Walnut Close Barrow upon Trent, South Derbyshire
5 addresses across 2 postcodes (DE73), about 30 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 35401059.
- Sales: 3 recorded sales since 1995; in 2022 the median was £880,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 2 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, E: 1).
- Flood: 3 addresses on its postcodes are 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 South Derbyshire costs £2,340 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 96% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Peartree, about 4.9 km (3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.6 km (1.6 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 40 m above sea level.
- Noise: 5 of its 5 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Village Surgery, about 4.8 km (3 miles) away.
- People: About 550 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 83% of households owned their home and 37% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | £880,000 | £880,000 | £880,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £510,000 | £510,000 | £510,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £160,000 | £160,000 | £160,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Apr 2022 | 4 DE73 7JL | Detached | £880,000 | |
| 22 Feb 2021 | 2 DE73 7JL | Detached | £510,000 | |
| 27 May 1998 | 2 DE73 7JL | Detached | £160,000 |
Energy performance certificates
2 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 166 m². Most common: House, detached (2). Built: 1991-1995 (1); 1983-1990 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Council tax
What each band costs in South Derbyshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,340 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,560 | £1,820 | £2,080 | £2,340 | £2,860 | £3,379 | £3,899 | £4,679 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band E (22% of about 1,450 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Barrow on Trent (council page). 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.
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, 2 at medium risk and 12 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 62 homes the Environment Agency counts, 1 are in areas at high risk, 3 medium, 10 low and 0 very low.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE73 7JL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| DE73 7HA | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 2 / 12 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 40 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE73 7HA | 97% | 96% | 96% | 0% |
| DE73 7JL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Peartree 5,260 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.9 km (3 miles) |
| Willington 40,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) | |
| Derby 4.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 7.1 km (4.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Walnut Close Barrow upon Trent | 20 m |
| Bus or coach station | Springfield House Melbourne | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| Car parks | A50 Parking | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | East Midlands Airport EMA | 10.5 km (6.5 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Village Surgery | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Peak Pharmacy | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Jordan Dental | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Royal Derby Hospital (Nuh) | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) |
| Police station | Littleover Police Station | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | ATM | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 3,160 m² | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 290 m² | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.6 ha | 160 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 520 m² | 260 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Wilfrid, a listed building (Grade I), 240 m south-east. 12 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Wilfrid | Listed building, Grade I | 240 m south-east |
| Twyford henge and Round Hill bowl barrow | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) west |
| Swarkestone Lows round barrow cemetery and part of an aggregate field system 300m north west of The Lowes Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-east |
| Swarkestone Bridge | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) east |
| Swarkestone Old Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Barrow-hill | Hill | 930 m (0.6 miles) north |
| Round Hill | Hill | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) west |
| Swarkestone Stop | Lake or reservoir | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) east |
| Swarkestone Junction | Lake or reservoir | 2 km (1.3 miles) east |
| Mill Plantation | Wood | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south-west |
| Spur's Bottom | Valley | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
5 of the street's 5 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 South Derbyshire: see them on the South Derbyshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sale and Davys Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 150 m | No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 4 |
| Public order | 3 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Brookfield (4); On or near Fernello Close (2); On or near The Nook (2); On or near Hall Park (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 29% | 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 | 55% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 34% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 36% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 55% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 55% | 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) | 37% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 10% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 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
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
Fir Tree Drive · Fernello Close · Brookfield · The Nook · Hall Park · Beaumont Close · Club Lane · Chapel Lane
All the streets in DE73 and across South Derbyshire.
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.