Thorpe Close Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
20 addresses across 1 postcode (HP21), about 70 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 1401407.
- Sales: 2 recorded sales since 1995; in 2014 the median was £295,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 12 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 9, E: 1).
- 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 E; Band D in Buckinghamshire costs £2,527 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Stoke Mandeville, about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 570 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 92 to 97 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 Mandeville Practice, about 1.9 km (1.2 miles) away.
- People: About 330 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 95% of households owned their home and 41% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | £295,000 | £295,000 | £295,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £263,000 | £263,000 | £263,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Oct 2014 | 8 HP21 9YD | Semi-detached | £295,000 | |
| 31 Oct 2013 | 19 HP21 9YD | Semi-detached | £263,000 |
Energy performance certificates
12 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 89 m². Most common: House, detached (6); House, semi-detached (6). Built: 1983-1990 (6); 1976-1982 (4); 1967-1975 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (11).
Each home's certificates and sales (6 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Buckinghamshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,527 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,684 | £1,965 | £2,246 | £2,527 | £3,088 | £3,650 | £4,211 | £5,053 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band E (33% of about 570 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): 51636, 51637, 51638, 51639, 9316, Article_4_Direction_s__Aylesbury_Vale_.6.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Bucks Sport and Social Club, Lower Road: up to 100 homes, not permissioned (890 m (0.6 miles))
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
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 20 addresses are between 92 m and 97 m above sea level (95 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP21 9YD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Stoke Mandeville 192,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Aylesbury 900,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) | |
| Wendover 329,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 9 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 29 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Dalesford Road Aylesbury | 50 m |
| Bus or coach station | Aylesbury Bus Stn | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Car parks | 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Stoke Mandeville Hospital Patient & Visitor On Street Parking Area 2 | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest MFG Charging Station | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 30.6 km (19 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Mandeville Practice | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Jardines Pharmacy | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | The Grove Dental Clinic | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Stoke Mandeville Hospital | 530 m (0.3 miles) |
| Police station | Aylesbury Police Station | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Cash machines | MFG - Aylesbury Cashzone | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,670 m² | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Unnamed 8,640 m² | 720 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6,740 m² | 160 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 12 ha | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.0 ha | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 1.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Vale | Valley | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) north |
| Oakfield Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) north-east |
| Weston Turville Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) south-east |
| Splash Covert | Wood | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) east |
| Park Hill | Hill | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) west |
| Rifle Spinney | Wood | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.6 | 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 | 20 | 20 |
None of the street's 20 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 Buckinghamshire: see them on the Buckinghamshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Harding School | Primary | 4–11 | 480 m (0.3 miles) | Good (Jun 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Bedgrove Infant School | Primary | 3–7 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| Turnfurlong Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | Outstanding (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Turnfurlong Infant School | Primary | 2–7 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| The Grange School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Bedgrove Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Stoke Mandeville Combined School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| The Mandeville School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Inadequate; Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvement |
| St Edward's Catholic Junior School Roman Catholic | Primary | 7–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Joseph's Catholic Infant School Roman Catholic | Primary | 2–7 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| Aylesbury High School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Outstanding (Dec 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Ashmead Combined School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Jan 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willows Day Nursery HP21 8BD | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 240 m | 5 Very good | 8 Aug 2024 |
| Asda Stores HP21 8BD | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 240 m | 5 Very good | 27 Nov 2025 |
| Fresh Start Catering Ltd At William Harding Combined School HP21 9TJ | School/college/university | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 1 Oct 2025 |
| William Harding School HP21 9TJ | School/college/university | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 25 Sep 2025 |
| Next Thing Education Camps Ltd HP21 9TJ | School/college/university | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 9 Apr 2026 |
| Grasshopper's Day Nursery HP21 9PD | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 29 May 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 10 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 3 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Edward Close (6); On or near Jasmine Close (5); On or near Dalesford Road (2); On or near Evans Close (2); On or near Kingsland Road (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 19% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 95% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 51% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 4% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 65% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 23% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 44% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 46% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 54% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 18% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 10 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
- HP21 9YD: 20 addresses of 21 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Dalesford Road · Marsham Close · Elham Way · David Close · Nash Close · Anns Close · Kingsland Road · Edward Close · Evans Close · Hanson Way · Jane Close · Edward Walk
All the streets in HP21 and across Buckinghamshire.
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.