The Green Dodford, West Northamptonshire
14 addresses across 2 postcodes (NN7), about 160 m long. USRN 10600394.
- Sales: 12 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £485,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 5 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, E: 3).
- 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 D; Band D in West Northamptonshire costs £2,487 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Long Buckby, about 6.2 km (3.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Green, is about 100 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 99 to 105 m above sea level.
- Noise: 8 of its 14 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Greens Norton & Weedon Medical Practice, about 2 km (1.3 miles) away.
- People: About 220 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 77% of households owned their home and 40% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | £485,000 | £485,000 | £485,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £530,000 | £530,000 | £530,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £552,000 | £552,000 | £552,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £460,000 | £460,000 | £460,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £448,000 | £448,000 | £448,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £259,000 | £259,000 | £259,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £180,000 | £180,000 | £180,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £250,000 | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £175,000 | £175,000 | £175,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £160,000 | £160,000 | £160,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £122,000 | £122,000 | £122,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2024 | 2 NN7 4ST | Semi-detached | £485,000 | |
| 24 May 2023 | HOLBOURN HOUSE DAY NURSERY NN7 4ST | Other | £110,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 6 Apr 2021 | 5 NN7 4ST | Detached | £530,000 | |
| 17 Jul 2015 | 6 NN7 4ST | Detached | £552,000 | |
| 14 May 2014 | 5 NN7 4ST | Detached | £460,000 | |
| 12 Dec 2013 | 6 NN7 4ST | Detached | £448,000 | |
| 6 Nov 2009 | LADYWOOD NN7 4ST | Detached | £259,000 | |
| 9 Nov 2007 | 5 NN7 4ST | Detached | £180,000 | New build. |
| 2 May 2006 | 6 NN7 4ST | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 11 Oct 2004 | 1 NN7 4ST | Semi-detached | £175,000 | |
| 17 Jul 1998 | HOLDON NN7 4ST | Detached | £160,000 | |
| 28 Feb 1997 | HOLDON NN7 4ST | Detached | £122,000 |
Energy performance certificates
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 173 m². Most common: House, detached (3); House, semi-detached (1); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: 1967-1975 (2); before 1900 (1); 2011 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (4 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in West Northamptonshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,487 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,658 | £1,934 | £2,210 | £2,487 | £3,039 | £3,592 | £4,144 | £4,973 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (23% of about 810 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, 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: of the 21 homes the Environment Agency counts, 1 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 low and 0 very low.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NN7 4ST | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 1 | unlikely |
| NN7 4SX | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 14 addresses are between 99 m and 105 m above sea level (102 m on average); the ground rises about 6 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NN7 4ST | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| NN7 4SX | 95% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Long Buckby 330,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.2 km (3.9 miles) |
| Northampton 2.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 13.3 km (8.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Dodford Grange | 300 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Daventry | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 50.1 km (31 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Greens Norton & Weedon Medical Practice | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Danetre Hospital (Out-Patients) | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) |
| Police station | Daventry Police Station | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | Freeway Service Station Cashzone | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Green 1.7 ha | 100 m |
| Play area | Unnamed 120 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.2 ha | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Allotments | Riverside Allotments 9,040 m² | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 1.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary the Virgin, a listed building (Grade I), 220 m west. 9 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary the Virgin | Listed building, Grade I | 220 m west |
| Brockhall Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Poolbank Spinney | Wood | 430 m (0.3 miles) west |
| Landing Spinney | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Mazedale Spinney | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) north |
| Skewbridge Spinney | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-east |
| River Nene (Whilton Branch) | Lake or reservoir | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) east |
| Weedon Hill | Hill | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.9 | 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 | 7 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 6 | 14 |
8 of the street's 14 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 West Northamptonshire: see them on the West Northamptonshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weedon Bec Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Urgent improvement; Achievement: Urgent improvement; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Urgent improvement; Early years: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dodford Village Hall NN7 4SY | Other catering premises | 150 m | Exempt | |
| Dodford Grange B&B | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 250 m | 5 Very good | 18 May 2021 |
| Jenkinsons Caterers (Stafford) Ltd NN7 4SR | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 290 m | 5 Very good | 31 Aug 2023 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (northamptonshire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 77% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 43% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 4% | 1% |
| Social rented | 6% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 55% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 34% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 47% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 47% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 26% | 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) | 40% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 11% | 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 8 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
Nearby streets
All the streets in NN7 and across West 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.