Wick Lane Swindon
2 addresses across 2 postcodes (SN3), about 280 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 83877064.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Swindon cost £263,685 in August 2026 (+2.8% on a year); private rents averaged £1,103 a month.
- Flood: 24 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 68 times (822 hours) in 2025.
- Energy projects: 2 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Amazon, Symmetry Park - Solar Panels, is 1.8 km (1.1 miles) away.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A419, carries 66,430 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Swindon costs £2,438 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Swindon (Wilts), about 4.7 km (2.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 520 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 95 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 2 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Eldene Surgery, about 1.5 km (1 mile) away.
- People: About 510 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 48% of households owned their home and 22% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 32 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in Swindon
A typical home in Swindon cost £263,685 in August 2026, 2.8% more than a year before. That is 15% more than five years earlier and 32% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £467,900 |
| Semi-detached | £292,213 |
| Terraced | £234,627 |
| Flat or maisonette | £153,968 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £224,898 |
Private renters in Swindon paid £1,103 a month on average in September 2026, 5% more than a year before. That is 34% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £825 |
| Two bedrooms | £994 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,227 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,668 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 7,017 kWh of it on average in 2024, 32% less than the district's 10,371 kWh, and 3,327 kWh of electricity, 8% more than the district's 3,088 kWh. There are gas meters for about 93% of the homes.
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is SN3.
Council tax
What each band costs in Swindon in 2026-27: Band D £2,438 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,625 | £1,896 | £2,167 | £2,438 | £2,980 | £3,522 | £4,064 | £4,876 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band B (39% of about 1,390 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)
- Former Woolworth Distribution Centre, Faraday Road, Dorcan, SN3 5HH Now known as Ignition Park, permissioned (850 m (0.5 miles))
- Woolworths Distribution Centre, Faraday Road, Dorcan Industrial Estates, permissioned (850 m (0.5 miles))
Energy projects nearby
2 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 2 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon, Symmetry Park - Solar Panels Swindon S/22/1393 | Solar farm | 3.3 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Nov 2022 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Keypoint Industrial Estate Swindon S/16/1055 | Advanced Conversion Technologies | 14.5 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Jun 2019 | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
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, 15 addresses are in areas at high risk, 9 at medium risk and 20 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 46 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 30 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: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| SN3 5EU | zone 2 | 15 / 9 / 17 | unlikely |
| SN3 5JF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 3 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 68 times, for 822 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into Danes Brook.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wanborough Wwtw Thames Water | Danes Brook | 68 | 822 | 660 m (0.4 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 95 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SN3 5EU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| SN3 5JF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Swindon (Wilts) 3.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Bus stops | 1 stop within 400 m (0.2 miles), 11 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Lotmead Farm Covingham | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
| Car parks | Sainsbury's Stratton Car Park | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest MFG Charging Station | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 72.2 km (45 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Eldene Surgery Good Jan 2026 | 1.5 km (1 mile) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Covingham Pharmacy | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Swindon Dental And Implant Clinic | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Hospital | The Great Western Hospital Good Jul 2026 | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Care homes | Edgehill Care Home Good Mar 2021 | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Police station | Gablecross Police Station | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | Compass Group - TE Connectivity, Faraday Road Cashzone | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4,510 m² | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Unnamed 2.2 ha | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 100 m² | 530 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 5.5 ha | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 9,180 m² | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 3.0 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Site of Roman town, W of Wanborough House, a scheduled monument, 540 m (0.3 miles) north-west. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Site of Roman town, W of Wanborough House | Scheduled monument | 540 m (0.3 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Wanborough Marsh | Wetland | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| Shaftesbury Lakes | Lake or reservoir | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-west |
| Acorn Wood | Wood | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) north-east |
| Day House Copse | Wood | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) south-west |
| Coate Water | Lake or reservoir | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) south-west |
| Green Hill | Hill | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 1 | 0 |
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 2 |
2 of the street's 2 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 Swindon: see them on the Swindon page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Dorcan Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 890 m (0.6 miles) | Good (Jul 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 43.2 (44.3 in 2025 and 38.2 in 2024); 39.3% grade 5+ in English and maths |
| Covingham Park Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection | 51% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 9% at the higher standard (2025; 54% in 2024 and 55% in 2023) |
| Eldene Nursery and Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Good (Mar 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 37% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 42% in 2024 and 50% in 2023) |
| Nythe Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good | 38% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 34% in 2024 and 40% in 2023) |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 2–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | No overall grade (Jul 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good | 58% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 13% at the higher standard (2025; 47% in 2024 and 52% in 2023) |
| Colebrook Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection | 44% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 52% in 2024 and 60% in 2023) |
| Colebrook Infant Academy | Primary | 5–7 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection | None published |
| Liden Academy | Primary | 0–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 61% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 7% at the higher standard (2025; 50% in 2024 and 58% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
4 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 880 m (0.5 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplars Day Care Nursery SN4 0AA | Full day care | 160 | Good (Sep 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 880 m (0.5 miles) |
| Covingham Kingfisher Pre-School SN3 5BT | Sessional day care | 42 | Good (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 890 m (0.6 miles) |
| Covingham Roundabout Pre-School SN3 5BA | Full day care | 40 | Good (Sep 2021, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| KeyTime After School Holiday Care and Breakfast Care SN3 5BD | Out-of-school day care | 30 | Not inspected yet | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 139 childminders and 5 home childcarers (nannies) in Swindon. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cocoa Amour Ltd SN3 5HY | Manufacturers/packers | 320 m | Exempt | |
| Lotmead Farm & PYO SN4 0SN | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 25 Sep 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 15 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 9 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 3 |
| Public order | 3 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Partridge Close (25); On or near Bittern Road (5); On or near Lapwing Close (2).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A419 between A4312 / A420 and A4259, with 66,430 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 420 m (0.3 miles) from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A419 | A4312 / A420 to A4259 | 66,430 counted 2025 | 7% | +8% since 2015 | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 41 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 18% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 48% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 20% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 33% | 17% |
| Private rented | 19% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 19% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 8% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 27% | 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 | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 81% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 7% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 22% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 93% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 3 to 9 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
The Owlets · Partridge Close · Bittern Road · Cuckoos Mead · Cuckoo's Mead · Wanborough Road · Lapwing Close · Kestrel Drive · Magpie Lane · Eagle Close · Goldcrest Walk · Goldcrest Walk
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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.