Thorpe Road Northampton
20 addresses across 2 postcodes (NN4), about 130 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 28701547.
- Sales: 17 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £260,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 11 homes have an energy certificate (B: 2, D: 5, E: 4).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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 B; Band D in West Northamptonshire costs £2,487 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Northampton, about 1.5 km (0.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Delapre Park, is about 280 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 11.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 62 to 65 m above sea level.
- Noise: 3 of its 20 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Eleanor Cross Healthcare, about 620 m (0.4 miles) away, with 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 750 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 61% of households owned their home and 23% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £260,000 | £260,000 | £260,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | £227,500 | £227,500 | £227,500 |
| 2022 | 1 | £295,000 | £295,000 | £295,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £295,000 | £295,000 | £295,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | £184,998 | £154,995 | £215,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £165,000 | £165,000 | £165,000 |
| 2014 | 3 | £157,500 | £155,000 | £172,000 |
| 2011 | 2 | £132,000 | £119,000 | £145,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £149,995 | £149,995 | £149,995 |
| 2000 | 2 | £68,500 | £66,000 | £71,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £53,500 | £53,500 | £53,500 |
| 1995 | 1 | £41,500 | £41,500 | £41,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Dec 2025 | 9 NN4 8PD | Terraced | £260,000 | |
| 13 Dec 2023 | 13 NN4 8PD | Terraced | £227,500 | |
| 25 Aug 2022 | 8 NN4 8PD | Semi-detached | £295,000 | |
| 20 May 2021 | 3 NN4 8PD | Semi-detached | £295,000 | |
| 19 Oct 2016 | 11 NN4 8PD | Terraced | £215,000 | |
| 18 Mar 2016 | 9 NN4 8PD | Terraced | £154,995 | |
| 3 Jul 2015 | 15 NN4 8PD | Terraced | £165,000 | |
| 28 Nov 2014 | 16 NN4 8PD | Semi-detached | £172,000 | |
| 26 Nov 2014 | 8 NN4 8PD | Semi-detached | £157,500 | |
| 25 Jul 2014 | 15 NN4 8PD | Terraced | £155,000 | |
| 30 Sep 2011 | 16 NN4 8PD | Semi-detached | £145,000 | |
| 6 Jun 2011 | 16 NN4 8PD | Semi-detached | £119,000 | |
| 16 Dec 2005 | 15 NN4 8PD | Terraced | £149,995 | |
| 28 Jul 2000 | 9 NN4 8PD | Semi-detached | £66,000 | |
| 11 Feb 2000 | 15 NN4 8PD | Terraced | £71,000 | |
| 20 Mar 1998 | 10 NN4 8PD | Semi-detached | £53,500 | |
| 27 Jan 1995 | 15 NN4 8PD | Terraced | £41,500 |
Energy performance certificates
11 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 89 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (8); House, mid-terrace (2); House, end-terrace (1). Built: 1930-1949 (4); 1900-1929 (4); 2020 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (8).
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band B (50% of about 1,370 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Northampton: Ransome Road Gateway, Ransome Road NN4 8AA: up to 25 homes, not permissioned (420 m (0.3 miles))
- Northampton: Ransome Road/Nunn Mills Road NN4 8AA: up to 217 homes, permissioned (830 m (0.5 miles))
- Northampton: Southbridge/Nunn Mills NN4 8FS/NN4 8GT: up to 94 homes, permissioned (840 m (0.5 miles))
- Northampton: 153 - 165 Bridge Street NN1 1QF: up to 66 homes, permissioned (840 m (0.5 miles))
- Northampton: 123 - 135 Bridge Street NN1 1QF: up to 168 homes, permissioned (910 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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NN4 8PD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| NN4 8NH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 2 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 20 addresses are between 62 m and 65 m above sea level (63 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NN4 8NH | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| NN4 8PD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Northampton 2.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Long Buckby 330,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 14.9 km (9.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 16 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 37 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Forest Road Delapre | 210 m |
| Bus or coach station | Northampton Bus Interchange | 1.5 km (1 mile) |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Parking space on Old Towcester Road, NN4 | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Superior Green Energy Solutions | 900 m (0.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 53.4 km (33 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Eleanor Cross Healthcare | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Chemist Near Me | 220 m |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 360 m |
| Hospital | Northampton General Hospital | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Police station | Northamptonshire Police Federation | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | 5 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest MFG - Far Cotton Filling Station Cashzone | 350 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Delapre Park 33 ha | 280 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 810 m² | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6.8 ha | 320 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3.5 ha | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 33 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary the Virgin, a listed building (Grade II*), 360 m north-west. 13 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary the Virgin | Listed building, Grade II* | 360 m north-west |
| Delapre Abbey | Listed building, Grade II* | 710 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Eleanor Cross 1km south west of Delapre Abbey | Scheduled monument | 880 m (0.5 miles) south |
| The Eleanor Cross | Listed building, Grade I | 880 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Battle of Northampton 1460 | Registered battlefield | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Saxon palace complex and Saxon and medieval urban deposits in the centre of Northampton | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Northampton Castle, remains of | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Delapre Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south-east |
| Hunsbury Hill | Hill | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Hazel Wood | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-west |
| Grange Wood | Wood | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
| Hunsbury Hill Spinney | Wood | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) west |
| Storton's Pits | Lake or reservoir | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 11.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 13.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 17 | 20 |
3 of the street's 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Eleanor Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 340 m | No published inspection |
| Delapre Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 560 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection |
| Gloucester Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 850 m (0.5 miles) | No overall grade (Jun 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| The Abbey Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Abbeyfield School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Needs attention; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Post-16 provision: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Wootton Park School | All-through | 4–19 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Overstone Gate Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Briar Hill Primary School & Nursery | Primary | 3–11 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) | Outstanding (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Hunsbury Park Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Simon de Senlis Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | Outstanding (Mar 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Spring Lane Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Hardingstone Academy | Primary | 0–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delapre Crescent Stores NN4 8NQ | Retailers - other | 120 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 20 Feb 2024 |
| Preston Stores NN4 8NT | Retailers - other | 270 m | 5 Very good | 31 Mar 2025 |
| H W J Pargiter NN4 8DX | Retailers - other | 270 m | 5 Very good | 6 Nov 2025 |
| Jalfrayzi&Fethiye NN4 8NN | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 280 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 2 Apr 2026 |
| Chang Lung NN4 8NN | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 280 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 10 Dec 2025 |
| Giggling Sausage NN4 8AL | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 300 m | 5 Very good | 13 Feb 2020 |
| Towcester Road Methodist Chruch NN4 8DY | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 320 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| W Mart NN4 8DW | Retailers - other | 320 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 23 Nov 2023 |
| Alam Mini Market NN4 8DW | Retailers - other | 320 m | 4 Good | 8 May 2026 |
| The Northstar NN4 8DW | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 330 m | 5 Very good | 5 Feb 2026 |
| Londis NN4 8DW | Retailers - other | 330 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 29 Jun 2023 |
| Ying Lung Takeaway NN4 8DN | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 360 m | 2 Improvement necessary | 10 Feb 2026 |
| Jemmy's Café NN4 8DN | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 360 m | 5 Very good | 25 Jun 2026 |
| Far Cotton Food and Wine NN4 8DN | Retailers - other | 360 m | 1 Major improvement necessary | 29 Dec 2025 |
| Bodrum Grill NN4 8DN | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 360 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 3 Apr 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 43 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 26 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 15 |
| Vehicle crime | 9 |
| Other theft | 6 |
| Drugs | 4 |
| Public order | 3 |
| Possession of weapons | 3 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Stevenson Street (15); On or near Delapre Crescent Road (14); On or near Southampton Road (11); On or near Haines Road (11); On or near Penrhyn Road (10).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 11% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 61% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 29% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 10% | 17% |
| Private rented | 29% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 65% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 12% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 17% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 57% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 7% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 16% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 72% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 23% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 80% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 4% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 3 to 7 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
- Food hygiene ratings Acasa Ro Ltd (retailers - other, NN4 8DL) is no longer listed; it was rated 3 Generally satisfactory found 3 November 2026
- Food hygiene ratings Macelarie RNB Meat Store Ltd (retailers - other, NN4 8DL) newly listed: Awaiting inspection found 3 November 2026
- Food hygiene ratings Create Coffee (restaurant/cafe/canteen, NN4 8DL) newly listed: Awaiting inspection found 30 October 2026
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Eastfield Road · Rockingham Road · Haines Road · Salcey Street · Pleydell Road · Penrhyn Road · Stevenson Street · Forest Road · Southampton Road · Queen Eleanor Road · Delapre Crescent Road · Delapre Crescent
All the streets in NN4 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.