Upper Booth Sparrowpit, High Peak
21 addresses across 4 postcodes (S33,SK23), about 3.2 km (2 miles) long. USRN 17320566.
- Sales: 3 recorded sales since 1995; in 2018 the median was £695,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (D: 1, E: 2, G: 1).
- 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 High Peak costs £2,385 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Edale, about 3.8 km (2.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 290 to 500 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 21 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Thornbrook Surgery, about 4.2 km (2.6 miles) away.
- People: About 550 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 83% of households owned their home and 58% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | £695,000 | £695,000 | £695,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £450,000 | £450,000 | £450,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Sep 2024 | CROWDEN COTTAGE S33 7ZJ | Other | £575,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 9 Nov 2018 | CROWDEN LEA S33 7ZJ | Detached | £695,000 | |
| 15 Dec 2003 | CROWDEN LEA S33 7ZJ | Detached | £450,000 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 121 m². Most common: House, detached (4). Built: before 1900 (4). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Council tax
What each band costs in High Peak in 2026-27: Band D £2,385 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,590 | £1,855 | £2,120 | £2,385 | £2,915 | £3,445 | £3,974 | £4,769 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band B (26% of about 1,560 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Slackhall and Ford, Edale (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 10.
- 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
- CHESTNUT FARMHOUSE, grade II
- FORD HALL, grade II
- FORD HALL BRIDGE, grade II
- GARDEN HOUSE, grade II
- MILEPOST 230 METRES FROM RUSHOP LANE JUNCTION, grade II
- RUSHUP HALL, grade II
- THE COACH HOUSE, grade II
- TOLL BAR COTTAGE, grade II
- TOMBSTONE AT FRIENDS BURIAL GROUND 4.5 METRES NORTH OF CHESTNUT FARMHOUSE, grade II
- TOMBSTONE AT FRIENDS BURIAL GROUND FOUR METRES NORTH OF CHESTNUT FARMHOUSE, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 7 September 2026: BT, Utility repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the verge (minor works)
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 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SK23 0QT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| S33 7ZJ | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SK23 0QR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| SK23 0QS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 21 addresses are between 290 m and 500 m above sea level (405 m on average); the ground rises about 211 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S33 7ZJ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| SK23 0QR | 0% | 0% | 0% | 80% |
| SK23 0QS | 11% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| SK23 0QT | 0% | 0% | 0% | 30% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Edale 172,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.8 km (2.3 miles) |
| Dove Holes 10,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5 km (3.1 miles) | |
| Chapel-En-Le-Frith 78,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Hillside Farm Rushup Lane | 390 m |
| Car parks | Mam Tor Hillfort Car Park | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | Shell Recharge Charging Station | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Manchester Airport MAN | 28.2 km (18 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Thornbrook Surgery | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Peak Pharmacy | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Chapel Dental Care | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Buxton Cavendish Hospital | 9.7 km (6 miles) |
| Police station | Buxton Police Station | 9.9 km (6.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Chapel-en-le-frith | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
No parks, play areas, playing fields or allotments within 3 km (1.9 miles).
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Green Low ringcairn, a scheduled monument, 1.4 km (0.8 miles) west. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Green Low ringcairn | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) west |
| Coalpithole Rake | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (1 mile) south |
| Gautries Hill bowl barrow | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1 mile) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Whitemoor Clough | Valley | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Toot Hill | Hill | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-west |
| Bolehill Clough | Valley | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Gautries Hill | Hill | 1.7 km (1 mile) south |
| Birchenlow Plantation | Wood | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) west |
| Mill Pond | Lake or reservoir | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 20 | 21 |
1 of the street's 21 addresses is 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 High Peak: see them on the High Peak page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushop Hall B&B SK23 0QT | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 270 m | 5 Very good | 17 Aug 2021 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (derbyshire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 83% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 57% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 50% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 42% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 33% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 58% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 5 to 6 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
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.