Tay Drive Rushden, North Northamptonshire
12 addresses across 1 postcode (NN10), about 80 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 12850548.
- Sales: 18 recorded sales since 1995; in 2022 the median was £290,000 across 2 sales.
- Energy: 11 homes have an energy certificate (B: 9, C: 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 B; Band D in North Northamptonshire costs £2,424 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Wellingborough, about 6.3 km (3.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 190 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 80 to 81 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 12 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Higham Ferrers Surgery, about 1.2 km (0.8 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 360 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 80% of households owned their home and 26% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 70 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 | 2 | £290,000 | £265,000 | £315,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £310,000 | £310,000 | £310,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £232,000 | £232,000 | £232,000 |
| 2017 | 2 | £206,500 | £168,000 | £245,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £130,000 | £130,000 | £130,000 |
| 2014 | 4 | £178,995 | £111,995 | £182,495 |
| 2013 | 5 | £152,995 | £129,995 | £158,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Sep 2022 | 7 NN10 0GX | Semi-detached | £265,000 | |
| 4 May 2022 | 2 NN10 0GX | Detached | £315,000 | |
| 3 Dec 2021 | 11 NN10 0GX | Detached | £310,000 | |
| 21 Oct 2020 | 5 NN10 0GX | Detached | £232,000 | |
| 29 Sep 2017 | 4 NN10 0GX | Terraced | £168,000 | |
| 25 Aug 2017 | 11 NN10 0GX | Detached | £245,000 | |
| 25 Nov 2016 | 10 NN10 0GX | Terraced | £130,000 | |
| 28 Feb 2014 | 11 NN10 0GX | Detached | £182,495 | New build. |
| 14 Feb 2014 | 1 NN10 0GX | Detached | £179,995 | New build. |
| 14 Feb 2014 | 2 NN10 0GX | Detached | £177,995 | New build. |
| 10 Jan 2014 | 10 NN10 0GX | Terraced | £111,995 | New build. |
| 6 Dec 2013 | 9 NN10 0GX | Semi-detached | £153,995 | New build. |
| 29 Nov 2013 | 4 NN10 0GX | Terraced | £129,995 | New build. |
| 29 Nov 2013 | 6 NN10 0GX | Terraced | £121,825 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 29 Nov 2013 | 8 NN10 0GX | Terraced | £119,965 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 28 Nov 2013 | 7 NN10 0GX | Semi-detached | £152,995 | New build. |
| 22 Nov 2013 | 5 NN10 0GX | Detached | £158,000 | New build. |
| 11 Oct 2013 | 3 NN10 0GX | Semi-detached | £137,495 | New build. |
Energy performance certificates
11 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 72 m². Most common: House, detached (5); House, mid-terrace (2); House, semi-detached (2). Built: 2013 (6); 2011 (2); 2012 onwards (2). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (1); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (9 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in North Northamptonshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,424 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,616 | £1,885 | £2,155 | £2,424 | £2,963 | £3,501 | £4,040 | £4,848 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band B (37% of about 1,140 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 30 September 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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 12 addresses are between 80 m and 81 m above sea level (81 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NN10 0GX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Wellingborough 981,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) |
| Kettering 1.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 14.5 km (9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 11 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 63 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Gloucester Crescent Rushden | 250 m |
| Car parks | High Street Rushden Car Park | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 49.4 km (31 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Higham Ferrers Surgery | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Cherry Pharmacy | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Idh Limited | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Rushden Hospital | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Police station | Wellingborough Police Station | 7.1 km (4.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Premier Cashzone | 510 m (0.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,610 m² | 190 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Unnamed 7,970 m² | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
| Play area | 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 380 m² | 220 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 8,630 m² | 340 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,720 m² | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 1.2 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Bede House, a listed building (Grade I), 940 m (0.6 miles) north-west. 26 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 4 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bede House | Listed building, Grade I | 940 m (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade I | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Chantry Chapel of All Souls | Listed building, Grade I | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Churchyard Cross Approximately 8 Metres West of Chantry Chapel of All Souls | Listed building, Grade I | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Churchyard cross in St Mary the Virgin churchyard | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Market cross 44m north of the Town Hall | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| 'Chichele College': the remains of the medieval college of Higham Ferrers | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Moors | Wood | 1.7 km (1 mile) west |
| Wateryard Spinney | Wood | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north-east |
| Wymington Spinney | Wood | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) south-west |
| Skew Bridge Ski Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) west |
| Crow Hill | Hill | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) north |
| Darnell's Dene | Valley | 4.9 km (3 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.5 | 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 | 10 | 12 |
2 of the street's 12 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 North Northamptonshire: see them on the North Northamptonshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ferrers School | Secondary | 11–18 | 580 m (0.4 miles) | Report card (Mar 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Needs attention; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Post-16 provision: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Denfield Park Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 750 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Higham Ferrers Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Requires improvement (Jan 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Newton Road School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No overall grade (Jan 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Requires improvement; Leadership and management: Requires improvement |
| Higham Ferrers Nursery and Infant School | Primary | 3–7 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Alfred Lord Tennyson School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Rushden Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Henry Chichele Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Report card (Dec 2025): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starbucks NN10 0FX | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 150 m | 5 Very good | 13 Oct 2026 |
| Park And Shop / Bakery 79, Pizza 79 NN10 0FX | Retailers - other | 180 m | 5 Very good | 14 Jan 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 20 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 20 |
| Vehicle crime | 6 |
| Other theft | 6 |
| Shoplifting | 5 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 4 |
| Other crime | 3 |
| Robbery | 2 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Petrol Station (29); On or near Osborne Close (9); On or near Tyne Way (8); On or near Tweed Crescent (7); On or near Dee Close (5).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 34 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 24% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 10% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 80% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 23% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 7% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 75% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 12% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 26% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 67% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 48% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 26% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 88% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 6 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
- NN10 0GX: 12 addresses
Nearby streets
Tees Avenue · Dee Close · Osborne Close · Tyne Way · Tweed Crescent · Avon Rise · Balmoral Avenue · Gloucester Crescent · Croft Way · Spire Road · Newbury Close · Belfry Mews
All the streets in NN10 and across North Northamptonshire.
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.