The Limes Thrapston, North Northamptonshire
6 addresses across 2 postcodes (NN14), about 70 m long. USRN 12850068.
- Sales: 9 recorded sales since 1995; in 2019 the median was £470,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in North Northamptonshire cost £252,884 in August 2026 (+0.1% on a year); private rents averaged £995 a month.
- Energy: 3 homes have an energy certificate (C: 3).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Field Adjacent To A605 Bypass, is 250 m away.
- Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 3 times (16 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 10 to 30% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Centenary House, Bridge Street - Biomass Boiler, is 1 km (0.6 miles) away.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A605, carries 24,145 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- 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 Kettering, about 14 km (8.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: There is a small park or garden about 170 m away, and Peace Memorial Park (1.1 hectares) is about 500 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 56 to 57 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Meadows Surgery, about 900 m (0.6 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 300 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 80% of households owned their home and 30% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 62 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025; 1 involved a pedestrian.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | £470,000 | £470,000 | £470,000 |
| 2006 | 2 | £382,000 | £379,000 | £385,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £354,000 | £354,000 | £354,000 |
| 2002 | 2 | £267,250 | £235,000 | £299,500 |
| 2001 | 3 | £219,950 | £185,000 | £235,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jul 2001 | 1 NN14 4NH | Detached | £219,950 | New build. |
| 20 Jun 2001 | 2 NN14 4NH | Detached | £185,000 | New build. |
| 25 Sep 2019 | 3 NN14 4NH | Detached | £470,000 | |
| 4 Dec 2006 | 3 NN14 4NH | Detached | £385,000 | |
| 4 Jan 2001 | 3 NN14 4NH | Detached | £235,000 | New build. |
| 28 Nov 2005 | 4 NN14 4NH | Detached | £354,000 | |
| 5 Apr 2002 | 4 NN14 4NH | Detached | £235,000 | New build. |
| 27 Apr 2006 | 5 NN14 4NH | Detached | £379,000 | |
| 28 Nov 2002 | 5 NN14 4NH | Detached | £299,500 | New build. |
House prices and rents in North Northamptonshire
A typical home in North Northamptonshire cost £252,884 in August 2026, 0.1% more than a year before. That is 11% more than five years earlier and 43% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £401,061 |
| Semi-detached | £249,321 |
| Terraced | £201,883 |
| Flat or maisonette | £117,641 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £217,161 |
Private renters in North Northamptonshire paid £995 a month on average in September 2026, 4.7% more than a year before. That is 37% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £686 |
| Two bedrooms | £885 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,072 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,533 |
Energy performance certificates
3 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 182 m². Most common: House, detached (3). Built: 1996-2002 (2); 2003-2006 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (3 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 16,671 kWh of it on average in 2024, 44% more than the district's 11,570 kWh, and 4,091 kWh of electricity, 8% more than the district's 3,795 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NN14 4NH | 5 | 3,070 kWh | 5 | 19,943 kWh |
| NN14 4NG | 30 10 Economy 7 | 2,994 kWh | 31 | 13,488 kWh |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is NN14.
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 (35% of about 830 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Thrapston. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- 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.
Energy projects nearby
1 energy project near the street's postcodes, 1 of it not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centenary House, Bridge Street - Biomass Boiler North Northamptonshire NE/22/01034/FUL | Biomass | 0.2 MW | Permission granted, not yet built May 2023 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
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, 0 at medium risk and 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NN14 4NH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NN14 4NG | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 3 times, for 16 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Holland Brook.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thrapston Terminal Pumping Station Anglian Water | Holland Brook | 3 | 16 | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 10 to 30%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 250 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Field Adjacent To A605 Bypass Thrapston | 1988 to 1989 | Inert | 250 m |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's 6 addresses are between 56 m and 57 m above sea level (57 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NN14 4NG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NN14 4NH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Kettering 1.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 14 km (8.7 miles) |
| Wellingborough 981,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 14.4 km (9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 18 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Orchard Way Thrapston | 100 m |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 4.9 km (3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 58.9 km (37 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Meadows Surgery Good Apr 2018 | 900 m (0.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Thrapston Pharmacy | 780 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Chancery Dental | 810 m (0.5 miles) |
| Hospital | St Mary's Hospital | 13.3 km (8.3 miles) |
| Care homes | 1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Nene House Good Jan 2018 | 530 m (0.3 miles) |
| Police station | Kettering Police Station | 13.5 km (8.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Shell Thrapston, A1/M1 Link Cashzone | 310 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 5,360 m² | 170 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Peace Memorial Park 1.1 ha | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 9 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 160 m² | 200 m |
| Playing field | Castle Playing Fields 2.7 ha | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 3.7 ha | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 6 parks and gardens, 3.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St James, a listed building (Grade II*), 690 m (0.4 miles) west. 31 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St James | Listed building, Grade II* | 690 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Titchmarsh Roman Town | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Roman timber bridge over Harper Brook | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Spinney | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-west |
| Heronry Lake | Lake or reservoir | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Brawn's Spinney | Wood | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south |
| Aldwincle Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) north |
| Vicarage Spinney | Wood | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) south |
| Denford Old Ash | Wood | 2.7 km (1.6 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 14.5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 6 | 6 |
None of the street's 6 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thrapston Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 570 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 48% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 1% at the higher standard (2025; 48% in 2024 and 42% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
3 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 60 m from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kids Planet Thrapston NN14 4NG | Full day care | 78 | Good (Sep 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 60 m |
| Five Star School Clubs NN14 4JU | Out-of-school day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 600 m (0.4 miles) | |
| Willow Tree Day Nursery NN14 4PL | Full day care | 35 | Not inspected yet | 950 m (0.6 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 216 childminders and 19 home childcarers (nannies) in North Northamptonshire. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kids Planet Thrapston NN14 4NG | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 190 m | 5 Very good | 31 Oct 2025 |
| Hermitage House Care Home NN14 4GN | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 290 m | 5 Very good | 27 Feb 2026 |
| Shell Thrapston NN14 4UR | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 340 m | 5 Very good | 28 Jul 2026 |
| Greggs NN14 4UR | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 340 m | 5 Very good | 12 Feb 2026 |
| Subway NN14 4UR | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 340 m | 5 Very good | 23 May 2025 |
| Dine Contract Catering @ Saica Packaging NN14 4QS | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 29 Aug 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 25 |
| Vehicle crime | 15 |
| Public order | 5 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 4 |
| Burglary | 3 |
| Other theft | 3 |
| Drugs | 2 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Goldfinch Street (16); On or near Treen Close (12); On or near Blackbird Close (7); On or near Huntingdon Road (6); On or near Barnwell Close (4).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. 1 involved a pedestrian. 100% happened in the dark, and 100% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jan 2021 17:20 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | Minor road, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on, wet road |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A605 between A14 and A427, with 24,145 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 350 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A605 | A14 to A427 | 24,145 estimated; counted 2023 | 12% | +8% since 2015 | 350 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 17% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 80% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 40% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 11% | 17% |
| Private rented | 8% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 66% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 19% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 22% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 66% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 32% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 30% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 9 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
Orchard Way · Greenshank Way · Rockingham Close · Kimbolton Court · Crab Apple Way · Barnwell Close · Woodpecker Way · Magpie Road · Penrhyn Court · Lindisfarne Way · Damson Close · Goldfinch Street
All the streets in NN14 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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.