The Green Harlestone, West Northamptonshire
31 addresses across 5 postcodes (NN7), about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) long. USRN 10618230.
- Sales: 6 recorded sales since 1995; in 2019 the median was £286,500 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (E: 3, F: 6, G: 1).
- Flood: 7 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 G; Band D in West Northamptonshire costs £2,487 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 67% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Northampton, about 5.6 km (3.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.5 km (1 mile) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 100 to 105 m above sea level.
- Noise: 6 of its 31 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is St Lukes Primary Care Centre, about 3.4 km (2.1 miles) away.
- People: About 530 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 69% of households owned their home and 43% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | £286,500 | £286,500 | £286,500 |
| 2006 | 1 | £208,000 | £208,000 | £208,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £160,000 | £160,000 | £160,000 |
| 1995 | 2 | £56,750 | £55,000 | £58,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Mar 2022 | 4 NN7 4EX | Other | £375,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 17 Jun 2019 | 3 NN7 4EX | Terraced | £286,500 | |
| 8 Sep 2006 | 4 NN7 4EX | Semi-detached | £208,000 | |
| 12 Oct 2005 | 6 NN7 4EX | Semi-detached | £160,000 | |
| 15 Dec 1995 | 4 NN7 4EX | Semi-detached | £55,000 | |
| 3 Feb 1995 | 2 NN7 4EX | Semi-detached | £58,500 |
Energy performance certificates
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 130 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (6); House, detached (3); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: 1930-1949 (3); before 1900 (3); 1900-1929 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4); rented (social) (3); rented (private) (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (5 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 G (23% of about 1,030 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Lower Harlestone (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 8.
- 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
- 54, UPPER HARLESTONE, grade II
- 59, UPPER HARLESTONE, grade II
- 64, UPPER HARLESTONE, grade II
- 69, UPPER HARLESTONE, grade II
- GRAFTON LODGE, grade II
- HOLLY BUSH COTTAGE, grade II
- K6 TELEPHONE KIOSK BY POST OFFICE, grade II
- PUMP APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES SOUTH WEST OF NUMBER 69, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 12 September 2026: West Northamptonshire Council, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 7 at medium risk and 4 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 71 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 7 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 4EJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NN7 4EU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NN7 4EH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 2 / 3 | unlikely |
| NN7 4EW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 5 / 1 | unlikely |
| NN7 4EX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 31 addresses are between 100 m and 105 m above sea level (102 m on average); the ground rises about 5 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NN7 4EH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NN7 4EJ | 80% | 80% | 80% | 0% |
| NN7 4EU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NN7 4EW | 97% | 97% | 97% | 3% |
| NN7 4EX | 100% | 67% | 67% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Northampton 2.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| Long Buckby 330,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.6 km (5.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Upper Harlestone Turn Lower Harlestone | 230 m |
| Bus or coach station | Northampton Bus Interchange | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | evyve Charging Station | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 56.9 km (35 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | St Lukes Primary Care Centre | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Limehurst Square Pharmacy | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Berrywood Hospital | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Police station | Northamptonshire Police | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 2.0 ha | 1.5 km (1 mile) |
| Play area | Unnamed 320 m² | 950 m (0.6 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 3.4 ha | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 3,140 m² | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Stables of Harlestone House., a listed building (Grade II*), 640 m (0.4 miles) north-west. 37 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Stables of Harlestone House. | Listed building, Grade II* | 640 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Church of St Andrew | Listed building, Grade I | 650 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Settlement site 330yds (300m) N of mill | Scheduled monument | 900 m (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Althorp | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Pale Plantation | Wood | 210 m south-west |
| Grove Hole | Wood | 240 m west |
| Dudman's Plantation | Wood | 340 m east |
| New Plantation | Wood | 340 m south-west |
| Shepherd's Hill | Hill | 2 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Oaktree Stew | Lake or reservoir | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 5 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 25 | 31 |
6 of the street's 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harlestone Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 500 m (0.3 miles) | Good (May 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
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 | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 22% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 69% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 34% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 3% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 23% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 62% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 25% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 47% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 49% | 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) | 53% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 24% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 43% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 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
- NN7 4EJ: 14 addresses of 17 in the postcode
- NN7 4EU: 8 addresses
- NN7 4EH: 5 addresses of 59 in the postcode
- NN7 4EW: 3 addresses of 53 in the postcode
- NN7 4EX: 1 address of 10 in the postcode
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.