Rainbow Cottage Danebridge, Cheshire East
13 addresses across 3 postcodes (SK11), about 690 m (0.4 miles) long. USRN 37700110.
- Sales: 1 recorded sales since 1995; in 2001 the median was £48,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 8 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 2, E: 1, F: 2, G: 1).
- Flood: 2 addresses on its postcodes are 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 E; Band D in Cheshire East costs £2,455 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Congleton, about 9.5 km (5.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 179 to 314 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 13 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Park Medical Centre, about 8.5 km (5.3 miles) away.
- People: About 470 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 81% of households owned their home and 39% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 | £48,000 | £48,000 | £48,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Dec 2001 | 1 SK11 0QE | Semi-detached | £48,000 | Leasehold. |
Energy performance certificates
8 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 157 m². Most common: House, detached (7); House, semi-detached (1). Built: before 1900 (6); 2012 onwards (1); 1967-1975 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (8).
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band E (24% of about 1,860 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Danebridge and Wincle (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- 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
- DANE BRIDGE, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 30 September 2026
- 21 October 2026 to 28 October 2026: Connect Fibre (Fibre Assets Ltd), Utility asset works, road closure, on the footway, carriageway, verge (major (paa) works)
Finished in the last three months
- 7 September 2026 to 14 September 2026: Connect Fibre (Fibre Assets Ltd), Utility asset works, road closure, on the footway, carriageway, verge (major works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| SK11 0QE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| SK11 0RE | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| SK11 0RF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 13 addresses are between 179 m and 314 m above sea level (211 m on average); the ground rises about 135 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK11 0QE | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SK11 0RE | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SK11 0RF | 0% | 0% | 0% | 33% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Congleton 324,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.5 km (5.9 miles) |
| Macclesfield 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 9.8 km (6.1 miles) | |
| Buxton 382,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.1 km (8.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Leek Town Centre | 8.7 km (5.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 24 km (15 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Park Medical Centre | 8.5 km (5.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Leek Pharmacy | 8 km (5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Leek Dental Centre | 8.1 km (5 miles) |
| Hospital | Leek Moorlands Hospital | 9.2 km (5.7 miles) |
| Police station | Leek Police Station | 8.7 km (5.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
No parks, play areas, playing fields or allotments within 3 km (1.9 miles).
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Bowl barrow in Swythamley Park, a scheduled monument, 430 m (0.3 miles) east. 13 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bowl barrow in Swythamley Park | Scheduled monument | 430 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Round cairn 110m south west of Bartomley Farm | Scheduled monument | 820 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Wincle Grange Farmhouse | Listed building, Grade II* | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Mill Pond | Lake or reservoir | 270 m north |
| Fall Wood | Wood | 410 m (0.3 miles) south |
| Timberhurst Wood | Wood | 480 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Scar Pool | Lake or reservoir | 480 m (0.3 miles) north-east |
| Whitelee Clough | Valley | 620 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Nabbs Hill | Hill | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.7 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 11 | 13 |
2 of the street's 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wincle CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 6 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 3 |
| Possession of weapons | 2 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Park/Open Space (11).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 81% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 50% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 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) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 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) | 38% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 39% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 4 to 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
- SK11 0QE: 10 addresses of 54 in the postcode
- SK11 0RE: 2 addresses of 25 in the postcode
- SK11 0RF: 1 address of 14 in the postcode
All the streets in SK11 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.