Timson Close Castle Donington, North West Leicestershire
7 addresses across 2 postcodes (DE74), about 110 m long. USRN 28504086.
- Energy: 6 homes have an energy certificate (B: 6).
- 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 E; Band D in North West Leicestershire costs £2,418 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Long Eaton, about 6.5 km (4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.9 km (1.8 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 64 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 Castle Donington Surgery, about 1.4 km (0.8 miles) away.
- People: About 410 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 90% of households owned their home and 52% 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 |
|---|
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Sep 2025 | 6 DE74 0AL | Other | £202,047 | New build. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
Energy performance certificates
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 82 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (4); Maisonette, semi-detached (1); House, detached (1). Built: 2022 (4); 2021 (2).
Council tax
What each band costs in North West Leicestershire in 2026-27: Band D £2,418 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,612 | £1,881 | £2,150 | £2,418 | £2,956 | £3,493 | £4,030 | £4,836 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band E (24% of about 1,310 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, 0 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: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE74 0AL | not in 2 or 3 | ||
| DE74 0AJ | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 64 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE74 0AJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Long Eaton 652,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.5 km (4 miles) |
| East Midlands Parkway 355,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) | |
| Spondon 47,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.3 km (5.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Hazelrigg Close Castle Donington | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Springfield House Melbourne | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Sainsburys Castle Donnington Smart Charge | 900 m (0.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Castle Donington Surgery | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Evans Pharmacy | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Castle Donington Dental Care | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Florence Nightingale Community Hospital Cdc | 10.8 km (6.7 miles) |
| Police station | Long Eaton Police SNT | 8.5 km (5.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | Santander | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 3,940 m² | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 230 m² | 390 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 8,790 m² | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 4.7 ha | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Enclosure castle at Castle Donington, a scheduled monument, 1.5 km (0.9 miles) east.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Enclosure castle at Castle Donington | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) east |
| Iron Age settlement and cursus, with other air photographic marks, SE of Aston-on-Trent | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Dalby's Covert | Wood | 950 m (0.6 miles) south |
| Captain's Gorse | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Quarry Hill Plantation | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Osier Bed Plantation | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Castle Hill | Hill | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) east |
| Hemington Hole | Lake or reservoir | 3 km (1.8 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.3 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road, rail and aircraft noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
None of the street's 7 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, railways or aircraft.
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 West Leicestershire: see them on the North West Leicestershire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foxbridge Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 690 m (0.4 miles) | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Orchard Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Good (Nov 2021, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Edward's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| Castle Donington College | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nightingale Nurseries DE74 2JG | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 480 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 14 Aug 2025 |
| Next Steps Childrens Care DE74 2XQ | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 480 m (0.3 miles) | Awaiting inspection |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 5 |
| Vehicle crime | 4 |
| Public order | 3 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Argonaut Avenue (5); On or near Piper Avenue (4); On or near Vulcan Way (4); On or near Martinet Close (4); On or near Wellington Court (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 21% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 3% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 90% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 9% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 3% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 5% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 86% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 5% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 41% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 55% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 35% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 17% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 52% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 4% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 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 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
Nearby streets
Pathfinder Way · Lines Lane · Muckleston Road · Dyer Lane · Bishop Road · Spitfire Road · Wellington Court · Geraldine Way · Martinet Close · Piper Avenue · Johnson Close · Piper Avenue
All the streets in DE74 and across North West Leicestershire.
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.