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 46% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 50% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 42% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 49% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 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
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
- SK23 7BB: 8 addresses of 44 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Meadowfield · Hill View · Hill Top Rise · Stoneheads Rise · Meadow Close · Meadowside · Hill Drive · Yeardsley Green · Yeardsley Green · Low Meadow · Whaley Lane · Ringstone Way
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.